Japan-Kyrgyz Republic Relations 
January 2012
Basic Data
- Diplomatic Relations:
- Established on 26th January 1992.
- Embassy of Japan opened in Bishkek on 27th January 2003.
- Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic opened in Tokyo on 22nd April 2004.
- Number of Japanese Residents:
- 110 (as of Oct 2009)
- Trade with Japan (2008):
- Exports to Japan: 110 million yen (aluminum, etc.)
- Imports from Japan: 3.58 billion yen (machines, cars)
- Japan's Official Development Assistance:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 25.66 billion yen (the total until FY2007)
- Grants: 11.21 billion yen (the total until FY2007)
- Technical cooperation: 8.62 billion yen (the total until FY2007)
- Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2007):
- 187.7 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
VIP Visits
- From Japan to the Kyrgyz Republic
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Year (Month) Name 1992 (Apr.) Mr. Michio WATANABE, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1997 (Jul.) Mr. Keizo OBUCHI, Member of the House of Representatives 1997 (Sep.) Mr. Taro ASO, Minister for Economic Planning Agency 1999 (Aug.) Mr. Keizo TAKEMI, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 2002 (Apr.) Mr. Seiken SUGIURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs 2002 (Jul.) Mr. Seiken SUGIURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs 2003 (Jan.) Ms. Shinako TSUCHIYA, Secretary of Minister for Foreign Affairs 2004 (Aug.) Ms. Yoriko KAWAGUCHI, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2005 (Jul.) Mr. Keishiro FUKUSHIMA, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs 2005 (Aug.) Ms. Yoriko KAWAGUCHI, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister 2005 (Nov.) Mr. Yoshiaki HARADA, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the House of Representatives 2006 (Aug.) Mr. Toshiki Kaifu, former Prime Minister 2008 (Jul.) Ms. Kanae YAMAMOTO, Parliamentary Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry - From the Kyrgyz Republic to Japan
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Year (Month) Name 1992 (Oct.) Mr. T. Chyngyshev, Prime Minister 1993 (Apr.) Mr. A. Akaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic
(official working visit)1994 (Nov.) Mr. A. Djumagulov, Prime Minister 1996 (Oct.) Mr. A. Djumagulov, Prime Minister 1996 (Nov.) Mr. A. Djumagulov, Prime Minister 1997 (May) Mr. T. Koichumanov, Minister of Economy 1998 (Aug.) Mr. I. Abudurazakov, State Secretary of the Kyrgyz Republic 1998 (Oct.) Mr. A. Akaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic 2000 (Feb.) Mr. A. Muraliev, Prime Minister 2001 (Jun.) Mr. K. Bakiev, Prime Minister 2001 (Nov.) Mr. M. Imanaliev, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2002 (Jan.) Mr. M. Imanaliev, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2003 (Nov.) Mr. Otorbayev, Vice-Prime Minister 2004 (Jan.) Mr. Aitmatov, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2004 (Apr.) Mr. A. Akaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic 2004 (Apr.) Mr. Boldjurova, Acting Deputy Prime Minister 2005 (Jun.) Mr. Muraliev, Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade 2006 (Jun.) Mr. Djekshenkulov, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006 (Sep.) Mr. Rustenbekov, Minister of Emergency Situations 2007 (Nov.) Mr. Bakiev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic 2007 (Dec.) Mr. Dosbol, Vice-Prime Minister 2008 (Nov.) Mr. Abudurazakov, Former State Secretary 2009 (May) Mr. Sulaimanov, Minister of Transport and Communications
- Courtesy call on President of the Kyrgyz Republic H.E. Mr. Almazbek Atambaev by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Kazuyuki Hamada (January 2012)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the presidential Election in the Kyrgyz Republic (November 2011)
- Meeting between Kazuyuki Hamada, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Melis Mambetjanov, Minister of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic (October 2011)
- Meeting between Mr. Yukio Edano, Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Mr. Omurbek Babanov, First Vice Prime-Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (August 2011)
- Meeting between Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Omurbek Babanov, First Vice Prime-Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (August 2011)
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Parliamentary Election in the Kyrgyz Republic (October 2010)
- Statement by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic (June 2010)
- Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic (April 2010)
- Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Destabilization of the Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic (April 2010)
- Emergency Assistance for Earthquake Disaster in the Kyrgyz Republic (October 2008)
- President Kurmanbek Bakiev of the Kyrgyz Republic and the First Lady to Visit Japan (November 2007)
- "Central Asia plus Japan" Intellectual Dialogue (Tokyo Dialogue) (March 2006)
- Dispatch of Ambassador on Special Mission to the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (August 2005)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic (March 2005)
- Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic (March 2005)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic (March 2005)
- Grassroots Human Security Grant Aid to the Kyrgyz Republic (August 2004)
- Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi to the Kyrgyz Republic (Press Release) (August 2004)
- Japan-Kyrgyz Republic Summit Meeting (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (April 2004)

- Statement by Acting Foreign Minister Mikio Aoki (acting for Foreign Minister Yohei Kono) on the Safe Recovery of the Japanese Abducted in Kyrgyz (October 1999)
- Status of the situation regarding the Japanese hostages in Central Asia (September, 1999)
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Askar Akaevich Akaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic (October 1998)
Press Secretary's Press Conference on Kyrgyz Republic
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | March | 22, 25 |
| February | 25 | |
| January | 14 | |
| 2001 | November | 13 |
| 1999 | October | 26 |
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