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The History of the Japan-Egypt Relations

1922: Japan recognizes Egypt's independence.

1926: Japan opens a consulate general in Alexandria

1930: Japan and Egypt concluded Provisional Commercial Arrangement

1936: Japan opens a legation in Egypt (The legation and the consulate general closed during World War II and the legation reopened in 1952)

1953: Egypt opens a legation in Tokyo

1957: Cultural Agreement between Japan and Egypt

1963: Agreement between Japan and the United Arab Republic of Egypt for Air Services

1969: Convention between Japan and the Arab Republic of Egypt for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Income Taxes

1978: Agreement between Japan and the Arab Republic of Egypt Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment

1982: Japan opens a consular office in Alexandria

1984: Agreement on Technical Cooperation between Japan and the Arab Republic of Egypt

1999: KOUMURA Masahiko, Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt

1999 April: Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK, President of Egypt visited Japan (followed by 1983 and 1995)

1999 December: The Twelfth meeting of the Japan-Egypt Joint Committee 

2000: I.H. Prince and Princess Takamado of Japan visited Egypt

2001: KAIFU Toshiki, Former Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2001: SUGIURA Seiken, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2001: Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resouces of Egypt visited Japan

2001: Ahmed Nazif, Minister of Telecommunication and Information of Egypt visited Japan

2001 October: Speech by Ryutaro Hashimoto, Former Prime Minister of Japan at the ceremony of the completion of the Suez Canal Bridge 

2002: Fayza Abul Naga, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan

2002: KOUMURA Masahiko, Former Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt (Special Envoy for Prime Minister KOIZUMI Junichiro)

2003: Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali, Minister of Foreign Trade of Egypt visited Japan

2003: KOUMURA Masahiko, Former Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt (Special Envoy for Prime Minister KOIZUMI Junichiro)

2003: KOIZUMI Junichiro Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2003 October: Japan-Egypt Joint Workshop for Medical Cooperation for Iraq (Summary and Evaluation) 

2003 November: KAWAGUCHI Yoriko, Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2003 December: Closure of the Consular Office of Japan in Alexandria, Arab Republic of Egypt 

2004: HASHIMOTO Ryutaro, Former Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2004: AISAWA Ichirou, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt (Special Envoy for Prime Minister KOIZUMI Junichiro)

2004: MACHIMURA Nobukata, Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt (International Conference on Iraq at Sharm El-Sheikh)

2004: Mamdouh Reyad, Minister of State for the Environment Affairs of Egypt visited Japan

2004 July: Special Envoy of Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt (Overview and Results)

2004 October: Launching of the Second Japan-Egypt Joint Medical Cooperation for Iraq 

2005: Fayza Abul Naga, Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt visited Japan

2005: Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry of Egypt visited Japan

2005: KONO Yohei, The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan visited Egypt

2005 March: The Third Japan-Egypt Joint Medical Cooperation for Iraq

2005 July: Ryutaro Hashimoto, former Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2006: KOSAKA Kenji, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan visited Egypt

2006: KOIKE Yuriko, Minister of Environment of Japan visited Egypt

2006: Dr. Hany Hilal, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt visited Japan

2006 May: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan

2007: Dr. Hany Hilal, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt visited Japan

2007: Ahmad Darwish, Minister of State for Administrative Development of Egypt visited Japan

2007: ABE Shinzo, Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2007: NAKAYAMA Taro, Former Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt (The Japan and Arab Dialogue Forum)

2007 May: Japan-Egypt Joint Statement 

2007 May: ASO Taro, Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt (Ministerial Meeting on Iraq at Sharm El-Sheikh)

2008: UNO Osamu, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2008: KISHIDA Fumio, Minister of State for Scientific and Technology Policy of Japan visited Egypt

2008: Zoheir Garranah, Minister of Tourism of Egypt visited Japan

2008: Mahmoud Mohieddin, Minister of Investment of Egypt visited Japan

2008: Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resouces of Egypt visited Japan

2008: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan (TICAD IV)

2008: Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali, Minister of Finance of Egypt visited Japan

2008: Dr. Hany Hilal, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt visited Japan

2008 March: Japan-Egypt Year of Science and Technology 2008: Opening Ceremony in Grand Hall of Cairo University 

2008 June: Japan-Egypt Consultations on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation 

2008 November: Dispatch of Japanese Instructors to PKO Centers in Egypt 

2008 November: SHIBAYAMA Masahiko, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2009: ITO Shintaro, State Secreatry for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt (The International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza)

2009: NAKASONE Hirofumi, Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2009: I. H. Princess Takamado of Japan visited Egypt

2009 March: Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt concerning the Establishment of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

2009 April: Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2009 May: Japan-Egypt Ministerial Meeting 

2010: TAKEMASA Koichi, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2010: Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resouces of Egypt visited Japan

2010 March: Courtesy Call on Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan by Dr. Ali Gomaa, His Eminence Grand Mufti of Egypt 

