Japan is interested in cooperating with Egypt’s Export Development Authority (EDA) to increase trade between the two countries, the Chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Hiroyuki Ishige said yesterday, according to an Ittihadiya statement. Ishige, who met with President Abdel Fattah EL Sisi and Trade Minister Tarek Kabil, also told Prime Minister Sherif Ismail that Japan is interested in SME investment in Egypt.