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June 2013

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:
Established in November 1954
Number of Residents:
Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Myanmar: 612 (Oct. 2012)
Number of Myanmar Nationals residing in Japan: 8,692 (Nov. 2012)
Trade with Japan (2010 Fiscal Year):
Exports: 23.8 billion yen (clothing , marine products , footware)
Imports: 36.3 billion yen (car , machinery)
Direct Investment from Japan:
Cumulative total from 1988 to 2012: $223 million
Japan's Economic Cooperation:
List of Exchange of Notes
Loans: 0
Grants: 1.35 billion yen (2010 Fiscal Year)
Technical Cooperation: 1.74 billion yen (2010 Fiscal Year)

VIP Visits

From Japan to Myanmar (since 2000)
Year Name
Oct. 2002 Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi
Jun. 2003 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Yano
May, 2008 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hitoshi Kimura
Dec, 2011 Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba
Jan, 2013 Depty Prime Minister, Minister for Finance Taro Aso
May, 2013 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
From Myanmar to Japan (since 2000)
Year Name
Jun. 2000 Secretary 1 of the State Peace and Development Council, General Khin Nyunt
Dec. 2003 Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt
Dec. 2003 Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Win Aung
May, 2005 Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Nyan Win
Jan, 2008 Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Nyan Win
Nov, 2009 Prime Minister, U Thein Sein
Jan, 2010 Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Nyan Win
Oct, 2011 Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Wanna Maung Lwin
Apr, 2012 President, U Thein Sein
May, 2012 Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, U Khin Aung Myint
Jul, 2012 Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Wanna Maung Lwin

Cultural Exchange

 From June 26, to July 2, 2012, the Government of Japan dispatched a cultural exchange mission, headed by Dr. Takashi Shiraishi, President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), and consisting of experts from various fields, to Myanmar in collaboration with The Japan Foundation.
 The mission aims to discuss future policies for the expansion and enhancement of cultural exchanges and cultural cooperation between Japan and Myanmar with the government officials and other experts of Myanmar. It reported the results of the discussion to the Japanese government as a policy recommendation on August 2.

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