Malaysia's establish policy known as Look East has established a strong relationship with the East Asian nation. What do you of the two's relations? Let us know down below!

During my trip to Osaka, Kyoto, some Japanese randomly greeted us and asked, "Malaysia?". Had jovial conversations with them.

I’m Japanese and I used to live in Malaysia for 13 years right now I’m in Malaysia for holiday

We didn't forget what happened to us and Japan in the past- especially WW2. We simply choose to forgive.

Indeed, Malaysia also having the most Japanese nationality living in outside of Japan.

From my point of view, who have been living in Malaysia for over 6 years, Malaysian people are really open-minded and friendly regardless of our sad history. I really appreciate their friendliness and being allowed to stay in Malaysia. May the friendship be forever!

According to Japan's own statistics department, Malaysia is number 1 destination for Japanese migration worldwide for the last 14 years!

Thanks for covering this topic. Hope to see Malaysia and Japan continue benefiting each other.

As Malaysian, Japan is one of must go destination checklist in my life time. Many Japanese cultures and attitudes resonates with local Malaysia cultures.

Kinda weird how most Asian nations still have a bad opinion about the Japanese but Malaysia was able to forgive much easily, I mean are you really gonna blame the Japanese today for what their ancestors did? Obviously it's time to move on and maintain good ties again. Though it would be nice if Malaysia followed Japanese values in terms of infrastructure, waste management and maintenance of cultural heritage sites. I didn't know I had to say this but don't extrapolate any information from what I've said here, it's literally a comment that represents a fraction of my thoughts, I can't possibly answer all your questions can I?

私は日本人ですが、マレーシアが大好きで、将来行きたいです!!❤

I want to go malaysia🇲🇾 😭😭

JP - MY has extremely good and positive relationship. It only means it is good for business. 😊😊

some say that Malaysians are very accepting of Japan after what the Japanese army has done in Malaysia (Malaysia, Borneo)..btw Malaya has been colonized for over 400 years by the Portuguese, Dutch, British and Japanese and until now we still will not forget the fall of the Malacca Sultanate against the Portuguese and some of the fall of the Malay Sultanate Empire caused by the Colonizers and any of their atrocities..but in this day and age, we choose to accept all of you former colonial countries in our country, as long as you no longer interfere with the sovereignty of our country. as the saying goes "The Trap Will Not Forget the Moth". Why did Malaysia make a Buy Last British campaign? This is because of the arrogance of the British in Malaysia's request to return the estate lands in Malaysia that are still owned by the colonial country despite Independence, and as a result in the year 1981, Malaysia has started an attack to take over the shares of the British plantation company Guthre that owns the land in Malaysia on the London Stock Exchange during the time of PM Margaret Tucher and finally all the farms returned to the Malaysian company which is now known as Sime Darby..(The Down Rid)

As someone who have lived in Malaysia for the past 6 years, I couldn’t agree more

Fun fact: Toyota is the most popular brand in every SEA country, except Malaysia(Perodua). But one of Perodua big boss is Daihatsu, which is under Toyota. So Perodua car is technically a Toyota.

Although Malaysia have learn much from Japan, our nation are still under develop in many ways, especially nowadays due to some worldwide crisis. Meanwhile, some of the parties in Malaysia still focusing on power struggle and religion issues only.

the first country i want to go is definitely Japan. I went to bon odori and other japanese festival and have been studying their culture. Love y'all japanese bros out there from 🇲🇾

China. This is how soft power works. You help the people of the country you invest in. Not how you China is doing now. You invest but you bring almost all the workforce from China. Then you annex the South China Sea as your own. You are not a superpower wannabe but a realised superbully.

