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December 2010

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:
Established in October 1992
Japanese Nationals:
Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Slovenia: 108 (November, 2010)
Trade with Japan:
Exports: 3.5 billion yen (2009) (chemical components, furniture, clothes)
Imports: 8.1 billion yen (2009) (car, nonferrous metal, motorcycle)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:
Technical Cooperation: 472 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Slovenia
Year Name
1997 Keidanren Mission
2000 Royal Highness Princess Sayako
2006 Kazuo Kitagawa, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
2008 Takahiro Yokomichi, Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives
2009 Isao Imai, Justice of the Supreme Court
From Slovenia to Japan
Year Name
1998 Lojze Marincek, Minister of Science and Technology
1998 Boris Frlec, Minister of Foreign Affairs
1999 Ciril Smorkolj, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
2000 Janez Podobnik, President of National Assembly
Tea Petrin, Minister of the Economy
2006 Milan Zver, Minister of Education and Sport
2008 Janez Jansa, Prime Minister (Accompanied by Andrej Vizjak, Minister of the Economy)
Janez Podobnik, Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Andrej Bajuk, Minister of Finance
Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2010 Roko Zarnic, Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning

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