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Japan wants Cambodia to hold next year’s general election in a democratic way, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told the heir apparent of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Hun Manet on Monday. ...

Hun Manet, commander of the country’s army, plans to visit Japan in mid-February for talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other top officials, Japanese government sources said Sunday. ...

Fumiaki Takahashi, president of the Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA), has requested that Prime Minister Hun Sen build a memorial park in the capital in honour of the two countries’ bonds of friendship.   ...

Japan has agreed to provide $728,501 for three recipient organisations under the framework, The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects, to enhance the medical system to practice pediatric surgery, strengthen community care and support network for children, and improve the learning environment through primary school ...

Japan’s assistance to Cambodia in the decade’s long battle to clear vast areas of landmines in the country would perhaps be close to taking yet another step forward, going by the words of Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hayashi Yoshimasa. ...

Chey Sambo Cashew Nut Processing Handicraft in Kampong Thom province has planned to scale up the amount of processed cashew nuts for exports to Japan this year, after experiencing successful exports last year, which resulted in huge support in the Japanese market. ...

Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation last evening made public the outcomes of the telephone conversation between Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and his Japanese counterpart Hayashi Yoshimasa. ...

The Japanese government has pledged an additional $185 million in low-interest loans to Cambodia to support the second phase of the Covid-19 crisis. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen, has expressed his condolences to Madam Sumiko Imagawa, over the passing of Mr Yukio Imagawa, former Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia. ...

Japan threw its support behind Prime Minister Hun Sen’s efforts to deescalate and resolve the Myanmar conflict. ...

The Government of Japan will provide ten waste collection trucks worth in total $245,215 to ten provinces of Cambodia, under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (“KUSANONE” Grant). ...

 The Government of Japan will provide some $13.9 million in grant aid to Cambodia for contributing to the development of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in Preah Sihanouk. ...

The Government of Japan has supported a water supply expansion project in Pursat province with a grant aid of approximately $21.9 million. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida have discussed the bilateral cooperation between both countries and exchanged views on regional issues of common interest. ...

Dr Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance on Monday held talks with Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia MIKAMI Masahiro. ...

Japan has been instrumental in ASEAN connectivity development, extending a helping hand in a vast spectrum of major infrastructure projects across the Southeast Asian economic bloc, especially in the Kingdom. ...

The Council of the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 146 Japanese qualified investment projects (QIP) as of October with a total investment capital of $2.853 billion. ...

Japan has provided the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) with vehicles and office equipment, equivalent to 300 million Japanese Yen (about $2,780,000), for Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN 2022. ...

To encourage the spread of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles (FCV), the Japanese government will help build small-scale hydrogen stations around the country. ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Japanese ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami signed an “exchange of notes” and other documents related to the provision of Japanese grant aid and loans worth approximately $72 million to implement six projects. ...

The Japanese government has decided to extend a loan and grant aid projects to the Kingdom totalling about $72 million to contribute to socio-economic development, including $1.8 million for the landmine action sector. ...

The Government of Japan will provide up to nearly $73 million in loan and grant aid to Cambodia to support various development projects, pointed out a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) made public this morning. ...

The 22nd Cambodia-Japan Joint Committee met via video conference with more than 130 members of the private sector in attendance this week. Discussions focused on minimum wage, taxes, logistics, energy supply, automobile imports, human resource development and organising workshops to better understand supply chains, according ...

Cambodia and Japan discussed the promotion of the agro-tourism subsector and the development and restoration of the tourism sector after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...