Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry or METI Japan, Tadahiro Matsushita is scheduled to be present in Indonesia to continue their commitment in building the Metropolitan Area Priority projects or MPA. Although preoccupied with the emergency program for post-disaster recovery measuring 8.9 Richter scale earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, the Japanese continue to send high officials to Indonesia.

"I had been communicating with the Ambassador (Ambassador), Japan (Kojiro Shiojiri) for the program kick-off meeting (beginning of the meeting as a sign of the commencement of a program) MPA. As such, MPA will still run. However, that did not come METI minister, but the deputy minister , "said Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa, Jakarta, Monday (03/14/2011).

According to Hatta, thus, Kick off meeting agenda will still be held as scheduled on March 17, 2011. This means that all programs that have been committed by the Japanese will keep running.

"While certainly love deeply concerned with what happens with Japan. We hope Japan can hopefully soon overcome the disaster," he said.

Previously, plans or Initial Meeting Kick Off Meeting MPA master plan is expected to be delayed due to the quake disaster. MPA was prepared by Indonesia and Japan to develop a highly competitive urban areas. A master plan will begin didetailkan MPA program for development in the transport sector, industrial estates, power plants, ports, airports, and smart city (city smart).

This is a follow up to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara of the Metropolitan Area Priorities in Nusa Dua, Bali December 10, 2010. The MoU was scheduled to be matured on March 17, 2011.

The meeting will combine the desire of the Japanese businessmen to Indonesia's economic development acceleration program that gave priority to the creation of six growth areas in the corridor.