Japan-Vatican Relations

Japan-Vatican Relations (Basic Data)

August 24, 2020

From Japan to Vatican
Year	Name
1953	His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince
1965	Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachinomiya
1984	His Imperial Highness Prince Hironomiya
1993	Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
2005	Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Yoriko Kawaguchi (Former Foreign Minister, to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II) Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Kabun Muto (Former Foreign Minister, to attend the Papal Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI)
2009	Prime Minister Taro Aso
2013	Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy (Ex-Prime Minister, to attend the Papal Inauguration of Pope Francis)
2014	Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
2016	Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida
2018	Her Imperial Highness Princess Tomohito of Mikasa Foreign Minister Taro Kono

From Vatican to Japan
Year	Name
1981	Pope John Paul II
1989	Cardinal Oddi
1990	Cardinal Caprio (to attend the coronation ceremony)
2008	Cardinal Martins Cardinal Diaz, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
2009	Archbishop Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States (as Guest of the Minister for Foreign Affairs) Cardinal Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue
2011	Cardinal Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
2012	Cardinal Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
2013	Cardinal Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal Farina, Honorary prefect of the Vatican Library
2015	Cardinal Monterisi Archbishop Bruguès, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives
2017	Cardinal Amato Cardinal Filoni
2019	Cardinal Monterisi Pope Francis(Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima)