Japan-France Relations
Japan-France Relations (Basic Data)
August 10, 2023
Basic data
Diplomatic Relations:
Established in 1858 with the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce
Number of Japanese Residents in France:
36,104 people (October 2022)
Number of French Residents in Japan:
12,836 people (December 2022, Statistics of Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice)
Trade with Japan (2022):
Exports to France： 594.5 billion €
Imports from France： 758.1billion €
Direct Investment from Japan (2021):
Japan to France: 1,772.6 billion Yen
France to Japan: 3,797.9 billion Yen
VIP Visits (since 2005)
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Minister of Justice NOHNO Chieko, Minister of Foreign Affairs MACHIMURA Nobutaka, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry NAKAGAWA Shoichi , Minister of Financial Services ITO Tatsuya |
| 2006 | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries NAKAGAWA Shoichi, Minister of Foreign Affairs SHIOZAKI Yasuhisa, Minister of Foreign Affairs IWAYA Takeshi |
| 2007 | Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, Minister of the Environment WAKABAYASHI Masatoshi, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications SUGA Yoshihide, Former Prime Minister MORI Yoshiro |
| 2008 | Minister of Foreign Affairs KOMURA Masahiko |
| 2009 | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ISHIBA Shigeru, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry NIKAI Toshihiro, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan NAOSHIMA Masayuki |
| 2010 | Minister of State for Special Missions FUKUSHIMA Mizuho, Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications WATANABE Shu, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology KAWABATA Tatsuo, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan NAOSHIMA Masayuki |
| 2011 | Minister of Finance NODA Yoshihiko, Minister of Foreign Affairs MATSUMOTO Takeaki, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry KAIEDA Banri, Prime Minister KAN Naoto, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs BANNO Yutaka, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs TAKAHASHI Chiaki, President of the house of Representatives YOKOMICHI Takahiro, Minister of Finance AZUMI Jun, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry EDANO Yukio, Prime Minister NODA Yoshihiko, Minister of Finance AZUMI Jun |
| 2012 | Minister of State for Special Missions HOSONO Goshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs GEMBA Koichiro, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs YAMANE Ryuji, Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry MAKINO Seishu, Senior Vice-Minister in Cabinet Office NAKATSUKA Ikko, Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology OKUMURA Tenzo, |
| 2013 | Senior Vice-Minister for Reconstruction TANI Koichi, Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs MATSUYAMA Masaji, Senior Vice-Minister of Environment TANAKA Kazunori, Senior Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare AKIBA Kenya, Senior Vice-Minister in Cabinet Office NISHIMURA Yasutoshi, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs SUZUKI Shunichi, Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications SAKAMOTO Tetsushi, Minister of Environment ISHIHARA Noboteru, Minister of Justice TANIGAKI Sadakazu, Minister of State for Special Missions MORI Masako, Minister of State for Special Missions INADA Tomomi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry AKABA Kazuyoshi |
| 2014 | Minister of State for Disaster Management FURUYA Keiji, Minister of Foreign Affairs KISHIDA Fumio, Minister of Defense ONODERA Itsunori, Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology SAKURADA Yoshitaka, Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, Minister of Foreign Affairs KISHIDA Fumio, Minister of State for Special Missions AMARI Akira, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Senior Vice-Minister of Defense TAKEDA Ryota, Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology NISHIKAWA Kyoko, Senior Vice-Minister in Cabinet Office NISHIMURA Yasutoshi, President of the house of Representatives IBUKI Bummei, Senier Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism NOGAMI Kotaro, Former Prime Minister HOSOKAWA Morihiro, Vice-President of the house of Representatives AKAMATSU Hirotaka, Former Prime Minister KAN Naoto, Former Prime Minister MORI Yoshiro |
| 2015 | Minister of Foreign Affairs KISHIDA Fumio, Former Prime Minister KAN Naoto, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology SHIMOMURA Hakubun, Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs NAKAYAMA Yasuhide, Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry TAKAGI Yosuke, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology HASE Hiroshi, Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment HIRAGUCHI Hiroshi, Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs MUTO Yoji , Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry SUZUKI Junji , Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, Minister of the Environment MARUYAMA Tamayo, Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs KIHARA Seiji |
| 2016 | Minister of Foreign Affairs KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, Parliamentary Vice-minister for Foreign affairs HAMACHI Masakazu, Minister of Finance ASO Taro, State Minister of Defense WAKAMIYA Kenji, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry TAKAGI Yosuke |
