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Japan–Sweden relations are the bilateral relations ofJapan and theKingdom of Sweden. Japan has an embassy inStockholm. Sweden has an embassy inTokyo. Contacts between the two countries can be traced back to the 18th century whenCarl Peter Thunberg, a disciple of the botanistCarl Linnaeus, came to Japan for plant collecting and researching. This made him the first Swedish national to visit Japan.[1]
The formal diplomatic relations of Japan and Sweden was established by the signing ofSwedish-Japanese Treaty in 1868,[2] which was also the first treaty theMeiji Government made with a foreign state.[3]: 2 During thefirst decade of the 20th century, the two countries started opening legations inTokyo andStockholm, then promoted to embassies in 1957.[1]
Japan is Sweden's second largest trading partner inAsia,[4] and some Swedish policies onwelfare,population ageing and international affairs likepeacekeeping andofficial development assistance have been taken concern, or even example of, by Japan.[5] The bilateral relations are also strengthened throughstate visits, royal visits, cultural or academic exchanges from both side.[1]
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