Japan-Russia Relations

• (1) Since 1991, the Government of Japan has invited Russian civil servants to Japan for training courses in a range of public service sectors as part of assistance for reforms in Russia. (A total of 676 civil servants were invited from 1991 to the end of FY2010.) These training courses have been highly appreciated by the Russian side, especially since 1997, when the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation announced the Civil Servant Training Program, which also regarded them as part of Japan's assistance for the Program.
• (2) The Japan-Russia Action Plan, jointly issued by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Vladimir Putin when Prime Minister Koizumi visited Russia in January 2003, stated that the two counties would strengthen cooperation for the implementation of the Civil Servant Training Program. The two leaders also signed the Cooperation Program for the continuation of Japan's assistance for two presidential programs of the Russian Federation, namely the Civil Servant Training Program and the Business Manager Training Program, when President Putin visited Japan in November 2005, which means that the continuation of the assistance the Government of Japan provides for the Civil Servant Training Program above was confirmed.

From 1991 to 2011, Japan invited a total of 676 Russians to Japan for civil servant training courses, which came to be regarded in 1997 as part of Japan's assistance for the Civil Servant Training Program of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Civil servant training courses cover a wide range of public service sectors, including tax affairs, the judicial system, and personnel management.