Japan-Bahrain Relations (Basic Data)

April 2012

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:: Established in 1972
Japanese Nationals:: 220 (as of January 2009)
Trade with Japan (in US Dollars)(2007):: Exports: 430.1 million dollars; Imports: 676.6 million dollars
Japan's Economic Cooperation:: Loan Aid: 0; Grant Aid: 0.44 million dollars; Technical Cooperation: 17.37 million dollars

VIP Visits

From the Kingdom of Bahrain to Japan

Year	Name
1990. 11	H.E. Ali Bin Khalifa Bin Sulman Al Khalifa for attending for the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty the Emperor
1994. 9	H.E. Ali Bin Khalifa Bin Sulman Al Khalifa for attending to the conference of ITU in Kyoto
1994. 10	Shaikh Isa Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Council of sport for young men
1994. 10	Mr. Hassan Ibrahim Al Mehri, Deputy State Secretary for Education
1994. 11	H.E. Yousif Ahmed Al Shirawi, Minister of Development and Industry
2001. 2	H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2004.10	H.E. Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa, Assistant Andersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2005.11	H.E. Mr. Rasheed Mohammed Al-Maraj, Governor, Baahrain Monetary Agency
2006.6	H.E. Mr. Rasheed Mohammed Al-Maraj, Governor, Baahrain Monetary Agency
2007.11	Mr.Abdul Latif Al Zayani, Chief of Public Security, Ministry of Interior
2008.2	H.E. Shaikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2008.3	Dr. Jasim Husain, Member of the Council of Representatives
2008.6	H.E. Mr. Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dahrani, Chairman of the Council of Representatives
2008.10	H.H. Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Chairman of Economic Development Board

Japan to the Kingdom of Bahrain

Year	Name
1991. 7	Mr. Muneo Suzuki, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
1994.11	Their Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako
1997.11	Mr. Shinji Sato, Representative of the Government of Japan
1999.3	Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Ambassador on Special Mission for attending for the enthronement ceremony of the Amir, H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa
2001. 3	Mr. Seishiro Eto, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2001.8	Ms. Kaori Maruya, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2002.9	Mr. Kenshiro Matsunami, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2005.6	Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2005.11	Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneta, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
2006.1	Mr. Fumio Kyuma, Chairman of General Council, Liberal Democratic Party
2006.7	Mr. Taro Kimura, Senior Vice-Minister for Defence
2006.10	Mr. Takeshi Iwaya, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
2006.12	Ms. Yuriko Koike, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
2007.7	Mr. Kazunori Tanaka, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
2007.7	Mr.Eiji Yoshikawa, Chief of Staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
2007.9	Mr. Itsunori Onodera, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
2007.10	Mr. Minoru Terada, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
2007.12	Ms. Yuriko Koike, Former Minister of Defence
2008.4	Mr. Tsutomu Takebe, Chairperson of Japan-Bahrain Parliamentary Friendship League
2008.7	Mr.Hiroshi Okuda, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister
2008.7	Mr.Ryotaro Tanose, Member of the House of Representative
2008.12	Mr.Yoshimasa Hayashi, Former Minister of Defence
2008.12	Mr.Ryota Takeda, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
2009.2	Mr.Gen Nakatani, Member of the House of Representative
2009.3	Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2009.5	Mr.Yasuo Fukuda, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister

Cultural Relations

Year	Name
2003.10	Demonstration of OKINAWAN traditional music, dance and Karate on the occasion of the 12th Bahrain international music festival.
2003.12	Le Club Basheraf (Arab music concert by the Japanese musicians).
2004.5	Flower arrangement demonstration.
2004.11	Japanese drummers’ performance by "Leonald Eto and Leo Project Ensemble".
2006.2	Karate demonstration.
2006.4	Poetry recital by Ms.Madoka Mayuzumi.
2007.1	Japanese traditional music concert.
2007.6	Origami workshop.
2008.3	Piano recital by Mr.Toshiki Usui.
2008.5	Japanese calligraphy and tea ceremony demonstration by Ms.Kyoko Horie.
2009.2	Japanese economist lecture by Prof. Haruo Shimada

Back to Index