Japan-Guatemala Relations
Japan-Guatemala Relations (Basic Data)
August 16, 2024
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in February 1935.
Japanese Nationals:
- 270 (as of 2024)
Trade with Japan (2023):
- Export: 20.9 billion yen (coffee, sesame, cardamom, bananas)
- Import: 67.9 billion yen (automobile, steal, general instrumentation, medical equipment)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (up to 2021)
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 36.78 billion yen
- Grants: 45.10 billion yen
- Technical cooperation: 33.28 billion yen
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2019)
- 1.52 billion yen (Cultural Grant Aid)
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachi |
| 2000 | Mikio Omi, Special Envoy |
| 2001 | Taimei Yamaguchi, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
| 2004 | Mayumi Moriyama, Special Envoy |
| 2005 | Itsunori Onodera, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
| 2006 | Shinako Tuchiya, Member of the House of Representatives |
| 2007 | Kazunori Tanaka, Senior Vice Minister of Finance Takahiro Yokomichi, Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| 2008 | Taimei Yamaguchi, Special Envoy |
| 2010 | Ikuo Yamahana, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2012 | Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2013 | Yaichi Tanigawa, Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 2014 | Representation of House of Representatives Member (Head: Mr. Yoshio Mochizuki) Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino |
| 2015 | Takashi Uto, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2017 | Okamoto Mitsunari, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2019 | Masahisa Sato, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2020 | Taimei Yamaguchi, Special Envoy |
| 2021 | Motegi Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2024 | Hosaka Yasushi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Matsuyama Masaji, Secretary-General for the LDP in the House of Councillors and Horii Iwao, Chief Deputy Secretary-General for the LDP in the House of Councillors |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Gabriel Peralta, Vice-Minister of Foreign Relations |
| 2001 | Alfonso Portillo, President Gabriel Orellana, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2002 | Juan Francisco Reyes, Vice-president Eduardo Weyman, Minister of Public Finance Flora de Ramos, Minister of Communication, Infrastructure and Housing Raúl Archila, Minister of Energy and Mining |
| 2003 | Juan Francisco Reyes, Vice-president Otilia Lux de Coti, Minister of Culture and Sports Carlos Cáceres, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Luis Felipe Miranda, Secretary of Tourism Carlos Roberto Sett, Minister of Agriculture and Food |
| 2004 | Mario Dari, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Víctor Dionisio Montejo, Secretary of Peace |
| 2005 | María Antonieta Del Cid de Bonilla, Minister of Public Finance Óscar Berger, President Jorge Briz, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2006 | Jorge Briz, Minister of Foreign Affairs Norma Quixtán, Secretary of Peace Maria del Carmen Aceña, Minister of Education |
| 2007 | Enrique Matheu, Minister of Culture and Sports Maria del Carmen Aceña, Minister of Education |
| 2009 | Rafael Espada, Vice-president |
| 2010 | Luis Alberto Ferraté Feliche, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Álvaro Colom Caballeros, President Haroldo Rodas, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2011 | Héctor Leonel Escobedo Ayala, Minister of Culture and Sports |
| 2012 | Harold Caballeros, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2013 | Héctor Iván Espinoza Farfán, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2015 | Eddy Alfonso Padilla Aroch, Superintendent of Telecomunications |
| 2015 | Alejandro José Maldonado Lutomirsky, Executive Secretary of The National Coordination for Disaster Reduction |
| 2016 | Rubén Estuardo Morales Monroy, Minister of Economy |
| 2019 | Sandra Jovel, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jimmy Morales, President |
| 2024 | Julio Eduardo Orozco Pérez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Ramiro Martínez, Minister of Foreign Affairs |