Japan-Chile Relations
Japan-Chile Relations (Basic Data)
April 10, 2018
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in 1897 (reestablished in 1952)
Japanese nationals and Japanese descendants:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in Chile: 1,660 (2016)
- Number of Japanese descendants: 3,000 (estimated)
Trade with Japan (2017):
- Exports: 714,600 million yen (copper and copper ore, fish (salmon , trout), woodchips, lithium, molybdenum)
- Imports: 196,700 million yen (autos and auto parts, tires, construction and mining equipment)
Direct investment from Japan:
- The amount of direct investment from Japan in 2016 was $237 million.
- The cumulative amount of direct investment from Japan till 2016 is $10,769 million.
- (Japan was the largest direct investing country for Chile in 2011, 2012 and 2013)
Japan's economic cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 27,070 million yen (cumulative total as of March 31, 2015)
- Grants: 10,375 million yen (cumulative total as of March 31, 2015)
- Technical cooperation: 44,596 million yen (cumulative total as of March 31, 2015)
Recent Visits by Eminent Persons
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2000 | House of Councillors Member Yutaka Inoue (Special Envoy) |
| 2001 | Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (as a member of Official Parliamentary Delegation) (The Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum) |
| 2002 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shigeo Uetake Official Delegation of the House of Representatives members |
| 2004 | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
| 2006 | Official delegation of the House of Representatives members House of Representatives member Hidenao Nakagawa (Special Envoy) |
| 2010 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shuji Kira (Special Envoy) |
| 2013 | State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Teru Fukui State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare/ State Minister for Reconstruction Kenya Akiba Her Highness Princess Akiko |
| 2014 | House of Representatives member Ryu Shionoya (Special Envoy) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Shinako Tuchiya |
| 2015 | State Minister of Land, Infrastructure Transport and Tourism Akihiro Nishimura State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Kozaburo Nishime |
| 2016 | State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Toshiei Mizuochi |
| 2017 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura (January) State Minister of Cabinet Office Takao Ochi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura (March) Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino |
| 2018 | State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Toshiei Mizuochi House of Representatives member Ryu Shionoya (Special Envoy) |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2002 | President of the Senate Andrés Zaldivar External Relations Minister Maria Soledad Alvear |
| 2003 | President Ricardo Lagos President of the Chamber of Deputies Isabel Allende Bussi |
| 2004 | President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Sergio Paez Verdugo |
| 2005 | Minister of Finance Nicolas Eyzaguirre Guzman Minister of Finance Nicolas Eyzaguirre Guzman; Minister of Agriculture Jaime Alfonso Campos Quiroga |
| 2007 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandro Foxley Rioseco President Michelle Bachelet Jeria (official working visit, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejardro Foxley Rioseco and the Minister of Economy Alejandro Ferreiro Yazigi) |
| 2008 | President of the Senate Eduardo Frei |
| 2010 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfredo Moreno Minister of Mining Laurence Golborne President Sebastián Piñera (working visit, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfredo Moreno and the Minister of Mining Laurence Golborne) |
| 2012 | President Sebastián Piñera (working visit, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfredo Moreno) Minister of Mining Hernán De Solminihac Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Pedro Pablo Errázuriz |
| 2013 | Minister of Mining Hernán De Solminihac |
| 2014 | Minister of Mining Aurora Williams |
| 2015 | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgardo Riveros Marìn（3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction） Former President Eduardo Frei |
| 2016 | Minister of Economy, Promotion and Tourism Luis Felipe Cèspedes |
| 2017 | President of the Chamber of Deputies Fidel Espinoza Former President Eduardo Frei |
| 2018 | President Michelle Bachelet Jeria (working visit, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Heraldo Muñoz and the Minister of Sport Pablo Squella) |
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2016)
- 992 million yen (Cultural Grant Assistance)
Japan-Chile Parliamentary Friendship League
- (1) Establishment
- : 1984
- (2) Chairman
- : Ryu Shionoya
Japan-Chile Economic Committee
(Annual meetings are held in Japan and Chile alternately; the 30th meeting took place in August 2016 in Tokyo.)
- (1) Establishment: 1979
- (2) Japanese chairman: Ken Kobayashi, Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Corp.
- Chilean chairman: Juan Eduardo Erràzuriz, Chairman of the board of Sigdo Koppers S.A.