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Japan-Jamaica Relations

March 2011

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

Established in March, 1964

Number of Residents:

Number of Japanese nationals residing in Jamaica: 158 (as of Oct. 2009)

Number of Jamaican nationals residing in Japan: 316 (as of Dec. 2009)

Trade with Japan in 2009:

Export: 3.17 billion yen (coffee beans, alcohol drinks)

Import: 7.8 billion yen (automobiles, machinery)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (Cumulative total as of FY2008):

ODA Loans: 53.4 billion yen

Grants: 1.5 billion yen

Technical cooperation: 7.7 billion yen

VIP Visit (1990- )

From Jamaica to Japan

Year	Name
1990	Minister of Education Carlyle Dunkley Minister of National Security and Justice K. D. Knight Minister of Construction O. D. Ramtallie Minister of Finance Seymour Mullings Minister of Tourism Donald M.Pringle Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade David Coore
1991	Prime Minister Michael N. Manley Deputy Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson Minister of Foreign Affairs David Coore Minister of Environment Donald M. Pringle
1992	Minister of Health Easton Douglas
1994	Minister of Public Utilities, Transport and Energy Robert Pickersgill Minister of Industry, Investments and Commerce Carlyle Dunkley
1995	Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign affairs and Foreign Trade Seymour Mullings
1996	Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies
1997	Minister of Industry and Investment Paul Robertson Minister of Agriculture and Mining Horace Clarke
1998	Minister of Agriculture Roger Clarke Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson
2000	Minister of Foreign Affairs Paul Robertson
2001	Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies Minister of State Fitz Jackson Minister of Local Government Arnold Bertram
2002	Minister of Mining and Energy Anthony Hylton
2003	Director of Economic Planning Institute Wesley Hughes
2005	Governor of Bank of Jamaica Derick Latibeaudiere
2008	Minister of Energy Clive Mullings
2010	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kenneth Baugh

From Japan to Jamaica

Year	Name
1992	House of Representative Member and President of Japan-Central America and Caribbean Parliamentary Friendship League Masaaki Nakayama
1995	House of Councilor Member Mayumi Moriyama
1997	Prince and Princess Akishino
2001	Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma
2001	Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Taimei Yamaguchi
2005	Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera
2007	Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Midori Matsushima
2008	Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hitoshi Kimura
2010	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Koichi Takemasa

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2009)

647.9 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
15.3 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

• Japan-Jamaica Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 2010)
• Visit to Latin America and the Caribbean by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (April 2010)
• Emergency Aid to Jamaica for Damage Caused by Hurricane Dean (August 2007)
• Mrs. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Jamaica, Cuba, and Mexico (April 2007)
• Emergency Aid for Hurricane Disaster in Jamaica (September 2004)
• Message of Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Jamaica (July 2004)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Jamaica

• Embassy of Japan in Jamaica Web Site