Sebab utama orang jepun nak duduk Malaysia, makanan murah, sewa rumah murah, musim panas sepanjang tahun. Sedangkan rakyat malaysia masih lagi terseksa dengan pelbagai masalah seperti banjir di negeri pantai timur, iau ketiadaan air di selangor dan paling utama masalah rasuah yang tiada pengakhiran. 😔

'Look East Policy' wasn't thought out overnight.Its the fallout between Malaysia's PM Mahathir & UK PM Margaret Thatcher with regards to then 'Guthrie' the biggest & oldest Brits owned Plantation company which holds Huge tracks of land in Malaysia. Malaysia's Government 'Guthrie Dawn Raid' on London Stock Exchange caused rift n an embarrassment to then Margaret Thatcher, losing control of a former colonial historic company. retaliation ..by brits, among few - Sudden increase of Educational Fees of Malaysian students studying in UK, What better time now to aggressively promote Look East Policy ..

The main thing is the japanese demeanor is what we Malaysian and Indonesians can relate to. Our 'adab dan sopan' is similar to the polite and respectful japanese culture. The only difference is that the japanese educational system manage to integrate it successfully in their society whereas we still struggle to implement it nationwide. Not to mention the loitering culture which still needs fixing, hopefully the masses would learn to appreciate local culture instead of blindly following foreign one Remember what they did in ww2. Lest we forget

That is the reason i love Malay peoples. They not throw all the blame at colonizer for colonize their country, instead they blaming themself and accept the mistakes their people did in the past like betrayal, not standing together etc. The past will stay in the past, the future is what upon us forever. What is dead, may never die 🇲🇾 🇯🇵

The reason i like japan a lot is because they make high quality products at reasonable price. I’m from Malaysia btw

We aren't anything like the US - Russia cold war bromance relationship. We moved on and accepted with wholeheartedly towards others who's also wanted to move on.it's that simple

Also, Malaysia loves anime. As for Japan, Malaysian warm climate and more laid-back work attitude has been attracting many Japanese ppl. And in Malaysia, there are Bon Odoris annually to celebrate relations, politically and culturally. I was surprised that not every country had sth similar. And, in my experience, the ones who rmbr the Japanese invasion history in Malaysia are upset yes but they are more angered about Western ppl's colonial influences, which still has its effects today

Thank you for sharing. But since they are in diplomatic business relationships... it is very safe to say only they know of their collaborative future prospects!!

Many Japanese Expat living in Malaysia 🇲🇾

Other than that, Malaysia got many races and all live in harmony, its favourable for the Japanese people parallel to its own culture goodness

my grandparents survived japanese invasion, although had some of their friends killed and was targeted personally by a group of japanese soldier because of my granparent's bloodline and my granpa's military title, they still manage to forgive them, they said "Its useless being mad at one Race just because they did something horrible in the past"

Would be interesting if you could include tourism data between the two countries.

It is also noted that japan agreed a 'samurai bond' to loan malaysia some money to combat debt in 2018-2019 to which hasn't seen much improvement because the pandemic hits the world not long after. But it is quite clear our country had such strong economic relations with japan that they're willing to help malaysia

I came from Penang, there's a lot of stories about Japanese told by the elders, including our school field is where rebels are being decapitated, and lots of similar stories. Now to think of it, non of the elders told the stories with negative emotions. However, since the occupation is short, we do not have much Japanese influences like Taiwan has. It's a topic that happens around me but I never think too hard about it.

I love Japan. All because I grew up watching anime. It was influential to me growing up, shaping what I like. My mum was neutral about Japan but my dad who's a bit older, he lived through the atrocities that the Japanese done in Malaya when he was child. He didn't really liked Japan and didn't understand why I liked Japan so much. I guess the opinions on Japan differ in different generations

When it comes to Japan, Malaysian are very forgiving. My grandmother, who was a teen when Japan “visited” during the 40s, refused to her dying day to use ANY Japanese products.

I'm Malay from Malaysia and I'm big fan of J-ROCK THE GAZZETE ONE OK ROCK and TK LONG TSIGURE is my favourites rock bands 😂

Who would have thought the country that once massacre my Family is now loved by my grandchildren. But then again times change. I hope this relationship can be strengthened more.

What I heard from many Japanese in Malaysia why they choose Malaysia as 2nd home because of Malaysia free of natural disaster i.e earth quake and tsunami etc.

