Japan-Brazil Relations
Japan-Brazil Relations (Basic Data)
July 31, 2023
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in 1895
Japanese nationals and Japanese descendants:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in Brazil: 47,472 (2022)
- Number of Japanese descendants: 2 million (estimated)
Trade with Japan (2022):
- Exports: $6,620 million (corn, iron ore, chicken, coffee, aluminum, soybean, alloy iron)
- Imports: $5,300 million (automotive parts, engine parts, integrated circuits, heterocyclic compound)
Japan's economic cooperation (FY 2020):
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: none
- Grants: 584 million yen
- Technical cooperation: 828 million yen
Recent VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Ambassador on Special Mission Takami Eto (Inaugural Ceremony of President Lula) |
| 2004 | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
| 2006 | Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shoichi Nakagawa Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Heizo Takenaka |
| 2007 | Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Toshikatsu Matsuoka Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshihide Suga Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso |
| 2008 | Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Masatoshi Wakabahashi His Imperial Highness Crown Prince (Japan-Brazil Year of Exchange/Centennial of Japanese Immigration to Brazil) Japan-Brazil Parliamentary League Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari |
| 2010 | Former Prime Minister Taro Aso |
| 2011 | Ambassador on Special Mission Taro Aso (Inaugural Ceremony of President Rousseff) Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeaki Matsumoto |
| 2012 | State Minister for National Policy Motohisa Furukawa Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba |
| 2013 | Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Toshimitsu Motegi Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshitaka Shindo Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida |
| 2014 | Her Imperial Highness Takamado Prime Minister Shinzo Abe |
| 2015 | Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino (120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Brazil) |
| 2016 | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Closing Ceremony for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games) |
| 2017 | Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso (Opening Ceremony for Japan House São Paulo) |
| 2018 | His Imperial Highness Crown Prince (8 th World Water Forum) |
| 2018 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Kono |
| 2018 | Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino (110 th Anniversary of the Japanese immigration) |
| 2019 | Ambassador on Special Mission Taimei Yamaguchi (Inaugural Ceremony of President Bolsonaro) |
| 2020 | President of the House of Councillors Akiko Santo |
| 2021 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi |
| 2023 | Ambassador on Special Mission Yuko Obuchi (Inaugural Ceremony of President Lula) |
| 2023 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Foreign Minister Celso Lafer |
| 2004 | Foreign Minister Celso Amorim |
| 2005 | President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Foreign Minister Celso Amorim Finance Minister Antonio Palocci Agriculture and Supply Minister Roberto Rodrigues Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Luis Furlan Mines and Energy Minister Dilma Rousseff Tourism Minister Walfrido Guia Central Bank President Hennque Meirelles |
| 2006 | Foreign Minister Celso Amorim Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Luis Furlan Communications Minister Helio Costa Education Minister Fernando Haddad |
| 2007 | Agriculture and Supply Minister Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto Tourism Minister Marta Suplicy |
| 2008 | Chamber of Deputies President Arlindo Chinaglia Junior Chief-Minister of the Presidential Staff Office Dilma Vana Rousseff (Japan-Brazil Year of Exchange/Centennial of Japanese Immigration) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (outreach meeting of G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit) |
| 2009 | Science and Technology Minister Sérgio Rezende |
| 2010 | Social Security Minister Eduardo Gabas Labor Minister Carlos Lupi |
| 2011 | Foreign Minister Antônio de Aguiar Patriota |
| 2012 | Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Fernando Damata Pimentel National Integration Minister Fernando Bezerra Coelho Finance Minister Guido Mantega Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Fernando Damata Pimentel |
| 2013 | Environmental Minister Izabella Monica Vieira Teixeira Planning, Budget and Management Minister Miriam Belchior |
| 2015 | National Integration Minister Gilberto Magalhães Occhi (UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction) Agriculture, Livestock and Supply Minister Kátia Abreu Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira |
| 2016 | President Michel Temer Transport Ports and Civil Aviation Minister Maurício Quintella, Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Minister Blairo Maggi, Mines and Energy Minister Fernando Bezerra Coelho Filho, Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani |
| 2017 | Institutional Security Cabinet Minister, Sérgio Etchegoyen |
| 2018 | President of the Senate Eunicio Lopes de Oliveira |
| 2018 | Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes |
| 2019 | Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina (G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting) Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto (G20 Finance and Central Bank Governors Meeting) Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque, Environmental Minister Ricardo Salles (G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth) President Jair Bolsonaro, Institutional Security Office Minister Augusto Heleno (G20 Osaka Summit 2019) President Jair Bolsonaro, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo (Ceremony of Enthronement) |
| 2021 | Minister of Citizenship João Roma |
| 2023 | Finance Minister Fernando Haddad (Invited to the G7 Niigata Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira (Invited to the G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023) Agriculture Minister Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro |