Bangladesh–Japan relations securing markets for their finished goods. In 2001, there were about 9,500 Bangladeshis in Japan. Japan recognized the People's Republic of Bangladesh on February 10, 1972, soon after its independence. Both parties celebrated thirty years of relations in 2002. Seven Japanese nationals died in the 1 July 2016 Dhaka Attacks by Islamist militants. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said "I feel profound anger that so many innocent people have lost their lives in the cruel and nefarious terrorism." Bangladesh–Japan relations Bangladesh–Japan relations (, ) were established on 10 February 1972. By 2015, the bilateral annual trade of these two countries
Shinzō Abe now pending in the United States Congress, for an official apology. America isn't the only country interested in seeing Japan belatedly accept full responsibility. [South] Korea and China are also infuriated by years of Japanese equivocations over the issue. A 2007 "Washington Post" editorial, "Shinzo Abe's Double Talk" also criticized him: "he's passionate about Japanese victims of North Korea—and blind to Japan's own war crimes". In "The New York Times" in 2014, an editorial called Abe a "nationalist" who is a profound threat to American–Japanese relations, and an opinion piece labeled Abe's position on the subject of comfort women a