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Malaysia's exports rise 25 pct in 2022

STORY: Malaysia's exports rise 25 pct in 2022 DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Malaysia's national flag and Kuala Lumpur city views 2. various of Kuala Lumpur city views 3. various of container vessels at Port Klang 4. various of container vessels at Penang Port STORYLINE: Malaysia's exports rose 25 percent year on year to 1.55 trillion ringgit (358.26 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, official data showed Wednesday. The expansion in exports was driven by robust exports of electrical and electronic products (E&E), petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG), palm oil and palm oil-based agriculture products, crude petroleum as well as machinery, equipment and parts, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said in a statement Meanwhile, exports to major trading partners, notably the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, the United States, the European Union and Japan, registered a new record high. A

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Malaysia's exports up 15.6 pct in November

STORY: Malaysia's exports up 15.6 pct in November DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST 1. various of Malaysia's national flag and Kuala Lumpur city views 2. various of container vessels at Northport of Port Klang, Selangor 3. various of container yard at Port Klang, Selangor STORYLINE: Malaysia's exports rose by 15.6 percent year on year to 130.24 billion ringgit (29.46 billion U.S. dollars) in November, official data showed Monday. Export expansion was underpinned by strong exports of electrical and electronic (E&E) products, liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products as well as crude petroleum, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said in a statement. According to the statement, E&E products, valued at 53.16 billion ringgit (12.03 billion U.S. dollars) and accounted for 40.8 percent of total exports, increased by 32.1 percent from November 2021. Petroleum products, valued at 12.33 billion ringgit (2.79 billion U.S. dollars)

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Former home affairs minister, MITI head Murata dies at 79

NAGOYA, Japan - Keijiro Murata (file photo), a former minister of home affairs and head of the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry, died after a stroke at a hospital in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on April 2, his family said. He was 79. Murata retired from politics in 2000.

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Mitsubishi unit wins contract to supply power to MITI

TOKYO, Japan - Bidders submit their bids in a public tender invited by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) on Aug. 10 to supply electricity to MITI's main building. Diamond Power Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of trading giant Mitsubishi Corp., emerged as the successful bidder. It was the first tender held since Japan liberalized large-lot power sales in March this year.

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MITI report stresses value of regional, bilateral trade pacts

TOKYO, Japan - International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (C), is pictured on his way to a cabinet meeting May 16, during which he received approval for the 2000 MITI report. In its annual report, the ministry said regional and bilateral trade agreements help promote competition and expand markets and are becoming increasingly important for Japan.

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MITI head Fukaya visits India

NEW DELHI, India - Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (R) in New Delhi May 5. Fukaya is the first Japanese cabinet minister to visit India since both July 1997 and New Delhi's nuclear tests in 1998.

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Japan's Yosano expresses concern over steel antidumping cases

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Kaoru Yosano (R) shake hands with U.S. Commerce Secretary Willam Daley (L) ahead of a luncheon in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 11. At the luncheon meeting the MITI head reiterated his concern over Washington's treatment of Japan's steel exports to the United States in antidumping cases.

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Malaysia's exports rise 20.7 pct in April

STORY: Malaysia's exports rise 20.7 pct in April DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Malaysia's national flag 2. various of landscape of Kuala Lumpur city center 3. various of container vessels at Northport of Port Klang, Selangor 4. various of container yard at Port Klang, Selangor 5. various of container truck on road STORYLINE: Malaysia's exports surged 20.7 percent year-on-year to 127.49 billion ringgit (28.96 billion U.S. dollars) in April, marking the ninth straight consecutive month of double-digit growth, official data showed Thursday. The export growth was contributed mainly by shipments of electrical and electronic products mainly semiconductors driven by global digitalization trends, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said in a statement. Meanwhile, exports to major markets notably the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, the United States, the European Union (EU) and Japan recorded double-di

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Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka, Minister of Finance at the time of MITI = July 18, 1964 Kakuei Tanaka, Minister of Finance, is interviewed by Saito, Director of the Political Science and Economics Department at the head office, in the office of the Minister of Finance on July 18, 1964. This is the second in a series of "Visits to Economic Ministers," which began following the inauguration of the third Ikeda Reform Cabinet on July 18, and appeared on the second page of the July 29 edition. It is based on the premise of long-term economic stability and calls for a system that can withstand the liberalization of capital, such as the expansion of foreign capital into Japan, by increasing the capital adequacy ratio of companies.

