Japan-El Salvador Relations
Japan-El Salvador Relations (Basic Data)
July 8, 2019
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in February 1935.
Japanese Nationals:
- 176 (as of October 2016)
Trade with Japan (2017):
- Exports: aprox. 2.16 billion yen (coffee, clothes)
- Imports: aprox. 14.6 billion yen (automobile, steel)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of Fiscal Year 2016)
- Net Disbursement Loans: 624.72 million US$
- Grants: 369.96 million US$
- Technical cooperation: 249.81 million US$
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1994 | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Shozo Azuma |
| 1994 | House of Representative member, Sadao Yamahana (Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential Inauguration) |
| 1999 | House of Representative member, Shozaburo Jimi (Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential Inauguration) |
| 2001 | Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Taimei Yamaguchi |
| 2004 | House of Representative member, Tadamori Oshima (Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential Inauguration) |
| 2005 | Their Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Hitachi |
| 2006 | Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Labour and Welfare Hiroshi Okada |
| 2007 | Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives Takahiro Yokomichi |
| 2009 | House of Representative member, Yoshiaki Harada (Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential Inauguration) |
| 2010 | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Koichi Takemasa House of Councillors members, Yumiko Himei, Masashi Mito, Masakazu Sekiguchi |
| 2014 | House of Representative member, Motoo Hayashi (Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential Inauguration) Parliamentary Delegation of the House of Representatives (Head: Mr. Hiroshi Kajiyma) |
| 2015 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takashi Uto (Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies) Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino |
| 2017 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Megumi Kaneko Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Naoya Higuchi |
| 2018 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitsunari Okamoto |
| 2019 | House of Representative member, Motoo Hayashi (Ambassador on Special Mission to the Presidential Inauguration) |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1997 | President Armando Calderon Sol |
| 2000 | Foreign Minister Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila Vice- President Carlos Quintanilla |
| 2001 | Vice- President Carlos Quintanilla Foreign Minister Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila |
| 2004 | Foreign Minister Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila |
| 2005 | Vice-president Ana Vilma de Escobar Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez |
| 2006 | President Elias Antonio Saca Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez |
| 2010 | Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Jose Guillermo Lopez Suarez Minister of Public Works Gerson Martinez |
| 2012 | Minister of the Interior Ernesto Zelayandia |
| 2015 | Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Lina Dolores Pohl Minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing, Gerson Martinez |
| 2016 | Minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing, Gerson Martinez Foreign Minister Hugo Martínez |
| 2017 | President of Congress, Guillermo Antonio Gallegos |
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2016)
- 790.3 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
- 53.4 million yen (Grant Aid for Cultural Grassroots Projects)