1972 May: Diplomatic relations between Japan and Qatar was established

1978: Prime Minister of Japan, Takeo Fukuda visited Qatar

1984: Emir of the State of Qatar Khalifa Bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Japan

1985: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Suhaim Bin Hamad Al Thani visited Japan

1986: Chairman of Policy Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Masayuki Fujio visited Qatar (Special Envoy)

1987: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Japan, Takao Fujii visited Qatar

1989: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar Ahmad Bin Saif Al Thani visited Japan (to attend Funeral Ceremony of Emperor Showa)

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

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

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

1996: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah 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

1998: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

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

2000: Minister of Finance, Economy and Trade of Qatar, Yousef Hussein Kamal visited Japan

2000: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2001: Consort of the Emir of the State of Qatar Moza Bint Nasser visited Japan

2001: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2001: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yohei Kono visited Qatar

2001: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Takeo Hiranuma; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Tsutomu Takebe; Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Shigeo Uetake visited Qatar (the 4th WTO Ministerial Meeting)

2001 January: Foreign Minister of Japan, Yohei Kono visited Qatar

2002: Minister of Finance of Qatar, Yousef Hussein Kamal visited Japan

2002: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2003: Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2003: Secretary General, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Taku Yamazaki; Secretary General, New Komeito of Japan, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba; Secretary General, New Conservative Party of Japan, Toshihiro Nikai; Member, House of Representative of Japan, Gen Nakatani visited Qatar

2004: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani visited Japan

2004: Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2004 June: Meeting Between Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoriko Kawaguchi and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani of the State of Qatar, and a Dinner Hosted by Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

2005: Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2005: Emir of the State of Qatar Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Consort of the Emir Moza Bint Nasser visited Japan

2005: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani visited Japan

2005: Minister of Finance of Qatar, Yousef Hussein Kamal visited Japan

2005: Minister of Economy and Commerce of Qatar, Mohamed Bin Ahmed Al-Thani visited Japan

2005: Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Katsuyuki Kawai visited Qatar

2005 May: Visit to Japan of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar and Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Nasser Abdullah Al Misnad, the Consort of the Amir  

2006: Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Akiko Yamanaka visited Qatar

2006: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Toshihiro Nikai visited Qatar (the 10th International Energy Forum)

2006: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Taro Aso visited Qatar (the 5th Asian Cooperation Dialogue)

2006: Special Mission Committee for EPA/FTA, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, visited Qatar

2006: Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan, Yuriko Koike visited Qatar

2006: Chief of Staff, the Qatari Armed Forces of Qatar, Major General Hamad Bin Ali Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2006: Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan (attended 1st Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2007: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan (attended 2nd Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2007: Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan, Yuriko Koike visited Qatar

2007: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe visited Qatar

2007: Senior Vice-Minister for Finance of Japan, Kazunori Tanaka visited Qatar

2007: Senior Vice-Minister of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Kenshiro Matsunami visited Qatar

2008: Parliamentary Secretary for Defense of Japan, Tsukasa Akimoto visited Qatar

2008: Senior Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Takayoshi Taniguchi visited Qatar

2008: Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan, Hiroshi Okuda visited Qatar

2008: Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nobuhide Minorikawa visited Qatar

2008: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan (attended 3rd Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2008 May: Dispatch of Hiroshi Okuda, Special Advisor to the Cabinet, to Gulf Countries as Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan  

2009: Heir Apparent of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Japan

2009: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2009: Minister of State for International Cooperation and Cabinet Member of Qatar, Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2009: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan (attended 4th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2009: Minister of State for International Cooperation and Cabinet Member of Qatar, Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2009 February: Talks between Keitaro Sato, Special Envoy for UN Reform and Ambassador in Charge of Peace Building in Africa, and H.E. Mr. Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar  

2009 May: Visit to Japan of His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani Heir Apparent of the State of Qatar  

2010: Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Tadahiro Matsushita visited Qatar

2010: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan (attended 5th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2011: Minister of State for International Cooperation and Cabinet Member of Qatar, Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2011: Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Emiri Diwan of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2011: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 6th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2011: Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Hisashi Tokunaga visited Qatar (7th Ministerial Meeting of BMENA-G8 Forum for the Future)

2011: Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Hisashi Tokunaga visited Qatar

2011 April: Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Matsumoto and Minister of State for International Cooperation of the State of Qatar Attiyah  

2012: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Koichiro Gemba visited Qatar

2012: Japan-Qatar Parliamentarian Friendship League of Democratic Party of Japan, visited Qatar

2012: Parliamentarian Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Joe Nakano visited Qatar (UNCTAD XIII)

2012: Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa visited Qatar

2012: Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Takashi Morita visited Qatar (UPU Congress)

2012: Minister of the Environment of Japan, Hiroyuki Nagahama visited Qatar (COP18)

2012: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2012: Director of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya visited Japan

2012: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2012: Director of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya visited Japan

2012: Director of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya visited Japan

2012: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 7th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2012 October: Holding of the seventh meeting of the Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee  

