Japan And China: Competition Or Cooperation In Southeast Asia? | Japan’s Indo-Pacific Plan - Part 1 

One thing that surprises me is, from reading the comments, many people think that Japan just begins to invest in region to compete with China. Actually, Japan has been investing in the region massively since the 80s. Thanks to 1985 Plaza Accord, Yen value increased and Japan had to invest oversea for lower production cost. During that period, Japan invested massively in Thailand, Malaysia Indonesia and other countries. With Japanese investment, many countries developed and moved from lower income to middle income countries. Japan also invested in many infrastructure project. Even there is the competition from China and South Korea in last decades, Japan is still one of the biggest invester in Southeast Asia.

Freedom of navigation, that's music to China's ears. The world's largest trading nation

it is always good to have powerful countries competing to help us with tons of money, so for some commentors please stop stiring the sentiment of choosing either China or Japan

Its funny how of the cosplayers shown in this video, half of them are of the video game Genshin Impact, which is a Chinese video game 😂

I have been to cambodia, and it feels good to see they get more infrastructure now, regardless of where that foreign investment funds coming from, infrastructures can directly get locals quality of life better.

Excellent Documentary 👍. Now onto part 2.

We can easily trust Japan technology

AMAZING #JAPAN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Japan's collaboration nations in the SEA with civil engineering projects is really admirable. In Philippines alone, we trust Japanese civil engineering for our new highways, tunnels, and bridges. Japan, as a nation hit with severe weather and earthquakes, are experienced in building resilient structures and we have a great sense of trust in the Japanese. Filipino projects don't hesitate to collaborate with the Japanese for finance, their talent, skills and dedication in completing projects.

Whoever gives more benefits to the country, such as the Philippines, will be given preference.

beautiful people and beautiful nation of japan arigato😊❤🇯🇵

I don't understand why Americans are just using Military rather than using economic trade.

Guess it is not only China was staying low key in the past of their development. Japan learned from being supressed back when they are world number 2 about 30 years ago. It is also smart that Japan doing it outside of the G7 version of BRI.

I am absolutely sure each government in SEA can make up its own mind which offer is best. Whether a 'competition' or 'cooperation' gong to exist between both Asia economic powerhouses is the least of our concerns and worries, they can take care of themselves very well as Asia giants and work thing out among themselves as always without us dwarf nations' interference. 🤭🤭

This is the way

Everyone uses the term "Free and Open Indo-Pacific", may someone please define that? As well we are all aware that when the US speaks of "Freedom of Navigation" they are ONLY referring to Freedom of Navigation for their military vessels, the Chinese benefits the most from Freedom of Navigation of seaborne commercial traffic.

here for my study, wish me well for final!

Invest in South East Asia is a good choice!

Japan 🇯🇵 👍

Thailand and Japan were allies in WWII. This is just the continuation of that relationship.

another great documentary by the CNA. Well done! 👍👍👍

COOL #JAPAN 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

red light districts in SE Asia were there largely because of the American Military and then the Japanese business men

so given the information what should be the best course to make money by their situation.

Proof is in the pudding, as they say. Looking back in history, remembering the intentions and actions of the various powers, would we now more likely trust those who tried to suppress and exploit us, or those who refrained from such, instead try to forge a relative win-win condition for all? We have not only been realising the reality of each player through the ages, but have been gaining the ability to choose who we want to align with and who we are more wary of. If those who want to win back our confidence, won't it be logical they will have to put in more effort, not just to win us over, but to repair our lost confidence and belief in their intentions and integrity?!

Go Japan!! 🔜⬆️⬆️⬆️

I don't really trust Japan too much as a former employee in a Japanese company. What they say and do reveals their weaknesses.

If japan contributing a lot over last decade why Thailand average income still low ?who benefits the most

Why the heck the United States of America doesn't invest economically in Africa and Asia

Automation makes sense for Japan which has an ageing population and declining population. But Thailand needs more 'human' jobs, doesn't it?

Japan really did conquered Southeast Asia a second time Just not in a military way 😅

Looks like Thailand is the Rockstar in this piece.

