Japan-Equatorial Guinea Relations

August 29, 2023

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

  • 12 November, 1968 (Date of recognition of the State)

Number of Residents:

  • Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: 9 (August 2023)
  • Number of Equatorial Guinea nationals residing in Japan: 1 (December 2022)

Trade with Japan (2022):

  • Exports: 14.4 billion yen (LNG, etc.)
  • Imports: 63 million yen (machinery and transportation equipment, electrical equipment, medical supplies, etc.)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total until fiscal year 2021):

  • Loans: none
  • Grants: 1,200 million yen
  • Technical cooperation: 386 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea:
Year Name
Feb. 2003 Member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Koya Nishikawa
Jan. 2004 Member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Kabun Muto
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office, Mr. Koya Nishikawa
Jun. 2011 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Chiaki Takahashi (the Nineteenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union)
From the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to Japan:
Year Name
Sep. 2003 Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, H.E. Mr. Francisco Pascual Obama Asue
Nov. 2004 Minister of Planning, Development and Public Investment, H.E. Mr. Carmelo Modu Acuse Bindang
Oct. 2006 President, H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Nbasogo
Mar. 2008 Minister of Fisheries, H.E. Mr. Vincente Rodriguez Siosa (IWC Seminar)
May 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, H.E.Dr. Pastor Micha Ondo Bile (TICAD IV)
Oct. 2010 Minister of Fisheries and Environment, H.E. Mr. Anastasio Asumu Mum Muñoz (the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity)
Jun. 2011 Secretary of State for Consular and Cultural Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Angel Mokara Moleila (the Millennium Development Goals Follow-up Meeting)
Jun. 2013 Secretary of State for Consular Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Angel Mokara Moleil (TICAD V)
Oct. 2018 Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation , H.E. Mr. Bonifacio Mitogo Bingdang (TICAD ministerial meeting)
Aug. 2019 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Simeon Oyono Esono Angue (TICAD 7)
Oct. 2019 President of the Chamber of the Deputies, H.E. Mr. Gaudencio Mohaba Messu (Ceremony of the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor at the Seiden)
Jul. 2021 Secretary of State for Youth and Sports under the Ministry of Education, University Teaching and Sports, H.E. Mr. Patricio BAKALE MBA MEDJA
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