Honduras flag Japan-Honduras Relations (Basic Data) Japan flag

August 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:
Established in February 1932
Japanese Nationals:
178 (as of October 2011)
Trade with Japan:
Export: 4.85 billion yen (2011) (coffee, sesame, ferrous waste and scrap, etc.)
Import: 9.86 billion yen (2011) (automobile, tire, general machinery)

Japan' Economic Cooperation (Cumulative total until fiscal 2010)

List of Exchange of Notes
Loan: 34.77 billion yen
Grant: 72.5 billion yen
Technical Cooperation: 38.8 billion yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Honduras
Year Name
1998 Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Tamisuke Watanuki
1998 Parliamentary Secretary, Nobutaka Machimura (on the occasion of the Hurricane Mitch)
2002 Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Kayoko Shimizu
2003 H.I.H. Princess Sayako
2006 Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Kunio Hatoyama
2012 Parliamentary Vice-Minister Toshiyuki Kato
From Honduras to Japan
Year Name
1997 President Roberto Reyna
1999 Foreign Minister Roberto Flores
2004 President Ricardo Maduro
2005 Foreign Minister Rosa Bautiata
President Ricardo Maduro (IDB Okinawa Meeting)
President Ricardo Maduro (Japan-Central America Summit)
2007 Minister of Health Jenny Meza
2010 Minister of Environment Rigoberto Cuellas (COP10)

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2011)

978 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
38.2 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

Back to Index