Phnom Penh: Mr. Ueno Atsushi, Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia, said that the key to Japan’s country’s development is human capital, and therefore Japan is sharing these great practices with Cambodia.
Mr. Ueno Atsushi’s statement during a courtesy call with Mr. Hang Chuon Naron, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, on July 10, 2026, on the occasion of the end of his diplomatic mission in Cambodia.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that Japan has played an important role in reforming the Cambodian education system, with notable achievements including the project to establish and upgrade Teacher Training Colleges (TTC) with a focus on teacher training, the project to promote science and mathematics education, the equity fund project and the construction of New Generation Schools (NGS) and Human Resource Development Cooperation (JDS Scholarship Project).
In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister highlighted the progress of cooperation with the Japan Foundation in promoting Japanese language learning and teaching in Cambodia through teacher training and methods to create a better learning environment for Cambodian students.
In response, the Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia thanked the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports for its attention to coordinating and providing good cooperation in all education-related projects with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Cambodia and the Japanese Embassy in Cambodia, and expressed pride in the continuous growth of bilateral relations between the two countries in all fields.
The Ambassador said that “The key to Japan’s development is human capital, and Japan has been sharing these best practices with Cambodia by continuing to support Cambodia in the field of human resource development, reaffirming the important strategic partnership between Cambodia and Japan.”
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