Japan-United Kingdom Relations
Japan-United Kingdom Relations (Basic Data)
July 5, 2022
Basic Data
Diplomatic Relations:
- Established in August 1858 with the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce.
Number of Japanese Residents in the UK:
- 63,659(October 2021, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bureau of Consular Affairs Statistics)
Number of British Residents in Japan:
- 16,568 (June 2021, Statistics of Immigration Bureau, Ministry of Justice)
Trade with Japan (2021):
- Exports to the UK: 1.14 trillion yen (main articles: cars, power engines, car parts)
- Imports from the UK: 0.76 trillion yen (main articles: medical and pharmaceutical products, cars, power engines)
Direct Investment from Japan:
- 17.14 trillion yen (stock, as of 2021).
VIP Visits (since 2011)
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Minister for Foreign Affairs MATSUMOTO Takaaki (May) Minister for Postal Reform and Minister of State for Financial Services JIMI Shozaburo (Oct) |
| 2012 | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications KAWABATA Tatsuo (May) Their Majesty The Emperor and Empress (May) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology HIRANO Hirofumi (Jul) Minister for Foreign Affairs GEMBA Koichiro (Oct) |
| 2013 | Minister for Foreign Affairs KISHIDA Fumio (Apr) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology SHIMOMURA Hakubun (May) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance ASO Taro (May) Prime Minister ABE Shinzo (Jun) Speaker of the House of Representatives IBUKI Bunmei (Sep) |
| 2014 | Prime Minister ABE Shinzo (Apr-May) Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization AMARI Akira (May) Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications SHINDO Yoshitaka (Jul) Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy YAMAMOTO Ichita (Jul) Minister in charge of "Cool Japan" Strategy / Minister of State for Regulatory Reform INADA Tomomi (Jul) Minister of Justice TANIGAKI Sazakazu (Jul) |
| 2015 | Minister for Foreign Affairs KISHIDA Fumio and Minister of Defense NAKATANI Gen (Jan) Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries HAYASHI Yoshimasa (May) Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Game ENDO Toshiaki (Oct) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology HASE Hiroshi (Dec) |
| 2016 | Prime Minister ABE Shinzo (May) Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare SHIOZAKI Yasuhisa (Jun) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance ASO Taro (Jul) |
| 2017 | Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games MARUKAWA Tamayo (Jun) Prime Minister ABE Shinzo (Apr) Minister for Foreign Affairs KONO Taro and Minister of Defense ONODERA Itsunori (Dec) |
| 2018 | Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games SUZUKI Shunichi (May) Minister of State MATSUYAMA Masaji (May) Minister of Justice KAMIKAWA Yoko (May) Minister of State KAJIYAMA Hiroshi (Jul) Minister for Reconstruction YOSHINO Masayoshi (Sep) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance ASO Taro (Sep) |
| 2019 | Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games SAKURADA Yoshitaka (Jun) Prime Minister ABE Shinzo (Jan) |
| 2020 | Minister for Foreign Affairs MOTEGI Toshimitsu (Aug) |
| 2021 | Minister for Foreign Affairs MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance ASO Taro (Jun) Prime Minister SUGA Yoshihide (Jun) Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio (Nov) |
| 2022 | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications KANEKO Yasushi (May)Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio (May) |
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable (Jun) Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt (Aug-Sep) Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond (Sep) Secretary for State for Defence Philip Hammond (Oct) Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell (Dec) |
| 2012 | Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (Jan, Oct) Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt (Apr) Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell (Jul) Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening (Oct) |
| 2013 | Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt (Mar) Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change Edward Davey (May) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague (Oct) |
| 2014 | Lord Speaker Baroness D'Souza (Sep) |
| 2015 | H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge (Feb-Mar) Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow (Aug) |
| 2016 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Phillip Hammond and Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon (Jan) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affair Phillip Hammond (Apr) Prime Minister David Cameron, Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Nicky Morgan, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (May) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark (Jul, Oct, Dec) Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling (Sep) Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond (Oct) |
| 2017 | Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox (May) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson (Jul) Prime Minister Theresa May (Aug-Sep) |
| 2018 | Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox (Aug) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt (Sep) |
| 2019 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt (Apr) Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond (Jun) Prime Minister Theresa May (Jun) Secretary of State for International Trade Elizabeth Truss (Sep) H.R.H. The Princess Royal, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (Oct) H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex (Nov) |
| 2020 | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dominic Raab (Feb) Secretary of State for International Trade Elizabeth Truss (Oct) |
| 2021 | President for COP 26 Alok Sharma (Apr) Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace (Jul) |
| 2022 | Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Feb) |
Other Exchanges
UK-Japan 21st Century Group
The UK-Japan 21st Century Group is an advisory group, established in 1985 as UK-Japan 2000 Group, to study Japan-UK cooperation, based on an agreement between then Prime Minister Nakasone and Prime Minister Thatcher. It is a custom that recommendations adopted through discussions at the meeting are submitted to the Prime Ministers of the two countries. The latest annual meeting was held online in March 2022.