Japan-Panama Relations 
August 2011
Basic Data
- Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in January 1904.
- Japanese Nationals:
- 302 (as of October 2010)
- Trade with Japan:
- Export: 36.2 billion yen (tuna, fish meal, plant)
- Import: 1,359.3 billion yen (vessel, automobile, machinery and equipment)
- Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 32.32 billion yen (up to 2009)
- Grants: 3.48 billion yen (up to 2009)
- Technical cooperation: 27.01 billin yen (up to 2009)
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 - 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 Economy and Finance, Alberto Vallarino
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2010)
827.1 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
18.4 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)
- Visit to Latin America and the Caribbean by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (April 2010)
- Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Panama for Torrential Rain Disaster (November 2008)
- Mrs. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Nicaragua, Mexico and Panama (December 2006)
- Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Panama for Torrential Rain Disaster (November 2006)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the National Referendum on an Expansion Program of the Panama Canal (October 2006)
- Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Mexico, Panama and the United States of America (April 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)
- Emergency Aid for Hurricane Disaster in Panama (September 2004)
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Jose Miguel Aleman, Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Summary and Evaluation) (August 2000)
- Emergency Assistance to Panama for Flood Disaster (October 2000)
Press Secretary's Press Conference on Panama
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | May | 9 |
| 2004 | January | 9 |
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