Japan-Pakistan Relations (Basic Data)

November 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic relations:: Established in April 1952
Number of Residents:: Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Pakistan: 861 (Apr. 2012); Number of Pakistani Nationals residing in Japan: 10,849 (Apr. 2012)
Trade with Japan:: Exports: $ 404 million (petroleum, product, fabric, fiber, product, nonferrous, metal) (2011); Imports: $ 1.715 million (car, machinery, electronic, goods, steel) (2011)
Direct Investment from Japan:: $ 3.2 million (2012)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:: Outline of Japan's ODA to Pakistan (September 2005) [PDF] [Text Version]; List of Exchange of Notes; Loans: 971 billion yen (up to 2010); Grants: 266.379 billion yen (up to 2010); Technical Cooperation: 44.521 billion yen (up to 2009)

From Japan to Pakistan

Year	Name
1992	Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishiro
1995	Minister for International Trade and Industry, Ryutaro Hashimoto
1997	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yukihiko Ikeda
1999	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ichita Yamamoto
2000	Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori
2001	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Makiko Tanaka
2001	Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Seiken Sugiura
2001	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yoriko Kawaguchi
2002	Prime Minister's special Representative, Sadako Ogata
2002	Prime Minister's Personal Envoy, Mitsuo Horiuchi
2004	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yoriko Kawaguchi
2005	Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
2006	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Taro Aso
2007	Minister for Defense, Yuriko Koike
2008	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Masahiko Komura
2009	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Katsuya Okada
2010	Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Makiko Kikuta

From Pakistan to Japan

Year	Name
1990	President, Ghulam lshag Khan
1992	Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif
1993	Minister Minister, Nawaz Shan'f
1995	Chairman Senate, Wasim Sajjad
1996	Prime Minister, Benazir Buttho
1997	Minister for Population Welfare, Science and Technology, Abida Husain
1998	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gohar Ayub Khan
1998	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz
1998	Minister for culture, Labor and Manpower, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad
2001	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Abdul Sattar
2001	Special Envoy of the President, Mr. Shaukat Aziz
2002	President, General Pervez Musharraf Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, shaukat Aziz Minister for Interior, Moinaddin Haidar
2003	Minister for Commerce, Humayun Akhtar Khan Minister for water and Power, Aftab Ahmad Sherpao
2005	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz
2009	President, Asif Ali Zardari Minister for Foreign Affairs, shah Mahmood Qureshi Minister for Planning and Development, Makhdoom Shahabuddin Advisor to President for laterior, Rehman Malik Advisor to President for Finance, Shankat Tarin
2009	Minister for Science and Technology, Muhammed Azam Khan Swati
2011	President, Asif Ali Zardari Minister for Textile lndustry, Makhdoom Shahabuddin
2012	Minister for Commerce, Amin Fahim
2012	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar
2012	Minister for Finance, Hafeez Sheikh

1996	Demonstration of Flower Arrangement
1997	Music Concert
1997	Table Tennis Coaching Session
1997	Karate Coaching Session
1998	Kite & Tops Workshop
1998	Traditional Music Concert
1999	Judo Coaching Session

719.8 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)