Jakarta, March 5 -- Indonesia and Japan are expanding cooperation in the startup sector, digital economy, green industry, and workforce capacity building.

"Japan is a tomodachi , a trade friend of Indonesia. We appreciate Japan's initiative to establish several new collaborations, especially in the digital economy sector by developing artificial intelligence (AI)," deputy for the coordination of international economic cooperation at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Edi Prio Pambudi, said in a statement on Wednesday.

At the 3rd Public-Private Dialogue Track 1.5 with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), he emphasized the need for expanding collaboration between the two countries.

One of the initiat...