Japan-Cuba Relations
Japan-Cuba Relations (Basic Data)
September 4, 2026
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in December 1929 (re-established in 1952)
Japanese Nationals:
- Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Cuba: 51 (as of October 2025)
Trade with Japan (2017):
- Exports: 1.75 billion yen (tobacco, fish and fish preparation, coffee, etc.)
- Imports: 1.27 billion yen (electorical machinery, machinery, precision instruments, etc.)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of the end of fiscal year 2023)
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Grant Aid: 11.51 billion yen
- Technical Cooperation: 9.53 billion yen
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Secretary of State |
| 1999 | Mr. Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, President of the Parliamentary League for Friendship Japan-Cuba |
| 2000 | Mr. Kabun Muto, Former Foreign Minister |
| 2001 | Mr. Tamisuke Watanuki, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Mr. Tsutomu Kawara, House of Representatives Member | |
| Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, Former Prime Minister | |
| 2002 | Mr. Yoshimi Watanabe, House of Representatives Member |
| 2004 | Mr. Takuya Hirai, House of Representatives Member |
| 2005 | Mr. Tsutomu Hata, Former Prime Minister |
| 2006 | Representation of House of Councillors Member (Head: Mr.Toranosuke Katayama) |
| Mr. Kiyohiko Toyama, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| 2007 | Mr. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Mr. Takahiro Yokomichi, Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| Representation of the Committee for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Head: Mr.Koya Nishikawa) | |
| 2008 | Mr.Takuya Hirai, Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| 2010 | Mr. Hirotaka Akamatsu, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Representation of House of Councillors Member (Head: Mr.Hidehisa Otsuji, Vice-Speaker) | |
| 2012 | Mr.Tsukasa Iwamoto, Senior Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Mr. Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentry Senior Vice-Minister for foreign Affairs | |
| 2013 | Mr.Yoshiro Mori, Former Prime Minister |
| 2014 | Mr. Kenji Furuya, Minister of State for Disaster Management |
| Representation of House of Representatives Member (Head: Mr. Yukio Ubukata) | |
| Mr. Kenji Furuya, Member, House of Representatives / Ms. Tomoko Abe, Member, House of Representatives | |
| 2015 | Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Mr. Kenya Akiba, Director, Foreign Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Porty | |
| Ms. Shinako Tsuchiya, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives | |
| Mr. Antonio Inoki, House of Councillors Member | |
| 2016 | Mr. Hitoshi Kikawada, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Mr. Natsuo Yamaguchi, House of Councillors Member, Head of Delegation of Komeito | |
| Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister | |
| Mr. Keiji Furuya, Special Envoy of Prime Minister (Official Commemoration of Mr. Fidel Castro Ruz, Former President of the Council of State) | |
| 2017 | Mr. Kentaro Sonoura, State Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Representation of the Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, House of Representatives (Head: Mr. Koichiro Gemba) | |
| Representation of Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives (Head: Mr. Tatsuo Kawabata) | |
| Representation of the Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Councillors (Head: Mr. Junzo Yamamoto) | |
| Representation of the Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters, House of Councillors (Head: Mr. Toshiro Toyoda) | |
| 2018 | Mr. Masahisa Sato, State Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Mr. Mitsunari Okamoto, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, State Minister for the Environment | |
| Representation of House of Representatives Member (Head: Mr. Keiji Furuya), to commemorate the 120th Anniversary of the Japanese Immigration to Cuba | |
| 2019 | Mr. TSUJI Kiyoto, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. SUZUKI Daichi, Commissioners of the Japan Sports Agency Mr. FURUYA Keiji, Special Envoy of Prime Minister, to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Cuba |
| 2023 | Mr. MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party |
| Mr. SEKO Hiroshige, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Mr. Roberto Robaina González, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Mr. Abel Prieto Jiménez, Minister of Culture | |
| 2000 | Mr. Carlos Lage, Vice President of the Council of State |
| Mr. Ricardo Alarión, President of the National Assembly of People's Power | |
| 2001 | Mr. Felipe Ramón Pérez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas, Government Minister | |
| 2002 | Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas, Government Minister |
| 2003 | Mr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Council of State |
| Mr. José Ramón Balaguer, Member of the Council of State | |
| Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas, Government Minister | |
| 2004 | Mr. Humberto Rodríguez, President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation |
| Mr. Alfredo López, Minister of Fishing Industry | |
| 2005 | Mr. Raúl de la Nuez, Minister of Foreign Trade |
| Mr. Jaime Alberto Crombet, Vice-President of the National Assembly of People's Power | |
| 2006 | Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas, Government Minister |
| 2009 | Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2013 | Mr. Julio Cristian Jiménez Molina, President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation |
| Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 2015 | Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers |
| 2016 | Mr. Alfredo López Valdés, Minister of Energy and Mines |
| Mr. Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice-President of the Council of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba | |
| Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment | |
| 2017 | Mr. Carlos Gutierrez Calzado, President of the Cuba - Japan Parliamentary Friendship League |
| 2018 | Mr. Antonio Eduardo Becali Garrido, President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation |
| 2019 | Mr. Osvaldo Vento, President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation Mr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, to attend the Enthronement Ceremony |
| 2022 | Mr. Manuel Marrero, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, to attend the State Funeral of former Prime Minister ABE Shinzo |
| 2023 | Ms. Lasara Mercedes Lopez Acea, President of the Institute for the Attention to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| 2025 | Mr. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, to attend the 4th Japan-Cuba Joint Public-Private Committee Meeting and the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai |
| 2026 | Mr. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, to attend the Island States Ocean Summit |
Cultural Grant (cumulative total as of the end of fiscal year 2016)
- Cultural Grant Assistance: 340 million yen
- Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects: 28.52 million yen