Japan-Antigua and Barbuda Relations

February 2011

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:: Established in October 1982.
Number of Residents:: Number of Japanese nationals residing in Antigua and Barbuda: 4 (October 2009); Number of Antigua and Barbuda nationals residing in Japan: 10 (December 2009)
Trade with Japan:: Exports: 14 million yen (dried grapes, general machinery) (2009); Imports: 1,200 million yen (automobile, food product, etc.) (2009)
Direct Investment from Japan:: N/A
Japan's Economic Cooperation:: List of Exchange of Notes; Loans: 0 (cumulative total as of 2008); Grant: 3,862 million yen (cumulative total as of 2008); Technical cooperation: 532 million yen (cumulative total as of 2007)

From Japan to Antigua and Barbuda

Year	Name
2006	Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Yasuyuki Kaneko
2008	Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hitoshi Kimura

From Antigua and Barbuda to Japan

Year	Name
2000	Minister of Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hilroy Humphreys
2002	Minister of Planning, Gaston Browne
2003	Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Marine Resources, Vere Bird
2004	Minister of Finance and Economy, Errol Cort
2005	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Environment, Marine Resources and Food Production, Charlesworth Samuel
2005	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Environment, Marine Resources and Food Production, Joanne Massiah
2006	Prime Minister, Winston Baldwin Spencer
	Minister of Tourism, Harold Lovell
	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Environment and Marine Resources, Joanne Massiah
2007	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Environment and Marine Resources, Joanne Massiah
2008	Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Environment and Marine Resources, Joanne Massiah
2010	Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to Japan, Anthony Liverpool (The Second Japan-CARICOM Ministerial-Level Conference)

Major Donors (2007)
(1) Canada (2) Japan, Austria (4) Greece (5) France