Japan-Equatorial Guinea Relations (Basic Data)

November 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:: 12 November, 1968 (Date of recognition of the State)
Number of Residents:: Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: 1 (as of Oct. 2011)
Trade with Japan (2011):: Exports: 105 billion yen (LNG, etc.); Imports: 638 million yen (Articles of iron and steel, etc.)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total until fiscal 2010):: Loans: none; Grants: 1,170 million yen; Technical cooperation: 310 million yen

From Japan to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea:

Date	Name
Jun. 2011	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Chiaki Takahashi (the Nineteenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union)

From the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to Japan:

Date	Name
Oct. 1998	Delegate Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Teresa Efua Asangono (TICAD II)
Oct. 2006	President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Nbasogo
Mar. 2008	Minister of Fisheries Vincente Rodriguez Siosa (IWC Seminar)
May. 2008	Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation Pastor Micha Ondo Bile (TICAD IV)
Oct. 2010	Minister of Fisheries and Environment Anastasio Asumu Mum Muñoz (the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity)
Jun. 2011	Secretary of State for Consular and Cultural Affairs Angel Mokara Moleila (the Millennium Development Goals Follow-up Meeting)