Europe
Japan-Ukraine Relations (Basic Data)
November 1, 2019
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in 26 January 1992
Japanese Nationals:
- 223 (as of 1 June 2019)
Trade with Japan (2015):
- Export: 50.9 billion yen (automobile, machine & equipment,)
- Import: 70.7 billion yen (tobacco, metalliferous, cereals)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:
- List of Exchange of Notes
- Loans: 169 billion yen
- Grants: 9.8 billion yen
- Technical cooperation: 7.9 billion yen
- (reception of trainees and dispatch of experts)
VIP Visits
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Mr. Hakuo Yanagisawa, Parliamentary Vice Minister |
| 1996 July | Mr. Yukihiko Ikeda, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 1996 August | Mr. Hakuo Yanagisawa, Member of the House of Representative |
| 1997 July | Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Member of the House of Representative (chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs) |
| 1997 August | Mr. Juro Saito, President of the House of Councillors |
| 1997 September | Mr. Yoshiro Hayashi, Member of the House of Representatives |
| 1997 October | Mr. Hakuo Yanagisawa, Member of the House of Representatives |
| 1998 January | Mr. Masahiro Akiyama, Vice Minister, National Defence Agency |
| 2002 August | Mr. Kenshiro Matsunami, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2003 August | Mr. Hakuo Yanagisawa, Member of the House of Representative |
| 2003 September | Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2005 January | Mr. Hakuo Yanagisawa, Member of the House of Representative |
| 2005 July | Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2005 November | Delegation of Committee of Foreign Affairs of the House of Representative |
| 2006 May | Delegation of Parliamentary Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Ukraine |
| 2006 June-July | Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2011 April | Mr. Chiaki Takahashi, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2011 April | Mr. Takashi Shinohara, Senior Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| 2011 September | Mr. Takahiro Yokomichi, Speaker of the House of Representative |
| 2011 September | Ms. Satoshi Takayama, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment |
| 2011 October | Delegation of Committee on Rules and Administration |
| 2011 October | Delegation of Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake |
| 2011 October | Ms. Yuko Mori, Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 2013 May | Mr. Takumi Nemoto, Minister for Reconstruction |
| 2013 August | Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2013 September | Mr. Yoshitami Kameoka, Parliamentary Secretary for Reconstruction |
| 2014 June | Mr. Takao Makino, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2014 July | Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2014 August | Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2015 February | Mr. Shigeki Iwai, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2015 April | Mr. Kentaro Sonoura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2015 June | Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister |
| 2015 September | Mr. Shigeki Iwai, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2015 September | Delegation of Parliamentary Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Ukraine |
| 2016 April | Ms. Miki Yamada, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2016 July | Mr. Kaneshige Wakamatsu, State Minister for Reconstruction |
| 2016 August | Delegation of Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2017 November | Mr. Kazuyuki Nakane, State Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2019 May | Mr. Kiyohiko Toyama, Member of the House of Representatives |
| 2019 September | Delegation of Commission on the Constitution of House of Representatives |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1992 October | Mr. Oleh Slepichev, Vice Prime Minister |
| 1995 March | Mr. Leonid Kuchma, President |
| 1997 May | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 1997 October | Mr. Roman Shpek, Chairman of the Reconstruction and Development Agency |
| 1998 March | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs (as a Chairman of the U.N. General Assembly) |
| 1999 April | Mr. Vasyl Rohovyi, Minister of Economy |
| 2000 June | Mr. Borys Tarasink, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2001 October | Ms. Lyudmyla Kuchma, First lady of President Mr. Volodymir Semynozhenko, Vice Prime Minister |
| 2001 November | Mr. Stepan Havrysh, Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada |
| 2003 May | Mr. Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada |
| 2004 June | Mr. Kostyantyn Gryschenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2005 March | Mr. Mykola Tomenko, Vice Prime Minister |
| 2005 July | Mr. Viktor Yushchenko, President |
| 2006 April | Mr. Stanislav Nikolayenko, Minister of Education |
| 2006 October | Mr. Ihor Likhovyi, Minister of Culture and Tourism |
| 2007 July | Mr. Mykola Rudkovsky, Minister of Transportation and Communication |
| 2007 July | Mr. Yuriy Haidayev, Minister of Healthcare |
| 2008 March | Mr. Volodymyr Ogryzko, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2009 March | Ms. Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister |
| 2010 October | Mr. Borys Kolesnikov, Vice Prime Minister |
| 2011 January | Mr. Viktor Yanukovych, President |
| 2011 February | Mr. Fedir Yaroshenko, Minister of Finance |
| 2012 March | Mr. Volodymyr Lytvyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada |
| 2012 April | Mr. Viktor Baloha, Minister of Emergencies |
| 2012 October | Mr. Petro Poroshenko, Minister of Economic Development and Trade |
| 2012 November | Mr. Petro Poroshenko, Minister of Economic Development and Trade |
| 2013 June | Mr. Oleh Proskuryakov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources |
| 2015 March | Mr. Pavlo Klimkin, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2015 March | Mr. Leonid Yemets, Member of the Verkhovna Rada |
| 2016 February | Ms. Hanna Hopko, Chairperson of Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada |
| 2016 April | Mr. Petro Poroshenko, President (Mr. Henndadii Zubko, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development, Building and Housing and Communal Services, Mr. Pavlo Klimkin, Minister for Foreign Affairs) |
| 2016 October | Mr. Arsen Avakov, Minister of Internal Affairs Mr. Ihor Zhdanov, Minister of Youth and Sports |
| 2016 November | Mr. Stepan Kubiv, First Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade |
| 2017 Febrary-March | Mr. Andriy Parubiy, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada |
| 2017 June | Delegation of Parliamentary Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Japan |
| 2019 October | Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President (Mr. Vadym Prystaiko, Minister for Foreign Affairs) |
Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2015)
- 537.3 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid)