Japan-Brunei Relations
Japan-Brunei Relations (Basic Data)
June 2, 2023
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in April 1984
Number of Residents:
- Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Brunei: 166 (Oct. 2022)
- Number of Bruneian Nationals residing in Japan: 90 (Jun. 2022)
Trade with Japan (2021):
- Exports: BND$ 2.9 billion (oil, natural gas)
- Imports: BND$ 199.4 million (machineries and transport equipment, chemicals)
(Source: Ministry of Finance and Economy, Brunei Darussalam")
Direct Investment from Japan (2022):
- 4.2 billion yen
(Source: "Bank of Japan")
Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- Loans: None
- Grants: None
- Technical Cooperation: 3.9 billion yen
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu |
| 1993 | Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa |
| 1995 | International Trade and Industry Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (ASEAN.PMC) |
| 1996 | Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachi |
| 1997 | Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| 2000 | Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (APEC) Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (APEC) International Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (APEC) Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (APEC) |
| 2001 | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (ASEAN+3 Summit) Japan-Brunei Parliamentary Friendship Promotion League |
| 2002 | Delegation headed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tamisuke Watanuki Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiken Sugiura Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting) Economy Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (ASEAN+3 Economic Ministers’ Meeting) |
| 2003 | Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Yano |
| 2004 | Japan-Brunei Parliamentary Friendship Promotion League (Ceremony for the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Brunei) His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince (Wedding Ceremony of Crown Prince HRH Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah) |
| 2005 | Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura |
| 2007 | Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Norihisa Tamura Economy Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (Japan-ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting) Senior Vice-Minister for Finance Shigeyuki Tomita Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Osamu Uno |
| 2010 | Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Yuji Fujimoto (ASEAN+3 Tourism Ministers' Meeting) |
| 2011 | Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Makiko Kikuta |
| 2012 | Head of Japan-Brunei Parliamentary Friendship Promotion League Kozo Watanabe and the Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai |
| 2013 | Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (Courtesy Call on Crown Prince HRH Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers' Meeting) Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (ASEAN Related Foreign Ministers’ Meeting) Economy Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Mogi (ASEAN+3 Economic Ministers' Meeting) Minister of State for Special Missions Akira Amari (TPP Ministerial Meeting) Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (ADMM-Plus) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (ASEAN Related Summit) |
| 2014 | Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Taro Kimura |
| 2015 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Kihara |
| 2016 | Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yoshiie Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Akama |
| 2017 | Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare Takagi (ASEAN+3 Health Ministers Meeting) Former Prime Minister Fukuda (ASCOJA Conference) Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Horii (ASCOJA Conference) Vice-Minister for the Environment Ito (ASEAN+3 Environment Ministers Meeting) Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Sonoura |
| 2018 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Kono |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Minister of Finance Prince Jefri Bolkiah |
| 1994 | Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Hussain |
| 1995 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Minister of Finance Prince Jefri Bolkiah |
| 1996 | Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Hussain |
| 1998 | Minister of Education Abdul Aziz |
| 1999 | Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Abdul Rahman |
| 2000 | Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Abdul Rahman Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah |
| 2001 | Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Abdul Rahman |
| 2002 | His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Abdul Rahman Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Minister of Education Pehin Abdul Aziz Minister of Health Pehin Abu Bakar |
| 2003 | Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Special Adviser to the Sultan and Minister for Home Affairs Pehin Isa Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Abdul Rahman |
| 2004 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah |
| 2005 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah (ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting) Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Abdul Rahman |
| 2006 | Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Yahya Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Masna His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Qawi |
| 2007 | Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Yahya Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (Signing of the Japan-Brunei EPA) |
| 2008 | Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Yahya Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah |
| 2009 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah |
| 2010 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Yahya Minister of Energy Pehin Yasmin Minister of Development Pehin Suyoi Minister of Communications Abdullah Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II Pehin Lim Jock Seng |
| 2011 | Minister of Energy Pehin Yasmin |
| 2012 | Minister of Energy Pehin Yasmin Deputy Defence Minister Dato Mustappa Minister of Finance II Pehin Abdul Rahman Minister of Energy Pehin Yasmin |
| 2013 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prince Mohamed Bolkiah (Foreign Ministers’ Meeting) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II Pehin Lim Jock Seng Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (Summit Meeting) Minister of Energy Pehin Yasmin Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Minister of Energy Pehin Yasmin, Minister of Finance II Pehin Abdul Rahman and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II Pehin Lim Jock Seng (Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit) |
| 2014 | Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Datin Adina Othman (World Assembly for Women in Tokyo:WAW!2015) |
| 2015 | Minister of Energy Pehin Yasmin (Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction) |
| 2016 | Minister at Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II Pehin Lim Jock Seng Minister of Energy and Industry at Prime Minister’s Office Pehin Yasmin Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Dato Erywan |
| 2017 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II Pehin Lim Jock Seng and Minister of Energy and Industry at Prime Minister’s Office Pehin Yasmin (ASEAN Economic Ministers Roadshow) Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Dato Ali Minister at Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance II Pehin Abdul Rahman (the 50th Annual Meeting of the ADB) Chief Justice of the Brunei Supreme Court Dato Kifrawi (the 17th Conference of Chief Justice of Asia and the Pacific) Minister of Energy and Industry at Prime Minister’s Office Pehin Yasmin (LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2017) Permanent Secretary (Trade) Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| 2018 | Minister of Health Dato Isham (The Third Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety) Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Erywan (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting) Minister of Energy and Industry Dato Mat Suny (LNG Producer-Consumer Conference) |
| 2019 | Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Amin Liew (the First Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission) Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Amin Liew (25th International Conference on The Future of Asia) Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Amin Liew, Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Erywan (Ceremonies of the Accession to the Throne) |
| 2022 | Minister of Development Dato Suhaimi (4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit) Princess Masna (Ambassador at Large, State Funeral for Former Prime Minister Abe) Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Pehin Halbi (2nd Asia Green Growth Partnership Ministerial Meeting (AGGPM)) Deputy Minister of the Department of Energy Dato Matsatejo |
| 2023 | Deputy Minister of Defence Dato Abzul Razak |