Japan effectively bargained over war compensation paid to Indonesia and other Southeast Asian nations after World War II, using as leverage Cambodia's 1954 offer to give up its claims to redress, according to archival documents released.
In October 1954, Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk communicated to Japan via a minister at the Cambodian Embassy in Japan his intent to give up the country's claims to compensation, hoping Japan in return would provide various forms of assistance.
Tokyo thanked Cambodia for the offer and told the minister Japan wanted to show this "example of a mutual offer and benefit based on trust and the spirit of friendship" to the other countries seeking huge amounts of compensation. Japan had been facing compensation demands of more than $ 10 billion from several countries, according to the diplomatic documents.
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This is perhaps one of the reasons Japan has helped Cambodia.
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