Japan-Côte d'Ivoire Relations

September 22, 2025

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

  • 7 August, 1960 (Date of the recognition of the State)

Number of Residents:

  • Number of Japanese nationals residing in Côte d'Ivoire: 163 (as of Oct. 2024)
  • Number of Ivorian nationals residing in Japan: 204 (as of Dec. 2024)

Trade with Japan (2024):

  • Exports: 8.28 billion yen (cocoa, cocoa paste, precious metal scrap, rubber, etc)
  • Imports: 7.78 billion yen (automobiles, machinery, textiles, chemical products, rubber articles, etc)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total until Fiscal Year 2023):

VIP Visits (since 2010)

From Japan to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire:
Year Month Name
2012 Jul. Mr. KATO Toshiyuki, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
2014 Jan. Mr. ABE Shinzo, Prime Minister
Mr. KATO Katsunobu, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Mr. MIHARA Asahiko, Member of the House of the Representatives(Secretary-general of the Japan-AU Parliamentary Friendship League)
Mr. NISHIMURA Yasutoshi, State Minister of Cabinet Office
2014 Jul. Mr. TOGO Tetsuya, Member of the House of the Representatives
2016 Mar. Mr. KIHARA Seiji, State Minister for Foreign Affairs
2017 Nov. Mr. SATO Masahisa, State Minister for Foreign Affairs
2018 May Mr. SONOURA Kentaro, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
2018 Aug. Mr. MAKIHARA Hideki, State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare,
Ms. MAKISHIMA Karen, Member of the House of Representatives
2024 Apr. Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
2024 Dec. Mr. OGUSHI Masaki, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry,
Mr. MATSUMOTO Hisashi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
(3rd Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum)
2025 Jan. Mr. FURUKAWA Yasushi, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Côte d’Ivoire - Japan Quality Infrastructure Conference)
2025 Feb. Mr. YAMAMOTO Junzo, Member of the House of Councillors,
Mr. NIHI Sohuei, Member of the House of Councillors
Mr. TAKEZUME Hitoshi, Member of the House of Councillors
2025 May. Mr. YOKOYAMA Shinichi, State Minister of Finance (AFDB elections)
From the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire to Japan:
Year Month Name
2012 Sep. H.E.Mr. Albert Toikeusse Mabri, Minister of Planning and Development
2012 Oct. H.E.Mr. Charles Koffi Diby, Minister of Economy and Finance and H.E.Mr. Albert Toikeusse Mabri, Minister of Planning and Development (Annual meeting of IME and World Bank)
2013 Mar. H.E.Mr.Guillaume Soro, president of the National Assembly
2013 Jun. H.E.Mr. Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President of the Republic and H.E.Mr. Charles Koffi Diby, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2013 Oct. H.E.Mr.Remi Allah Kouadio, Minister of Environment, Urban Sanitation and Sustainable development (Minamata Convention on Mercury)
2015 Mar. H.E.Mr.Remi Allah Kouadio, Minister of Environment, Urban Sanitation and Sustainable development (World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction)
2015 Aug. H.E.Mr. Jean-Louis Billon, Minister of Commerce and H.E.Ms. Anne-désirée Ouloto (WAW!2015)
2016 Jan. H.E.Mr. Patrick Achi, Minister of Economic Infrastructure
2016 Jun. H.E.Mr. Kouassi Adjoumani, Minister of Animal and Halieutics
2018 Feb. H.E.Mr. Amédé Koffi Kouakou, Minister of Economic Infrastructure
2018 Oct. H.E.Ms. Nialé KABA, Minister of Plan and Development (TICAD Ministerial Meeting)
2019 Aug. H.E.Mr. Amadou Gon COULIBALY, Prime Minister (TICAD7)
2019 Oct. H.E.Mr. Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President (Ceremony of the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden)
2022 Dec. H.E.Mr. Sidi Tiémoko Touré, Minister of Animal and Fishery Resources
2023 Feb. Ms. Solange Amichia, Chief Executive Officer, Center for the Promotion of Investments in Côte d’Ivoire
2024 Feb. H.E.Mr. Amadou Koné, Minister of Transport
2024 May H.E.Mr. Sidi Tiémoko Touré, Minister of Animal and Fishery Resources
2024 Jun. H.E.Mr. Sidi Tiémoko Touré, Minister of Animal and Fishery Resources (Meeting on the sustainable use of living aquatic resources)
2024 Aug. H.E.Mr. Kacou Houadja Léon Adom, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Ivorians Abroad and H.E.Mr. Ibrahim Kalil KONATE, Minister of Digital Transition and Digitization (TICAD Ministerial Meeting)
2024 Dec. Prof. Mariétou KONE, Minister of Education, Culture, Sport, Sciences and Technologies (24th World Forum on Child Nutrition)
2025 Mar. H.E.Mrs. Françoise REMARCK, Minister of Culture and Francophonie of Côte d’Ivoire
2025 Jun. H.E.Mr. Souleymane DIARRASSOUBA, Minister of Commerce and Industry (Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai)
2025 Aug. H.E.Mr. Robert Beugré MAMBE, Prime Minister and H.E.Mr. Kacou Houadja Léon Adom, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Ivorians Abroad (TICAD 9)
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