Japan-Benin Relations
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.
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Presidential Election in the Republic of Benin (April 2011)
- Emergency Assistance for the Flood Disaster in Republic of Benin (October 2010)
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Jean-Marie EHOUZOU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and Beninese Diaspora of the Republic of Benin (October 2010)
- Mr. Takeshi Iwaya, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Benin (July 2007)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Election in Benin (March 2006)
Press Secretary's Press Conference on Benin
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | December | 8 |
| March | 14 | |
| 2005 | December | 2 |
| April | 15 |
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