Japan-Mexico Relations

Diplomatic relations:

Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation concluded in 1888 (Japan's first "equal" treaty with a Western country).

Treaties and agreements:

• 1954 Cultural Agreement
• 1969 Trade Agreement
• 1972 Aviation Agreement, Visa Exemption Arrangement
• 1978 Tourism Agreement
• 1986 Technical Cooperation Agreement
• 1993 Understanding on Dispatch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
• 1996 Convention for the avoidance of double taxation
• 2005 Agreement between Japan and the United Mexican States for the Strengthening of the Economic Partnership
• 2018 Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United Mexican States Regarding Mutual Assistance and Cooperation in Customs Matters

Japanese and ethnic Japanese:

• Number of Japanese residing in Mexico: 9,985 (October 2024).
• Population of Japanese descent: approx. 79,000.

Trade between Japan and Mexico (2024):

• Exports to Mexico: 1,858.2 billion yen (automobile, flat roll product of iron, automobile parts, parts of audio and video equipment, metal working machinery).
• Imports from Mexico: 894.7 billion yen (electrical machinery, scientific optical instrument, pork, general machinery, salt, fruit, automobile, nonferrous metals).

Japanese companies in Mexico:

• 1,607 (October 2024).

Direct investment from Japan:

According to a survey by the Ministry of Economy, Mexico, Japanese investments for 2024 marked a total of 4300 million U.S. dollars.

Japan and Mexico have a tradition of friendly relations; the contacts between them date back to 1609.

• Loans: 205.4 billion yen
• Grants: 7.1 billion yen
• Technical cooperation: 80.9 billion yen

• 1,407.5 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
• 231.9 million yen (Grant Aid for Cultural Heritage)
• 4.6 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)

(1) Program for the Training of Human Resources between Japan and Mexico:

Concept proposed by President Echeverría commenced in 1971. Initially provided for the annual acceptance of 100 trainees by each country from the other, with costs borne by the host country, for a year's exchange. Now provides for the acceptance of 50 trainees by each.

(2) Japan-Mexico Lyceum:

Opened in 1977. A unique international school in which children from Japan and Mexico are educated in accordance with their respective countries' curriculums. Concept took concrete shape when Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka visited Mexico in 1974.