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September 25, 2020
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
Japan and North Macedonia established diplomatic relations on March 1994, after the latter gained its independence from the Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Japanese Nationals:
Number of Japanese Nationals residing in the country: 23 (April, 2020)
Trade with Japan:
Exports: 1.9 billion yen (machinery and light-industrial products)
Imports: 0.9 billion yen (tobacco and wine)
(Trade Statistics of Japan, 2019)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:
List of Exchange of Notes
Loans: 9.7 billion yen (2018)
Grants: 27.410 billion yen (2018)
Technical Cooperation: 4.988 billion yen (2018)
VIP Visits
From Japan to North Macedonia
Year
Name
1999
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Masahiko Koumura
1999
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yohei Kono
2004
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Shogo Arai
2013
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Minoru Kiuchi
2014
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Takao Makino
2017
State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kazuyuki Nakane
2019
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Mr. Yoshihiro Seki
From North Macedonia to Japan
Year
Name
1995
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Stevo Crvenkovski
1998
Minister of Finance, Mr. Taki Fiti
2000
Minister for Health, Mr. Dragan Dunilouski
2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ilinka Mitreva
2003
President, Mr. Boris Trajkovski
2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Antonio Milososki
2011
Prime Minister, Mr. Nikola Gruevski
2014
Prime Minister, Mr. Nikola Gruevski
2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nikola Poposki
2019
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Andrej Zhernovski