Bilateral Relations
Japan
General information
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan were established on September 7th, 1992.
Since July 2010 the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia operates in Tokyo.
Since January 2015 the Embassy of Japan operates in Yerevan.
Since February 2021 the Ambassador of RA to Japan is H.E. Mr. Areg Hovhannisyan.
Since April 2021 the Ambassador of Japan to RA is H.E. Mr. Fukushima Masanori.
Visits
To Japan
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October 1992 |
Hrant Bagratyan, Deputy Prime Minister of RA |
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August 1999 |
Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of RA |
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December 2001 |
Robert Kocharian, President of RA |
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June 2005 |
Andranik Margarian, Prime Minister of RA |
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November 2009 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of RA |
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June 2012 |
Serzh Sargsyan, President of RA |
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January 2017 |
Galust Sahakyan, President of the National Assembly of RA |
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May 2017 |
Vache Gabrielyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for International Economic Integration and Reforms of RA |
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June 2019 |
Lena Nazaryan, Vice President of the National Assembly of RA |
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October 2019 |
Armen Sargsyan, President of RA |
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July 2021 |
Armen Sargsyan, President of RA |
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September 2022 |
Hakob Arshakyan, Vice President of the National Assembly of RA |
To Armenia
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May 2011 |
Tokunaga Hisashi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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November 2013 |
Makino Takao, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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January 2015 |
Kiuchi Minoru, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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June 2017 |
Takisawa Motome, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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June 2017 |
Kitaoka Shinichi, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
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February 2018 |
Hori Manabu, Parliamentary Vice- Minister for foreign Affairs of Japan |
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September 2018 |
Kono Taro, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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October 2019 |
Hasegawa Eiichi, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan |
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May 2022 |
Honda Taro, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan |
Signed documents
- Protocol on establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Armenia, September 7th, 1992.
- Joint statement on Friendship and Partnership between Armenia and Japan, December 19th, 2001, Tokyo.
- Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and Government of RA, June 8th, 2005, Tokyo.
- Memorandum on Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, June 6th, 2012, Tokyo.
- Joint Statement on the Further Deepening of Friendship and Partnership between RA and Japan, June 6th, 2012, Tokyo.
- Memorandum on exchange of information on combating terrorism financing and money-laundering between the Republic of Armenia and Japan, October 2012, Yerevan.
- Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of RA and the Government of Japan for the project of economic and social development of Armenia, May 25th, 2016, Yerevan.
- Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of RA and the Government of Japan for the project of upgrading the equipment for the digitization of the archives of Armenian Public Television, March 30th, 2017, Yerevan.
- Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of RA and the Government of Japan for the project of the improvement of the fire-rescue equipment, September 7th, 2017, Yerevan.
- The Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and Japan for the Liberalization, Promotion and Protection of Investments, February 14th, 2018, Yerevan.
- Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of RA and the Government of Japan for the Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Restoration and Conservation of Archaeological Artifacts for the Scientific-Research Center of the Historical and Cultural Heritage, February 16th, 2018, Yerevan.
Bilateral trade between Armenia and Japan /in thousand US dollars/
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Export |
Import (country of origin) |
Import (country of consignment) |
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2014 |
149.0 |
113668.8 |
29225.2 |
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2015 |
3526.9 |
57605.8 |
23322.2 |
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2016 |
379.3 |
51661.4 |
20023.8 |
|
2017 |
366.1 |
81.021.2 |
33464.7 |
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2018 |
375.4 |
99060.6 |
29907.8 |
|
2019 |
1483.1 |
207785.4 |
65630.6 |
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2020 |
1363.9 |
45895.1 |
12366.8 |
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2021 |
1683.6 |
55496.1 |
9383.0 |
Main imported goods
Construction machinery, pipes, oils and perfumes, non-metallic wires, electricity generating equipment, etc.
Main exported goods
Tobacco, clothing, aluminum, electrical equipment.
Updated on 13.11.2022