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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Yasmina Karem
My first impressions of Japan came from my reading. As an Egyptian I was concerned more with the history of bilateral relations and whether we had very early contacts with Japan, and in which period of history. I was looking at the geographical distance that separates both countries and was wondering if this distance kept us apart or brought us together. Although many historians date the relations between Japan and Egypt to the era of the Silk Road formation, the first samurai expedition arrived Egypt in 1862 during the era of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1867). Thirty-six members ...