1957 February: Japanese government established a Legation to Sudan (under Ambassador in Egypt)  

1961 April: Japanese government upgraded the Legation to an Embassy  

1961 September: Sudanese government established an Embassy  

1970 February: Sudanese government closed its Embassy  

1973 August: Sudanese government reopened the Embassy  

1956 January: Diplomatic relations between Japan and Sudan was established

1977 October: Private Goodwill Economic Mission (Leader: Shigeo NAGANO, Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry) of Japan visited Sudan

1978 January: Moichi MIYAZAKI, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Japan visited Sudan

1983 July: Yozo ISHIKAWA, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Sudan

1983 November: Goodwill mission (Leader: Masanao ODAKA, the Executive Director of The Middle East Research Institute of Japan) of Japan visited Sudan

1988 January: Japan-Sudan Parliamentary Friendship Association (Leader: Member of House of Councillors Mr. TASHIRO) of Japan visited Sudan

1989 February: Japan-Sudan Parliamentary Friendship Association (Leader: Member of House of Councillors Mr.TASHIRO) visited Sudan

1993 December: Tetsuko KUROYANAGI, Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF visited Sudan

1998 October: Abdallah Hassan Ahmed, Minister of International Cooperation and Investment (on the occasion of TICAD II) of Sudan visited Japan

2001 May: Yusif, Director of Asian Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan visited Japan

2001 December: Dr. Al-Tigani Salih Fidail, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan visited Japan

2003 May: Mutrif Siddig, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan visited Japan

2003 July: Keitaro SATO, Ambassador in Charge of Peacebuilding in Africa visited Sudan

2003 August: Keitaro SATO, Ambassador in Charge of Peacebuilding in Africa visited Sudan

2003 September: Badreddin Mohamed Ahmed Suliman, Advisor to the President for Economic Affairs (on the occasion of TICAD III) of Sudan visited Japan

2003 September: Tetsuro YANO, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Sudan

2004 March: Al Tijani Adam Ali Tahir, Minister of Environment of Sudan visited Japan

2004 March: Dr. Sulaf Al Deen Salih Mohamed, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Commission of Sudan visited Japan

2004 September: Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, Minister of Foreign Affairs (a Working Visit upon Invitation by Minister for Foreign Affairs) of Sudan visited Japan

2004 September: Keitaro SATO, Ambassador in Charge of Peacebuilding in Africa visited Sudan

2004 August: Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan visited Japan

2004 November: Dr. El Zubeir Bashir Taha, Minister of Science and Technology (on the occasion of STS Forum) of Sudan visited Japan

2004 December: Ichiro AISAWA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Sudan

2005 January: Masaharu Kohno, Director-General for Sub-Saharan African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan attended the Signing Ceremony of the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan 

2005 March: Meeting between Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ichiro Aisawa and Government Officials of the Republic of the Sudan and Members of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) 

2005 March: Visit to Japan by Joint Visiting Groups to Support Reconstruction in Sudan 

2005 March: Joint National Transition Team (JNTT) of Sudan visited Japan

2005 April: Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan attended the Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan 2005 

2005 May: Delegation of the Democratic Party of Japan to Middle East and Sudan (Leader: Katsuya OKADA, President, The Democratic Party of Japan) visited Sudan

2005 July: Keitaro SATO, Ambassador in Charge of Peacebuilding in Africa visited Sudan

2005 November: Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship Association (Leader: Koji OMI, Member of the House of Representatives) visited Sudan

2005 December: Dr. Altijani Salih Fidail, Minister of International Cooperation of Sudan visited Japan

2006 February: Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Sudan

2006 August: Dr. El Zubeir Bashir Taha, Minister of Science and Technology (on the occasion of STS Forum) of Sudan visited Japan

2006 October: Keitaro Sato, Ambassador of Japan in charge of Peace Building in Africa visited Sudan

2006 November: Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan visited Japan

2006 December: Malik Agar Ayar, Minister of Investment (on the occasion of a JETRO Investment Seminar) of Sudan visited Japan

2007 January: Kazunori TANAKA, Senior Vice-Minister for Finance of Japan visited Sudan

2007 March: Keitaro SATO, Ambassador in Charge of Peacebuilding in Africa visited Sudan

2007 June:  Takeshi Iwaya, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan attended Enlarged International Contact Group Meeting on Darfur 

2007 June: Dr. Ahmed Belal Osman, Advisor to President (private invitation) of Sudan visited Japan

2007 September: Itsunori Onodera, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Bahrain and Attend High-level Meeting concerning Darfur Issue (

2007 October: Tabita Shokai, Minister of Health (private invitation) of Sudan visited Japan

2007 October: Dr. El Zubeir Bashir Taha, Minister of Interior (on the occasion of STS Forum) of Sudan visited Japan

2007 October: Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Regional Cooperation (Government of Southern Sudan) (by the Opinion Leader Invitation scheme) visited Japan

2008 January: Tetsuro YANO, Member of the House of Councillors (Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan) visited Sudan

2008 March: Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie, Assistant to the President (by the Invitation by Minister for Foreign Affairs) of Sudan visited Japan

