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Japan-Ghana Relations

November 2010

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

6 March, 1957 (Date of the recognition of the State)

Japanese Nationals:

Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Ghana: 331 (as of Oct. 2009)

Trade with Japan (2009):

Exports: 9,608 million yen (cacao, marine products such as squid and octopus, etc)

Imports: 11,396 million yen (automobiles, tyre·tube, machinery, etc)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total until fiscal 2008):

List of Exchange of Notes

Loans: 125,091 million yen

Grants: 80,510 million yen

Technical cooperation: 40,334 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to the Republic of Ghana:

Date	Name
May 1993	H.I.H. Prince & Princess TAKAMADO
May 1999	Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister (Former Prime Minister), H.E. Mr. Ryutaro HASHIMOTO
Jan. 2001	Assistant to the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Kazuyoshi URABE
Aug. 2001	Former Foreign Minister, Mr. Kabun MUTO
Jul. 2003	UNDP Global Goodwill Ambassador, Ms. Misako KONNO
Jan. 2004	Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kazunori TANAKA
Dec. 2005	Members of the Japan-African Union (AU) Parliamentary Friendship League headed by Member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Asahiko MIHARA
May 2006	Prime Minister, Junichiro KOIZUMI
Mar. 2007	Ambassador on Special Mission and Member of House of Representatives, Mr. Seiken SUGIURA
April 2008	Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yasuhide NAKAYAMA
Sep. 2008	Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nobuhide MINORIKAWA Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yasutoshi NISHIMURA
Jan. 2009	Ambassador on Special Mission and Member of House of Representatives, Mr. Junichiro KOIZUMI
Mar. 2010	H.I.H. The Crown Prince

From the Republic of Ghana to Japan:

Date	Name
Oct. 1993	President, H.E. FLT. LT. Jerry John RAWLINGS (TICAD I) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, H.E. Dr. Kwesi BOTCHWEY
Feb. 1994	Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, H.E. Dr. Kwesi BOTCHWEY
Dec. 1997	President, H.E. FLT. LT. Jerry John RAWLINGS Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. James Victor GBEHO Regional Minister / Eastern Region, H.E. Ms. Patience ADOW
Oct. 1998	President, H.E. FLT. LT. Jerry John RAWLINGS (TICAD II) Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. James Victor GBEHO
Jul. 1999	Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Ekwow SPIO-GARBRAH
Oct. 2002	President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR
Sep. 2003	President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR (TICAD III)
Jun. 2004	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honorable Akwasi OSEI-ADJEI
Jun. 2005	Minister of Trade and Industry Hon. Mr. Alan John Kwadwo KYEREMATEN (Expo 2005 Aichi)
Nov. 2006	President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR
Jan. 2008	Member of Council of State and Chairman of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, H.E. Mr. Daniel Adzei Bekoe
Mar. 2008	Minister for Fisheries, Hon. Mrs. Gladys Cecilia Asmah
May 2008	President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR
July 2008	President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2005)

406 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid and Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Dispatch of a Self-Defense Force Instructor to the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Ghana (November 2011)
• Emergency Assistance for the Flood Disaster in the Republic of Ghana (November 2010)
• Japan-Ghana Summit Meeting (September 29, 2010)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, President of the Republic of Ghanaa (September 2010)
• Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Presidential Election in Ghana (January 2009)
• Dispatch of Ambassador on Special Mission to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of Ghana (December 2008)
• Dispatch of Japanese Instructors to PKO Centers in Egypt and Ghana (November 2008)
• Surveys for the Improvement of Harbor and Transportation Infrastructures in Ghana (October 2008)
• Mr. Nobuhide Minorikawa, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to visit Ghana (August 2008)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project "Enhancing human security through developing local capacity for holistic community based conflict prevention in Northern Ghana" in the Republic of Ghana (May 2008)
• Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid for Poverty Reduction Strategy to the Republic of Ghana (January 2008)
• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Ghana for Flood Disaster (September 2007)
• Dispatch of Japan's Ambassador on Special Mission to the Ceremony of the 50th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Ghana (March 2007)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on Inauguration of H.E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana, as Chair of the African Union (AU) (January 2007)
• Assistance for "Assistance to the Refugees of the UNHCR Settlements in Buduburam and Krisan for their Repatriation, Local Integration and Resettlement through Micro and Small-Scale Enterprise Development" Project in Ghana (November 2006)
• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana (November 2006)
• Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to Visit West African Countries (February 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Election in Ghana (Final Election Result Confirmed) (December 2004)
• Dispatch of Election Observers for the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Ghana (December 2004)
• Assistance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for Supporting Poor Farmers in Ghana by the Dissemination of New Rice for Africa (NERICA) (October 2004)
• Grant Aid to Ghana for the Project for Rehabilitation of Trunk Road (October 2002)
• Assistance for the "Project to Support Institutional Management System for the Judiciary of Ghana" by the Japanese Human Resources Development Fund in the UNDP (October 2002)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana, and Mrs. Theresa Kufuor (October 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Ghana (January 2001)
• Emergency Assistance to Ghana for the Flood Disaster (November 1999)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Ghana

• Embassy of Japan in Ghana Web Site
• Embassy of Ghana in Japan Web Site