Japan-Cuba Relations

December 2009

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in December 1929

Japanese Nationals:

Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Cuba: 203 (2006)

Trade with Japan (2006):

Exports: 2.1 billion yen (fish, cigar, coffee)

Imports: 14.8 billion yen (machinery and equipment)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total fiscal 2001-2006):

List of Exchange of Notes

Technical Cooperation: 1.61 billion yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Cuba

Year	Name
1997	Secretary of State Masahiko Koumura
1999	President of the Parliamentary League for Friendship Japan-Cuba Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
2000	Former Foreign Minister Kabun Muto
2001	Speaker of the House of Representatives Tamisuke Watanuki
	House of Representatives Member Tsutomu Kawara
	Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
2002	House of Representatives Member Yoshimi Watanabe
2004	House of Representatives Member Takuya Hirai
2005	Former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata
2006	Representation of House of Councillors Member (Head: Toranosuke Katayama)
	Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiyohiko Toyama
2007	Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Midori Matsushima
	Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives Takahiro Yokomichi
	Representation of the Committee for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Head: Koya Nishikawa)

From Cuba to Japan

Year	Name
1999	Minister for Foreign Relations Roberto Robaina Gonzalez
2000	Vice President of the Council of State Carlos Lage
2000	President of the National Assembly of People's Power Ricardo Alarión
2001	Minister of Foreign Relations Felipe Ramon Perez Roque
	Government Minister Ricardo Cabrisas
2002	Government Minister Ricardo Cabrisas
2003	President of the Council of State Fidel Castro
	Member of the Council of State Jose Ramon Balaguer
	Government Minister Ricardo Cabrisas
2004	President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation Humberto Rodriguez
	Minister of Fishing Industry Alfredo Lopez
2005	Minister of Foreign Trade Raul de la Nuez
	Vice-President of the National Assembly of People's Power Jaime Alberto Crombet
2006	Government Minister Ricardo Cabrisas

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2006)

232.6 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
18.7 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Cuba (December 2009)
• Visit to Japan of H. E. Mr. Felipe Ramon Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (February 2009)
• Emergency Grant Aid for Hurricane Disaster in the Republic of Cuba (October 2007)
• Statement by Press Secretary on the Election of the New President of the Council of State in Cuba (February 2008)
• Mrs. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Jamaica, Cuba, and Mexico (April 2007)
• Dr. Kiyohiko Toyama, Vice-Minister (Parliamentary) for Foreign Affairs, to Visit New York, Havana and Irkutsk (September 2006)
• Humanitarian Assistance to Cuba through WFP (September 2005)
• Visit to Japan by President Fidel Castro of the Republic of Cuba (March 2003)
• Prime Minister Meets with President of the Council of State of Cuba (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (March 2003)
• Assistance for the National Program for the Control and Prevention of STI/HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Cuba (January 2003)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on Cuba's Accession to the NPT (November 2002)
• Visit to the Republic of Cuba by Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (October 2001)
• Dispatch of Prime Minister's Special Envoy Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to the Middle East (October 2001)
• Visit to Japan by Mr. Felipe Ramon Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Relations of Cuba (March 2001)
• Visit to Japan by Mr. Carlos Lage Davila, Vice-President of the Council of the State of the Republic of Cuba (September 2000)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Parole of Anti-Government Human Rights Activists in Cuba (May 2000)
• Second Japan-Cuba Policy Dialogue (September 1999)
• Guilty Sentences on Four Dissident Human-Rights Activists in Cuba (Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (March 1999)
• Visit to Japan by Mr. Roberto Robaina Gonzalez, Minister of Foreign Relations of Cuba (February 1999)
• Humanitarian Assistance for Disaster Relief to Assist Drought Afflicted People in Cuba (November 1998)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Cuba

• Embassy of Japan in Cuba Web Site (Spanish & Japanese Only)
• Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Japan Web Site