The volume of trade exchanges between Bahrain and Japan amounted to BD179.2 million (US$475 million) in 2004, down from a record BD190.9m in 2003. The figures were issued as Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Dr. Essam Fakhro met Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party general council head and parliament member Fumio Kyuma. According to the GDN , BCCI called for expanding bilateral trade and to set up a Bahraini-Japanese ...