Love Japan 🇯🇵❤️ from Malaysia 🇲🇾🥰

That's quite a fresh perspective for me. Thanks for sharing this, grateful being a malaysian!

Malaysia 🇲🇾 ❤️ Japan 🇯🇵

There was a Bon Odori festival recently in Malaysia and it was boppin'!

Yep, my dad were one of 4 student in whole Malaysia to study abroad in Japan in the 80s due of the look east policy.

Hppe Japanese and Malaysian continues to continue this strong tie, it'll be good for both countries IMO and Japan is easily one of my favourite country to visit and as a country itself, the culture is beautiful the technology is advanced etc

The first and only country that helps frees up, motivate, liberate than modernizes other Asian Countries is Japan. The success of Asia is the colossal effect of Japanese culture and knowledge. May god protect and bless Japan.

As a malaysian, we’ve simply forgiven Japan for what they’ve done to us centuries ago by bringing us anime.

We love Japan ❤️

I am very grateful that my dream country chose my country because Malaysia has received many great services from Japan since the second world war, Japan has helped Malaysia develop important national industries such as vehicles and others before the appearance of Chinese goods, it is Japan that has contributed a lot and also Europe, so japan should strengthen its importance in malaysia, malaysia has given the green light to increase the ability of japanese culture in malaysia, japanese culture is very good how can malaysia reject it after all now there are many malaysian and japanese together and married, at the same time developing japanese malay ancestry

Nice video

Funny how I've seen a lot of Japanese channel having a vacation in Malaysia rn

They are the most hard working , smart and quite .. never ever underestimate them .. ♥️ Japan

the main fact... from the former 4t & 7th prime minister, Dr Mahathir very keen tie with Japan.. Until today.. event one of his son studying there in Japan & fluently talk Japanese languages

Well, the Japanese occupation mainly targeted chinese. Malays were mainly let off. Hence there is not as much blood n hate with majority of the population. This is just a fact. Just like Thailand is 2nd on the list, bcuz they surrendered in Japanese invasion. This is also a fact.

No earthquakes, no volcanoes, no typhoons. It is a no brainer

May this partnership benefit both Malaysia and Japan for many many years to come. I always love Japan although I've never been there.

Pretty cool, love both countries

Its amazing how strong the relationship Malaysia Japan is when Malaysia seeking loan, Japan give it with lowest interest rate to Malaysia

Lot of Japanese work at Johor Bahru.They always hang out and drink at permas jaya.Thats fact because im grab driver.I always got booking from them.

Knowing we have such good relationship with Japan warms my heart, considering all of the conflicts we've had when they colonized Malaysia. Let the past be the past! (^_________^)

So is this why I have quite a few japanese friends here? Hmm... tbh both proton and perodua seemed like successes here since both are everywhere.

I want to go in Malaysia now 🥰

Malaysians: want jdm imports Also Malaysia: Get rebadge japan model Japan: want halfcuts? Malaysia: yes

that's right my favourite groceries shopping place during weekend is AEON

I hope Malaysia and Japan are both culturally empowered and equally help in strengthening this good relationship, when I see KZfaq there are still many Japanese people who do not know about Malaysia, Japan should include teaching Japanese children about Malaysia in Japanese schools so that they see Malaysia as a great country even though it is small and separated in two but has cultural and religious diversity, making Malaysia interesting, and among the countries with the largest Malay population in the world, Malaysia has also received many cultures, so it is not wrong if you help Malaysia to strengthen the mastery of the Malay language widely in Japanese schools, whether it is compulsory or not, it is definitely highly encouraged because we also work hard to learn Japanese even though it is difficult

Welcome to malaysia Japan!! ❤❤❤

Malaysia 🇲🇾 strong relationship with Japan 🇯🇵and we love them

Interesting sharing 🥰 Welcome to cute Malaysia 😚

every Malaysian student during mahathir time as the Prime minister for 22 years from 1981-2003 grow up with a lot of affection or admiration for japan in their tech in their pop culture their language..his policy not just influence the gov administration and bureaucratic policy but also on other aspect of normal malaysian daily life..i remember we use to have a lot of tv drama from japan in our malaysian tv both in gov own tv and private tv station..there even a japanese language segment on radio...thats how most malaysian kid in the 80 and 90 grow up to love japan through this soft power or cultural exposure..we love japan so much and anything japanese from car engine to manga/anime to sushi to JAV etc.

