Japan-Arab States Network
日本・アラブ諸国ネットワーク
شبكة اليابان والدول العربية

Our initiative aims to facilitate cooperation
between Japan and the Arab States
E-mail: tokyo@arabu.jp
The History of the Japan-Arab States Relations
1990 - 1999
1990: HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan and HRH Princess Sarvath El Hassan of Jordan visited Japan
1990: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nakayama Taro visited Oman
1990: Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister and Planning of Saudi Arabia, Minister Hisham Mohieddin Nazer visited Japan
1990: General Presidency of Youth Welfare President Prince of Saudi Arabia, Faisal Bin Fahd visited Japan
1990: Prince of Saudi Arabia, Nawaf Bin Abdul-Aziz visited Japan
1990: Foreign Minister of Japan, Taro Nakayama visited Saudi Arabia
1990: Somalia Embassy in Tokyo was closed
1990: Prime Minister of Japan, Toshiki Kaifu visited Saudi Arabia
1990: Prime Minister of Japan, Kaifu Toshiki visited Oman
1990: Special Advisor to H.M. the Sultan, Sultanate of Oman, H.E. Dr. Omar Abdur Munim Al-Zawawi visited Japan
1990: Minister of National Heritage and Culture of Oman, HH Sayyid Faisal Bin Turki Al Said visited Japan
1990 May: The President of the United Arab Emirates, H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan visited Japan as a state guest
1990 August: Foreign Minister of Japan, Taro Nakayama visited Jordan
1990 October: Prime Minister of Japan Toshiki Kaifu visited Jordan
1990 November: H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (to attend the enthronement ceremony for His Imperial Majesty Akihito) of the United Arab Emirates visited Japan
1990 November: Mtara MAÉCHA, Foreign Minister of Comoros visited Japan (ceremony of enthronement)
1990 November: Ali Bin Khalifa Bin Sulman AL KHALIFA of Bahrain visited Japan for attending for the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty the Emperor
1991: Japan-Syria Parliamentary Friendship League
1991: Syrian-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Association
1991: Special Advisor to H.M. the Sultan, Sultanate of Oman, H.E. Dr. Omar Abdur Munim Al-Zawawi visited Japan
1991: Japan ceased Embassy functions temporarily after all Japanese diplomats evacuated from Iraq
1991 January: Minister of Planning of Jordan, Abudullah Nsour visited Japan
1991 July: Mtara MAÉCHA, Foreign Minister of Comoros visited Japan (unofficial visit)
1991 July: SUZUKI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Liberal Democratic Party National Defense Committee (Leader: Taku YAMAZAKI, Member of the House of Representatives) visited Bahrain
1991 September: Minister of Planning of Jordan, Ziad Fariz visited Japan
1992: Commerce Minister of Saudi Arabia, Sulaiman Abdul-Aziz Al-Suleim visited Japan
1992: Planning Minister of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Wahhab Bin Abdul-Salam Attar visited Japan
1992: International Trade and Industry Minister of Japan, Kozo Watanabe visited Saudi Arabia
1992: Minister of Commerce and Industry of Oman, Maqboul bin Ali bin Sultan visited Japan
1992 February: Tarek MOAYYAD, Minister of Ministry of Information of Bahrain visited Japan
1993: Prince of Saudi Arabia, Turki Bin Faisal Bin Abdul-Aziz visited Japan
1993: Foreign Minister of Qatar Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani visited Japan
1993: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan
1993 January: Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Koji Kakizawa visited Somalia
1993 July: HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan visited Japan
1993 October: HRH Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan visited Japan
1993 October: KABI, Minister of Economy of Comoros visited Japan
1993 November: Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Iriyani, Minister of Planning and Development of Yemen visited Japan
1993 November: HRH Prince Abdullah bin Al Hussein of Jordan visited Japan
1993 December: Tetsuko KUROYANAGI, Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF visited Sudan
1993 December: Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan, Abdelsalam Al-Majali visited Japan
1994: Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Princess of Japan, visited Oman
1994: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan
1994: Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Princess of Japan, visited Qatar
1994: Minister of Oil and Gas of Oman, Said bin Ahmed Al Shanfari visited Japan
1994: Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister and Planning Minister of Saudi Arabia, Hisham Mohieddin Nazer visited Japan
1994: Industry and Electricity Minister of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Aziz Abdullah Al-Zamil visited Japan
1994: Crown Prince and Princess of Japan, visited Saudi Arabia
1994: HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan visited Japan
1994 May: Foreign Minister of Japan Koji Kakizawa visited Jordan
