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Gov’t peruses documents for receiving Japanese aid

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) held talks with a delegation from the Embassy of Japan (EoJ) aimed at exchanging views and methods to accelerate banking document procedures in receiving Japanese grant aid for development projects in the Kingdom. ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442506/govt-peruses-documents-for-receiving-japanese-aid/

Japanese follow-up team arrives in Cambodia

A group of Japanese experts arrived in Cambodia Tuesday for a two-day visit as a follow-up team regarding the needs survey implemented last May for electoral reform assistance to Cambodia. The team was led by Mr. Tadayuki MIYASHITA, Director, Country Assistance Planning Division I, International ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/japanese-follow-up-team-arrives-in-cambodia-7516

Japanese firm signs agreement with bank

Publicly listed Japanese conglomerate Resona Holdings signed an agreement yesterday with Cambodia Public Bank (Campu) aimed at increasing its customer base in the Kingdom’s banking sector. Resona Holdings subsidiary firms Resona Bank, Saitama Bank and Kinki Osaka Bank are all part of the agreement, which allows ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-firm-signs-agreement-bank

Japan-Cambodia cultural festival begins tonight

During the 10th annual Japan-Cambodia Kizuna Festival, the focus will be on the “kizuna,” or bond in Japanese, between the two countries. The opening ceremony begins at 6 p.m. tonight, and the festival runs until Sunday evening. Admission is free, and more than 10,000 people are ...

Emily Wilkins
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-cambodia-cultural-festival-begins-tonight-52722/

Direct Japan flights set to take off later in year: PM

Japan will introduce direct flights to and from Cambodia this year in an effort to bolster trade, investment and tourism between the two nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday. Hun Sen announced the plan at a meeting with a delegation led by Hideo ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/direct-japan-flights-set-take-later-year-pm

Marchers to flout ban on protests

Hundreds of civil society representatives, garment workers and community groups are expected to take to the streets this morning to deliver petitions to foreign embassies calling on the government to release the 23 people arrested during garment worker strikes earlier this month and find justice ...

Kevin Ponniah and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marchers-flout-ban-protests

Slow year for Japanese investment

The Japanese embassy is reporting a $280 million drop in Japanese investment last year, but officials were quick to say that the numbers don’t necessarily reflect slumping investor confidence in Cambodia. Japanese investment in the Kingdom reached about $47.5 million in 2013, compared to $328 million ...

Hor Kimsay and Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slow-year-japanese-investment

Japan Asked Government to Protect Its Interests During Strike

Japan has expressed its deep concern about the situation in Cambodia following the deadly crackdown on striking garment workers last Friday, and admitted Thursday that it had contacted the government during the protests to ask for protection of Japanese citizens and companies. Military police armed with ...

Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-asked-government-to-protect-its-interests-during-strike-50399/

Japan Provides Almost US$800,000 for Mine Clearance in Battambang Province

The Government of Japan has decided to provide a total of US$791,720 to Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) to improve mine clearance in Battambang province in 2013. The grant contract was signed here last Friday at the Embassy of Japan between H.E. Kumamaru Yuji, Japanese Ambassador ...

C. Nika
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=36095

World Bank fund halt irks officials

THE government expressed disappointment yesterday with the World Bank’s announcement that it had halted new country loans due to the ongoing land dispute at Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh and vowed to raise the issue with the bank’s executive board. “We are very dissatisfied ...

>http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011081050948/National-news/world-bank-fund-halt-irks-officials.html

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