KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Business sentiment growth among Japanese companies in Malaysia is forecast to accelerate in the second half of 2022 based on a survey by the Japanese Chamber of Trade and Industry Malaysia .
The online survey received 234 responses, involving 140 companies in the manufacturing sector and 94 non-manufacturing companies. “Business sentiment is driven by new business development in the electrical and electronics sector, electric vehicle expansion in the automotive industry and growth of the wholesale and retail markets,” she told Bernama.
However, operations for nearly half of the non-manufacturing Japanese companies have not returned to the pre-Covid-19 level.She emphasised that Japanese companies in Malaysia are also already making efforts to go carbon neutral and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.