Japan-Saint Lucia Relations 
March 2011
Basic Data
- Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in January 1980
- Number of Residents:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in Saint Lucia: 27 (October 2009)
- Number of Saint Lucian nationals residing in Japan: 13 (December 2009)
- Trade with Japan:
- Exports: 4 million yen (lamp, electric machinery) (2008)
- Imports: 1,200 million yen (automobile) (2008)
- Direct Investment from Japan:
- N/A
- Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 0 (cumulative total as of 2008)
- Grants: 6,320 million yen (cumulative total as of 2008)
- Technical cooperation: 2,127 million yen (cumulative total as of 2008)
Visits by Eminent Persons
- From Japan to Saint Lucia
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Year Name 1992 House of Representative Member Chikara Azuma 1994 House of Representative Member Tokuo Yamashita, Hiroaki Kameya 1999 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hiroaki Kameya 2010 State Secretary of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Koichi Takemasa - From Saint Lucia to Japan
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Year Name 1986 Prime Minister, John Compton 1990 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Mallet Prime Minister, John Compton 1998 Prime Minister, Kenny D. Anthony 2000 Minister for External Affairs and International Trade, Odlum 2001 Minister for Agriculture, Elias
Minister for External Affairs, Odlum2004 Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation, Hant
Minister for Agriculture, Jean2010 Minister for External Affairs, Rufus George Bousquet
Cultural Grant
64 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
Bi-lateral Cooperations
Major Donors (2007)
(1) Canada (2) Japan (3) France (4) New Zealand (5) Ireland
- Emergency Assistance in response to the Hurricane Disaster in the Caribbean States (November 2010)
- Second Japan-CARICOM Ministerial-Level Conference: Bilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meetings (Morning, September 1) (September 2010)
- Visit to Latin America and the Caribbean by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (April 2010)
- Discussion between Prime Minister Mori and the leaders and other envoys of seven Latin American countries (Summary and Evaluation) (June 2000)
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