Latin America and the Caribbean

September 3, 2021

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:

  • Established in January 1980

Trade with Japan in 2019:

  • Exports: 658 thousand yen (distilled liquor)
  • Imports: 1.45 billion yen (automobile, heating and cooling equipment)

Direct Investment from Japan:

  • N/A

Number of Residents:

  • Number of Japanese nationals residing in Saint Lucia: 5 (October 2020)
  • Number of Saint Lucian nationals residing in Japan: 8 (December 2020)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total as of FY 2017):

Major Donors (2019)

  • (1) Japan (2) France (3) Canada (4) U.K (5) Italy

Cultural Grant (cumulative total as of the end of fiscal year 2015)

  • Cultural Grant Assistance : 64.0 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Saint Lucia
Year Name
1992 Member of the House of Representative, Chikara Azuma
1994 Member of the House of Representative, Tokuo Yamashita, Hiroaki Kameya
1999 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Hiroaki Kameya
2010 Parliamentary senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Koichi Takemasa
2013 Parliamentary senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shunichi Suzuki
2015 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Takashi Uto
State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yasuhide Nakayama
2017 State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kentaro Sonoura
From Saint Lucia to Japan
Year Name
1986 Prime Minister, John Compton
1990 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Sir William George Mallet
Prime Minister, John Compton
1998 Prime Minister, Kenny D. Anthony
2000 Minister for External Affairs and International Trade, George Odlum
2001 Minister for Agriculture, Cassius Elias
Minister for External Affairs, George Odlum
2004 Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation, Julian Robert Hunte
Minister for Agriculture, Ignatius Jean
2010 Minister for External Affairs, Rufus George Bousquet
2014 Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation, Alva Baptiste
2016 Minister in the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Empowerment, Youth Development, Sports, Culture and Local Government, Edmund Estephane
2018 Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Gale T.C. Rigobert
2019 Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Co-operatives, Ezechiel Joseph
2019 Special Envoy of St. Lucia, Edwin Laurent
Back to Latin America and the Caribbean