| 2017 | Minister of Foreign Affairs KISHIDA Fumio, Minister of Defense INADA Tomomi, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare SHIOZAKI Yasuhisa, State Minister for Foreign Affairs SONOURA Kentaro, Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry SEKO Hiroshige, Minister of State YAMAMOTO Kozo, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs TAKISAWA Motome, State Minister of Defense WAKAMIYA Kenji, State Minister of Finance OTSUKA Taku, State Minister of Justice MORIYAMA Masahito, Minister of State ISHIHARA Nobuteru, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs OKAMOTO Mitsunari, Minister of Finance ASO Taro, State Minister for Foreign Affairs NAKANE Kazuyuki, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kono Taro ,State Minister of Environment TOKASHIKI Naomi |
| 2018 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign affairs OKAMOTO Mitsunari, State Minister of Finance UENO Kenichiro, Minister of State MATSUYAMA Masaji, Special Advisor SONOURA Kentaro, Parliamentary Vice-minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism YANA Kazuo, Parliamentary Vice-minister of Health, Labour and Welfare ONUMA Mizuho, State Minister of the Environment ITO Tadahiko, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry SEKO Hiroshige, Minister of Foreign Affairs KONO Taro, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry MUTO Yoji, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign affairs HORII Manabu, Minister of State KAJIYAMA Hiroshi, State Minister of Justice HANASHI Yasuhiro, Senior Vice-Minister in Cabinet Office TANAKA Ryosei, His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry SEKI Yoshihiro, State Minister of Foreign affairs ABE Toshiko, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry ISOZAKI Yoshihiko |
| 2019 | Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology NAKAMURA Hiroyuki, Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games SAKURADA Hiroyuki, Minister of Defense IWAYA Takeshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs KONO Taro, Minister of Defense IWAYA Takeshi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs YAMADA Kenji, Former Prime Minister KAN Naoto, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs SUZUKI Norikazu, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology NAKAMURA Hiroyuki, Minister of the Environment HARADA Yoshiaki, Minister of Finance ASO Taro, State Minister of Cabinet Office NAKANE Kazuyuki, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry ISOZAKI Yoshihiko, State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications SATO Yukari, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare SHINTANI Masayoshi, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism OTSUKA Takashi, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology SHIBAYAMA Masahiko, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshiko ABE, Minister of State for Special Mission HIRAI Takuya, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Speaker of the House of Representatives OSHIMA Tadamori, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology HAGIUDA Koichi, State Minister for Foreign Affairs WAKAMIYA Kenji |
| 2020 | Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games HASHIMOTO Seiko, Chairperson of the National Public Safty Commission TAKEDA Ryota, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry MAKIHARA Hideki, Minister of State for Special Missions ETO Seiichi, Minister for Foreign Affairs MOTEGI Toshimitsu |
| 2021 | Minister in charge of International Exposition INOUE Shinji, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications TAKEDA Ryota, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries NOGAMI Kotaro |
| 2022 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs ODAWARA Kiyoshi, Minister for World Expo 2025 WAKAMIYA Kenji, Minister for Reconstruction NISHIME Kosaburo, State Minister of Foreign Affairs YAMADA Kenji, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism SAITO Tetsuo, State Minister of Environment OOKA Toshitaka, Governor of Aichi Prefecture OMURA Hideaki, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs YOSHIKAWA Yuumi, State Minister of Foreign Affairs TAKEI Shunsuke, State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries NAKAMURA Hiroyuki |
| 2023 | Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio, Minister for Foreign Affairs HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Digital Transformation KONO Taro, Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate OGURA Masanobu, Minister for the World Expo 2025 OKADA Naoki, State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications TSUGE Yoshifumi, State Minister of finance FUJIMARU Satoshi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries TSUNODA Hideo |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade François LOOS, President Jacques CHIRAC |
| 2006 | Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade Christine LAGARDE, Minister of Agriculture and Fishery Dominique BUSSEREAU |
| 2007 | Minister of Defense Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE, Secretary of State for Youth and Sports Bernard LAPORTE |
