Tokyo, February 25: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath extended a warm invitation to Japanese business leaders during the ‘UP Investment Roadshow’ in Tokyo, highlighting the state’s robust growth and investment potential. Following his successful outreach in Singapore, CM Yogi emphasized UP’s transformation into India’s premier investment destination.
He painted a vivid picture of Uttar Pradesh as a land of safety, world-class infrastructure, a massive consumer market, and a youthful workforce ready to power global industries. ‘Uttar Pradesh stands tall as India’s safest and most promising state for investors,’ Yogi declared, urging Japanese tycoons to explore opportunities and immerse themselves in the state’s spiritual heritage.
Drawing cultural parallels, the Chief Minister hailed Japan as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ and linked it to UP’s sacred sites – the birthplace of Lord Ram and the enlightenment grounds of Lord Buddha. Sites like Ayodhya, Sarnath, Kushinagar, and others are being developed into Ramayana and Buddhist circuits under PM Modi’s vision, boosting spiritual tourism.
UP’s 250 million population makes it India’s largest consumer market, with the economy tripling in size over nine years. From 21% of India’s foodgrain production despite just 11% arable land, opportunities abound in food processing, agri-logistics, and green hydrogen, leveraging abundant water resources. With 56% youth demographic, skilled labor is plentiful.
Infrastructure leaps include an expansive expressway network, India’s largest rail system, and dedicated freight corridors. Twenty-seven industrial clusters line expressways, and YEIDA’s Japan Industrial City on 500 acres near Noida International Airport offers seamless connectivity for Japanese firms.
Yogi spotlighted UP’s ‘4S’ formula – Scale, Skill, Stability, Speed – underpinning safe investments. The state hosts 55% of India’s mobile manufacturing and 60% electronics components. Recent semiconductor unit groundbreaking in Noida, a 75,000-acre land bank, and a new industrial city in Bundelkhand signal massive potential in data centers, renewables, and more.
The 2023 Global Investors Summit secured ₹40 lakh crore proposals, with ₹15 lakh crore projects underway. Over 96 lakh MSMEs employ 3 crore people, aided by single-window clearances and 34 sectoral policies. UP’s rise in Ease of Doing Business, law and order, and 156 crore tourists last year open doors in tourism, EVs, fintech, and medtech.
This India-Japan partnership promises to reshape industrial futures, with CM Yogi confident of deeper ties.