EMBASSY OF JAPAN

Bilateral Relations

Diplomatic relations

Established on 7th September 1992.
Embassy of Japan opened in Baku on 21 January 2000.
Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan opened in Tokyo on 12 October 2005.

Number of Japanese nationals residing in Azerbaijan

35 persons (April, 2015)

Trade with Japan

Trading between Japan and Azerbaijan (Statistic of Ministry of Finance for 2014)

Exports from Japan: 12.3 billion yen (machinery, transportation equipment, iron and steel)
Imports to Japan: 0.13 billion yen (oil and oil products)

Japan's Official Development Assistance

Loans: 101 billion 162 million yen (the total till FY 2012)

Grants: 9 billion 236 million yen (the total till FY 2012, including Grasroots Cultural Grant Aid)

Technical cooperation: 3 billion 064 million yen (the total till FY 2012)

VIP Visits

From Japan to Azerbaijan

May. 1999	Mr. Masahiko Komura, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Oct. 1999	The Caucasus Friendship Mission (headed by Mr. Taro Nakayama, the member of the House of Representatives)
July 2002	Mr. Seiken Sugiura, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Feb. 2003	Mr. Tetsuro Yano, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sep. 2003	Mr. Shoji Motooka, Vice-chairman of the House of Councilors
Aug. 2004	Mr. Akira Amari, member of the House of Representatives (Head of the Japan-Azerbaijan Friendship Association of Members of Parliament)
Jan. 2005	Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
July 2005	Mr. Yoshiaki Harada, member of the House of Representatives
Dec. 2005	Mr. Taishiro Yamagiwa, member of the House of Representatives
July 2006	Ms. Akiko Yamanaka, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Aug. 2007	Ms. Midori Matsushima, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Jun. 2008	Ms. Akiko Yamanaka, member of the House of Representatives
Apr. 2009	Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
May 2011	Mr. Hisashi Tokunaga, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Aug. 2013	Mr. Masahisa Sato, Parlamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Apr. 2014	Mr. Takao Makino, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Jan. 2015	Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, State Minister for Foreign Affairs

From Azerbaijan to Japan

Oct. 1992	Mr. Tofig Gasimov, Foreign Minister (to attend to the Tokyo Conference on Assistance to The New Independent States)
May 1996	Mr. Natig Aliev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Mr. Ilham Aliev, Vice President of SOCAR
Jan. 1998	Mr. Artur Rasi-zade, Prime Minister (to attend to the Consultative Group Meeting for Azerbaijan hosted by World Bank)
Feb. 1998	Mr. Heydar Aliev, President (official working visit)
Mar. 1999	Mr. Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime Minister (invitation by the private sector)
Oct. 1999	Mr. Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference)
June 2001	Mr. Vilayat Guliyev, Foreign Minister (to attend the Three Caucasus States Exhibition)
Nov. 2001	Mr. Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference)
May 2005	Mr. Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime Minister (as the Guest of the Expo 2005 Aichi Japan)
Mar. 2006	Mr. Ilham Aliev, President (working visit)
Feb. 2008	Mr. Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference)
May 2009	Mr. Misir Mardanov, Minister of Education
Jun. 2009	Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dec. 2013	Mr. Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies (working visit)
Feb. 2014	Mr. Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference)
Jun. 2014	Mayors of the Republic of Azerbaijan (headed by Mr. Huseyn Movsumov, Regional administration and self-governance affairs division, Deputy Director, Presidential Administration)

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