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Armenia - Japan

General information

The Republic of Armenia attaches great importance to the further strengthening of friendly and mutually beneficial ties with Japan, as well as to the establishment of new partnership relations.

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and Japan were established on September 7^th, 1992.

Since July 2010 the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia operates in Tokyo.

Since January 2015 the Embassy of Japan operates in Yerevan.

On April 11, 2025 Monika Simonyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Japan.

On January 11, 2024 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Armenia, Yutaka Aoki presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia.

Visits

To Japan

September 2024	Secretary of Security Council of RA Armen Grigoryan
September 2022	Hakob Arshakyan, Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia (as the representative of the Republic of Armenia at the state funeral ceremony of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe)
July 2021	Armen Sargsyan, President of Armenia
October 2019	Armen Sargsyan, President of Armenia
May 2017	Vache Gabrielyan, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia
January 2017	Galust Sahakyan, President of the National Assembly of Armenia
June 2012	Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
November 2009	Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
June 2005	Andranik Margarian, Prime Minister of Armenia
December 2001	Robert Kocharian, President of Armenia
August 1999	Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
October 1992	Hrant Bagratyan, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia

To Armenia

September 2018

Kono Taro, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

Signed documents

Protocol on establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Armenia, September 7^th, 1992.
Joint statement on Friendship and Partnership between Armenia and Japan, December 19^th, 2001, Tokyo.
Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and Government of RA, June 8^th, 2005, Tokyo.
Memorandum on Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, June 6^th, 2012, Tokyo.
Joint Statement on the Further Deepening of Friendship and Partnership between Armenia and Japan, June 6^th, 2012, Tokyo.
Memorandum on exchange of information on combating terrorism financing and money-laundering between the Republic of Armenia and Japan, October 2012, Yerevan.
Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the project of economic and social development of Armenia, May 25^th, 2016, Yerevan.
Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the project of upgrading the equipment for the digitization of the archives of Armenian Public Television, March 30^th, 2017, Yerevan.
Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the project of the improvement of the fire-rescue equipment, September 7^th, 2017, Yerevan.
The Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and Japan for the Liberalization, Promotion and Protection of Investments, February 14^th, 2018, Yerevan.
Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Restoration and Conservation of Archaeological Artifacts for the Scientific-Research Center of the Historical and Cultural Heritage, February 16^th, 2018, Yerevan.
Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Japan, as well as UNDP, February 25th, 2019,
Grant agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan on “Economic and Social development”, June 30^th, 2020, Yerevan.
Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the UNDP Armenia and the Government of Japan for “The Project for Supporting Basic Infrastructure and Social Integration for Displaced Persons from Nagorno-Karabakh and Host Communities”, February 28^th, 2024, Yerevan
Convention between the Republic of Armenia and Japan on the Elimination of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and Avoidance, December 26^th, 2024, Yerevan

Bilateral trade between Armenia and Japan /in thousand US dollars/

	export	import (country of origin)	import (country of consignment)
2020	1363.9	45895.1	12366.8
2021	1683.6	55496.1	9383.0
2022	2941.4	195318.9	11626.0
2023	4342.1	343775.1	48007.5
2024	15847.4	117886.9	23891.3

Main imported goods:

Construction machinery, pipes, oils and perfumes, non-metallic wires, electricity generating equipment, etc.

Main exported goods:

Tobacco, clothing, aluminum, electrical equipment.

Updated on 30.04.2025

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