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February 2013

Basic Data

Diplomatic relations:
Established in March, 1975
Number of Residents:
Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Bahamas: 35 (as of Oct. 2011)
Number of Bahamas nationals residing in Japan: 101 (as of Nov. 2011)
Trade with Japan in 2011:
Export: 30 million yen (fish, seafoods)
Import: 19,690 million yen (vessels, automobiles, engines and turbines)

VIP Visits

From The Bahamas to Japan
Year Name
1990 Deputy Prime Minister Clement T. Maynard
1991 Minister of Agriculture, Trade and Industries Perry G. Christie
1995 Minister of Foreign Affairs Janet G. Bostwick
Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham
Minister of Finance and Planning William C. Allen
2003 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Public Service Frederick A. MITCHELL
2005 Minister of State for Finance James Smith (attending IDB Okinawa Meeting)
From Japan to the Bahamas
Year Name
1988 House of Representative member Yoshinori Ohno
2005 Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera
2006 House of Representatives team to study the political and economic conditions of Central America and Caribbean nations (led by House of Representative member Junji Higashi)
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