On 6 August 2022, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn, and Foreign Minister of Japan Hayashi Yoshimasa, signed on the Exchange of Notes and related documents on the extension of a loan amounting to 41,388,000,000 yen for the purpose of implementing the Sihanoukville Port New Container Terminal Expansion Project, on the sidelines of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related Meetings, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia's release.