Japan-Haiti Relations (Basic Data)

February 2013

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:: Reopened in April 1956
Number of Residents:: Number of Japanese nationals residing in Haiti: 41 (October 2011); Number of Haitian nationals residing in Japan: 22 (November 2011)
Trade with Japan: Export: 240 million yen (coffee, clothes, rum) (2012); Import: 4,350 million yen (automobile, machinery) (2012)
Direct Investment from Japan:: 200 million yen (March 1998)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:: List of Exchange of Notes; Grants: 36,9 billion yen (2010); Technical cooperation: 2,013 million yen (2010)

From Japan to Haiti

Year	Name
1994	House of Councilor Member and Secretary-General of Japan-Haiti Parliamentary Friendship League Kiyoshi Imai
1996	House of Representative Member Katsuhiko Shirakawa (Special Envoy to the Inauguration Ceremony of the President René Préval)
1999	House of Councilor Member and Secretary-General of Japan-Haiti Parliamentary Friendship League Kiyoshi Imai (in May and November) House of Representative Member Kazuo Aichi
2002	House of Representative Member Sadakazu Tanigaki and 5 other House of Representative Members
2006	Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Akiko Yamanaka
2007	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Yoshihide Suga
2010 Jan.	House of Councilor Member, Yukihisa Fujita, House of Representative Member, Nobuhiko Suto
2010 Feb.	House of Representative Member, Gen Nakatani, House of Representative Member, Shinji Inoue
2010 Feb.	House of Councilor Member, Masaaki Taniai
2010 Mar.	Minister of Foreign Affairs, Katsuya Okada, Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense, Akihisa Nagashima
2010 Apr.	Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office, Kenta Izumi
2011 Jan.	Senior Vice Minister, Shozo Azuma
2011 May.	Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ikuo Yamahana
2011 Sep.	Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ryuji Yamane
2012 Apr.	Senior Vice-Minister of Defense, Shu Watanabe

From Haiti to Japan

Year	Name
1990	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion Paul Christian Latortue
1991	Minister of Economy and Finance Marie Michele Rey Minister of Planning and External Cooperation Jean-Marie Cherestal
1996	Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Minister of Public Service, Transport and Communications Jacques Dorcean
2004	Minister of Internal Affairs Hérard Abraham (World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe) Minister of Economy and Finance Henri Bazin Minister of Planning and External Cooperation (IDB Conference held in Okinawa)
2010 Jul.	Minister of Commerce and Industry, Josseline Colimon Fetiere
2010 Sep.	Minister of Tourism, Andre Marie Patrick Delatour
2012 Jul.	State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Pierre-Richard Casimir
2012 Oct.	Minister of Economy and Finance, Marie-Carmel Jean-Marie
2012 Dec.	President, Michel Joseph Martelly

Major Donors (2009)

(1) U.S. (2) Spain (3) Canada (4) France (5) Japan