Japan-Paraguay Relations (Basic Data) 
May 2012
Basic Data
- Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in November 1919
- Immigration from Japan:
- Commenced in 1936 and Immigration Agreement was concluded in 1959
- The seventieth anniversary of the Japanese immigration was celebrated in 2006 with the attendance of Akiko Yamanaka, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Japanese and ethnic Japanese:
- Population of Japanese descent: 7,000 (estimated)
- Trade with Japan (2010):
- Exports: 2,380 million yen (sesame, soy beans)
- Imports: 9,450 million yen (cars, machinery, chemical products, etc.)
- Direct Investment from Japan:
- Cumulative total as of March 31, 2004: 84 million dollar
- Japan's economic cooperation (cumulative total through fiscal 2009):
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 133.4 billion yen
- Grants: 31.6 billion yen
- Technical Cooperation: 79.8 billion yen
Recent Visits by Eminent Persons
- Japan to Paraguay:
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Year Name 2009 Member of the House of Representatives, Tokuichiro Tamazawa 2008 Member of the House of Representatives, Tokuichiro Tamazawa (Ambassador on Special Mission to the presidential inauguration) Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado (unofficial) 2007 Members of the House of Representatives, Daishiro Yamagiwa, Shinji Inoue 2006 Member of the House of Representatives, Tokuichiro Tamazawa Senior Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi President of the House of Councilors, Chikage Ogi Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Akiko Yamanaka (70th anniversary of the Japanese immigration) His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino 2005 Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Keishiro Fukushima Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade & Industry, Sanzo Hosaka Member of the House of Representatives, Takeo Kawamura 2004 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Itsunori Onodera 2003 Member of the House of Councilors, Hidenori Koumoto 2001 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shigeo Uetake 1999 Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Takamado (unofficial) 1998 Representative of the Government, Ambassador Tatsuo Arima (Special envoy to the presidential inauguration) 1997 Minister of Labour Yutaka Okano 1996 State Secretary, Hajime Ogawa
Member of the House of Representatives, Hideyuki Aizawa (60th anniversary of the Japanese immigration)1993 Member of the House of Representatives, Susumu Nikaido (Special envoy to the presidential inauguration) 1991 State Secretary, Muneo Suzuki 1990 President of the House of Councilors , Yoshihiko Tsuchiya 1986 Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachi (50th anniversary of the Japanese immigration) 1978 Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess - Paraguay to Japan:
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Year Name 2010 Foreign Minister, Hector Ricardo Lacognata 2007 Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Alfredo Molinas Maldonado Minister, Executive Secretary of National Secretary of Tourism, Liz Rosanna, Crámer Campos 2006 Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry, Guillermo Alcides Alcaraz 2005 Vice President, Luis Alberto Castglioni Finance Minister, Dionisio Borda President, Oscar Nicanor Duarte 2004 President of the Upper House, Carlos Mateo Balmelli Foreign Minister, Leila Racid Executive Secretary of the Technical Secretariat of Planning, Carlos Luis Fillippi 2002 Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Moreno 2001 Member of the Lower House, Luis Alberto Castglioni 1997 Executive Secretary of the Technical Secretariat of Planning, Guillermo Sosa 1995 Finance Minister, Orlando Barreiro 1994 President Juan Carlos Wasmosy accompanied by;
Foreign Minister, Luis Maria Ramirez Boettner
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Arsenio Vasconsellos
Executive Secretary of the Technical Secretariat of Planning, Raul Cubas Grau
Minister of Public Works and Communications, Carlos Facetti
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ubaldo Scavone1992 Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ubaldo Scavone 1990 President Andres Rodriguez (Imperial Accession Ceremonies)
Foreign Minister, Alexis Frutos Vaesken
Minister of Justice and Labour, Hugo Estigarribia Elizeche
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2010)
- 913 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
- 15.4 million yen (Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)
Japan-Paraguay Parliamentary Friendship League
- Chairman Takeo Kawamura
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