Japan-Armenia Relations

August 6, 2025

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

  • Established on 7th September 1992.
  • Embassy of the Republic of Armenia opened in Tokyo on 13 July 2010
  • Embassy of Japan opened in Yerevan on 1 January 2015.

Japanese Nationals:

  • Number of Japanese nationals residing in Armenia: 45 (Oct 2024)

Trade with Japan (2024):

  • Exports from Japan: 3.41 billion yen (construction machines, electrical machinery, rubber tires and tubes, essential oils and perfume, etc.)
  • Imports to Japan: 6.66 billion yen (clothing, tobacco, aluminum and aluminum alloys, etc.)

Japan's Official Development Assistance:

  • List of Exchange of Notes
  • Loans: 31.808 billion yen (the total till FY 2022)
  • Grants: 9.834 billion yen (the total till FY 2022)
  • Technical cooperation: 4.863 billion yen (the total till FY 2022)

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal up to 2023):

  • Cultural Grant Aid: 8 projects (450 million yen)
  • Grassroots Grant Aid: 8 projects (65 million yen)
  • Total: 515 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Armenia
Year Name
1999 Oct. The Caucasus Friendship Mission (Headed by Mr. Taro NAKAYAMA, the member of the House of Representatives)
2011 May Mr. Hisashi TOKUNAGA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2013 Nov. Mr. Takao MAKINO, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2015 Jan. Mr. Minoru KIUCHI, State Minister for Foreign Affairs
2016 Aug. Delegation of the Japan-Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Association
(Mr. Seishiro ETO, Chairman of the Japan-Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Association)
2017 Jun. Mr. Motome TAKISAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2018 Feb. Mr. Manabu HORII, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2018 Sep. Mr. Taro KONO, Minister for Foreign Affairs
2022 May Mr. Taro HONDA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2023 May Ms. Yuumi YOSHIKAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
From Armenia to Japan
Year Name
1992 Oct. Mr. BAGURATIAN, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend to the Tokyo Conference to Assist to Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
1999 Feb. Mr. MIKAERIAN, Minister of Energy (to attend the signing Ceremony for Loan Agreement)
1999 Aug. Mr. OSKANIAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2001 Jun. Mr. OSKANIAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs (to attend the Three Caucasus States Exhibition)
2001 Dec. Mr. Robert KOCHARIAN, President
2005 Jun. Mr. MARGARIAN, Prime Minister (as the Guest of the Expo 2005 Aichi Japan)
2009 Nov. Mr. NALBANDIAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2012 Jun. Mr. SARGSYAN, President
2012 Jul. Mr. YERITZYAN, Minister of Emergency Situations
2012 Sep. Mr. GABRIELYAN，Minister of Finance
2012 Dec. Mr. GALSTYAN，Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
2012 Dec. Mr. SAMUELYAN，Deputy Minister of Culture
2014 Jun. Mr. FARMANYAN, Head of Armenia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group
Mr. ARZOUMANIAN, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
2015 May Mr. SHARMAZANOV, Vice President of the National Assembly
Mr. FARMANYAN, Head of the Armenia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group
Mr. ARZOUMANIAN, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
2016 Dec. Mr. FARMANYAN, Head of the Armenia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group
2017 Jan. Mr. SAHAKYAN, President of National Assembly
2019 Jun. Ms. NAZARYAN, Vice President of the National Assembly (to attend the Women Political Leaders Summit)
2019 Oct. Mr. SARKISSIAN, President（to attend the Ceremonies of the Accession to the Throne）
2021 Mar. Mr. BADASYAN, Minister of Justice (to attend the Kyoto Congress)
2021 Jul. Mr. SARKISSIAN, President (to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games)
2022 Sep. Mr. ARSHAKYAN, Vice President of the National Assembly
2024 Sep. Mr. GRIGORYAN, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia
2025 Apr.
2025 May		 Mr. PAPOYAN, Minister of Economy (Opening ceremony of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai)
Mr. ARSHAKYAN, Vice President of the National Assembly
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