| 2008 | Minister of the Economy, Finances and Employment Christine LAGARDE, Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie IDRAC, Secretary of State for cooperation Alain JOYANDET, Minister of Ecology Jean-Louis BORLOO, Prime Minister François FILLON, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard KOUCHNER , President Nicolas SARKOZY (during G8 in Toyako) |
| 2009 | Secretary of State and Prospective Development of the Digital Economy Nathalie KOSCIUSKO-MORIZET, Secretary of State for Public Service André SANTINI, Special envoy to North Korea Jack LANG, Secretary of State for International State Anne-Marie IDRAC, Chief of the Defence Staff Jean-Louis GEORGELIN |
| 2010 | Secretary of State for the Development of the Capital Region Christian BLANC, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard KOUCHNER, Secretary of State for Employment Laurent WAUQUIEZ, Prime Minister François FILLON, Minister of the Economy, Finances and Employment Christine LAGARDE |
| 2011 | Secretary of State for International Trade Pierre LELLOUCHE, President Nicolas SARKOZY, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing Nathalie KOSCIUSKO-MORIZET, Minister of Culture and Communications Frédéric MITTERRAND, Secretary of State for Transports Thierry MARIANI, President of the National Assembly of France Bernard ACCOYER, Prime Minister François FILLON |
| 2012 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain JUPPE, Minister for Industry, Energy and Digital Economy Eric BESSON, Former Prime Minister Laurent FABIUS (Special envoy before François HOLLANDE's election as French president), Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent FABIUS (during the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan), Minister of Economy and Finances Pierre MOSCOVICI (during the IMF・World Bank meeting that occurred in Tokyo), Minister of Higher Education and Research Geneviève FIORASO(during the IMF・World Bank meeting that occurred in Tokyo), Minister of Ecology, sustainable Development and Energy Delphine BATHO (during a conference dealing with nuclear energy safety) |
| 2013 | Minister Delegate with responsibility for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovation and the Digital Economy Fleur PELLERIN, Minister for Industrial Renewal Arnaud MONTEBOURG, Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent FABIUS, Deputy Minister for Development under the Minister of Foreign Affairs Pascal CANFIN (During TICAD V), President François HOLLANDE, Minister for Industrial Renewal Arnaud MONTEBOURG, Minister of Ecology, sustainable Development and Energy Delphine BATHO, Minister of Culture and Communications Aurélie FILIPETTI, Minister of Higher Education and Research Geneviève FIORASO, Minister Delegate for the Food Industry Guillaume GAROT |
| 2014 | Minister of Economy and Finance Pierre MOSCOVICI, Minister of Spots, Youth, Popular Education and Associative Life Valérie FOURNEYRON, Minister of Defense Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of State for Women's Rights, attached to the Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women's Rights Pascale BOISTARD, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Laurent FABIUS |
| 2015 | Minister of Finance and Public Accounts Michel SAPIN, Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent FABIUS, Minister of Defense Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of State for Development and Francophony, attached to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Annick GIRARDIN, Minister for Urban Affairs, Youth and Sport Patrick KANNER, Prime Minister Manuel VALLS, Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs Emmanuel MACRON, Secretary of State for Higher Education Thierry MANDON |
| 2016 | President François HOLLANDE, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research Najat VALLAUD-BELKACEM, Minister of Finance and Public accounting Michel SAPIN, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Marisol TOURAINE |
| 2017 | Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation Frédérique VIDAL |
| 2018 | Minister of State, attached to the Minister of Economy and Finance Agnès PANNIER-RUNACHER, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of the Armed Forces Florence PARLY, President of the National Assembly François de Rugy |
| 2019 | Minister of Sport Roxana MARACINEANU, Minister of State for the Digital Sector Mounir MAHJOUBI, President Emmanuel MACRON, Minister of State attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste LEMOYNE |
| 2021 | President Emmanuel MACRON, Minister of National Education Jean-Michel BLANQUER, Minister of Sports Roxana MARACINEANU, Minister of State for Disabled People Sophie CLUZEL |
| 2023 | President Emmanuel MACRON, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine COLONNA, Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad Oliver BECHT, Minister for the Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Christophe BÉCHU, Minister for the Energy Transition Agnès PANNIER-RUNACHER, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Marc FESNEAU, Minister Delegate for the Digital Transition and Telecommunications Jean-Noël BARROT, Minister of Higher Education and Research Sylvie RETAILLEAU, Minister of National Education and Young People Pap NDIAYE, Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Isabelle ROME |