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Japan-Nicaragua Relations

January 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic relations:

Established in 1935 (re-established in 1952)

Japanese Nationals:

180 (as of October 2007)

Trade with Japan (2006):

Export: 1,858 million yen

Import: 9,733 million yen

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total until fiscal 2006)

• List of Exchange of Notes
• Loan Aid: 21,079 million yen
• Grant Aid: 63,141 million yen
• Technical Assistance: 15,868 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Nicaragua

Year	Name
1998	Mr. Toshitsugu Saito, Member, House of Representatives
1999	Ms. Shinako Tsuchiya, Member, House of Representatives
2001	Mr. Taimei Yamaguchi, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
2002	Mr. Toshitsugu Saito, Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration
2003	Mr. Hideki Wakabayashi, Member, House of Councillors
2005	Their Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Hitachi
2006	Dr. Kuniko Inoguchi, Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
2007	Mrs. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2008	Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Member, House of Representatives

From Nicaragua to Japan

Year	Name
2000	Dr. Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo, President
2004	Mr. Enrique Blaños Geyer, President
	Mr. Norman José Caldera Cardenal, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2005	Mr. Norman José Caldera Cardenal, Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Dr. José Rizo Castellón, Vice-President
2006	Mr. Mario Salvo Horvilleur, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
2007	Mr. Pablo Fernando Martinez Espinoza, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2007)

413.6 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)

• Attendance of Mr. Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at Inauguration Ceremony of President of the Republic of Nicaragua (Overview) (January 11, 2012)
• Emergency Assistance to the heavy rain disaster in the Republic of Nicaragua (October 2011)
• Emergency Aid to the Republic of Nicaragua for Hurricane Disaster (September 2007)
• Mrs. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Nicaragua, Mexico and Panama (December 2006)
• 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)
• Visit to Japan by Mr. Norman Jose Caldera Cardenal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua (July 2005)
• Non-Project Grant Assistance to Nicaragua (January 2005)
• Emergency Aid to Nicaragua for Torrential Rain Disaster (July 2004)
• Japan-Republic of Nicaragua Summit Meeting (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (June 2004)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Enrique Bolaños Geyer, President of the Republic of Nicaragua (June 2004)
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Enrique Bolaños Geyer, President of the Republic of Nicaragua and Mrs. Lila. T. Abaunza de Bolaños (Announcement by the Press Secretary) (May 2004)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the General Elections in Nicaragua (November 2001)
• Discussion between Prime Minister Mori and the leaders and other envoys of seven Latin American countries (Summary and Evaluation) (June 2000)
• Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Alemán Visits Japan (May 2000)
• Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Team to Nicaragua fur Hurricane Disaster (November 1998)
• Emergency Aid to Nicaragua for Hurricane Disaster (November 1998)

Press Secretary's Press Conference on Nicaragua

• Embassy of Japan in Nicaragua Web Site (Japanese and Español Only)