IBC and KBRI Tokyo Convene Lunch Dialogue on Indonesia–Japan Economic Resilience

The Indonesian Business Council (IBC), together with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Tokyo, convened the IBC Lunch Dialogue titled “Indonesia and Japan: Co-Creating Economic Resilience in Time of Global Crisis.”

Held at KBRI Tokyo, the dialogue brought together Indonesian and Japanese stakeholders from government, think tanks, financial institutions, business communities, and policy institutions to exchange views on how Indonesia and Japan can strengthen cooperation amid rising geopolitical and geoeconomic uncertainty.

The dialogue formed part of IBC’s ongoing engagement with Japanese public-sector stakeholders, think tanks, and business communities. It also served as a platform to share reflections from IBC’s Japan roadshow, including discussions at the Nikkei Forum Future of Asia and IBC’s courtesy meeting with H.E. Fumio Kishida, former Prime Minister of Japan.

The discussion focused on two strategic priorities: energy security cooperation and human talent mobility. On energy security, IBC highlighted the need for practical and implementable solutions as global energy disruption becomes a more structural challenge. In the short- to medium-term, IBC supports the development of the ASEAN Regional Fuel Stockpiling Framework to help ensure that energy remains available, accessible, and affordable. In the longer term, the ASEAN Power Grid was discussed as a transformative initiative to improve regional connectivity, unlock renewable energy potential, and strengthen resilience.

The dialogue also underlined the importance of human talent mobility as a new source of growth. IBC emphasized the need to move beyond labor migration toward talent circulation, in which Indonesian workers are better prepared, better protected, and better able to bring back knowledge and experience to support national development. For IBC, stronger Indonesia–Japan cooperation requires trust, public-private collaboration, and concrete deliverables that can strengthen economic resilience across the region.