Cambodia–Japan relations

Cambodia-Japanese relations

Cambodia	Japan

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

History

Japan's relationship with Cambodia began in 1603. 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. In 2006, Japanese and Cambodian governments signed an agreement outlining a new Japanese aid program worth US$59 million.

The Japanese government has provided significant assistance for demining and education.

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

• Angkor Wat Marathon, a marathon in Cambodia introduced by Japanese Olympian Yuko Arimori which is supported by Embassy of Japan in Cambodia
• Foreign relations of Cambodia
• Foreign relations of Japan

External links

• Japanese embassy in Cambodia
• Cambodian embassy in Japan