1994 September: Ali Bin Khalifa Bin Sulman AL KHALIFA of Bahrain visited Japan for attending to the conference of ITU in Kyoto
1994 October: Shaikh Isa Bin Mohammed AL KHALIFA, Chairman of the Council of Sport for Young Men of Bahrain visited Japan
1994 October: Hassan Ibrahim AL MEHRI, Deputy State Secretary for Education of Bahrain visited Japan
1994 November: Yousif Ahmed AL SHIRAWI, Minister of Development and Industry of Bahrain visited Japan
1994 November: Minister of Economy and Commerce of the United Arab Emirates, H.E. Said Ahmed Al Ghobash visited Japan
1994 November: Their Imperial Highness Crown Prince NARUHITO and Princess MASAKO visited Bahrain
1995: Prime Minister of Japan, Tomiichi Murayama visited Saudi Arabia
1995: Minister of Justice of Qatar Najeeb Mohamed Al-Naimi visited Japan
1995: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan
1995: Aviation Agreement between Japan and Jordan came into effect
1995: Vice Foreign Minister of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda visited Lebanon
1995: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) closed the office in Tokyo.
1995: Prime Minister of Japan, MURAYAMA Tomiichi visited Palestine
1995: HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan and HRH Princess Sarvath El Hassan of Jordan visited Japan
1995 January: Japan opened its consulate general in Dubai
1995 January: H.I.H. Crown Prince and H.I.H. Crown Princess of Japan visited the United Arab Emirates
1995 January: TIH Crown Prince and Princess of Japan visited Jordan
1995 May: Diplomatic relations between Japan and Yemen was established after unification
1995 August: H.E. SALMAN, Director of the Bahrain Research Center (current Crown Prince) of Bahrain, visited Japan
1995 September: Prime Ministerof Japan, Tomiichi Murayama visited Jordan
1996: Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud Faisal visited Japan
1996: Minister of State for Financial Affairs of Lebanon, Fuad Siniora visited Japan
1996: Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of Oman, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah visited Japan
1996: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan
1996: Chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat visited Japan
1996: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, IKEDA Yukihiko visited Palestine
1996: Minister of Electricity and Water Resources of Lebanon, Elie Hobeika visited Japan
1996: Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafic Hariri visited Japan
1996 April: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates visited Japan
1996 June: TIH Prince and Princess Takamado of Japan visited Jordan
1996 August: Foreign Minister of Japan, Yukihiko Ikeda visited Jordan
1996 December: Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Iriyani, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yemen visited Japan
1996 December: Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Masahiko Koumura (to attend the 25th Anniversary Ceremony of Independence) visited the United Arab Emirates
1997: Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Palestine, Nabil Sha'ath visited Japan
1997: Deputy Prime Minister for Council of Ministers of Oman, Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said visited Japan
1997: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan
1997: Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture of Qatar Ali Bin Said Al-Khayareen visited Japan (attended COP3)
1997: Chief Cabinet Councilor for External Affairs of Japan, (Special Envoy for PM Ryutaro Hashimoto), Hiroshi Hirabayashi visited Qatar
1997: Special Advisor to H.M. the Sultan of Oman, H.E. Dr. Omar Abdur Munim Al-Zawawi visited Japan
1997: Minister of Education of Japan, Takashi Kosugi visited Saudi Arabia
1997: Prime Minister of Japan, Ryutaro Hashimoto visited Saudi Arabia
1997: Education Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Bin Ahmad Al-Rasheed visited Japan
1997: Planning Minister of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Wahhab Bin Abdul-Salam Attar visited Japan
1997: Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafic Hariri visited Japan
1997: Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives of Japan, Ichiro Aizawa visited Lebanon
1997: Chairman of the Japanese-Lebanese Interparliamentary Friendship Group, Yoshirou Mori with the members of the group visited Lebanon
1997: Reciprocal Visa Fee Waiver Agreement between Japan and Jordan came into effect
1997 November: HIRABAYASHI, Director of the Foreign Policy Council Office (Special Envoy of the Prime Minister) of Japan visited Bahrain
1997 November: Dr. Yahya Al-Shuaibi, Minister of Education of Yemen visited Japan
1997 November: SATO, Former Minister of International Trade and Industry Sato (Government representative) of Japan visited Bahrain
1998: Japan opened the Representative office of Japan to the Palestinian Authority in Gaza.
