Thailand hosts the biggest concentr

Thailand hosts the biggest concentration of Japanese businesses in Southeast Asia. About 4,000 Japanese firms operate in the country, and Japan provides more than 40% of the country's FDI. Prime Minister Yingluck described both the infrastructure plan and the water resource management project as an opportunity that will deliver major benefits for Japanese companies and further deepen bilateral economic linkages. One major endeavor will likely be the construction of four high-speed rail lines connecting Bangkok with other key cities across the Kingdom and beyond. Japan, China, South Korea and France are among the countries vying to provide rail-car systems for the project. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a sales pitch for Japanese shinkansen bullet train technology while on a trip to Thailand in January this year.