BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

PAKISTAN-JAPAN RELATIONS: SECURITY, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS

Author: Moonis Ahmar

DOI Link: DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2006v27n2a4

ABSTRACT

Pakistan is a major strategic partner of Japan in South Asia. Pakistan-Japan relations possess wide prospects particularly in economic, trade, commerce, security, political and strategic areas. These relations are not linked with Tokyo’s relations with New Delhi as both Japan and Pakistan share common perceptions on sustaining the Indo-Pak peace process. There is alsoa need on the part of Pakistan to learn lessons from the Japanese model of development, particularly in the spheres of education, infrastructure, science and technology. Pakistan can learn a lot from Japan but in order to seek more assistance from Tokyo, Islamabad needs to dispel Japan’s concerns as far as the issue of nuclear proliferation is concerned. Stable Pakistan-Japan relations may help the process of Indo-Pak normalization of relations on the one hand and Tokyo’s meaningful role in SAARC, on the other.