Japan-Jamaica Relations
Japan-Jamaica Relations (Basic Data)
October 5, 2021
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in March, 1964
Trade with Japan in 2020:
- Export: 1.43 billion yen (coffee beans, distilled liquor)
- Import: 181.2 billion yen (automobiles, component)
Number of Residents:
- Number of Japanese nationals residing in Jamaica: 188 (October 2020)
- Number of Jamaican nationals residing in Japan: 961 (December 2020)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (Cumulative total as of FY 2018):
- ODA Loans: 55.1 billion yen
- Grants: 3.59 billion yen
- Technical cooperation: 1.03 billion yen
Cultural Grant (cumulative total as of the end of fiscal year 2020)
- Cultural Grant Assistance: 706 million yen
- Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects: 25.3 million yen
Major Donors (2018 OECD/DAC)
- (1) U.S.A (2)E.U (3) U.K (4) France (5) Japan
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Member of the House of Representative and President of Japan-Central America and Caribbean Parliamentary Friendship League, Masaaki Nakayama |
| 1995 | Member of the House of Councilor, Mayumi Moriyama |
| 1997 | Prince and Princess Akishino |
| 2001 | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Takeo Hiranuma |
| 2001 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Taimei Yamaguchi |
| 2005 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Itsunori Onodera |
| 2007 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Midori Matsushima |
| 2008 | Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hitoshi Kimura |
| 2010 | Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Koichi Takemasa |
| 2013 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kenta Wakabayashi |
| 2015 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yasuhide Nakayama |
| 2015 | Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe |
| 2017 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kentaro Sonoura |
| 2018 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Masahisa Sato |
| 2021 | Minister for Foreign Affairs, MOTEGI Toshimitsu |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Minister of Education, Carlyle Dunkley Minister of National Security and Justice, K. D. Knight Minister of Construction, O. D. Ramtallie Minister of Finance, Seymour Mullings Minister of Tourism, Donald M.Pringle Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, David Coore |
| 1991 | Prime Minister, Michael N. Manley Deputy Prime Minister, Percival J. Patterson Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Coore Minister of Environment, Donald M. Pringle |
| 1992 | Minister of Health, Easton Douglas |
| 1994 | Minister of Public Utilities, Transport and Energy, Robert Pickersgill Minister of Industry, Investments and Commerce, Carlyle Dunkley |
| 1995 | Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign affairs and Foreign Trade, Seymour Mullings |
| 1996 | Minister of Finance and Planning, Omar Davies |
| 1997 | Minister of Industry and Investment, Paul Robertson Minister of Agriculture and Mining, Horace Clarke |
| 1998 | Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke Minister of Finance and Planning, Omar Davies Prime Minister, Percival J. Patterson |
| 2000 | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paul Robertson |
| 2001 | Minister of Finance and Planning, Omar Davies Minister of State, Fitz Jackson Minister of Local Government, Arnold Bertram |
| 2002 | Minister of Mining and Energy, Anthony Hylton |
| 2003 | Director of Economic Planning Institute, Wesley Hughes |
| 2005 | Governor of Bank of Jamaica, Derick Latibeaudiere |
| 2008 | Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings |
| 2010 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kenneth Baugh |
| 2011 | Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Olivia Grange |
| 2012 | Minister for Science Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell |
| 2013 | Minister of water, land, Environment and climate change, Robert Pickersgill Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller |
| 2014 | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnold Nicholson Minister of State for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams |
| 2015 | Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Noel Arscott |
| 2016 | Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith |
| 2017 | Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Ruel Reid |
| 2018 | Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett |
| 2019 | President of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett Prime Minister, Andrew Holness |