2008 May: Field Marshal Omer Hassan Ahmed al Bashir, President of the Sudan (on the occasion of TICAD IV) visited Japan

2008 May: Itsunori ONODERA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yasuhide NAKAYAMA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Keitaro SATO, Ambassador in Charge of Peacebuilding in Africa visited Sudan

2008 July: Study mission of House of Councillors (Leader: Tetsuro YANO, Member of the House of Councillors) of Japan visited Sudan

2008 August: The delegation led by Asahiko MIHARA, Member of the House of Representatives (Director-General, International Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party) of Japan visited Sudan

2008 October: Dr. El Zubeir Bashir Taha, Minister of Agriculture and Forests, Ibrahim Ahmed Omer, Minister of Science and Technology (on the occasion of STS Forum) of Sudan visited Japan

2009 January: Ali Ahmed Karti, State Minister of Foreign Affairs (by the Opinion Leader Invitation scheme) of Sudan visited Japan

2009 February: Keitaro SATO, Ambassador in Charge of Peacebuilding in Africa visited Sudan

2009 March: Dr. Luka Biong, Minister of Presidential Affairs in the Government of Southern Sudan (on the occasion of the TICAD IV Follow-up Symposium) visited Japan

2009 March: Dr. Awad Ahmed El- Jaz,Special Envoy of the President of the Sudan (Minister of Finance and National Economy) visited Japan

2009 April: Dr. Awad Ahmed El-Jaz, Sudanese Envoy pays Courtesy Call on Takeo Kawamura, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan

2009 October: Dr. Mutrif Siddiq, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (on the occasion of Japan-Sudan Policy Dialogue) visited Japan

2009 October: Meeting between Tetsuro Fukuyama, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Dr. Mutrif Siddiq, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan 

2009 October: Meeting between Tetsuro Fukuyama, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Pagan Amum Okiech, Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement 

2009 October: Pagan Amum Okiech, Secretary General of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan visited Japan (by the invitation of the MOFA of Japan)

2009 November: Meeting between Tetsuro Fukuyama, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Professor Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla, Deputy Chairman of the National Elections Commission of Sudan

2009 November: Professor Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla, Deputy Chairman of the National Elections Commission of Sudan(by the Opinion Leader Invitation scheme) visited Japan

2009 December: Dr. El Tigani Salih Fidail, Minister of International Cooperation of the Sudan Government of National Unity, Prof. Peter Adwok Nyaba Tor, Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research of the Sudan Government of National Unity, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Supply of the Government of Southern Sudan (Japan-Arab Economic Forum) visited Japan

2010 February: Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of the Republic of the Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan visited Japan

2010 April: Dispatch of a Japanese Election Observation Team for the General Elections in Sudan

2010 July: Chinami NISHIMURA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Sudan

2010 September: Study mission of House of Representatives (Leader: Katsuyuki ISHIDA, Member of the House of Representatives) of Japan visited Sudan

2010 December: Dispatch of a Japanese Referendum Observation Mission to Sudan 

2010 December: Dr. Mutrif Siddig Ali Alnimeiri, State Minister of Humanitarian Affairs (on the occasion of a public symposium) of Sudan visited Japan

2011 July: Makiko KIKUTA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Sudan

2011 October: Ryuji YAMANE, State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Public and Private Joint Mission for Promoting Trade and Investment) of Japan visited Sudan

2011 November: Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin Al-Attabani, President Advisor of Sudan visited Japan (by the invitation by Minister for Foreign Affairs)

2012 October: Ali Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelrasoul, Minister of Finance and National Economy of the Republic of the Sudan visited Japan (on the occasion of the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank)

2012 December: Dr. Tahani Abdalla Attia Gasmalla, State Minister of Ministry of Science and Communication of Sudan visited Japan (on the occasion of the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety)

2013 January: Dr. El Tigani Seisi, The Darfur Regional Authority of Sudan visited Japan

2013 June: Meeting between Foreign Minister of Japan, Kishida and State Minister Yassin for Finance and National Economy of the Republic of the Sudan 

2013 June: Magdi Hassan Yassin, State Minister for Finance and National Economy of Sudan visited Japan (on the occasion of TICAD V)

2013 October: Idris Mohamed Abdelgadir, State Minister of the Presidency of Sudan visited Japan (by the invitation of the MOFA of Japan)

2014 November: Souad Abdelrazig Muhammad, Minister of Education of Sudan visited Japan (on the occasion of World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development)

2015 March: Ismat Abdelrahman Zain Alabdeen, Minister of Interior of Sudan visited Japan (on the occasion of UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction)

2016 August: Japan-Sudan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2016 December: Kamal Eldeen Ismail Saeed, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan visited Japan (by the invitation of the MOFA of Japan)

2016 December: Meeting between State Minister of Japan, Sonoura and the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan 

2018 October: Meeting between State Minister of Japan, Sato and the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan 

2023 April: Arrival of the Chartered Flight for Japanese Nationals and Others Evacuated from the Republic of Sudan to Djibouti 

2023 April: Departure of the Chartered Flight for Japanese Nationals and Others Evacuated from the Republic of Sudan to Djibouti

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