Japan Includes Pakistan in a List of Top 10 Friendly Countries

[Chakar The Great]

Pakistan and Japan are planning to solidify further the friendly brotherly and trade relations in the future. Pakistan, after inclusion, can reap more benefits from Japan's strong economy and technology market.

Japan has included Pakistan in the list of top 10 friendly countries and looks forward to assisting Pakistan in development activities, asserted the Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Kuninori Matsuda while addressing the annual meeting of Pakistan-Japan Business Forum earlier this week.

He emphasised that Karachi has an untapped potential for economic activities, reminiscing a time when Karachi was the hub of entertainment and cultural activities, and many young people from across the world including from Japan visited the city in the 1960s.


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Besides the automobile sector, the Japanese ambassador identified several other sectors of fishing, agriculture, food, pharmaceutical, energy, tourism, education, logistics for trade partnership between Japan and Pakistan.

“Japan is already cooperating with Pakistan in food, agriculture and fisheries’ sectors,” he said. He informed the Business Forum that arrangements are made for Pakistani youth to seek ample employment opportunities in Japan, referring to the recent agreement signed between Japan and Pakistan on the trading of the skilled workforce.




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“Skilled workforce is necessary for development, hence, Japan is facilitating Pakistan in training and educating the manpower in areas of civil engineering, science, and technology,” he said. He informed that Japan is considering to further shore up investment in Pakistan’s automobile sector in the future.

The President of Pakistan-Japan Business Forum, Sohail Ahmed, remarked that the current worth of trade between Pakistan and Japan is $2 million for the past decade. But with concerted efforts, the partnership between the two countries can be made more worthwhile.


“Currently, 86 Japanese companies are operating in Pakistan,” he said. “In 2019, two more Japanese enterprises have begun operations here,” asserted Ahmed.

He also counted on the benefits of the recent agreement signed between the two countries on the trading of the workforce and skilled labor, adding that Japan required manpower and Pakistan’s youth could suffice the need of Japan.

Japan and Pakistan have recently reached an agreement in which Japan has pledged to open the gateway to hundreds and thousands of opportunities for Pakistani skilled manpower, giving them a chance to earn decent earning.


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[waz]

Excellent news, I hope the Japanese Pakistani friendship blossoms further. Old ties should be built upon.

 

[Umar Nazir]

Pakistan played a significant role during 1947-51 in lifting the Occupation and restoring Japan's sovereignty. Pakistan was described by US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as the 'tower of strength' on the Japanese peace treaty, signed on 8 September 1951 at San Francisco. Unlike many other Asian countries, Pakistan waived war reparations from Japan to help build its economy. Pakistan was among the first few countries that ratified the Japanese peace treaty.

Pakistan also played a leading role in Japan's postwar economic revival in the 1950s by exporting cotton and jute to Japan as textiles was the only industry allowed to revive under the Occupation. SCAP-Japan sent its first trade mission to Pakistan in May 1948, headed by R. Eaton. Two months later, Japan signed a trade agreement with Pakistan in July 1948, which was also the first trade agreement signed by Japan with any country after the war. Much of Pakistan’s export was on deferred payment as Japan was short of foreign exchange. In exchange for cotton and jute, Pakistan imported textile machinery from Japan. Therefore, a mutually beneficial trade relationship emerged between them.

 

[Ali Tariq]

"The Bangladesh Liberation War soon broke out in East Pakistan; Japan closed its Consulate-General in Dhaka and cut-off aid to Pakistan. Japan recognized Bangladesh within two months on 10 February 1972, inviting more Pakistan’s criticism. Half of Japan’s loans were consumed in East Pakistan and it refused to honor and payback those loans as Japan recognized Bangladesh before Pakistan made any decision."

@waz @Dubious please remove this troll post.

 

[Dubious]

"The Bangladesh Liberation War soon broke out in East Pakistan; Japan closed its Consulate-General in Dhaka and cut-off aid to Pakistan. Japan recognized Bangladesh within two months on 10 February 1972, inviting more Pakistan’s criticism. Half of Japan’s loans were consumed in East Pakistan and it refused to honor and payback those loans as Japan recognized Bangladesh before Pakistan made any decision."

How is this related to this thread?
Kindly stop trolling. If by any chance this thread gets derailed you will be banned.

 

[PakSword]

Pakistan welcomes Japan to establish industries in SEZs.

We need to welocme Japan not only for business/industrialisation but more importantly we need to LEARN from Japan about IndustrialMindset and WorkEthics.

PMIK needs to visit Japan and invite Japanese businesses to come invest in Pakistan.

EmergingPakistan

@ps3linux @graphican @OsmanAli98 @Shane @Verve @PakSword @Signalian

Every country will try to establish its industry in Pakistan, provided:

1 - No power breakdowns
2 - Technically educated/ certified labor such as electricians, mechanics, electronic engineering craftsmen (very very important)
3 - Safety and security
4 - Effective and efficient judicial process
5 - Ease of setting up business in Pakistan

 

[Shane]

Every country will try to establish its industry in Pakistan, provided:

1 - No power breakdowns
2 - Technically educated/ certified labor such as electricians, mechanics, electronic engineering craftsmen (very very important)
3 - Safety and security
4 - Effective and efficient judicial process
5 - Ease of setting up business in Pakistan

There is significant and incremental improvement in the first three. Effective and efficient judicial process is still a far cry.

The last one is still manageable but only in country to country business deals at the moment.

The damage done by Ishaq Dar was to try and replicate the import based economy of Dubai, UAE (which itself is looking to diversify and industrialize).

A move that resulted in devastation of local industry while significant increase in import based tax collection gave the impression that Pakistan economic indicator was improving.

Instead of the crippling reforms and poor imitation of Ishaq Dar, we should adopt the "Ease of doing Business" model of UAE and replicate that part to make doing and setting up new businesses easy in Pakistan.

 

[Imran Khan]

i like made in japan things

 

[PakSword]

There is significant and incremental improvement in the first three. Effective and efficient judicial process is still a far cry.
The last one is still manageable but only in country to country business deals at the moment.

Number 2 is a big problem.
Our technical education syllabus is out of date. We don't have latest machines/ tools/ software in technical colleges that may help the students in getting hands on experience and bring much needed efficiency.
Met someone who told me that there was a meeting in his company about investing in Pakistan and one major reason was unavailability of technical workforce with certificates in using latest machines/ leveraging technology. Also the workforce can't read instructions manuals..

This sector requires huge investment at college diploma level.. even then 5-10 years are required just to catch up..

 

[waz]

How is this related to this thread?
Kindly stop trolling. If by any chance this thread gets derailed you will be banned.

I banned him on the spot, no more of this Indian BS trolling on here.

i like made in japan things

Hahahaha bro you love Sony.

 

[PakSword]

first three.

Another one is safety and security.. Accidents happen every now and then in industrial areas.. Our civil services departments are not up to the standard. Our fire department is not capable enough to handle incidents currently. Police requires a lot of reforms.. customs department requires a lot of inter personal training.

 

[war&peace]

Excellent news, I hope the Japanese Pakistani friendship blossoms further. Old ties should be built upon.

Japan and Pakistan have been old friends and our relations started right at independence but we miserably failed during the last 30-40 years when highly corrupt and anti-Pakistan traitors beginning were imposed by the corrupt elements in the establishment on the people.

 

[Curious_Guy]

i know its off topic but please help me understand, there is so much hue and cry over Pakistan's debt which is about 72% of gdp , while Japan on other hand has debt to gdp ratio of more than 200%, how come Japan still have enogh to spend in Japan and then Invest. How do these Debts work.

 

[war&peace]

i know its off topic but please help me understand, there is so much hue and cry over Pakistan's debt which is about 72% of gdp , while Japan on other hand has debt to gdp ratio of more than 200%, how come Japan still have enogh to spend in Japan and then Invest. How do these Debts work.

USA has even bigger but you should know who controls the world.

 

[Flash_Ninja]

i know its off topic but please help me understand, there is so much hue and cry over Pakistan's debt which is about 72% of gdp , while Japan on other hand has debt to gdp ratio of more than 200%, how come Japan still have enogh to spend in Japan and then Invest. How do these Debts work.

They are a global power and get access to very low interest loans. The USA is the same, their loans are based on the fact that these countries will always be economic powers for the forseeable future, and will remain financially and politically stable too.

Pakistan has higher interest or unfavourable loans because its the opposite of those things, and only now after 50-60 years is actually tring to get its act together.