General information

The Republic of Armenia attaches great importance to the further strengthening of friendly and mutually beneficial ties with Japan, as well as to the establishment of new partnership relations.

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and Japan were established on September 7th, 1992.

Since July 2010 the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia has operated in Tokyo.

Since January 2015 the Embassy of Japan has operated in Yerevan. 

On February 16, 2021 Areg Hovhannisyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Japan.

On January 11, 2024 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Armenia, Yutaka Aoki presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia.

Visits

To Japan

To Armenia

Signed documents

Protocol on establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Armenia, September 7th, 1992.

Joint statement on Friendship and Partnership between Armenia and Japan, December 19th, 2001, Tokyo.

Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and Government of the Republic of Armenia, June 8th, 2005, Tokyo.

Memorandum on Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, June 6th, 2012, Tokyo.

Joint Statement on the Further Deepening of Friendship and Partnership between the Republic of Armenia and Japan, June 6th, 2012, Tokyo.

Memorandum on exchange of information on combating terrorism financing and money-laundering between the Republic of Armenia and Japan, October 2012, Yerevan.

Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the project of economic and social development of Armenia, May 25th, 2016, Yerevan.

Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the project of upgrading the equipment for the digitization of the archives of Armenian Public Television, March 30th, 2017, Yerevan.

Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the project of the improvement of the fire-rescue equipment, September 7th, 2017, Yerevan.

The Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and Japan for the Liberalization, Promotion and Protection of Investments, February 14th, 2018, Yerevan.

Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan for the Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Restoration and Conservation of Archaeological Artifacts for the Scientific-Research Center of the Historical and Cultural Heritage, February 16th, 2018, Yerevan.

Grant agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan, as well as UNDP, February 25th, 2019,

Grant agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Japan on “Economic and Social development”, June 30th, 2020, Yerevan.

Bilateral trade between Armenia and Japan /in thousand US dollars/

Main imported goods:

Construction machinery, pipes, oils and perfumes, non-metallic wires, electricity generating equipment, etc.

Main exported goods:

Tobacco, clothing, aluminum, electrical equipment.

Updated on 05.03.2024