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The 4th Japan-ASEAN Smart City High-Level Meeting was held in Fukushima Prefecture on December 4th and 5th, 2022, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. This meeting has been held annually since 2019 with the aim of contributing to establishment of cooperation in the field of smart city between Japan and ASEAN.

Members of the Siem Reap provincial administrative, the project's counterpart, also attended the meeting and made presentations on Siem Reap's smart city initative. In addition, the Project set up an exhibition booth at "Business Matching" held at J-Village, Fukushima. Before the earthquake in 2011, J-Village was used as a training camp for the Japanese national soccer team.

At the exhibition booth, we exhibited the draft of Siem Reap Smart City roadmap and a booklet on investment in Siem Reap, as well as projected an image of Siem Reap. In addition, VR goggles were placed, visitors could experience the construction of Angkor Wat in VR.

The project took advantage of this opportunity to exchange opinions with participants from ASEAN member countries and Japanese companies/organizations. The counterparts also responded to an interview with a Japanese newspaper company and shared their impressions on the meeting and Japan.