Japan-Panama Relations (Basic Data) 
May 2013
Basic Data
- Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in January 1904.
- Japanese Nationals:
- 308 (as of 2012)
- Trade with Japan:
- Export: 24.9 billion yen (vessel,scrap metal,coffee,beef,shrimp)
- Import: 1,133.3 billion yen (vessel, automobile and automotive products, general instrumentation, electrical machinery, rubber products)
- Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 32.32 billion yen (up to 2011)
- Grants: 3.59 billion yen (up to 2011)
- Technical cooperation: 27.95 billion yen (up to 2011)
VIP Visits
- From Japan to Panama
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Year Name 1998 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura 1999 Vice President of the House of Representatives Kozo Watanabe House of Representatives Member Shozo Nishimura (special envoy) 2001 Their Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Hitachi Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto 2003 House of Councilors Member Kenji Manabe (special envoy) 2004 House of Councilors Member Shinya Izumi (special envoy) House of Representatives Member Takeo Hiranuma 2005 House of Representatives Member Motohiko Kondo, Daishiro Yamagiwa 2006 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsutoshi Kaneda House of Representatives Member Shinako Tsuchiya Representation of the House of Representatives Member (Head: Junji Higashi) Representation of House of Councillors Member (Head: Toranosuke Katayama) House of Representatives Member Fumio Kyuma 2007 Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Midori Matsushima Senior Vice-Minister of Finance Kazunori Tanaka 2008 Senior Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Takuya Hirai 2009 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Shintaro Ito House of Councillors Member, Masatoshi Wakabayashi (special convoy) 2010 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Koichi Takemasa 2011 House of Representatives and Councilors Members 2012 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Toshiyuki Kato 2013 Senior Vice Minister of Finance, Yuko Obuchi Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fumio Kishida - From Panama to Japan
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Year Name 1980 President Aristides Royo 1990 President Guillermo Endara 1995 Former President Perez Balladares Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel Lewis Galindo 2000 Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Aleman Administrator of Panama Canal Authority Alberto Aleman Zubieta Secretary of the Democratic Revolutionary Party Martin Torrijos Espino (actual president) 2003 Administrator of National Environment Authority Yaritza Anguisola 2005 First Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Lewis Navarro 2006 Administrator of Panama Canal Authority Alberto Aleman Zubieta First Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Lewis Navarro Minister for Canal Affairs Ricaurte Vasquez 2008 Second Vice President, Rubén Arosemena Minister of Commerce and Industries, Carmen Gisela Vergara Administrator of Panama Canal Authority, Alberto Aleman Zubieta 2009 President of Panameñista Party, Juan Carlos Varela 2010 Vice-president and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Juan Carlos Varela Minister of Economy and Finance, Alberto Vallarino General Administrator of Tourism Authority, Salomón Shamah General Administrator of the National Environment Authority, Javier Arias 2011 Minister of Public Security, José Raúl Mulino 2012 Administrator of Panama Canal Authority, Alberto Alemán Zubieta Minister of Economy and Finance, Frank George De Lima President, Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rómulo Roux Minister for Canal Affairs, Roberto Roy Administrator of Panama Maritime Authority, Roberto José Linares
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2012)
- 853.3 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid and Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)
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