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href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> that was once a Japanese colony. There is a Japanese embassy on the Palauan island of <a href="/wiki/Koror" title="Koror">Koror</a> and a Palauan embassy in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan%E2%80%93Palau_relations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koror_in_the_Japanese_Period3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Koror_in_the_Japanese_Period3.JPG/220px-Koror_in_the_Japanese_Period3.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Koror_in_the_Japanese_Period3.JPG/330px-Koror_in_the_Japanese_Period3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Koror_in_the_Japanese_Period3.JPG/440px-Koror_in_the_Japanese_Period3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="754" data-file-height="372" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Koror" title="Koror">Koror</a> under Japanese administration</figcaption></figure> <p>The bilateral ties between the two countries originated in 1920, when Japan assumed control over the island colonies of the <a href="/wiki/German_colonial_empire" title="German colonial empire">German colonial empire</a> in the Pacific which included present-day <a href="/wiki/Micronesia" title="Micronesia">Micronesia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Marianas" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Marianas">Northern Marianas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a>. The islands became part of the <a href="/wiki/South_Seas_Mandate" title="South Seas Mandate">South Seas Mandate</a> under the League of Nations and Koror was designated as the administrative center of the mandate. Under Japanese rule, Palau experienced significant development of its fishing, agriculture and mining industry. Palau achieved self-sufficiency to some degree during the period.<sup id="cite_ref-jpnemb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpnemb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Palau also served as a Japanese military base during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Japanese administration over the islands ended following the defeat of Japan in the World War II. The South Seas Mandate became the <a href="/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands" title="Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a> and it was administrated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mfatnz_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfatnz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan recognized the independence of Palau from the United States on 1 October 1994 and established formal relations with Palau during the same year on November 2. The Japanese embassy in Koror opened in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-jpnemb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpnemb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_relations">Cultural relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan%E2%80%93Palau_relations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cultural relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a former Japanese colony, Palau was influenced by Japanese culture and as a result, many older residents speak Japanese and it is an official language in the state of <a href="/wiki/Angaur" title="Angaur">Angaur</a>. Contemporary <a href="/wiki/Palauan_language" title="Palauan language">Palauan</a> has many words derived from <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> such as "daijobu", "okyaku", "denki" and "senkyo". Local cuisine has also been influenced by the Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-jpnemb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jpnemb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_relations">Economic relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan%E2%80%93Palau_relations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economic relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan-Palau_Friendship_Bridge_5.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Japan-Palau_Friendship_Bridge_5.JPG/220px-Japan-Palau_Friendship_Bridge_5.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Japan-Palau_Friendship_Bridge_5.JPG/330px-Japan-Palau_Friendship_Bridge_5.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Japan-Palau_Friendship_Bridge_5.JPG/440px-Japan-Palau_Friendship_Bridge_5.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Koror%E2%80%93Babeldaob_Bridge" title="Koror–Babeldaob Bridge">Japan-Palau Friendship Bridge</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Palau-based tuna shipping companies mainly export sashimi grade tuna to Japan. Licensing of fishing vessels from Japan remains a source of foreign exchange between Palau and Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-mfatnz_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfatnz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palau has supported Japan's <a href="/wiki/Whaling" title="Whaling">whaling</a> rights in the past but has since abandoned its support in June 2010 in favor of catch quota proposal being considered by the <a href="/wiki/International_Whaling_Commission" title="International Whaling Commission">International Whaling Commission</a>. <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Toribiong" title="Johnson Toribiong">Johnson Toribiong</a> asserted that his country's policy change won't affect Japan–Palau relations and claimed that Japan is "mature enough" to accept Palau's stand on whaling.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security_relations">Security relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan%E2%80%93Palau_relations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Security relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan has sent the Japan Mine Action Service to Palau to clear World War II bombs sitting dormant in Palau's seabed. The clearing operations started in May 2013 and will take about a year and half.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan%E2%80%93Palau_relations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tourism is one of Palau's main industries, with the majority of its tourists coming from Japan and <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mfatnz_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfatnz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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