Japan-El Salvador Relations (Basic Data) 
August 2013
Basic Data
- Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in February 1935.
- Japanese Nationals:
- 159 (as of October 2012)
- Trade with Japan (2012):
- Export: aprox. 3.47 billion yen (coffee, clothes)
- Imports: aprox. 8.7 billion yen (automobile, steel, machinery, electric apparatus)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of 2011)
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 44.8 billion yen
- Grants: 34.8 billion yen
- Technical cooperation: 20.4 billion yen
VIP Visits
- From Japan to El Salvador
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Year Name 1994 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Shozo Azuma 1994 House of Representative member Sadao Yamahana (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration) 1999 House of Representative member Shozaburo Jimi (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration) 2001 Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Taimei Yamaguchi 2004 House of Representative member Tadamori Oshima (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration) 2005 Their Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Hitachi 2006 Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Labour and Welfare Hiroshi Okada 2007 Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives Takahiro Yokomichi 2009 House of Representative member Yoshiaki Harada (Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration) 2010 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Koichi Takemasa
House of Councilors members Yumiko Himei, Masashi Mito, Masakazu Sekiguchi - From El Salvador to Japan
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Year Name 1997 President Armando Calderon Sol 2000 Foreign Minister María Eugenia Brizuela de Avila Vice- President Carlos Quintanilla 2001 Vice- President Carlos Quintanilla Foreign Minister María Eugenia Brizuela de Avila 2004 Foreign Minister María Eugenia Brizuela de Avila 2005 Vice-president Ana Vilma de Escobar Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez 2006 President Elias Antonio Saca Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez 2010 Foreign Minister Hugo Martínez Minister of Agriculture and Livestock José Guillermo López Suárez Minister of Public Works Gerson Martínez 2012 Minister of the Interior Ernesto Zelayandia
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2012)
- 747 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
- 33.7 million yen (Grant Aid for Cultural Grassroots Projects)
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