General information

The Republic of Armenia attaches great importance to the further strengthening of the friendly and mutually beneficial ties with Japan, as well as to the establishment of new partner relations.

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan were established on September 7^th, 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

To Armenia

Signed documents

• Protocol on establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Armenia, September 7^th, 1992.
• Joint statement on Friendship and Partnership between Armenia and Japan, December 19^th, 2001, Tokyo.
• Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and Government of RA, June 8^th, 2005, Tokyo.
• Memorandum on Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, June 6^th, 2012, Tokyo.
• Joint Statement on the Further Deepening of Friendship and Partnership between RA and Japan, June 6^th, 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 25^th, 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 30^th, 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 7^th, 2017, Yerevan.
• The Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and Japan for the Liberalization, Promotion and Protection of Investments, February 14^th, 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 16^th, 2018, Yerevan.
• Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of RA and the Government of Japan, as well as UNDP, February 25th, 2019,
• Grant agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan on “Economic and Social development”, June 30^th, 2020, Yerevan.

Bilateral trade between Armenia and Japan /in thousand US dollars/

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 07.02.2023