The modern relations between the Kingdom of Siam. (The name was changed to Thailand in 1939.) and the Empire of Japan was established in 1887, but the close relations began during the 1930s. After the 1932 Siamese Revolution which transformed Absolute Monarchy to Constitutional Monarchy, the Siamese government improved the relations with Japan. According to many academic researches, since the absolute government had a close relations with Western Great Powers, Britain and France, so the new post - revolution government improved the relations with Japan with the intention to guarantee the stability and international recognition of the government. In the same way, Japan, saw the opportunity to reduce the role of Britain and France in the region, so the close relations began. During the period, Thailand had cooperated many things with Japan. Thailand began the industrialization with Japan as a model. Many students were awarded the scholarship to study in Japan. And there was also the military cooperation. With the high nationalistic sentiment at the time, and the Fall of France to Nazi Germany in 1940, Thai government sent the troops to the French - occupied Indochina to take the territories which Siam lost to France during the reign of King Rama V (1853 - 1910 reigned 1868 - 1910) back. This led to the Franco - Thai War which was consisted of ground, naval, and aerial warfare. Most of warfare between both sides occurred in the Northeast region of Thailand and in the French - occupied areas in Indochina. One of the most well known events of this war, moreover than the first aerial warfare in Thai history, was the naval battle between Thai and French battleships near Ko Chang (Battle of Ko Chang) in the eastern sea of Thailand. The war ended in May 1941 (began in October 1940) after the negotiation between two sides mediated by the officers from the Empire of Japan was concluded. France had to cede some areas to Thailand. Thailand made those areas to be a provinces of Thailand and ruled them between 1941 - 1946. After the World War II ended, Thailand had to cede those areas back to France. Today, they are parts of Laos and Cambodia. The The Victory Monument in Bangkok was built to dedicate to those who lost their lives in this war. After this war, Japan and Thailand had a closer relations. In 1941, Thailand was invaded by the Japanese troops. Despite a little resistance by the Thai military and police officers and the "Youth Soldiers", especially in the Southern Thailand, to avoid the mass destruction, the Thai government decided to become the ally of the Empire of Japan. The Japanese established the troops in the country, while Thailand could retain the independence and the freedom to control the internal affairs. Japan is the first country which Thailand establishes the ambassadorial level of relations and the diplomatic representative is the ambassador. Before that time, the Siamese representatives in Europe were mostly the legations to many European nations. During this time, the Japanese troops from Thai bases had the critical role to the vicotry of Japan in the invasion of Burma, Malaya, Singapore and Ducth East Indies. Many British, American, and Dutch POWs were captured and forced to work in the construction of the notorious Death Railway in Kanchanaburi Province in the west of Thailand. Even Thailand faced less hardship than many Asian territories which were occupied by the Japanese. There were hardships from the economy and the attacks from the Allied forces to the Japanese bases in the country. After Thailand and Japan became ally before the Pacific theater of the World War II began, Thailand should be one of Axis powers. However, due to the actions of Free Thai Movement, a group of Thai people who disagreed with the government's commitment with the Imperial Japan and cooperated secretly with the Allied powers in many ways such as intelligence during the war, Thailand became a neutral after the war ended and the country, including the government did not faced the punishments from the Allied powers as other Axis nations faced. Thailand just paid some little reparations to Britain and France, sent a rice to Britain to feed the people in British Colonies, and returned the territories it occupied after 1941 Franco - Thai war and 1942 Japanese occupation of Burma/Malaya back to Britain and France. Those territories are parts of Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia in the present. As the legacy of Japanese brutality during the war was less than other Asian countries, and many Thai people have had the positive view to the Japanese since the close relation era in the 1930s, Thailand becomes one of the most pro - Japanese countires in Asia. The positive feeling increased during the 1980s when Japanese companies invested many projects in Thailand, created a thousands of jobs, and made Thailand become the middle income nation in the 1990s. Japan also invested in many infrasturcture project, such as the MRT train. The Japanese cultural products, movies, series, Mangas, Animes and Pop songs are also very popular. Many songs were translated into Thai language. Even there are more competitions from China in investment and from South Korea in entertainment industry in recent years, Japan is still regarded as one of the most favourite countries in the view of many Thai people. Fun Facts: 1. There was a Japanese warrior named Yamada Nagamasa, who was the ruler of Nakhon Sri Thammarat in Southern Siam during the Ayutthaya period. 2. The building of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo is formerly the house of Pujie, the younger brother of Emperor Puyi, the last emperor of China. Pujie married Hiro Saga, the Japanese noblewoman. 3. There is Thai businessman named Boonpong Sirivejjabhandu who secretly supplied the medicines for the POWs during the World War II. 4. There is a Thai classical novel named "คู่กรรม Khu Gam" or "The Sun Sets At Chao Phraya". It is about the love between Japanese soldier named Kobori and Thai woman named Angsumalin. It has been adapted into movies and TV dramas for many versions. 5. Thailand also has the sister group of AKB48. BNK48 is Thai version and one of many "Sister Groups" of AKB48, the idol girl group originated from Japan. They become popular after the great success of Thai version of "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" which was released in late 2017. The song became popular, became national phenomenon and also made the Group become national phenomenon. Today, the MV of the song has more than 190 million views. This number is nearly as equal as the MV of original Japanese version and the number is still increasing. Many of their other songs also have more than 10 - 20 million views. After the great success, the Group becomes popular and many members have many works, such as being invited as the guests in many TV shows (They also have their own TV variety shows.), being presenters in many TV advertisements and being actresses in many movies, TV dramas ("ละคร Lakorn" in Thai. Many of the members had some acting careers before becoming the Group's members.) and TV series. After the great success of Thai version of "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie", the group becomes very popular and has the expansion with the debut of the 2nd Generation in 2018 and the 3rd Generation in 2022 and the debut of CGM48 in 2020. CGM48 is the Sister Group of both AKB48 and CGM48 based in Chiang Mai, one of the biggest cities in Northern Thailand. And the group is also the first Sister Group of Oversea Sister Group. There are also a sub - units, Mimigumo, debut in 2019, and Vyra, a T Pop girl group, debut in 2020.

