Safe and clean drinking water is the basic right of people.
In Thailand, the government provides clean water from Bangkhen plant in the suburbs of its capital Bangkok.
It is Asia's second biggest water treatment facility, and it processes 4 million cubic meters of clean water every day.
The plant has been using Ebara pumps from Japan for over 3 decades.
Wutichai Pituklerdkul, a senior engineer with Ebara Thailand, said: "The Ebara pump is very powerful, and reliable in the supply of water to the city."
The reliability of water pumps supplied by Ebara has created a unique relationship with the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority in Thailand.
Kazuo Yamagishi, Secretary General, Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Fund, "Such countries need infrastructures because they have not enough pumping systems, pumping technologies and water treatment technologies. But Ebara is the biggest pump manufacturer in Japan and we have 100 years of experience, so we have a lot of know-how."
Ebara recently organized a seminar in Bangkok that attracted representatives from South-East Asian countries to update them about its latest technologies in water purification.
Voravate Chonlasin, Head Public Sector Capacity Building Unit, AIT Extension, said: "The course that they study in this training program is very applicable and practical to them, because the Ebara case study that they use in these sessions is for solutions in the field, so that people, when they go back to their organizations, they can use that experience to solve problems in the field."
Some 44 participants from 6 countries including India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Philippines participated in the seminar co-organised with the Asian Institute of Technology.
Each of these countries is facing challenges in water purification.
Apathma Gunawardana, a seminarist from Sri Lanka, said: "Our group is 15... 15 persons from Sri Lanka. So that presentation and this program are very helpful..."
Roberto Marcelino, a seminarist from Philippines, said: "We are using Ebara pumps for transferring water to the distribution system. It's very very important because every people want to have clean, reliable drinking water."
Japan's Ebara aims at providing safe and clean drinking water to people across Asia with its advanced pumping systems.
Japan is not only helping provide advanced technology to Asian countries, but it also attracts visitors from different countries.
Suhinoi Hotel in Beppu city in Oita prefecture, which is managed by ORIX, gets 70,000 guests every month.
This includes some 3,000 visitors from overseas, especially Asia.
The tourists from Thailand love to visit Japan.
Yuttana, a tourist agent from Thailand, said: "We brought 68 tour guests from Bangkok, Thailand to this hotel today. Beppu in Oita is very popular place for our customers because it is famous for its hot fountain baths."
The hotel has hosted guests like the king of the Netherlands, the Crown Prince and the Princess of Thailand.
The spa facilities and Funsui show are major attractions at the hotel.
Koichi Sasaki, General Manager, Suginoi Hotel and Resort, said: "Beppu Onsen has the largest numbers of hot spring sources and the largest hot water fountains in Japan. We produce big scale spa facilities utilizing the rich hot fountain resource. An open-air bath named "Tanayu" has excellent view of the Beppu city and bay. Aqua Garden is a hot fountain water pool where you can enjoy bathing. It is especially popular among guests from Southeast Asia. We use pure hot fountain water for all of our bathing facilities, with is about 800 tons of hot fountain water. Such a huge scale facility is possible only here in Beppu."
Illumination of 1.1 million bulbs, and 50 - 60% of total electricity used by Suginoi Hotel, is managed by a geothermal energy power plant.
Suginoi Hotel has been developing the in-house geothermal energy power plant from 1980, and it is the first such facility in the entire hotel industry of Japan.
The efforts of Sugioni hotel to utilize natural resources, attracts tourists from all over Asia.