2013: Director of the Qatar Administrative Control and Transparency Authority of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiya visited Japan

2013: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 2nd LNG Producer-Consumer Conference)

2013: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2013: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe visited Qatar

2013 August: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe visited Qatar

2013 August: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe visited Qatar  

2014: Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Kazuyoshi Akaba visited Qatar

2014: Consort of Father Emir Moza Bint Nasser (Chairperson of Qatar Foundation) visited Japan

2014: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 8th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and 3rd LNG Producer-Consumer Conference)

2014: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah visited Japan

2014: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 8th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and 3rd LNG Producer-Consumer Conference)

2014 April: Visit to Japan of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Consort of the Father Emir of the State of Qatar and Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation  

2014 June: First Japan-Qatar Security Dialogue  

2014 September: Japan-Qatar Summit Meeting  

2014 November: Holding of the eighth meeting of the Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee  

2014 December: Agreement on the substance on the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the State of Qatar for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income  

2014 December: Commencement of negotiations on the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the State of Qatar for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income  

2015: Emir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani (accompany with Minister of State for Defense Major General Hamad Bin Ali Al-Attiyah, Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, Chief of the Amiri Diwan Khaled Bin Khalifa Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Thani and Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada) visited Japan

2015: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 9th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee)

2015: Former President of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah visited Japan (attended STS forum)

2015: Minister for State for Special Missions of Japan, Shunichi Yamaguchi visited Qatar

2015: Parliamentary Vice – Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kentaro Sonoura visited Qatar (Special Envoy for Prime Minister)

2015: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Fumio Kishida visited Qatar

2015 February: Emir of the State of Qatar visited Japan  

2015 September: Japan-Qatar Summit Meeting  

2015 September: The Ninth Meeting of the Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee  

2015 October: Foreign Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida visited Qatar  

2016: State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kentaro Sonoura visited Qatar

2016: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani visited Japan

2016: Minister of Education and Higher Education of Qatar, Mohammed Bin Abdulwahedal Al-Hamadi visited Japan (attended STS forum)

2016: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 10th Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2016)

2016 September: Japan-Qatar Summit Meeting  

2016 October: Japan-Qatar Foreign Ministers’ Meeting  

2016 November: The Tenth Meeting of the Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee  

2017: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 11st Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2017)

2017: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Secretary General Dr. Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi visited Japan

2017: Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan, Kentaro Sonoura visited Qatar

2017: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Taro Kono visited Qatar

2017: State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Masahisa Sato visited Qatar

2017 June: Japan-Qatar Summit Telephone Talk  

2017 August: Japan-Qatar Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation  

2017 September: Foreign Minister Kono Visits Qatar  

2018: Minister for State for Special Missions of Japan, Masaji Matsuyama visited Qatar

2018: State Minister of Environment of Japan, Tadahiko Ito visited Qatar

2018: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Taro Kono visited Qatar

2018: Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Teruo Kishi visited Qatar

2018: Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended 12st Japan-Qatar Joint Economic Committee and LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2018)

2018: President of Qatar Olympic Committee Joan bin Hamad Al Thani visited Japan

2018 December: First Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue

2018 December: Dr. KISHI, Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, visited Qatar  

2018 December: Foreign Minister of Japan, Kono visited Qatar  

2018 December: Japan-Qatar Foreign Ministers’ Meeting  

2019: Amir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Japan

2019: Amir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Japan (attended Ceremony of the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor)

2019: Minister of Defense of Japan, Taro Kono visited Qatar

2019 January: Japan-Qatar Banquet at the Japanese Prime Minister’s residence  

2019 January: Japan-Qatar Summit Meeting

2019 January: Amir of Qatar visited Japan  

2020: State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Hideki Makihara visited Qatar

2020: Former Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada visited Japan (attended the award ceremony of Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun)

2021: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi visited Qatar

2021: President of Qatar Olympic Committee Joan bin Hamad Al Thani visited Japan

2021 September: Japan-Qatar Foreign Ministers’ Meeting  

2022 September: Japan-Qatar Summit Telephone Talk  

2022 April: Japan-Qatar Summit Telephone Talk  

2022: Amir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Japan (attended state funeral for the late Prime Minister ABE Shinzo）

2022: Minister of Education and Higher Education of Qatar, Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi visited Japan (attended STS forum)

2022: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani visited Japan

2023: Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida visited Qatar

2023 January: Second Japan-Qatar Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue  

2023 January: Courtesy Call on Prime Minister of Japan, Kishida by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar H.E. Sheikh Mohammed

2023 January: 13th Meeting of the Improvement of Business Environment and Investment Working Group between Japan and Qatar  

2023 January: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, H.E. Sheikh Mohammed visited Japan  

2023 March: Visa Waiver Measure for Nationals of the State of Qatar based on Ordinary Passport Registration System

2023 July: Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to Qatar  

2023 October: Telephone Talk between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Minister of State Khulaifi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State of Qatar  

2023 October: Japan-Qatar Summit Telephone Talk  

2023 December: Japan-Qatar Summit Meeting  

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