Japan-Qatar Relations
Japan-Qatar Relations (Basic Data)
February 29, 2024
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
Established in May 1972
Number of Residents:
- Number of Japanese Nationals residing in Qatar: 557 (as of October 2022)
Trade with Japan (in US Dollars) (2022):
- Exports: 12.4 billion dollars
- Imports: 1.17 billion dollars
Japan's Economic Cooperation (Assistance provided through 1998):
- Grant Aid (Disaster Relief): 264 million yen
- Technical Cooperation: 1.072 billion yen
VIP Visits
Year | Name |
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1978 | Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda |
1986 | Chairman of Policy Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party Masayuki Fujio (Special Envoy) |
1987 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister Takao Fujii |
1994 | Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Princess |
1997 | Chief Cabinet Councilor for External Affairs (Special Envoy for PM Ryutaro Hashimoto), Hiroshi Hirabayashi |
2001 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono |
2001 | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tsutomu Takebe; Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shigeo Uetake (the 4th WTO Ministerial Meeting) |
2003 | Secretary General, Liberal Democratic Party, Taku Yamazaki; Secretary General, New Komeito, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba; Secretary General, New Conservative Party, Toshihiro Nikai; Member, House of Representative, Gen Nakatani |
2005 | Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Katsuyuki Kawai |
2006 | Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Akiko Yamanaka |
2006 | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai (the 10th International Energy Forum) |
2006 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso (the 5th Asian Cooperation Dialogue) |
2006 | Special Mission Committee for EPA/FTA, Liberal Democratic Party |
2006 | Special Advisor to Prime Minister Yuriko Koike |
2007 | Special Advisor to Prime Minister Yuriko Koike |
2007 | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe |
2007 | Senior Vice-Minister for Finance Kazunori Tanaka |
2007 | Senior Vice-Minister of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kenshiro Matsunami |
2008 | Parliamentary Secretary for Defense Tsukasa Akimoto |
2008 | Senior Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takayoshi Taniguchi |
2008 | Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Hiroshi Okuda |
2008 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuhide Minorikawa |
2010 | Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Tadahiro Matsushita |
2011 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hisashi Tokunaga (7th Ministerial Meeting of BMENA-G8 Forum for the Future) |
2011 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hisashi Tokunaga |
2012 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba |
2012 | Japan-Qatar Parliamentarian Friendship League of Democratic Party |
2012 | Parliamentarian Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Joe Nakano (UNCTAD XIII) |
2012 | Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa |
2012 | Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takashi Morita (UPU Congress) |
2012 | Minister of the Environment Hiroyuki Nagahama (COP18) |
2013 | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe |
2014 | Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kazuyoshi Akaba |
2015 | Minister for State for Special Missions Shunichi Yamaguchi |
2015 | Parliamentary Vice –Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura (Special Envoy for Prime Minister) |
2015 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida |
2016 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura |
2017 | Special Advisor to Prime Minister Kentaro Sonoura |
2017 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Kono |
2017 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahisa Sato |
2018 | Minister for State for Special Missions Masaji Matsuyama |
2018 | State Minister of Environment Tadahiko Ito |
2018 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Kono |
2018 | Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Teruo Kishi |
2019 | Minister of Defense Taro Kono |
2020 | State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hideki Makihara |
2021 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi |
2023 | Prime Minister Fumio Kishida |
Year | Name |
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1984 | Emir of the State of Qatar Khalifa Bin Hamad Al-Thani |
1985 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Suhaim Bin Hamad Al Thani |
1989 | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Bin Saif Al Thani (to attend Funeral Ceremony of Emperor Showa) |
1993 | Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani |
1993 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
1994 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
1995 | Minister of Justice Najeeb Mohamed Al-Naimi |
1995 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
1996 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
1997 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
1997 | Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture Ali Bin Said Al-Khayareen (attended COP3) |
1998 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
1999 | Emir and Minister of Defense Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani Minister of Public Health Hajar Ahmad Hajar Minister of Energy, Industry, Electricity and Water Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
2000 | Minister of Finance, Economy and Trade Yousef Hussein Kamal |
2000 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
2001 | Consort of the Emir of the State of Qatar Moza Bint Nasser Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
2002 | Minister of Finance Yousef Hussein Kamal |
2002 | Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
2003 | Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
2004 | First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani |
2004 | Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
2005 | Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah |
2005 | Emir of the State of Qatar Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Consort of the Emir Moza Bint Nasser First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani Minister of Finance Yousef Hussein Kamal Minister of Economy and Commerce Mohamed Bin Ahmed Al-Thani |
2006 | Chief of Staff, the Qatari Armed Forces Major General Hamad Bin Ali Al-Attiyah |
2006 | Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (attended 1st Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2007 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (attended 2nd Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2008 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (attended 3rd Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2009 | Heir Apparent of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Minister of State for International Cooperation and Cabinet Member Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah |
2009 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (attended 4th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2009 | Minister of State for International Cooperation and Cabinet Member Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah |
2010 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (attended 5th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2011 | Minister of State for International Cooperation and Cabinet Member Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah |
2011 | Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Emiri Diwan Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada(attended 6th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2012 | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah |
2012 | Director of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya |
2012 | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah |
2012 | Director of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya |
2012 | Director of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 7th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2013 | Director of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya |
2013 | Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 2nd LNG Producer-Consumer Conference) |
2013 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah |
2014 | Consort of Father Emir Moza Bint Nasser (Chairperson of Qatar Foundation) |
2014 | Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 8th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and 3rd LNG Producer-Consumer Conference) |
2014 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah |
2014 | Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 8th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and 3rd LNG Producer-Consumer Conference) |
2015 | Emir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani (accompany with Minister of State for Defense Major General Hamad Bin Ali Al-Attiyah, Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, Chief of the Amiri Diwan Khaled Bin Khalifa Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Thani and Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada) |
2015 | Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 9th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee) |
2015 | Former President of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah (attended STS forum) |
2016 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani |
2016 | Minister of Education and Higher Education Mohammed Bin Abdulwahedal Al-Hamadi (attended STS forum) |
2016 | Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 10th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2016) |
2017 | Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 11st Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2017) |
2017 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Dr. Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi |
2018 | Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended 12st Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2018) |
2018 | President of Qatar Olympic Committee Joan bin Hamad Al Thani |
2019 | Amir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani |
2019 | Amir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani(attended Ceremony of the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor) |
2020 | Former Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada (attended the award ceremony of Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun) |
2021 | President of Qatar Olympic Committee Joan bin Hamad Al Thani |
2022 | Amir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani(attended state funeral for the late Prime Minister ABE Shinzo) |
2022 | Minister of Education and Higher Education Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi (attended STS forum) |
2022 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani |