Cambodia–Japan relations

Cambodia–Japan relations are foreign relations between Cambodia and Japan. Japan has an embassy in Phnom Penh. Cambodia has an embassy in Tokyo.

Cambodia-Japanese relations

Cambodia
Japan

History

Japan's relationship with Cambodia began in 1603.[1] Cambodian ships would trade at the port of Nagasaki. In one of Cambodia's earliest mission, military aid was requested. Tokugawa Ieyasu sent swords and other weapons. However, Ieyasu did not want to be involved in South East Asian military actions. In 1742, official contact with Japan and Cambodia ended. Cambodian officials stopped going to Nagasaki for trade.

Trade

Trade is sizable between the two countries:

  • Japan to Cambodia: 14.0 billion yen (2006)
  • Cambodia to Japan: 9.5 billion yen (2006)

Japanese investment in Cambodia includes Phnom Penh Commercial Bank, a joint venture of Hyundai Switzerland and Japanese SBI Group, opened in 2008.

Japanese aid

Japan remains Cambodia's top donor country providing some US$1.2 billion in total official development assistance since 1992.[2] In 2006, Japanese and Cambodian governments signed an agreement outlining a new Japanese aid program worth US$59 million.[3]

The Japanese government has provided significant assistance for demining and education.[4][5]

Country comparison
Cambodia Japan
Population 14,952,665 126,659,683
Area 181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi) 377,944 km2 (148,925 sq mi)
Population density 81.8/km2 (211.8/sq mi) 337.1/km2 (873.1/sq mi)
Capital Phnom Penh Tokyo
Largest city Phnom Penh – 1,501,725 Tokyo – 13,185,502
Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
First leader Queen Soma (Monarch)
Norodom Sihanouk (Prime Minister)		 Emperor Jimmu (Monarch)
Ito Hirobumi (Prime Minister)
Current leader Norodom Sihamoni (Monarch)
Hun Sen (Prime Minister)		 Naruhito (Monarch)
Yoshihide Suga (Prime Minister)
Official languages Khmer Japanese (de facto)
Main religions 96% Buddhism, 2% Islam, 1% Christianity, 0.3% other 98% Buddhism & Shinto, 2% Christianity, "Most of the Japanese are nominal believers, however they identify mostly by Buddhism, this figure includes adherents of new religions"
Ethnic groups 90% Khmer, 5% Vietnamese, 1% Chinese, 4% other 98.5% Japanese, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Chinese, 0.6% other
GDP (nominal) 2012 IMF estimates: US$14.118 billion 2014 IMF estimates: US$5.228 trillion

See also

References
  1. RAVINA, M. (2015). Tokugawa, Romanov, and Khmer: The Politics of Trade and Diplomacy in Eighteenth-Century East Asia. Journal of World History, 26(2), 269–294.
  2. Business in Cambodia | Japan - Business People Technology | www.japaninc.com
  3. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/component/option,com_jcs/Itemid,52/crestrictid,7145/task,add/
  4. http://www.embassyofcambodia.org/Information_Bulletin_2.pdf Archived July 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Antara News :". Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
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