Japan-Mauritania Relations (Basic Data)

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

1960 (Recognition of the State)

Number of Residents:

Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: 22 (Oct. 2025)
Number of Mauritanian nationals residing in Japan: 30 (Dec. 2025)

Trade with Japan (2025):

Exports: 13.4 billion yen (iron ore, octopus, etc)
Imports: 5.6 billion yen (rubber tires, machinery, chemicals, etc)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (as of FY 2019):

List of Exchange of Notes
Loans: 11.10 billion yen (cumulative total)
Grants: 56.74 billion yen (cumulative total)
Technical cooperation: 7.01 billion yen (cumulative total)

VIP Visits

From Japan to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania:
Year	Name
Aug. 2004	Mr. MURATA Yoshitaka and Mr. KITAMURA Naoto, Members of the House of Representatives
Aug. 2006	Mr. ITO Shintaro, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Apr. 2007	Mr. HAMADA Masayoshi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Jan. 2011	Ms. KIKUTA Makiko, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Aug. 2014	Mr. KITAMURA Seigo, Member of the House of Representative (Special Envoy for Prime Minister)
Feb. 2019	Mr. SATO Masahisa, State Minister for Foreign Affairs
Jan. 2024	Mr. YAMAGIWA Taishiro and Mr. MAKIHARA Hideki, Members of the House of Representatives

From the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to Japan:
Year	Name
Jun. 2004	H.E. Mr. Mamadou M'Baré BA, Minister of Fishery
Jul. 2005	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Vall Ould BEUAL, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jul. 2006	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi MOHAMED, Minister of Energy and Oil
Aug. 2007	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed LEMINE, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sep. 2007	H.E. Mr. Assane SOUMARE, Minister of Fishery
May. 2008	H.E. Mr. Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh ABDALLAHI, President (TICAD IV)
Dec. 2009	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdellahi Ould OUDAA, Minister of Industry and Mining
Oct. 2010	H.E. Mr. Ba HOUSSEYNOU HAMADI, Minister of Environment
Dec. 2010	H.E. Mr. Aghdhafna OuldEYIH, Minister of Fishery
Nov. 2011	H.E. Mr. Ba HOUSSEYNOU HAMADI, Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. BA, Minister of Health
Oct. 2012	H.E. Mr. Sidi Ould TAH, Minister of Economy and Development
Jun. 2013	H.E. Mr. HAMADI, Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. TAH, Minister of Economy and Development (TICAD V)
Mar. 2014	H.E. Mr. Amedi CAMARA, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
Oct. 2018	H.E. Mr. Ismael Ould CHEIKH AHMED, Minister of Foreign Affairs (TICAD Ministerial Meeting)
Aug. 2019	H.E. Mr. Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh SIDIYA, Prime Minister (TICAD 7)
Dec. 2022	Ms. Aissata LAM, Director General, Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritania (World Assembly for Women: WAW ! 2022)
Jan. 2023	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ould Abidine Ould MAAYIF, Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy
Jan. 2023	H.E. Mr. Ousmane Mamoudou KANE, Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of productive sectors
Jul. 2024	H.E. Mr. Moctar Alhousseyni LAM, Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy (Japan-Arab Economic Forum)
Aug. 2024	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Salem OuldMERZOUG, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Africain Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad (TICAD Ministerial Meeting)
Apr. 2025	H.E. Mr. Sid'Ahmed Ould BOUH, Minister of Economy and Finance
Aug. 2025	H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh GHAZOUANI, President, H.E. Mr. Nany Ould CHROUGHA, Minister Director of the Cabinet of the President, H.E. Mr. Sid'Ahmed Ould BOUH, Minister of Economy and Finance, H.E. Mr. El Vadil Ould Sidaty Ould AHMED LOULY, Minister of Fisheries, Maritime and Port Infrastructures, H.E. Ms. Amal Mint MAOULOUD, Minister of Hydraulics and Sanitation (TICAD 9)