Japan-Barbados Relations

February 14, 2022

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

  • Established in September 1967

Trade with Japan in 2020:

  • Exports: 12 million yen (distilled liquor)
  • Imports: 1.19 billion yen (automobile)

Number of Residents:

  • Number of Japanese nationals residing in Barbados: 19 (October 2020)
  • Number of Barbarian nationals residing in Japan: 35 (June 2021)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of FY 2019):

  • ODA Loans: 0
  • Grants: 110 million yen
  • Technical cooperation: 1.30 billion yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Barbados
Year Name
1989 Member of the House of Representative, Tokuo Yamashita
2008 Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hitoshi Kimura
2017 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shunsuke Takei
From Barbados to Japan
Year Name
1991 Prime Minister, L. Erskine Sandiford
1993 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brandford Taitt
1994 Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Phillip Goddard
1997 Minister of Health, Elizabeth Thompson
1999 President of Barbadian Museum and History Association
2000 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Billie Miller
2004 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Billie Miller
2005 Honorary Consul General of Japan in Bridgetown Kirton
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Billie Miller
Parliamentary Minister of the Department of the Treasury, Barker
Minister of State in Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Symmonds
2009 Minister of State (Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy), Darcy Boyce
2010 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Maxine McClean
2012 Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler
2019 Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sports, John Andrew King
2019 Governor-General, Dame Sandra Prunella Mason (The Ceremonies of the Accession to the Throne)
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