Bangladesh–Japan relations

Bangladeshi-Japanese relations were established in February 1972.citation|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|location=Japan|title=Japan-Bangladesh Relations|date=March 2008|accessdate=2008-04-09|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/bangladesh/index.html] Japan is Bangladesh's 11th-largest export market; imports from Bangladesh make up 26% of all Japanese imports from the least developed countries, second only to those from Cambodia. Common imports from Bangladesh to Japan include leather goods, ready-made garments, and shrimp.citation|contribution=East Asian Security: A Bangladesh Perspective|last=Abdul Matin|first=Muhammad|pages=504-528|title=Changing Security Dynamic in Eastern Asia: Focus on Japan|editor1-last=Sisodia|editor1-first=N. S.|editor2-last=Naidu|editor2-first=G. V. C.|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|date=2005|isbn=8186019529] By 2004, Japan had become Bangladesh's fourth-largest source of foreign direct investment, behind the United States, United Kingdom, and Malaysia. Japan's political goals in its relationship with Bangladesh include gaining support for their bid to join the United Nations Security Council, and securing markets for their finished goods. Japan is a significant source of development aid to Bangladesh. [citation|title=Japan's Political and Economic Goals in Bangladesh|journal=Asian Affairs|volume=27|issue=4|pages=41-50|date=October–December 2005|last=Ashrafur Rahman|first=Syed|url=http://www.cdrb.org/journal/2005/4/3.pdf|accessdate=2008-04-09]

References

Further reading

*citation|title=Japan-Bangladesh Relations, 1972-1990|first=Sukumāra|last=Biśvāsa|date=2005|publisher=Mowla Brothers|isbn=9844104351

External links

* [http://www.bdembjp.com/ Embassy of Bangladesh in Japan]
* [http://www.bd.emb-japan.go.jp/ Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh]