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Japan-Costa Rica Relations

February 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in February 1935.

Japanese Nationals:

347 (as of October 2010)

Trade with Japan (2010):

Export: aprox. 30,100 million yen (Coffee, Integrated Circuit, Parts of Computer)

Import: aprox. 63,200 million yen (Car, Parts of Integrated Circuit)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (Cumulative total until fiscal 2009)

• List of Exchange of Notes
• Loans: 66,155 million yen
• Grants: 5,110 million yen
• Technical cooperation: 19,859 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Costa Rica

Year	Name
1990	House of Representatives member, Yoshiro Mori (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration)
1994	House of Representatives member, Kazuo Aichi (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration)
1996	Primer Minister, Hashimoto Ryutaro
1998	House of Representatives member, Hideyuki Aizawa (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration)
	THI Prince and Princess Takamado
2002	House of Representatives member, Syouichi Nakagawa (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration)
2006	House of Representatives member, Yoshinori Ohno (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration)
	House of Representatives Member, Yasutoshi Nishimura
2007	Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Takahiro Yokomichi
	House of Representatives Member, Kenta Izumi
2009	Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shintaro Ito
2010	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Koichi Takemasa (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration)
2011	THI Prince and Princess Akishino

From Costa Rica to Japan

Year	Name
1990	President, Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier (Enthronement Ceremony)
	Foreign Minister, Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada
1993	National Assembly Chairman, Danilo Chaverri Soto
	Foreign Minister, Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada (PDD Special Conference in Tokyo)
1994	Foreign Minister, Fernando Naranjo Villalobos
1996	President, Jose Maria Figueres
	Foreign Minister, Fernando Naranjo Villalobos
1997	President, Jose Maria Figueres
	Foreign Minister, Fernando Naranjo Villalobos
2001	President, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria
	Foreign Minister, Roberto Rojas
2005	President Abel Pacheco de la Espriella (Aichi Expo/Japan-Central America Summit Meeting)
	Foreign Minister, Roberto Toval Faja
2010	Foreign Minister, Bruno Stagno Ugarte (4th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of FEALAC)
	Foreign Minister, Rene Castro Salazar
2011	President, Laura Chinchilla Miranda
	Foreign Minister, José Enrique Castillo Barrantes

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2010)

• 925 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
• 28.48 million yen (Grant Aid for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and H.E. Mrs. Laura Chinchilla Miranda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica (December 8, 2011)
• Japan-Costa Rica Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 8, 2011)
• Visit to Japan of Her Excellency Mrs. Laura Chinchilla Miranda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica (November 15,2011)
• Emergency Assistance to the torrential rain disaster in the Republic of Costa Rica (November 2010)
• Visit to Latin America and the Caribbean by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (April 2010)
• Announcement by the Press Secretary on the Visit to Japan by the Heads of State and Others of SICA (System of Central American Integration) Member and Associate Member Countries (August 2005)
• Emergency Aid to Costa Rica for Torrential Rain Disaster (January 2005)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Miguel Angel Rodríguéz Echeverría, President of the Republic of Costa Rica (April 2001)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Costa Rica

• Embassy of Japan in Costa Rica Web Site