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Keiichi Konaga

Director-General of the Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) = December 10, 1982, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images, Due to the age of the photo, the surface may be faded or scratched. Titles are as of the time the photo was taken.

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This year's issue of Overcoming Pollution

Mie Prefecture has established a Pollution Center to deal with the problems of the Yokkaichi oil complex. 　 (Video) Yokkaichi oil complex with smoke rising from its chimneys Monthly review meetings based on applications from patients Asthma patients Children wearing masks in the Isotsu district Purification equipment in an elementary school auditorium Children doing dry cloth rubbing Establishment of the nation's first pollution center Air pollution measuring vehicles headed for the site Air pollution measuring vehicles headed for the site Persuading citizens to remodel the city The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) experiments with apartment complexes built outside the pollution limit line.

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Former home affairs minister, MITI head Murata dies at 79

NAGOYA, Japan - Keijiro Murata (file photo), a former minister of home affairs and head of the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry, died after a stroke at a hospital in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on April 2, his family said. He was 79. Murata retired from politics in 2000. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Yosano expresses concern over steel antidumping cases

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Kaoru Yosano (R) shake hands with U.S. Commerce Secretary Willam Daley (L) ahead of a luncheon in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 11. At the luncheon meeting the MITI head reiterated his concern over Washington's treatment of Japan's steel exports to the United States in antidumping cases.

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Mitsubishi unit wins contract to supply power to MITI

TOKYO, Japan - Bidders submit their bids in a public tender invited by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) on Aug. 10 to supply electricity to MITI's main building. Diamond Power Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of trading giant Mitsubishi Corp., emerged as the successful bidder. It was the first tender held since Japan liberalized large-lot power sales in March this year.

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MITI section chief to resign to join U.S. research center+

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo of Shin Yasunobe, a 44-year-old elite bureaucrat of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), who will leave the ministry July 31 to join a Stanford University research center in Kyoto in September. Yasunobe, head of MITI's Electronics Policy Division, had been tipped as a future MITI vice minister.

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MITI report stresses value of regional, bilateral trade pacts

TOKYO, Japan - International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (C), is pictured on his way to a cabinet meeting May 16, during which he received approval for the 2000 MITI report. In its annual report, the ministry said regional and bilateral trade agreements help promote competition and expand markets and are becoming increasingly important for Japan.

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MITI head Fukaya visits India

NEW DELHI, India - Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (R) in New Delhi May 5. Fukaya is the first Japanese cabinet minister to visit India since both July 1997 and New Delhi's nuclear tests in 1998.

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MITI establishes forum to nurture entrepreneurs

TOKYO, Japan - International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) and Nobel Physics Prize winner Reona (Leo) Esaki hold a board inscribed with the name and logo of a just-established national forum aiming to nurture Japanese entrepreneurs, at a Tokyo meeting of its senior officials March 17. Local businesspeople and newspapers will be invited as regional organizers and sponsors of the forum's symposiums so their ideas and experiences can be shared.

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Ota wins Osaka gubernatorial race, becomes 1st female governor

OSAKA, Japan - Fusae Ota (C), a former senior official of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), and her supporters shout ''Baizai'' on Feb. 6 after defeating her two major rivals in a gubernatorial election in Osaka Prefecture, becoming Japan's first female governor.

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Ex-MITI official Ota to run in election for Osaka governor

OSAKA, Japan - Former senior trade ministry official Fusae Ota announces Jan. 10 she will run in the Osaka gubernatorial election to be held Feb. 6. The announcement was made at a news conference held at an Osaka hotel.