3:49 half of those cosplayers are playing as genshin impact characters which is a chinese made game 🤣

⭐⭐🌟⭐⭐ Chapters 📖🔖: 1:55 Japan soft power over ASEAN 7:22 14:20 Japan 🇯🇵 *East West Economic Corridor* & *Southern Economic Corridor* 8:08 Japan 🇯🇵 *Free Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)* Strategy 9:14 15:02 Thailand 🇹🇭-🇯🇵 Japan economic relations: JICA, Industry 4.0, IoT 24:45 Cambodia 🇰🇭-🇯🇵 Japan economic relations 33:17 🇨🇳 Snarling Dragon 🐲🐉 at the doorstep

Come on Japan love from india 🇮🇳,,

Indeed most Thai peoples love Japan. They have a long historical cooperation and bilateral relationship. But Indonesia is another thing. Japan have colonized Indonesia in WW 2 era. We Indonesian are still strictly carefull with them.

It’s not about competition. These superpower countries are like banks in the society. They are the ones who have money that other countries loan and pay in due time.

US can pressure Japan to target countries in Indopacific that are not bowing to US. But US can not pressure China that is why many of those countries trust in Indopacific.

As a filipino, I hope -japanese relations become stronger and stronger. ✌️☺️👌🇵🇭🇯🇵🎌

I support Japan 🤙

I didn not know Japan would plaay such a role as building whole corridors across SE Asia. I know India will soon began doing teh same as China but hving Japan join will be a huge help.

Thailand is a sunset economy with greyish population, The future of ASEAN belongs to Vietnam and Indonesia.

Is very Great for ASEAN + 3 (China, Japan, SK) need to work togather to make this region/ our region developed, peace and prosperous. 😁😆😅😍🥰👍👍👍. cooperation and competition is needed, i am sure our region will be come greater than the west. we dont need western armed force come in our region, to become prosperous region we need peace and cooperation, and healthy competition is needed also to boost the development.🤗🤗🤗😆😁😄. The problem of senkaku/diaoyu island is a problem inherited by the West/US to make relations between China and Japan to always be tense, the US will use Japan as the front bumper against China in any conflict with china. In the history that I learned, the Senkaku Islands are Chinese territory, before the World War 1, Japan took the Senkaku Islands by force from China, and China could do nothing to prevent it. after Japan lost in world war 2, the US returned the disputed island area to Japan not to China, this was a landmine planted by the US so that Asia would continue to conflict. I think japan should be careful with the West's hidden intention to pit Japan against China. In a real open war if China+ Russia vs West+Japan, it is the Japanese and Chinese sides that will suffer the most losses, due to the close geographical location of the two neighboring countries. I hope Japan and China are able to solve the problem well😍love peace.

If you are not mentioning India don't call it Indo-Pacific it's a different word asia and the pacific is the right word for east asia including southeast asia and oceania

MEANWHILE, ASEAN HAVE BEEN EXPORTING RANKING A NUMBER ONE IN A LOT OF QUANTITY & NOMINAL VALUE TO CHINA MARKET. MUCH MORE THAN USA & JAPAN .

Just another lackey of the Americans

japan just let southeast asia independance because usa and china win meanwhile: china and japan fighting

Japan products and infrastructure are equivalent to quality. This must be used to compete with China like building roads and trains in South-East Asia. Japan must adapt and innovate to be relevant in the future ,and this will prevent stagnation of its economy.

i guess the title is wrong

Is the Indo Pacific currently not free and under threat or is it an excuse by the old powers to recolonize again?

Well its too late and too small

You must be joking! Japan, with its inept politicians and 5 decades of economic depression, can come up with an Indo-Pacific Plan? Or, one drawn by its American Master to ensure its commitment to its own plan.

China will never give up what matters.✊🤗

But Japan's open international order in Asia Pacific region is against their master US dominant international order.

Every investor must look for frofit, Chinese want benifits for both countries, I can't see what Japanese is looking for, except political purposes

Unilateral Fukushima radioactive waste water release: What rule based order?

Why can’t we all just be friends?

One sided report, with loads of racist and prejudiced comments from the westerners. Why like this, CNA?

