Europe
Japan-Turkmenistan Relations (Basic Data)
April 23, 2025
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:
- 16 (as of Oct. 2024)
Trade with Japan (2024):
- Exports from Japan: 5.6 billion yen (motor vehicles, tubes and pipes, power generating machine, etc.)
- Imports to Japan: 31 million yen (crude materials, chemical elements, compound, works of art, antiques, etc.)
Japan's Official Development Assistance:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 4.505 billion yen (the total till FY 2022)
- Grants: 951 million yen (the total till FY 2022)
- Technical Cooperation: 1,408 billion yen (the total till FY 2022)
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal up to 2023):
- 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
| 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) |
| 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 ("Central Asia + Japan" Dialogue, 4th Foreign Ministers' Meeting) |
| 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 |
| 2022 Dec. | Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 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) |