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June 25, 2026

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

  • Established in April 1992.
  • Embassy of Japan opened in Ashgabat in January 2005. Embassy of Turkmenistan opened in Tokyo in May 2013.

Number of Japanese Residents:

  • 15 (as of Oct. 2025)

Number of Turkmen Residents in Japan:

  • 108 (as of Jun. 2025)

Trade with Japan (2025):

  • Exports from Japan: 13.04 billion yen (motor vehicles, pump and centrifuges, power generating machine, etc.)
  • Imports to Japan: 560 million yen (pump and centrifuges, office machines, etc.)

Japan's Official Development Assistance:

  • List of Exchange of Notes
  • Loans: 4.505 billion yen (the total till FY 2023)
  • Grants: 951 million yen (the total till FY 2023)
  • Technical Cooperation: 1.514 billion yen (the total till FY 2023)

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal up to 2025):

  • 75.3 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
  • Cultural Grant Aid: 2 projects (66 million yen)
  • Grassroots Grant Aid: 1 project (10 million yen)
  • Total: 76 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Turkmenistan
Year Name
1997 Jul. Mr. Keizo OBUCHI, Member of House of Representatives (Head of the Dialogue mission to Russia and Central Asia)
2002 Jul. Mr. Seiken SUGIURA, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs (Head of the Silk Road Energy Mission)
2005 Jun. Mr. Ichiro AISAWA, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
2010 Nov. Mr. Yutaka BANNO, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (9th Japan-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Conference)
2014 Apr. Mr. Takao MAKINO, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2015 Jun. Mr. Daishiro YAMAGIWA, State Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry
2015 Aug. Mr. Kentaro SONOURA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2015 Oct. Mr. Shinzo ABE, Prime Minister
2015 Dec. Mr. Hiroshige SEKO, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
2016 Sep. Mr. Motome TAKISAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2017 May Mr.Fumio KISHIDA, Minister for Foreign Affairs ("Central Asia + Japan" Dialogue, 6th Foreign Ministers' Meeting)
2017 Sep. Mr. Manabu HORII, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2017 Nov. Mr. Manabu HORII, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2019 Jun. Mr. Yoshihiko ISOZAKI, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2021 Sep. Mr. Kiyoshi EJIMA, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2023 Jul. Ms. Yuumi YOSHIKAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2025 Feb. Mr. Akihisa NAGASHIMA, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (Special Envoy of the Prime Minister)
From Turkmenistan to Japan
Year Name
1992 Oct. Mr. VASAROV, Vice Prime Minister (Tokyo Conference to Assist to Former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
1994 Oct. Mr. KULIEV, Ch. T., Minister of Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations (1st Japan-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Conference)
1996 Sep. Mr. SAPAROV, Vice Prime Minister (3rd Japan-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Conference)
1999 Aug. Mr. HARIKOV, F., Vice Prime Minister
2000 Mar. Mr. GURBANMURADOV, Vice Prime Minister
2001 Jun. Mr. GANDIMOV, Vice Prime Minister (Conference for Investment Promotion to Central-Asian Countries)
2003 Nov. Mr. GURBANMURADOV, Vice Prime Minister
2005 Dec. Mr. AYDOGDIEV, Vice Prime Minister (6th Japan-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Conference)
2009 Dec. Mr. BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President
2012 Jul. Mr. HOJAMUHAMMEDOV, Deputy Prime Minister (10th Japan-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Conference)
2012 Nov. Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs (The 4th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue)
2012 Nov. Mr. ELYASOV, Minister of Health and Medical Industry
2013 Sep. Mr. BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President
2013 Nov. Mr. ARTYKOV, Minister of Energy
2015 Feb. Mr. GURBANOV, Minister of Communal Services
2015 Mar. Mr. BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President (Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction)
2015 Jul. Mr. HOJAMUHAMMEDOV, Deputy Prime Minister
2015 Dec. Mr. ANNAMEREDOV, Minister of Railway Transport
2016 Apr. Ms. NURBERDIEVA, Chairman of the Parliament
2017 Jun. Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs (12th Japan-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Conference)
2018 Oct. Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs
2019 Oct. Mr. BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President (Ceremonies of the Accession to the Throne)
2021 Jul. Mr. BERDIMUHAMEDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers
2022 Sep. Mr. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOV, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh (State Funeral)
2022 Dec. Mr. SERDAROV, Minister of Finance and Economy (Central Asia Investment Forum)
2022 Dec. Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs (14th Japan-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Conference, The 9th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue)
2024 Jan. Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs
2024 Feb. Ms. GULMANOVA, Chairperson of the Parliament of Turkmenistan
2024 Mar. Mr. GOCHMOLLAYEV, Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations
2025 Apr. Mr. Serdar BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President (Official Guest of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai)
2025 Dec. Mr. Serdar BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President (The Summit of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue (CA+JAD))
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