Japan-Bangladesh Relations 
November 2010
Basic Data
- Diplomatic relations:
- Established in February 1972.
- Japanese Nationals:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in Bangladesh: 459 (Oct. 2006)
- Number of Bangladesh nationals residing in Japan: 9,707 (Dec. 2003)
- Trade with Japan (July 2005-June 2006):
- Exports: $167.7 million (shrimps, woven garments, leather and camera parts)
- Imports: $584.1 million (transport equipment, ships and boats, and iron and steel)
- Direct Investment from Japan (July 2005-June 2006):
- $1.64 million
- Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- Outline of Japan's ODA to Bangladesh (September 2005) [PDF]
[Text Version] - List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 249.06 billion yen (JFY2006), 597.8 billion yen (E/N based) (up to JFY2006)
- Grants: 23.16 billion yen (JFY2006), 457.6 billion yen (E/N based: incl. 256.866 billion yen for debt relief) (up to JFY2006)
- Technical Cooperation: 16.12 billion yen (JFY2006), 49.8 billion yen (up to JFY2006)
VIP Visits
- From Japan to Bangladesh
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Year Name 1994 President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentarians' League Hiroshi Mitsuzuka 1995 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hakuo Yanagisawa 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 Vice-President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentarians League Shin Sakurai 2000 Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori 2003 Acting President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentarians League Shin Sakurai 2004 President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentarians League Shin Sakurai 2005 Senior Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Takayoshi Tsuneda 2005 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shuzen Tanigawa 2005 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa 2006 President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentarians League Shin Sakurai 2006 Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura 2006 Foreign Minister Taro Aso - From Bangladesh to Japan
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Year Name 1994 Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia 1997 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 1998 Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad 2000 Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad 2001 Minister for Science, Information and Communication Technology Abdul Moyeen Khan 2001 Minister for Women and Children Affairs Moudud Ahmed 2004, 2005 Minister for Food and Disaster Management Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf 2005 Minister for Health and Family Welfare Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain 2005 Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia
Cultural Exchange, etc.
The cultural agreement was concluded on December 13, 1980.
The Cultural Exchange Programme was signed on July 14, 2005.
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)
500.4 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
1.3 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)
Recent trends, bilateral cooperations
- (1) Visit of Mr. Taro Aso, Foreign Minister of Japan to Bangladesh
- Mr. Taro Aso, Foreign Minister of Japan paid an official visit to Bangladesh from July 24 to 25, 2006. During his stay in Bangladesh, the Foreign Minister held a meeting with Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed, President, Begum Khaledea Zia, Prime Minister, and Mr. Morshed Khan, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh.
- (2) Opening of Rupsha Bridge
- H.E. Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, inaugurated Rupsha bridge on May 21, 2005, along with Mr. Shuzen Tanigawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. To construct a bridge over the Rupsha River was a long-cherished wish of the Bangladesh people. The project was implemented with the cooperation of the Japanese Government. The bridge has a length of 1.4 kilometers.
- Visit to Japan of Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Hon'ble Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (November 2010)
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (June 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Inauguration of Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, New Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (January 2009)
- Statement by Press Secretary on the General Election in Bangladesh (December 2008)
- Dispatch of Election Observation Mission for the General Election in Bangladesh (December 2008)
- Debt-Relief Measure in the Form of Cancellation for Bangladesh (August 2008)
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Adviser for Foreign Affairs to the Caretaker Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (February 2008)
- Emergency Grant Aid to People's Republic of Bangladesh for Cyclone Disaster (November 2007)
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura on the Cyclone Disaster in Bangladesh (November 2007)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on Recent Political Situation in Bangladesh (December 2006)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Decision that Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank will be Awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize (October 2006)
- Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the Philippines and Bangladesh and to Attend the ASEAN related Foreign Ministers' Meeting to be held in Malaysia (July 2006)
- Visit to Japan of Her Excellency Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (July 2005)
- Japan-Bangladesh Joint Press Statement - Strong Partnership towards Prosperity of the International Community and the South Asian Region - (July 14, 2005)
- Cultural Exchange Programme between the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of Japan (July 14, 2005)
- Announcement by the Press Secretary (June 21, 2005)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Terrorism Incident in Bangladesh (January 2005)
- Emergency Aid for Flood Disaster in Bangladesh (September 2004)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Bombings in Bangladesh (August 2004)
- Emergency Aid for Flood Disaster in the People's Republic of Bangladesh (August 2004)
- Improving Human Security by Mitigating Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh (June 2004)
- Visit to Bangladesh by Mr. Shin Sakurai, a Member of the House of Councillors as the Special Envoy of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (October 2002)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the General Election in Bangladesh (October 2001)
- Courtesy Call on Bangladeshi President Ahmed (Summary) (August 2000)
- Japan-Bangladesh Summit Meeting (Summary) (August 2000)
- Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Visit to Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Nepal (August 2000)
- Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by Bangladesh (March 2000)
- Food Aid to Internally Afflicted Persons in Bangladesh (October 1998)
Press Secretary's Press Conference on Bangladesh
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | November | 10 |
| June | 17 | |
| May | 24 | |
| 2004 | September | 14 |
| May | 25 |
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