Japan-Brazil Relations 
July 2011
Ano do Intercâmbio Japâo-Brasil 
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
- Overview of the Japan-Brazil Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 2, 2011)
- Japan-Brazil Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 16, 2011)
- Visit to Japan by His Excellency Amb. Antônio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of External Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil (April 12, 2011)
- Telephone Conversation between Japanese and Brazilian Foreign Ministers (March 17, 2011)
- Heavy rain disaster in the state of Rio de Janeiro of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Message from Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs) (Januray 14, 2011)
- Visit to the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Ecuador by Mr. Taro Aso, Former Prime Minister of Japan (December 24, 2010)
- The Third Meeting of the Joint Committee on Japan-Brazil Cooperation in Science and Technology (December 2010)
- Telephone Conversation Between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and H. E. Mr. Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil (July 2010)
- Telephone Conversation Between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and H. E. Mr. Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil (May 2010)
- Meeting of the Joint Committee on Japanese-Brazil Cooperation in Science and Technology (May 2009)
- Dispatch of Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan on Climate Change (June 2008)
- Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project "Sustained improvement of Human Security in the City of Sao Paulo through Humanization Actions in Public Schools, Health Services, and Communities" in the Federative Republic of Brazil (May 2008)
- Visit to Japan by General Juniti Saito, Commander of the Air Force of the Federative Republic of Brazil (April 2008)
- Ms. Dilma Rousseff, Chief-Minister of the Presidential Staff Office of the Federative Republic of Brazil, to Visit Japan (April 2008)
- Implementation of "Japan-Brazil Leaders' Exchange Program in the 21st Century: Invitation of Young Brazilian Leaders of Japanese Descent" (April 2008)
- Conferment Ceremony of Commendation Certificates of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Occasion of the Japan-Brazil Exchange Year/100th Anniversary of Japanese Emigration to Brazil (April 2008)
- Commemorative Ceremony of Japan-Brazil Exchange Year/100th Anniversary of Japanese Immigration to Brazil (April 2008)
- Launching "The Special Participation Scheme for In-Service Teachers" in Volunteers for Japanese Communities Overseas (April 2008)
- Opinion Poll: 2008 Brazil Image of Japan Study (Summary) (April 2008)
- The Second Meeting of the Japan-Brazil Dialogue on the Environment (February 2008)
- Opening Event to Celebrate Japan-Brazil Year of Exchange and the 100th Anniversary of Japanese Emigration to Brazil - Night of Traditional Music of Japan and Brazil (January 2008)
- Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Mexico and Brazil (August 2007)
- Prof. Akiko Yamanaka, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Brazil and Paraguay (September 2006)
- Visit to Japan by Brazilian Cabinet Mission (April 2006)
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (May 2005)
- Speech by Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai at the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas "Japan's Pororoca: Japanese Migration to Brazil and the Reverse Flow Back to Japan" (May 2005)
- Visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Latin America (Overview, Evaluation and Specific Results) (September 2004)
- Joint Communique between Japan and the Federative Republic of Brazil (September 2004)
- The Third Day of Prime Minister's Visit to Brazil (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (September 2004)
- Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Latin American and Caribbean Policies - Toward a New Japan-Latin America and Caribbean Partnership - (September 2004) [English] [Japanese] [Spanish (PDF)
] [Portuguese (PDF) ] - The Second Day of Prime Minister's Visits to Brazil (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (September 2004)
- The First Day of Prime Minister's Visits to Brazil (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (September 2004)
- Brazilian Coordinators for International Relations Pay Courtesy Call on Prime Minister (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (September 2004)
- Symposium on the Brazilian Community in Japan (February 2003)
- Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Celso Lafer of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Overview and Evaluation) (May 2002)
- Visit to Japan of Mr. Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia, Minister of External Relations of Brazil (November 25-29, 1998)
(Open a New Window)Press Secretary' Press Conference on Brazil
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | January | 15 |
| 2007 | January | 16 |
| 2006 | June | 30 |
| 2005 | November | 22 |
| September | 13 | |
| 2004 | September | 7 |
- Embassy of Japan in Brasil Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Consular Office of Japan in Recife Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Consulate-General of Japan in Belém Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Consulate-General of Japan in Curitiba Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Consular Office of Japan in Porto Alegre Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Consulate-General of Japan in Manaus Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Consulate-General of Japan in Rio de Janeiro Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Consulate-General of Japan in São Paulo Website (Portuguese and Japanese only)
- Embassy of Brazil in Japan Website
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