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Japan-Niger Relations

February 2011

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

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

Japanese Nationals:

Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Niger: 71 (as of Oct.1998)

Trade with Japan (1998):

Exports: 7 million yen (timber etc.)

Imports: 573 million yen (automobiles etc.)

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

23,189 million yen

Japan's Economic Cooperation:

List of Exchange of Notes

Loans: 3,400 million yen

Grants: 40,418 million yen

Technical cooperation: 9,201million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Republic of Niger:

none

From Republic of Niger to Japan:

Date	Name
Oct. 1998	Prime Minister MAYAKI (TICAD II)

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)

68.9 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)

Recent Trends

After President MAINASSARA assassinated in April 1999, Major WANKE took power, promising a new constitution, execution of presidential and national assembly election, and a return to democracy by the end of 1999. These elections were held on November 1999, Mr. Mamadou Tanja won the presidential election.

• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Final Results of Presidential Election in the Republic of Niger (April 2011)
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Presidential Election in the Republic of Niger (February 2011)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Niger (February 2010)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Referendum on the Adoption of the New Constitution in the Republic of Niger (August 2009)
• Humanitarian Assistance to Niger through the World Food Programme (WFP) (September 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential and National Assembly Elections in Niger (December 1999)
• On the Situation of Niger (Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (April 1999)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Niger

• Embassy of Japan in Niger Website (French and Japanese only)
• Honorary Consulate of Niger in Tokyo Website