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Japan's Æon Group shopping mall in Johor, Malaysia. Total trade between Malaysia and Japan in 2011 was at RM145.3 billion with RM80 billion contributed by exports from Malaysia to Japan, while imports from Japan amounted to RM65.3 billion. There are about 1,400 Japanese companies operating in Malaysia, creating more than 11,000 job ...
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3 November – The 2011 Seksualiti Merdeka event was banned by the federal government. 3 November – Malaysia has officially become a member of the Antarctic Treaty Pact. It is the first ASEAN country and the 49th nation to do so. 11 November – Four people were killed in the bus-trailer crash at North–South Expressway near Behrang, Perak.
Under Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysia shifted its policy towards non-alignment and neutrality.Malaysia's foreign policy is officially based on the principle of neutrality and maintaining peaceful relations with all countries, regardless of their ideology or political system, and to further develop relations with other countries in the region. [1]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, [c] commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, [d] is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia.Together, its member states represent a population of more than 600 million people and land area of over 4.5 million km 2 (1.7 million sq mi). [13]
The office was established in 1957, when the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gained independence from the United Kingdom. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected by the Conference of Rulers, comprising the nine rulers of the Malay states, with the office de facto rotated between them, making Malaysia one of the world's few elective monarchies.
During the early Meiji era, Japanese expatriates in Malaya consisted primarily of "vagabond sailors" and "enslaved prostitutes". [6] Most came from Kyushu.The Japanese government first ignored them, but in the era of rising national pride following the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, came to see them as an embarrassment to Japan's image overseas; however, their presence and ...
Malaysia at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games; IOC code: MAS: NOC: Olympic Council of Malaysia: Website: www.olympic.org.my (in English) in Jakarta and Palembang; Competitors: 608 in 31 sports: Flag bearer: Bibiana Ng Pei Chin (shooting) Officials: 261: Medals Ranked 4th: Gold 58 Silver 50 Bronze 81 Total 189: Southeast Asian Games appearances