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Japanese aid
Chroy changvar bridge to close for repairs
The Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge will close for repairs early next year after structural damage was discovered last year, City Hall announced yesterday. City Hall spokesman Mean Chanyada said: “We will close the bridge for 22 months to make repairs starting from early January 2017.” ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28345//
Japan helps expand water supply
The launching ceremony of a project for the expansion of water supply systems in Kampong Cham and Battambang, financed with Japanese grant aid assistance, took place yesterday in Battambang City in the presence of Prime Minister Hun Sen and Kumamaru Yuji, Japan’s ambassador to Cambodia. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27549/japan-helps-expand-water-supply/
Japan to help children cope with disabilities
The Japanese Embassy granted $256,317 in development aid to Cambodia on Monday, to be used by the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) to promote the educational inclusion of children with disabilities. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26895/japan-to-help-children-cope-with-disabilities/
Japan confirms NEC funding
Japan will continue funding the National Election Committee (NEC) ahead of the upcoming commune and national elections, despite growing international concern over Cambodia’s deteriorating political climate. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26900/japan-confirms-nec-funding/
Japan gives $3M for scholarships
The Japanese government will continue providing scholarships to young Cambodian government officials wishing to study in Japan, continuing a tradition of bilateral scholarship that began in 2000, officials said yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25924/japan-gives--3m-for-scholarships/
Cambodia, Japan restore Angkor Wat causeway
Cambodia and Japan began Monday a four-year project to restore the ruined western causeway at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple. ...
Kyodo News
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/965609/cambodia-japan-restore-angkor-wat-causeway
JICA to fund renovation of ‘Friendship’ bridge
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide $30 million in grants for renovation of Chroy Changvar Bridge ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jica-fund-renovation-friendship-bridge
Bringing Japan FDI into focus
Launched last week, the Cambodia-Japanese Business Investment (CJBI) group aims to facilitate a dialogue between the two countries to bolster investment, and to help guide Japanese businesspeople through Cambodia’s often murky investment climate. The Post’s Cheng Sokhorng sat down with Koem Oeurn, CJBI president, to ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bringing-japan-fdi-focus
Japan gives $181 million in loan and aid
Japan agreed to provide Cambodia with a $181 million loan yesterday to help the renovation of National Road 5 linking Phnom Penh to Poipet, to help expand the Japanese Bridge and to assist in demining operations throughout the Kingdom. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23025/japan-gives--181-million-in-loan-and-aid/
Japan to donate $30m to repair friendship bridge
The Japanese Friendship Bridge in Phnom Penh is set to receive a $29.4 million renovation courtesy of the Japanese government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-donate-30m-to-repair-friendship-bridge-110012/
Japanese remains top development partner
Although loans to build infrastructure from the Japanese government may fall slightly this fiscal year, when grants and technical assistance are added to the total, overall assistance is likely to rise, Naoaki Kamoshida, a counsellor at the Japanese Embassy to Cambodia, said during a recent ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22064/japanese-remains-top-development-partner/
Japan gives more grants for schools
The Japanese government Friday granted nearly $20,000 to repair and upgrade fascilities at schools in two provinces. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18903/japan-gives-more-grants-for-schools/
Japan loans will finance Cambodia highway upgrade
Loans from Japan to Cambodia will help finance work on a key highway upgrade. The loan package totals US$150 million and will be used for the project to upgrade Cambodia’s National Road No 5. ...
World Highways News Staff
http://www.worldhighways.com/categories/auctions-equipment-supply-servicing-finance/news/japan-loans-will-finance-cambodia-highway-upgrade/
Japanese aid building goodwill in Cambodia by addressing human resources development
For many Southeast Asian countries, Japanese developmental aid may be synonymous with building bridges, roads and public facilities. But besides its infrastructure-building capacity, Japan is also boosting one of the strategic tools of diplomacy at its disposal: human resource development. ...
Mekong industrial belt taking shape
Backed by their government, Japanese firms are pressing ahead with plans to link the burgeoning industrial complexes that line a 1,700-kilometer economic corridor that runs from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a massive new port being constructed in Dawei, Myanmar. ...
Cam McGrath and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13018/mekong-industrial-belt-taking-shape/
Japan tries to check China with Dawei development project
After initially dragging its feet, the Japanese government has agreed to take part in a massive industrial development project in Myanmar. The decision was clearly influenced by China’s active involvement in infrastructure development in the Mekong region, which also includes Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. ...
Asia Times News Staff
http://atimes.com/2015/07/japan-tries-to-check-china-with-dawei-development-project/
Abe plans Mekong development to counter China
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet the leaders of five South-east Asian countries in Tokyo on Saturday to adopt a new three-year development strategy for the Mekong region — a move that will rival China’s rising economic clout in Asia. The plan is likely to ...
Today News Staff
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/abe-plans-mekong-development-counter-china
Japan contributes to ASEAN, India in retail, railway
AEON Mall, a subsidiary of Japan’s largest retailer AEON Group, recently launched its first shopping mall in Indonesia. The Japanese government has also decided to provide Overseas Development Assistance to the country. It includes renovation of aging signal equipments for the Myanmar railways. ...
The Financial Express News Staff
http://bit.ly/1IgT4FZ
Cambodia inaugurates Japan-funded bridge across Mekong River
Cambodia on Monday inaugurated the Japan-funded Tsubasa Bridge across the Mekong River. The suspension bridge, built at a cost of ¥119.4 million, allows National Route 1 to cross the Mekong River. At 2,215 meters, it is the longest bridge in Cambodia. ...
The Japan Times News Staff
http://bit.ly/1N0vCQV
Bridge's shadow falls on river ferry community
Before the sun casts its light on the Neak Loeung ferry port every morning, commuters begin arriving in buses and cars, on motorbikes and horse-carts. At the crest of the riverbank, chains slung between concrete pillars bring them to a halt. And there, even before their ...
Matt Blomberg and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/ferriedaway/
Japan awards Cambodia $230m in infrastructure aid
The Japanese government on Monday awarded nearly US$230 million in grant aid and loans to Cambodia. The loans are for a city transmission and distribution system expansion project in Phnom Penh and improvement of National Road No. 5, linking Phnom Penh and the Thai border. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/512492/japan-awards-cambodia-230m-in-infrastructure-aid
Japan to send voter registration experts to Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday returned from an international disaster management conference in Japan, where he secured a promise from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to help Cambodia with voter registration once new election laws come into effect, an official said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-send-voter-registration-experts-to-cambodia-79871/
Mekong countries, Japan eye new development strategy beyond 2015
The leaders of Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River plan to craft a new strategy in July for Tokyo to contribute to sustainable development of the Mekong region beyond 2015, a senior Japanese official said Thursday. “Taking this opportunity from this ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www2.bangkokpost.com/news/general/478989/mekong-countries-japan-eye-new-development-strategy-beyond-2015
Funding ‘not misused’
During a defence of his 30-year legacy on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen also took pains to extricate the nation’s newest, longest and most expensive bridge from corruption allegations. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/funding-not-misused