Japan-Maldives Relations 
January 2012
Basic Data
- Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in November 1967
- Number of Residents:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in Maldives: 172 (October 2009)
- Number of Maldives nationals residing in Japan: 38 (December 2008)
- Trade with Japan (2006):
- Exports: 1.37 billion yen (fishes (tunny etc.))
- Imports: 1.71 billion yen (machinery and equipment)
- Direct Investment from Japan:
- 3 direct investment totalling 1.5 billion yen from 1989 to 2003.
- Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 2.7 billion yen (in 2006)
- Grants: 25.8 billion yen (cumulative total until fiscal 2008)
- Technical cooperation: 5.8 billion yen (cumulative total until fiscal 2008)
VIP Visits
- From Japan to Maldives
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Year Name 1993.11 President of Japan-Maldives Parliamentarians' League Keizo Obuchi(Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential inauguration) 2005.1 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shuzen Tanigawa 2008.11 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuhide Minorikawa - From Maldives to Japan
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Year Name 1994.11 Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki 1995. 9 Speaker of Citizen's Majilis Abdulla Hameed 1995.11 Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki 1996. 3 Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki 1997.11 Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki 1998. 2 Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel 2000. 6 Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel 2001. 9 President, H.E. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom 2006. 7 Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Shaheed 2006. 8 Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Shaheed 2007. 8 Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid 2009. 1 Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Shaheed
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)
246.1 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
- Japan-Maldives Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Working Lunch Hosted by Mr. Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (January 2012)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Ibrahim Hussain Zaki, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Maldives (March 2010)
- Visit to Japan by Hon. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives (January 2009)
- Mr. Nobuhide Minorikawa, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend the Inoguration Ceremony of the Newly-elected Maldives' President (November 2008)
- Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Presidential Election in the Maldives (October 2008)
- Dispatch of Election Observer Mission to the Republic of Maldives for Presidential Election (October 2008)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Ratification of a New Constitution in Maldives (August 2008)
- Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief Expert Team in Response to the Tsunami Disaster in Sri Lanka and Maldives (January 2005)
- Japan-Maldives Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Overview) (January 2005)
- Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team in Response to the Tsunami Disaster in Maldives (December 2004)
- Emergency Aid to the Republic of Maldives for Tsunami Disaster (December 2004)
Press Secretary's Press Conference on Maldives
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | April | 25 |
| 2005 | April | 8 |
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