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Japan-El Salvador Relations

February 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in February 1935.

Japanese Nationals:

189 (as of October 2010)

Trade with Japan (2010):

Export: aprox. 2.43 billion yen

Imports: aprox. 9.36 billion yen

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of 2009)

• List of Exchange of Notes
• Loans: 44.8 billion yen
• Grants: 33.9 billion yen
• Technical cooperation: 18.1 billion yen

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

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 1975-2010)

• 7,466 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
• 18.6 million yen (Grant Aid for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Emergency Assistance to the heavy rain disaster in the Republic of El Salvador (October 2011)
　
• Visit to Latin America and the Caribbean by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (April 2010)
• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of El Salvador for Torrential Rain Disaster (November 2009)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Election in El Salvador (March 2009)
• The Eleventh Japan-Central America Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (April 2008)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to 3 projects in the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of El Salvador (January 2008)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Elias Antonio Saca Gonzalez, President of the Republic of El Salvador and Mrs. Saca (Announcement by the Press Secretary) (October 2006)
• Emergency Aid to the Republic of El Salvador for Torrential Rain Disaster from Tropical Depression "Stan" (October 2005)
• Signing of the Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador (August 2005)
• Cultural Grant Aid to El Salvador for the Project for the Improvement of Planetarium Equipment of the Tin Marin Children's Museum (August 2005)
• Non-project Grant Aid to El Salvador and Grant Aid to El Salvador for the Project for Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Replacement of Equipment of Rosales National Hospital (August 2005)
• 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)
• Support to "Empowerment of women and adolescents in social risks in Central America - protection from sexual exploitation and promotion of human rights" in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala (June 2005)
• Earthquake in El Salvador (2001)
• Discussion between Prime Minister Mori and the leaders and other envoys of seven Latin American countries (Summary and Evaluation) (June 2000)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on El Salvador

• Embassy of Japan in El Salvador Web Site (Spanish and Japanese Only)