1998: Hokkaido Development Agency Director of Japan, General SUZUKI Muneo visited Palestine
1998: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, SUZUKI Muneo visited Palestine
1998: H.R.H. Prince of Saudi Arabia, Salman the Governer of Riyadh Region visited Japan
1998: H.R.H. Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah visited Japan
1998: Minister of Oil and Gas of Oman, Mohammad bin Hamad bin Saif al Rumhy visited Japan
1998: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Oman, Ahmad bin Khalfan bin Mohammad of Ramshi visited Japan
1998: HRH Prince Abdullah Ibn Al Hussein of Jordan visited Japan
1998: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan
1998: More than 100 young people from Bahrain participated in the "Global Youth Leader Development" project sponsored by the Japanese government.
1998: Japan-Bahrain Aviation Agreement comes into effect
1998 February: Mr. Ahmad Musaed Husain, Minister of Fish Wealth of Yemen visited Japan
1998 May: Mr. Mohammed Al-Wajeeh, Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Yemen visited Japan
1998 October: Abdallah Hassan Ahmed, Minister of International Cooperation and Investment (on the occasion of TICAD II) of Sudan visited Japan
1998 October: Salim HIMIDI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Comoros visited Japan
1999: Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan, Mitsuo Horiuchi visited Saudi Arabia
1999: State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nobutaka Machimura visited Saudi Arabia
1999: Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan, Kaoru Yosano visited Saudi Arabia
1999: Minister of National Economy Supervisor of Ministry of Finance of Oman, Ahmad bin Abdul Nabi Macki visited Japan
1999: KOUMURA Masahiko, Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt
1999: Foreign Minister of Japan, Masahiko Koumura visited Lebanon
1999: Emir and Minister of Defense of Qatar Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani visited Japan
1999: Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al-Thani visited Japan
1999: Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani visited Japan
1999: Minister of Public Health Hajar Ahmad Hajar visited Japan
1999: Minister of Energy, Industry, Electricity and Water Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan
1999: Chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) / President of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat visited Japan (twice)
1999: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, KOUMURA Masahiko visited Palestine
1999: State Foreign Secretary of Japan, MACHIMURA Nobutaka visited Palestine
1999 January: Foreign Minister of Japan, Masahiko Koumura visited Jordan
1999 February: TIH Crown Prince and Princess of Japan visited Jordan
1999 February: Prime Minister of Japan, Keizo Obuchi visited Jordan
1999 March: Mr. Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen visited Japan
1999 March: Nobutaka MACHIMURA, Ambassador of Japan on Special Mission visited Bahrain for attending for the enthronement ceremony of the Amir, H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa AL KHALIFA
1999 April: Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK, President of Egypt visited Japan (followed by 1983 and 1995)
1999 May: Minister for International Trade and Industry of Japan, Mr. Kaoru Yosano visited the United Arab Emirates
1999 June: Minister of Finance of Japan, Michel Marto visited Japan
1999 August: Mr. Al-Wajeeh, Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Yemen visited Japan
1999 December: TM King Abdullah II Ibn al Hussein of Jordan and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan visited Japan
1999 December: The Twelfth meeting of the Japan-Egypt Joint Committee
Source
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Embassy of Japan in Bahrain
https://www.bh.emb-japan.go.jp/japan/relationship.htm