Japan-Tunisia Relations

Diplomatic Relations:

• Established in June 1956
• Japanese Embassy opened in Tunisia in 1969
• Japan-Tunisia Joint Committee has taken place regularly since 1985. The 11th Joint Committee was held in Tunis in June 2023.

Bilateral Treaties and Agreements:

• 1956 Visa Exemption Arrangement
• 1960 Trading Arrangement
• 1974 Exchange of Notes on an Agreement to Dispatch Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers to Tunisia
• August 2022, Agreement on Technical Cooperation

Number of Residents:

• Number of Japanese residing in Tunisia: 193 (October 2023)
• Number of Tunisian residing in Japan: 757 (June 2023)

Economic Relations:

• Exports: to Japan 18.7 billion yen (2023) (tuna, textile and electrical product)
• Imports: from Japan 10.9 billion yen (2023) (motorcar, metal, machinery and electrical product)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (Cumulative total as of March 2023) :

• • Loans: 353.177 billion yen (List of Loan Agreement)
• • Grants: 8.540 billion yen (List of Exchange of Notes)
• • Technical cooperation: 29.340 billion yen

Official Development Assistance (ODA) :

1. Japan provides support based on the Country Assistance Policy of Tunisia, amended in September 2019. Japan supports the efforts exerted by Tunisia to realize quality economic growth by using Japanese technologies and knowledge in mainly following domains;
   1. Development of economic infrastructure, human resource development, and enhancement of public security capacity
   2. Improvement of living environment to reduce disparity between urban and rural areas, local industrial development
2. In March 1999, Japan and Tunisia signed the "Japan-Tunisia Triangular Technical Cooperation Program for The Promotion of South-South Cooperation in Africa".

RECENT MAJOR PROJECTS (Loan aid) :

Borj Cedria Science and Technology Park Development Project (2005), Photovoltaic Rural Electrification and Water Supply Project (2005), Jendouba Rural Water Supply Project (2006), Private Investment Credit Project (2007), National TV Broadcasting Center Project (2007), Water Saving Agriculture Project in Southern Oasis Area (2007), Integrated Reforestation Project (II) (2008), Greater Tunis Flood Control Project (2008), Metropolitan Railway Electrification Project (II) (2010), Gabes-Medenine Trans-Maghrebin Corridor Construction Project (2012), Local Cities Water Supply Network Improvement Project (2012), Local Cities Water Environment Improvement Project (2013) Mejerda River Flood Control Project (2014), Rades Combined Cycle Power Plant Construction Project (2014), Construction of a sea water desalination station at SFAX (2017), Project for Support to Strengthen the Social Protection (2023).

Cultural Relations:

1. Tunisian students are sent to Japan as Japanese scholars every year
2. Film, TV programs, music and sports exchange
3. Cultural grants available upon requests
4. Learning exchange
5. Interactive exchange between cultures
6. Sister cities solidarity (Seto and Nabul)
7. NGO interaction

Friendship League:

• Japan-AU Parliamentary Friendship League
• Japan-Tunisia Friendship commission
• Japan Tunisia Friendship Association
• Tunisia Japan Friendship Association