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Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:
Established in February 1935.
Japanese Nationals:
156 (as of October 2011)
Trade with Japan (2011):
Export: aprox. 4.43 billion yen (coffee, clothes)
Imports: aprox. 12.3 billion yen (automobile, steel, machinery, electric apparatus)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of 2010)

VIP Visits

From Japan to El Salvador
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
Year Name
1997 President Armando Calderon Sol
2000 Foreign Minister Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila
Vice- President Carlos Quintanilla
2001 Vice- President Carlos Quintanilla
Foreign Minister Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila
2004 Foreign Minister Maria 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 Martinez

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2011)

  • 747 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
  • 33.7 million yen (Grant Aid for Cultural Grassroots Projects)
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