Japan-Nepal Relations

August 2009

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in September 1956

Number of Residents:

Number of Japanese nationals residing in Nepal: 408 (October 2000)

Number of Nepalese nationals residing in Japan: 3,212 (December 1999)

Trade with Japan (1999):

Exports: 230 million rupee (fabric, garment, carpet) ('98)

Imports: 2.3 billion rupee (car, machinery) ('98)

Direct Investment from Japan:

840 million rupee (1998.7-2000.3)

Japan's Economic Cooperation:

List of Exchange of Notes

Loans: 58.4 billion yen

Grants: 13.6 billion yen

Technical Cooperation: 42.6 billion yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Nepal

Year	Name
1997.2	T.I.H Prince and Princess Akishino
1998.11	A parliamentarian delegation led by Mr. Watanabe, Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
1999.3	Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
2000.6	Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori

From Nepal to Japan

Year	Name
1995.3	Rt. Hon. Nepal, Foreign Minister
1995.10	Rt. Hon. Lohani, Foreign Minister
1998.11	Rt. Hon. Mr. Koirala, Prime Minister
1998.9	Rt. Hon. Mr. Karki, Chairman of National Council

Cultural Exchanges

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)

589.1 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)

• Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) (August 2009)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project "Delivering Essential Reproductive Health Care, Education and Counselling to Vulnerable Women and Adolescent Girls of Nepal affected by conflict" in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (April 2009)
• Visit to Japan by Hon. Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Minister for Finance of Nepal (February 2009)
• Preliminary Assessment by the Election Observation Mission of the Government of Japan to Nepal (April 2008)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on a United Nations Helicopter Crash in Nepal (March 2008)
• Meeting between Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. Sahana Pradhan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal (October 2007)
• Statement by Press Secretary on the Resignations of Maoist Ministers in Nepal (September 2007)
• Statement by Press Secretary on Establishment of Nepalese Interim Government and other developments (April 2007)
• Dispatch of Arms Monitors to the United Nations Political Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) (March 2007)
• Emergency Grant Aid to Nepal for Emergency Humanitarian Assistance (March 2007)
• Statement by Ms. Misako Kaji, Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Agenda item 117: Programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 - Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives, authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (March 2007)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the establishment of the United Nations political mission in Nepal (UNMIN) (January 2007)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the comprehensive peace agreement reached between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists (November 2006)
• Speech by Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Akiko Yamanaka at the reception for the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Nepal (September 2006)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Reinstatement of the House of Representatives in the Kingdom of Nepal (April 2006)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Deteriorating Situation in the Kingdom of Nepal (April 2006)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Arrest of Persons concerned with Political Parties and Others in the Kingdom of Nepal (April 2006)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Local Elections in the Kingdom of Nepal (February 2006)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Arrest of Persons concerned with Political Parties in the Kingdom of Nepal (January 2006)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Dismissal of the Prime Minister and the Dissolution of the Council of Ministers in the Kingdom of Nepal (February 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan: Agenda Item 3 "Accession of Cambodia & Nepal" (September 2003)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Maoists' Announcement to Withdraw from the Peace Talks and to Terminate the Cease-fire Agreement with the Government of the Kingdom of Nepal (August 2003)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Announcement on a Cease-fire between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists (January 2003)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Dismissal of the Prime Minister and the Dissolution of the Council of Ministers in the Kingdom of Nepal (October 2002)
• Emergency Aid for Flood Disaster in Nepal (July 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Current Security Situation in the Kingdom of Nepal (May 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Current Situation in the Kingdom of Nepal (November 2001)
• Statement of Prime Minister at the Demise of Their Majesties King and Queen of Nepal (June 2001)
• Visit to Japan by H.R.H. Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of the Kingdom of Nepal (April 2001)
• ODA Loan to Nepal (March 2001)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Start of Joint Verification of People in the Refugees Camps in Eastern Nepal (March 2001)
• Japan-Nepal Summit Meeting (Summary) (August 2000)
• Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Visit to Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Nepal (August 2000)
• Emergency Assistance to Nepal for Flood Disaster (August 2000)
• Meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Japan and Nepal (June 2000)
• Visit to Japan of a Delegation of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Nepal, headed by Mr. Taranath Ranabhat, Speaker of the House of Representatives (February 2000)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Nepal

• Embassy of Japan in Nepal Web Site
• Embassy of Nepal in Japan Web Site