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Japan-Bolivia Relations

November 2011

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in April 1914

Immigration from Japan:

Commenced in 1899 and Immigration Agreement was concluded in 1956.

The Centenary of the Japanese immigration was celebrated in 1999 with the attendance of Princess Sayako and Tokuo Yamashita, member of the House of Representatives and the Representatives of 9 prefectures etc.

Japanese and ethnic Japanese:

Number of Japanese residing in Bolivia: 2,654 (October 1998)

Population of Japanese descent: 9500 (estimated)

Trade with Japan:

Exports :782 million yen ( metal materials, timber, fruits, vegetables)

Imports:12,893 million yen (cars, machinery, steel products)

Direct Investment from Japan:

Cumulative total as of March 31,1999: 4866 million yen

Japan's economic cooperation:

List of Exchange of Notes

Loans: 105,793 million yen

Grants: 60,125 million yen (top-ranking country in Latin America)

Technical Cooperation: 39,258 million yen (cumulative total through fiscal 1997)

Recent Visits by eminent persons

Japan to Bolivia:

Year	Name
1999	Princess Sayako and Tokuo Yamashita, member of the House of representatives (Centenary of the Japanese immigration to Bolivia)
1997	Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga (Special envoy to the presidential inauguration)
1995	Princess Sayako
1993	Ambassador Eikichi Hayashiya (Special envoy to the presidential inauguration)

Bolivia to Japan:

Year	Name
1998	Minister of the Interior, Guido Nayar Parada Minister of Finance, Edgar Millares
1996	President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
1995	Finance Minister, Fernando Cossio Minister of Capitalization, Alfonso Revollo Minister of Economic Development, Jaime Villalobos
1994	Foreign Minister Antonio Aranibar
1991	Minister of Planning and Coordination, Enrique Garcia President of the Senate, Gonzalo Valda President Jaime Paz Zamora Foreign Minister, Carlos Iturralde Ballivian Minister of Planning and Coordination, Samuel Doria Medina Minister of Finance, David Blanco
1990	President Jaime Paz Zamora (imperial accession ceremonies)
1989	Vice-President Garett (Showa emperor's funeral)

Cultural Exchanges

Japan-Bolivia Parliamentary Friendship League

Chairman Tokuo Yamashita

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2004)

841.4 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
5.4 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project in the Plurinational State of Bolivia (November 2011)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr.Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (November 2010)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr.Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (May 2010)
• Postponement of the Visit to Japan by His Excellency Mr.Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (June 2010)
• Dispatch of an Ambassador of Japan on Special Mission to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (January 2010)
• Emergency Assistance for Dengue Fever Epidemic in Bolivia (February 2009)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the National Referendum on the New Constitution in the Republic of Bolivia (January 2009)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Political Agreement by Parties in the Republic of Bolivia (October 2008)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Current Situation in Bolivia (September 2008)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the recall referendum in Bolivia (August 2008)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project "Human Security for the Adolescent: Empowerment and Protection against Violence, Early Pregnancy, Maternal Mortality and HIV/AIDS" (May 2008)
• Statement by Press Secretary on the Current Situation in Bolivia (April 2008)
• Emergency Aid to the Republic of Bolivia for Torrential Rain Disaster (January 2008)
• Visit to Japan by Mr. Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia (February 2007)
  • Talks between Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia (March 7, 2007)
• Emergency Grant Aid for Torrential Rain Disaster in the Republic of Bolivia (March 2007)
• Emergency Assistance to Bolivia for Torrential Rain Disaster (February 2007)
• Emergency Assistance to Bolivia for Flood Disaster (February 2006)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the General Elections in Bolivia (December 2005)
• Dispatch of Election Observers for the General Elections of the Republic of Bolivia (December 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Bolivia (June 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Bolivia (June 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Bolivia (March 2005)
• Emergency Assistance to Bolivia for Torrential Rain Disaster (February 2002)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Hugo Banzer Suarez, President of the Republic of Bolivia, and Mrs. Banzer (Postponed)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Hugo Banzer Suarez, President of the Republic of Bolivia and Mrs. Banzer (September 2000)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Bolivia

• Embassy of Japan in Bolivia Website (Spanish and Japanese only)
• Consular Office of Japan in Santa Cruz Website (Spanish and Japanese only)