<h1>Chief minister seeks $11.45M Osaka food investment for processing plant, pursues Japanese partner for skill training and workforce exchange</h1> A state chief minister promoted the state as an investment destination at an international investor event, proposing a USD 11.45 million investment from an Osaka-based food company to establish a food-processing unit, and holding B2G talks with a Japanese engineering and workforce solutions firm on skill training and workforce exchange. Officials emphasized the state's mineral resources, industrial infrastructure, single-window clearance system and fiscal incentives to attract investment in food processing, technology and workforce services. The initiatives, if realized, would involve cross-border investment agreements, employment generation, supply-chain impacts for local farmers, and regulatory facilitation through state-level incentives and permitting mechanisms.