1953: Diplomatic relations between Japan and Syria started

1953: Trade arrangements between Syria and Japan was signed

1954: Legation of Japan in Syria opened

1957: Legal assistance agreement between Syria and Japan was signed

1962: Legation of Japan upgraded to Embassy of Japan

1967: Japan Oversees Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) arrangement between Syria and Japan was signed

1978: Embassy of Syria opened in Tokyo

1985: Technical Assistance Agreement between Syria and Japan was signed

1991: Japan-Syria Parliamentary Friendship League

1991: Syrian-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Association

2000: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yohei Kono visited Syria

2001: Deputy Foreign Minister of Syria, Walid Al-Muallem visited Japan

2001 January: Deputy Director General of the Defence Agency of Japan, Shigeru Ishiwa visited Syria  

2001 August: Vice Foreign Minister of Japan, Seiken Sugiura visited Syria  

2002: Vice Foreign Minister of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi visited Syria

2002: Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade of Syria, Ghassan Al-Rifai visited Japan

2003: Minister of Electricity of Syria, Muneeb Al-Daher visited Japan

2003 April: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoriko Kawaguchi visited Syria  

2003 December: Vice Foreign Minister of Japan, Ichiro Aizawa visited Syria

2004: Deputy Foreign Minister of Syria, Iisa Darweesh visited Japan

2007: Vice Foreign Minister of Japan, Katsuhito Asano visited Syria

2008 March: Dr. Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East, to Attend the Arab League Summit, and to Visit the State of Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and the United States of America  

2009: Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yasutoshi Nishimura visited Syria

2009 January: Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, Fayssal Mekdad visited Japan

2009 July: Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights

2009 July: Visit to the Middle East by H.E. Mr. Yutaka Iimura, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East (Representative of the Government of Japan)

2009 November: Minister of Culture of Syria, Riad Naasan Agha visited Japan

2009 December: Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs of Syria, Abdullah Dardari visited Japan

2010: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defence of Japan, Akihisa Nagashima visited Syria

2012 January: Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights 

2012 March: Temporary Closure of the Embassy of Japan in the Syrian Arab Republic  

2012 May: Meeting between Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Dr. Burhan Ghalioun, President of the Syrian National Council  

2013 September: Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People 

2014 January: Foreign Minister Kishida's Attendance at the Geneva II Conference on Syria  

2018 April: Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Brussels II Conference, 2018

2018 April: Foreign Minister of Japan, Kono received a courtesy call from Dr. Naser al-Hariri, President of Syrian Negotiations Commission   

2018 September: Foreign Minister Mr. Taro Kono’s attendance to EU-hosted High Level Meeting on Syria and Japan’s new humanitarian assistance to support the Syrians

2019 March: Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Brussels III Conference, 2019 

2020 July: Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Brussels IV Conference, 2020 

2021 March: Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Brussels V Conference, 2021