Japan-Kenya Relations

November 2010

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Year	Diplomatic Relations:
1963	Independence of Kenya (official recognition)
1964	The Japanese Embassy was established in Kenya
1979	The Kenyan Embassy was established in Tokyo

Japanese Nationals in Kenya:

633 (as of October 2009)

Trade with Japan (2008):

Exports to Japan: $34 million (fish fillet, cut flower, coffee, nuts, tea)
Imports from Japan: $648 million (lorry, vehicle, machinery)

Japan’s Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of 2008):

Loans: 215.7 billion yen
Grants: 102.5 billion yen
Technical cooperation: 90.8 billion yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Kenya

Year	Name
1997	Director of the Environment Agency Michiko Ishii
1999	Former Prime Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto H.I.H. Prince and Princess TAKAMADO
2001	Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori
2003	Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tetsuro Yano
2005	Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ichiro Aisawa
2006	Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Shoichi Nakagawa Minister for Environment, Masatoshi Wakabayashi
2007	Senior Vice Minister of Finance, Kazunori Tanaka Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Takeshi Iwaya
2008	Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Itsunori Onodera Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nobuhide Minorikawa
2009	Former Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yasutoshi Nishimura
2010	H.I.H. The Clown Prince

From Kenya to Japan

Year	Name
1998	Minister of East African and Regional Cooperation K.N.K.Biwott Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bonaya Godana (TICAD II)
2000	Vice President, George Saitoti
2001	Minister of Planning, Paul Adhu Awiti
2003	Minister of Trade and Industry, Mukhisa Kituyi Minister of Water Resources, Martha Wangari Karua Minister of Culture and Sports, Najib Balala Minister of Finance, Daudi Mwiralia Minister of Energy, Ochillo Ayacko Minister of Planning and National Development, Peter Anyang Nyong’o (TICAD III)
2004	Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka Minister of Tourism and Information, Raphael Tuju President, Mwai Kibaki, accompanied by; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chirau Ali Mwakwere, Minister of Trade and Industry, Mukhisa Kituyi, Minister of Planning and National Development, Peter Anyang Nyong'o, Minister of Information and Communication, Raphael Tuju
2005	Assistant Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) Minister of Planning and National Development, Peter Anyang Nyong'o, Minister of Health, Charity Ngiru Minister of Trade and Industry, Mukhisa Kituyi, Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, Morris Dzoro
2006	Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, Morris Dzoro Minister of Foreign Affairs, Raphael Tuju
2008	President, Mwai Kibaki (TICAD IV), accompanied by; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moses Masika Wetang'ula, Minister of Finance, Amos Muhinga Kimunya, Minister of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, Wycliffe Ambesta Oparanya Minister of Road, Kipkalya Kones, Minister of Agriculture, William Ruto, Minister of Tourism, Najib Balala Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Sally Jepngetich Kosgey
2009	Minister of Information and Communication, Sammuel Poghisio
2010	Prime Minister, Raila Amolo Odinga Former Assistant Minister Enviroment and Natural Resoureces, Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)

Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Referendum on the Adoption of the Revised Constitution in the Republic of Kenya (August 2010)
Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of Kenya (The Project for the Construction of Nairobi Western Ring Roads [Detailed Design]) (February 2010)
Exchange of Notes for Non-Project Grant Aid for the Republic of Kenya (September 2009)
Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid (Food Aid) for the Republic of Kenya (August 2009)
Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Hijacking of a Chinese Fishing Boat off the Coast of Kenya (February 2009)
Statement by the Press Secretary on the formation of new cabinet in Kenya (April 2008)
Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of the Coalition Government in Kenya (February 2008)
Emergency Grant Aid for Kenyan Internally Displaced Persons (February 2008)
Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation following the presidential election in Kenya (January 2008)
Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on lifting of the situation in Kenya (January 5, 2008)
Statement by the Press Secretary on the situation following the presidential and parliamentary elections in Kenya (January 2008)
Visit of H.E.Masahiro Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan to Kenya and Tanzania (December 2007)
Exchange of Notes on Grant Aid (Food Aid) to 8 Countries Including Timor-Leste through WFP (World Food Programme) (December 2007)
Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security project "Lokichokio, Kakuma and Dadaab Host Community Project" (July 2007)
Mr. Takeshi Iwaya, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Kenya and Germany (March 2007)
Grant Aid to the Republic of Kenya for the "Project for Improvement of District Hospitals in the Western Region of the Republic of Kenya (Detailed Design)" (January 2007)
Food Aid to African Countries through the World Food Programme (WFP) (July 2006)
Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to visit Switzerland, Kenya and Rwanda (October 2005)
Food Aid to African Countries through the World Food Programme (WFP) (July 2005)
Japan-Kenya Summit Meeting (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (November 2004)
Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya (October 2004)
Visit to Japan by Mr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kenya (February 2004)
Emergency Aid for Flood Disaster in Kenya (May 16, 2003)
Emergency Aid for Flood Disaster in Kenya (May 13, 2003)
Statement by Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Terrorist Attack in Kenya (November 2002)
The Visit to Africa and the United Kingdom of Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Yoshitaka Sakurada (Outline and Significance) (April 2001)
Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Visit to South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Greece (January 2001)
Food Aid for Drought-Afflicted Persons in Kenya (December 2000)
Luncheon with African Foreign Ministers Hosted by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Yohei Kono (September 19, 2000)
Food Aid for Internally Afflicted Persons in Indonesia and Drought Afflicted Persons in Kenya (March 2000)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Kenya

Year	Month	Date
2006	November	9
2006	March	28
2004	October	26
2004	February	27
2002	November	29

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