ECONOMYNEXT – The Japan-Sri Lanka Committee on Business Environment discussed the issues faced by investors when they met this week, the Japanese Embassy in Colombo said.
The second Japan-Sri Lanka Committee on Business Environment was convened on Thursday (27) at the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka
Representatives from the Embassy of Japan, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), relevant Japanese companies operating in Sri Lanka, as well as officials from the BOI and other pertinent Sri Lankan authorities, participated in the meeting.
“The two sides engaged in substantive discussions on a range of business-related issues currently faced by Japanese enterprises in Sri Lanka,” the Embassy said in a statement.
“As Sri Lanka continues on a steady path towards sustainable economic recovery, discussions in this Committee are timely and important.”
The Japan-Sri Lanka Committee on Business Environment was formally launched in August 2025 as a dedicated forum to improve investment conditions and address the challenges faced by Japanese companies operating in Sri Lanka.
The Committee’s mandate centres on enhancing the business climate through three foundational principles of transparency, predictability, and non-discriminatory treatment.
The Committee has committed to meet on a regular basis and it aims to provide a timely, working-level channel to tackle concrete issues from regulatory bottlenecks to investment-procedure delays with an aim to rebuild investor confidence and help re-energise Japanese direct investment into Sri Lanka.
The Committee complements long-standing bilateral cooperation efforts managed under the Sri Lanka–Japan Business Council (SLJBC), the main private-sector bridge between the two economies and also adds a stronger institutional mechanism with direct engagement between Japanese and Sri Lankan governments and business stakeholders. (Colombo/November 27/2025)