2010 March: Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufty of Egypt visited Japan

2010 June: Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Arab Republic of Egypt on Cooperation in Science and Technology

2011: TOKUNAGA Hisashi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2012: Mohamed Kamel Amr, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan

2012: Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, Minister of Tourism of Egypt visited Japan

2012: Nadia Zakhary, Minister of Scientific Research of Egypt visited Japan

2012: Ashraf El-Arabi, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Egypt visited Japan

2012: Momtaz El-Saed, Minister of Finance of Egypt visited Japan

2012: Farouk Okuda, Governor of Central Bank of Egypt visited Japan

2012 March: Meeting between Gemba, Foreign Minister of Japan and Mohamed Kamel Amr, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt 

2012 May: GEMBA Koichiro, Foreign Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2012 October: Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting (Overview) 

2013: Hesham Kandir, Prime Minister of Egypt visited Japan

2013: Amr Darag, Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt visited Japan

2013: Ramzy George Stino, Minister of Scientific Research of Egypt visited Japan

2013: Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of Antiquite of Egypt visited Japan

2013: Nabil Fahmy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan

2013 June: Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting

2013 August: Telephone Talk between Fumio Kishida, Foreign Minister of Japan and Nabil Fahmi Foreign Minister of Egypt 

2013 August: Meeting between Dr. Miyagawa, Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau of Japan and El-Zimaity, Ambassador of Egypt 

2013 September: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers' Meeting 

2014: NAKAYAMA Yasuhide, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2014: KIUCHI Minoru, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2014: NAKAYAMA Yasuhide, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2014 April: Yutaka Iimura, Special Representative of the Government of Japan visited Egypt 

2014 June: Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Election of a new President in Egypt 

2014 July: KISHI Nobuo, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2014 September: Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting 

2015: SONOURA Kentaro, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt (as the representative of Japan for the Egypt Economic Development Conference in March and for the Inauguration of New Suez Canal)

2015: Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan

2015 January: ABE Shinzo, Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2015 April: Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting

2015 November: Japan-Egypt Foreign Minister’s Working Lunch 

2016: Khaled Anani, Minister of Antiquities of Egypt visited Japan

2016: TAKIZAWA Motome, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2016: SONOURA Kentaro, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2016 February-March: Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi, President of Egypt visited Japan

2016 September: Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting

2017: KAWAI Katsuyuki, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2017: KONO Taro, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2017: DATE Chuichi, President, House of Councillors, National Diet of Japan visited Egypt

2017: Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt visited Japan

2017: Aly Abdel-Aal, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt visited Japan

2017: Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazy Coptic Pope, Tawadros II of Egypt visited Japan

2017: Sahr Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation of Egypt visited Japan

2017 August: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk 

2017 September: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2017 December: Courtesy Call on Taro Kono, Foreign Minister of Japan by Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt 

2018: Tarek Shawki, Minister of Education and Technical Education of Egypt visited Japan

2018: Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan (TICAD Ministerial Meeting, Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue)

2018: HORII Manabu, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2018 July: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation 

2018 October: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Receives a Courtesy Call from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt 

2018 October: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue 

2019: SONOURA Kentaro, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

2019: Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi, President of Egypt, Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan (G20 Osaka Summit)

2019: Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi, President of Egypt and Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt visited Japan (TICAD 7)

2019: Khaled Ahmed El-Anani, Minister of Antiquities of Egypt visited Japan (Ceremony of the Enthronement)

2019: NAKATANI Shinichi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2019 February: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2019 June: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2019 June: Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting 

2019 August: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2019 August: Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting 

2020 December: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk 

2021: MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2021: Ashraf Sobhy Amer, Minister of State for Youth and Sports of Egypt visited Japan (TOKYO Olympic 2020)

2021 June: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk 

2022: Kamel El-Wazir, Minister of Transportation of Egypt visited Japan (The late Shinzo Abe's state funeral)

2022: KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo Metropolitan Government of Japan visited Egypt

2022: NISHIMURA Akihiko, Minister for Environment of Japan visited Egypt

2022 March: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Video Conference 

2022 March: Japan-Egypt-Jordan Trilateral Consultations on the Middle East 

2022 August: Japan-Egypt Summit Video Conference Meeting 

2022 September: Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2022 September: The Second Japan-Egypt-Jordan Trilateral Consultations on the Middle East

2022 September: Courtesy call on MATSUNO Hirokazu, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan by Eng. Kamel ELWAZER, Minister of Transport of the Arab Republic of Egypt 

2023: Waleid Gamal Eldien, Chairman of Suez Canal Economic Zone of Egypt visited Japan

2023: YAMADA Kenji, State Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Egypt

2023: WADA Yoshiaki, State Ministers for the Cabinet Office of Japan visited Egypt

2023 May: KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan visited Egypt

Source

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

https://www.mofa.go.jp

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