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Japan-Benin Relations (Basic Data)

Ocotber 2010

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

1 August, 1960 (Date of the recognition of the State)

Japanese Nationals:

Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Benin: 24 (as of Oct. 1998)

Trade with Japan (1998):

Exports: 104 million yen (oil, cotton, etc.)

Imports: 1,985 million yen (steel, motorcycles, automobiles, etc.)

Direct Investment from Japan (cumulative total fiscal 1951-1998):

none

Japan's Economic Cooperation:

List of Exchange of Notes

Loans: 3,762 million yen

Grants: 19,667 million yen

Technical cooperation: 1,207 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to the Republic of Benin:

none

From the Republic of Benin to Japan:

Year	Name
1990 Nov.	Prime Minister Nicephore SOGLO (Ceremony of the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor)
1993 Oct.	President Nicephore SOGLO (TICAD)
1994 Feb.	President Nicephore SOGLO
1998 Oct.	President Mathieu KEREKOU (TICAD II)

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)

67.2 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)

Recent Trends

President KEREKOU is elected president with 52.5% of the vote in March 1996. In March 1999, the opposition parties win a slender majority in the legislative election.