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-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