Japan-Rwanda Relations 
September 2010
BASIC DATA
- Diplomatic Relations:
- 1 July, 1962 (Date of the recognition of the State)
- Japanese Nationals:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Rwanda: 15 (as of Oct. 2005)
- Trade with Japan (2006):
- Exports: 9.77 million yen (coffee, tea, etc)
- Imports: 771 million yen (automobiles, etc)
- Direct Investment from Japan (cumulative total fiscal 1951-1998):
- 45.0 million yen
- Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 4,649 million yen
- Grants: 27,334 million yen
- Technical cooperation: 2,992 million yen
VIP Visits
- From Japan to the Republic of Rwanda:
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Month Year Name Jun. 1982 Deputy Foreign Minister TSUJI Oct. 2005 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa Aug. 2006 JAPAN-Africa Union (AU) Parliamentary Friendship League Oct. 2006 Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masayoshi Hamada - From the Republic of Rwanda to Japan:
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Month Year Name Jun. 1996 President of the Republic BIZIMUNGU Apr. 1997 Vice President KAGAME Oct. 1998 Prime Minister RWIGEMA (TICAD II) Jan. 2000 Foreign Minister Dec. 2001 Minister of Finance and Economic Planning KABERUKA
(TICAD Ministerial Meeting)Sep. 2003 Prime Minister MAKUZA (TICAD III)
Minister of Foreign Affairs MURIGANDE (TICAD III)Apr. 2005 Minister of Finance and Economic Planning KABERUKA Jun. 2005 Minister of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperatives NSHUTI (EXPO 2005 AICHI) Jul. 2005 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation MURIGANDE (Invitation of the MOFA) Sep. 2005 Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research MURENZI (STS Forum) Sep. 2006 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation MURIGANDE
Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning NSANZABAGANWA
Minister of State in charge of Industry and Investment Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperatives KAREGANov. 2006 President KAGAME Oct. 2007 Minister in Office of the President in charge of Technology and Research MURENZI
Recent Trends
From September to December 1994, Japan envoyed about 400 self-defense personnels for humanitarian assistance to Rwandan refugees in Goma (former Zaire). Japan has been supporting the Rwanda's efforts toward the reconstruction of the country. Since 1994, Japan's humanitarian assistance to the countries in the Great Lakes region amounts in total to more than 270 million dollars.
Since 2004, Japan dispatches a Japanese ODA advisor to Kigali to further strengthen the bilateral cooperation relationship. In January 2005, Japan and Rwanda concluded the Agreement on Technical Cooperation.
- Exchange of Notes for Non-Project Grant Aid for the Republic of Rwanda (September 2009)
- Ms. Seiko Hashimoto, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to Attend the Fifth Africa-Asia Business Forum held in the Republic of Uganda and to Visit the Republic of Rwanda (June 2009)
- Exchange of Views between Parliamentary Vice-Minister Minorikawa and Ministers of the Republic of Rwanda on the Situation in the Eastern Part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (December 2008)
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda (November 2006)
- Visit to Japan by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and Two Other Ministers of State of the Republic of Rwanda (June 2006)
- Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to visit Switzerland, Kenya and Rwanda (October 2005)
- Statement by Mr. Koji Haneda, Minister of Japan to the United Nations, on the Reports of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) (October 2005)
- Visit to Japan by Honorable Dr. Charles Murigande, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda (July 2005)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Declaration of Renunciation of Armed Conflict by Anti-Government Forces in Rwanda (April 2005)
- Food Aid through the World Food Programme (WFP) (March 2005)
- Japan's Support for the Consolidation of Peace in Africa (March 2005)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Toshiro Ozawa, Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations, on Agenda Items 50 and 51: Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (November 2004)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yoshiyuki Motomura, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Fifth Committee of the 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Agenda Item 131: Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Agenda Item 132: Financing of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (November 2003)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on Presidential Election in Rwanda (August 2003)
- Emergency Aid against the Epidemic of Meningitis in Rwanda (October 2002)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (July 2002)
- Emergency Aid for Returning Refugees of Rwanda (Contribution to the UNDP Trust Fund for Rwanda) (March 2001)
- Emergency Aid for Returning Refugees of Rwanda (March 1999)
Press Secretary's Press Conference on Rwanda
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | December | 1 |
| June | 16 | |
| January | 26 | |
| 2005 | November | 1 |
| July | 8 | |
| April | 5 | |
| 2003 | August | 29 |
| 2002 | October | 8 |
| 2001 | March | 16 |
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