JAKARTA, March 30 (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto said ‌on Monday during an official visit to Japan that the Southeast Asian country ​will go ahead this year with ​its B50 palm oil-based biodiesel programme.

"We ⁠are going in a big ​way to biofuel," he said at ​a business forum ahead of his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

"We will produce ​this year diesel oil from ​palm oil and now we are increasing from ‌40% ⁠to 50%."

In January, authorities scrapped a plan to launch B50 - a blend of 50% palm oil-based biodiesel and ​50% conventional ​diesel - ⁠this year due to technical and funding concerns, instead ​sticking with the B40 blend.

But ​there ⁠have been talks to revive the plan in the light of the energy supply ⁠disruptions ​brought about by ​the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.