Japan-Maldives Relations
Japan-Maldives Relations (Basic Data)
September 16, 2020
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in 1967
Number of Residents:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in Maldives: 136 (2018)
- Number of Maldivian nationals residing in Japan: 53 (December 2019)
Number of Japanese-affiliated companies in Maldives:
- 12 (2018)
Trade with Japan (2018):
- Export to Japan:0.35 billion yen (fishes (tuna, etc.))
- Import from Japan:2.64 billion yen (ship engine, car)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 2.733 billion yen (Up to FY2018)
- Grants: 32.845 billion yen (Up to FY2018)
- Technical cooperation: 7.861 billion yen (Up to FY2018)
- Cultural Grant (Cumulative total, FY1979-2017): 246.1 million yen (8 projects total)
Bilateral Treaties and Agreements
- Agreement to Dispatch Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (December 6th, 1981)
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1980.12 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Aichi Kazuo |
| 1981.8 | Chairperson for Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives Okuda Keiwa |
| 1981.12 | President of Japan-Maldives Parliamentarians' League Obuchi Keizo |
| 1985.7 | President of Japan-Maldives Parliamentarians' League Obuchi Keizo |
| 1993.11 | President of Japan-Maldives Parliamentarians' League Obuchi Keizo (Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential Inauguration) |
| 2005.1 | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tanigawa Shuzen |
| 2008.6 | President of Japan-Maldives Parliamentarians' League Norota Hose |
| 2008.11 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Minorikawa Nobuhide |
| 2011.11 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakano Jo |
| 2013.6 | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Shindo Yoshitaka |
| 2014.7 | President of Japan-Maldives Parliamentarians' League Komura Masahiko |
| 2015.7 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakane Kazuyuki |
| 2016.2 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hamachi Masakazu |
| 2017.11 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Horii Manabu |
| 2018.1 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Kono Taro |
| 2018.11 | Special Envoy to Prime Minister (President of Japan-Maldives Parliamentary Friendship League) Takeshita Wataru |
| 2018.12 | Special Advisor to Prime Minister Sonoura Kentaro |
| 2019.4 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki Norikazu |
| 2019.6 | Special Advisor to Prime Minister Sonoura Kentaro |
| 2019.9 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abe Toshiko |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1980.5 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel |
| 1980.10 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel |
| 1984.10 | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
| 1988.6 | Minister of Trade and Industry Iriyas Ibrahim |
| 1989.2 | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel |
| 1989.3 | Minister of Labor Kamaeden |
| 1990.11 | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
| 1991.9 | Minister of Environment Shafeey |
| 1992.5 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel |
| 1993.11 | Minister of Interior Jameel |
| 1994.11 | Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki |
| 1995.9 | Speaker of Citizen's Majilis Abdulla Hameed |
| 1995.11 | Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki |
| 1996.3 | Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki |
| 1997.11 | Minister of Tourism Ibrahim Hussain Zaki |
| 1998.2 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel |
| 2000.6 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Fathulla Jameel |
| 2001.9 | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom |
| 2004.5 | Minister of Building and Public Enterprise Zaheel |
| 2004.8 | Minister of Trade and Industry Yameen |
| 2005.8 | Minister of Tourism Shaugee |
| 2006.7 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Shaheed |
| 2006.8 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Shaheed |
| 2007.8 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid |
| 2007.9 | Minister of Tourism and Private Aviation Shaugee |
| 2009.1 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Shaheed |
| 2010.3 | Special Envoy of President Ibrahim Hussain Zaki |
| 2012.1 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Naseem |
| 2012.10 | Minister of Finance and Treasury Abdulla Jihad (2012 Annual Meetings of IMF and WB Group) |
| 2013.7 | Minister of Environment and Energy Mariyam Shakeela (International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation) |
| 2014.4 | President Yameen Abdul Gayoom |
| 2015.8 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Dunya Maumoon |
| 2016.4 | Speaker of the People’s Majilis Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed |
| 2016.10 | Minister of Youth and Sports Iruthisham Adam |
| 2017.11 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Asim |
| 2018.6 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Asim |
| 2018.12 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail Minister of Finance Ibrahim Ameer |
| 2019.10 | President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid |