REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- The governments of West Java Province and Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture explored strategic cooperation, including collaboration between the Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport and Kertajati West Java International Airport (BIJB) in Majalengka District.

"The cooperation includes the starting of a direct flight route and the shipment of cargo between Kertajati and Shizuoka," West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan stated in a press release received here on Tuesday.

Heryawan received a courtesy call from Shizouka Prefectural Deputy Governor Takashi Namba at the Pakuan State Building on Monday. A meeting between the board of directors of BIJB and Garuda Indonesia Airlines was also held.

He explained that the Shizuoka deputy governor's visit to West Java was a reciprocal gesture in response to West Java governor and his delegation's visit in November 2017 for the signing of a joint agreement between West Java Province and Shizouka Prefecture in the fields of economy and human resource development.