Stakeholders in Indonesia and Japan called for establishing a strategic partnership in innovation to face the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

The call was made Sunday at the conclusion of a three-day convention on Indonesia-Japan cooperation in innovation in the West Java capital of Bandung.

Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Indonesian Vice President Boediono said in their keynote speeches that correct strategies and measures involving politicians, scholars, business circles, government officials and other people, are needed to foster innovation.