As a Malaysian musician, all I can say is there is no Malaysian musician that I met that didn't like Japanese music especially Jrock ♥️

As a Malaysian i'm disappointed that Malaysian chose Japan because of Anime and He***

Reading this headline in 2024:😊 Reading this headline in 1941: 💀

did this is really just showing up after my history test yesterday...

I love japan so much🥰🤝

As a fellow Malaysian i can say all he is saying is 100% true

can agree i remember during high school there were some japanese transfer students visiting for a while

We looked up to Japan so much🥰

It's been my dream since then to get married to a Japanese even though it means I have to migrate to Japan and live there. Help me 😭😭

What happened in the past was way beyond horrible, but we can't simply see the sons as criminals if the crime was commited by the fathers. We need to forgive for our own good; time & people have changed

Nice 🗿👍🏻

Mahathir was the person who started the "Dasar Pandang Ke Timur" movement. Which basically means he was proud of asian countries that were advanced economically and technologically

The then prime minister had a buy british last approach and was very outspoken of the american involvement in the Israeli occupied palestine. He found an economic icon that he could lean on to still be progressive and manage to spite the western world once in a while. A byproduct of being right i would say.

Yeah we love to making ties with people who had polite culture, it's more suitable for Malaysian culture.

Admin, are you sure the 2015 picture of signing of weapon purchase agreemnt between Malaysia-Japan was indeed in 2015? Look at that minister of Malaysia in the photo who signed the agreement. He was Mr Mohamad Bin Sabu, MinDef of Malaysia 2018-2020! Not 2015.

Thank You TUN DR MAHATHIR. TUN M 🇲🇾.

Hii ex nippon steel worker here🤘

Malaysia-Japan 😍

Bon Odori celebration is still on going in Malaysia

You have good pronunciation about Malaysian Name Thank you

I want to go to Japan

If you look at the history we tried to have good relationship with US by buying planes from them. But only a few planes arrive here. The rest are in a dessert somewhere in US. In the end we buy from Russia. Its like recent Turkiye problem.

Im a 90s kid..i don't know anything about the war between this two but what i know is Japanese are humble i work at a tourism company and they never give me much work they even give me bonus for my hard work..my late grandfather teach me how to speak Japanese and even write hiragana i don't even know where he learn that because of that i got a great place to work..well not that great lol what i love about my job..i can visit japan and buys some figure,plastic model and games..well this kind of hobby is a great stress reliever..

Thank you for the Look-East Policy, Malaysia! Both PM Shinzo Abe and PM Dr Mahathir are the Asian leaders of the century.

Indeed in 2019 many youtubers from Korea reacting Malaysia now it's 2022 many Japanese react about Malaysia what's really going on actually?? i thought they country much better than us? 😂

..thanks to japan To balance china mega project in malaysia..

malaysian malay is a forgiving people, even when they had been invaded by japanese at that time, they still chill about it at the beginning😪

We used 5S initiative in our office too..haha

Let me tell you all a funny fact 😆 Why Japan Choose Malaysia? "Because here Malaysia every week almost having anime cosplay event!" 🤣🤣🤣 *Latest anime cosplay event will be on 5 - 7 AUG 2022 at BBCC Mitsui Lalaport (Lalaport ACG Matsuri 2022)

But Japan is too expensive for me as a Malaysian . :( I really like japan due to their food and my love of anime , even with its relations , a certain arcade game of a certain Anime that most players in malaysia(who is in the know) want to play that is available in Japan still haven't arrived in Malaysia yet . T T

Love Japan 🎌🇯🇵

Terbaik Mat Sabu🫡🫡🫡