Japan-Brazil Relations (Basic Data) 
May 2012
Basic Data
- Diplomatic relations:
- Established in November 1895 with the signing of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation.
- Immigration from Japan:
- Commenced with the 1908 voyage of the Kasato Maru.
- Japanese and Japanese descendants:
- Number of Japanese residing in Brazil: 59,627 (October 2009)
- Population of Japanese descent: 1.5 million (estimated)
- Number of Japanese-Brazilians residing in Japan, 267,456 (December 2009).
- Trade with Japan (2009):
- Exports: $4,270 million (iron ore, petroleum products, soy beans, chicken, vehicle)
- Imports: $5,368 million (chemical agent, metallic minerals, industrial parts)
- Direct investment from Japan:
- $1,670 million (2009)
- Japan's economic cooperation (FY 2008):
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: none
- Grants: 370 million yen
- Technical cooperation: 1,444 million yen
Recent Visits by Eminent Persons
- Japan to Brazil
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Year Name 1988 Prince Fumihito (eightieth anniversary of Japanese immigration) 1994 Foreign Minister Yohei Kono 1995 November Princess Sayako (centennial of Japan-Brazil relations) 1996 August Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto 1997 May-June Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress 1997 July Minister of Labor Yutaka Okano 1998 June Minister for Foreign Affairs Keizo Obuchi 2003 January Ambassador on Special Mission Takami Eto (Inaugral Ceremony of President Lula) 2004 September Prime Miniser Junichiro Koizumi 2006 May Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shoichi Nakagawa 2006 June Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Heizo Takenaka 2006 September Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shoichi Nakagawa 2007 May Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Toshikatsu Matsuoka 2007 August Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshihide Suga Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso 2008 May Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Masatoshi Wakabahashi 2008 June His Imperial Highness Crown Prince
(Japan-Brazil Year of Exchange/Centennial of Japanese Immigration to Brazil)Japan-Brazil Parliamentary League 2008 June-July Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari 2010 May Former Prime Miniser Taro Aso 2011 January Ambassador on Special Mission Taro Aso (Inaugral Ceremony of President Rousseff) - Brazil to Japan:
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Year Name 1989 President Jose Sarney (Showa emperor's funeral) 1990 Foreign Minister Francisco Rezek
President Fernando Collor de Mello (imperial accession ceremonies)1991 & 1992 Economic Minister Marcilio Marques Moreira (eminent persons conferences) 1993 Foreign Minister Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Planning Minister Alexis Stepanenko1995 May Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia, Senator Jose Sarney (Inter Action Council) 1995 July Finance Minister Pedro Malan 1995 November Vice-President Marco Maciel
Agriculture Minister Jose Eduardo de Andrade Vieira1996 March President Fernando Henrique Cardoso,
Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia,
Industry and Commerce Minister Dorothea Woerneck,
Planning Minister Jose Serra,
Communications Minister Sergio Motta1996 April Chamber of Deputies President Luiz Eduardo Magalhães 1997 May Planning Minister Antonio Kandir 1997 November Social Security Minister Reinhold Stephanes 1998 November Agriculture and Supply Minister Francisco Sérgio Turra 1998 November Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia 2002 May Foreign Minister Celso Lafer 2004 March Foreign Minister Celso Amorim 2005 May President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, Finance Minister Antonio Palocci, Agriculture and Supply Minister Roberto Rodrigues, Development, Industry and Commerce Minister Luis Furlan, Mines and Energy Minister Dilma Rousseff, Tourism Minister Walfrido Guia, Central Bank President Hennque Meirelles 2006 April Foreign Minister Celso Amorim Development, Industry and Commerce Minister Luis Furlan Communications Minister Helio Costa Education Minister Fernando Haddad 2007 March Agriculture and Supply Minister Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto 2007 September Tourism Minister Marta Suplicy 2008 January Chamber of Deputies President Arlindo Chinaglia Junior 2008 April Chief-Minister of the Presidential Staff Office Dilma Vana Rousseff
(Japan-Brazil Year of Exchange/Centennial of Japanese Immigration)2008 July President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (outreach meeting of G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit) 2009 October Science and Technology Minister Sérgio Rezende 2010 July Social Security Minister Eduardo Gabas, Labor Minister Carlos Lupi 2011 April Minister of External Relations Antônio de Aguiar Patriota
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