Japan–Sweden relations
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Japan–Sweden relations are the bilateral relations of Japan and the Kingdom of Sweden. Contacts between the two countries can be traced back to the 18th century when Carl Peter Thunberg, a disciple of the botanist Carl Linnaeus, came to Japan for plant collecting and researching. This made him the first Swedish national to visit Japan.[1]
The formal diplomatic relations of Japan and Sweden was established by the signing of Swedish-Japanese Treaty in 1868,[2] which was also the first treaty Meiji Government made with a foreign state.[3]:2 During the first decade of the 20th century, the two countries started opening legations in Tokyo and Stockholm, then promoted to embassies in 1957.[1]
Japan is Sweden's second largest trading partner in Asia,[4] and some Swedish policies on welfare, population ageing and international affairs like peacekeeping and official development assistance have been taken concern, or even example of, by Japan.[5] The bilateral relations are also strengthened through state visits, royal visits, cultural or academic exchanges from both side.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Japan-Sweden Relations (Overview)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ (Japanese)"スウェーデン基礎データ". 外務省. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ Ingemar Ottosson, Trade under protest: Sweden, Japan and the East Asian crisis in the 1930s (pdf), Lund University, retrieved 29 January 2015
- ↑ (Swedish)"Japan". Regeringskansliet. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ (Japanese)吉武信彦 (2000). "日本・北欧政治関係の史的展開 (A Political Dialogue between Japan and the Nordic Countries: Japanese Views)" (pdf). 地域政策研究 第3卷: 31–33, 38–40.
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