CN & JP need to be working together peacefully. Otherwise ASEAN will be in a difficult position to deal with both powerful nations. Alternative, it would be individuals perception of JP & CN in a general way. The preference will be obvious for most smart people.

Why indo pacific not Asia pacific??

CONSTRUCTIVE COMPETITION IS GOOD FOR ALL OF ALL

Capres manapun yg berani janjiin anggaran militer selama 5 tahun ke depan konsisten minimum 2% dr APBN bakal gw pilih!

Singapore is not a part of Malaysian Chinese!

Whether it’s BRI or JICA, it’s all overseas loans. I wonder how some of these loans will be paid.

I wonder, why can't Japanese made cellphones can' t penetrate the Philippine market?

First several minutes, about the CosNichi, although telling Japanese cultural soft power, but most shots are given to people in Genshin Impact costume, which is a game made by Chinese, great work

china love

who is the great imetators....

Bravo Japan 👍👍

can anyone name a successful infrastructure project invested by japan in asean? And anyone agrees that COSPLAY is so-called strategy? Japanese invested the TV show for sure😎

While those to go at it Korea is basically taking over ASEAN people lol.

Japanese can not compete with China now, China have the technology and manpower, and most importantly cost over Japan

Economic corridor thru indo China ASEAN is a rubbish geopolitical statement.

SAVE #FREEDOM AND #DEMOCRACY !!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

when the world only talks about china, you know they made it. bravo china... from france!

Co-operation?? Laughable to say the least. Both countries are trying to ramp up their economic growth/recovery.

I am southeast Asian who can explain to me what is indo-Pacific honestly I do not understand?😁

In 2023, The first time ever China put more money than Japanese on Forien Direct Investment in Thailand!! But Japan is Thailand’s favourite most of the things. Thailand ranges no.4 and is most Japanese outside Japan. Anyway, Thailand has the largest overseas Chinese community and is also the most successful case of assimilation, with many claiming Thai identity. The siamese talk could help them again?

I guess China is deeper in south east Asia and has advantages as many businesses communities there are Chinese.

🇧🇩🤝🏻🇨🇳 🇧🇩🤝🏻🇹🇷 🇧🇩🤝🏻🇯🇵

As long as the asean doesn't have thier own high-price product they still need an invesments from japan , but if they have , they might choose china to be partner trade cuz the product sold more in china So if china want kick japan out of asean , just lessen the import tax.

Japan infrastructure financing/development is a Joke, just ask India. Japan was contracted to build a High Speed Rail between Mumbai and Ahmadabad, and in 10 years only managed to build some 10 km of track out of a 500 km network. Keep up the BS. Mediacorp.

China maybe cheap in price but Japan alittle bit pricey but very very Efficient.

O Japão está fazendo o correto trazendo os países para su

Japan are more helpful with ODA to countries that need loans which is much cheaper at 0.25% per annum with 15 to 20 grace for no payment of loans compared to China's 3% or more per annum .If we are talking say USD 1 Billion That will be saving of at least 2.75% and based on USD 1 billion that would saving of USD 27.5 million per annum plus the grace period of payment with difference at least 10 years compared to China Then the standard China requirements of sending their nationals as workers to the country that provided the loans such as Philippines which absurd compared to Japan that only their technical people at highest position ( Proj Mgr Senior Engrs ) to manage the project but not ordinary workers.

as an Asian person i love to travel in Japan rather than in China or in South Korea or any other south east asia nation.. their very hospitality and kind especially i love their cuisine

Imagine even making the comparison and asking the question. Japan has failed m8serably multiple times in ASEAN and Middle Eastern project commitments. A pity there is so much ignorance in CNA.

Cooperation? Not on America's watch.

Japan is equivalent to one prosperous province. Vietnam also equilavant to one prosperous province. Y'all need more people, building more ports ain't enough. Compete vs collaborate, nah, we knows. Toyota go to Thailand, we all know for years. But the thing Thailand like has a ageing population, they also not replacing them.

Sound like Japanese propaganda

Japan kashida will follow Abe to Yasakuni shrine !

Why Thailand GDP per capita is still low.

there will be xino japanese war 3 , as the last part 2 china did not win the war solely so still many unfixed problem with japan until this day.they must settle the problem once and for all.

Os países para si, agregando-os

Japan will never surpass China as long as it is under the US shadows. But I will always prefer Japan than any country in East Asia.

Ppl has forgotten the cruelty and rape cases of Japan soldiers where their govt till today has not apologize and their japan ppl are not aware of the ww2 proper history where they invaded ppl first

everywhere is their shop and infra structure.

I favor Korea over Japan, that’s why I’ll go for hyundai instead of toyota when I by a car.

Now its more chinese and korean companies investing there while japan struggles with own economic problems.