Editing Foreign relations of Japan (section)

=== Asia ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable floatright" style="width:360px; border:1px black; float:right; margin-left:1em;"
|+ style="background:#f99;" colspan="2"|Results of 2013 [[Pew Research Center]] poll<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/07/11/japanese-publics-mood-rebounding-abe-strongly-popular/ |title=Japanese Public's Mood Rebounding, Abe Highly Popular |format= |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |date=11 July 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714131851/http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/07/11/japanese-publics-mood-rebounding-abe-strongly-popular/ |archivedate=14 July 2013 |accessdate= |language=}}</ref><br />Asia/Pacific views of Japan by country<br />(sorted by fav − unfav)
!Country polled !!<small> Positive</small> !! <small>Negative</small> !! <small>Neutral</small> !! <small>Pos − Neg</small>
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| {{flagcountry|People's Republic of China}}||{{Percentage bar|4|c=#80FF80|width=50}}||{{Percentage bar|90|c=#FF8080|width=50}}||6||<span style="color:red;">-86</span>
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| {{flagcountry|South Korea}}||{{Percentage bar|22|c=#80FF80|width=50}}||{{Percentage bar|77|c=#FF8080|width=50}}||1||<span style="color:red;">-55</span>
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| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}||{{Percentage bar|51|c=#80FF80|width=50}}||{{Percentage bar|7|c=#FF8080|width=50}}||42||<span style="color:green;">44</span>
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| {{flagcountry|Philippines}}||{{Percentage bar|78|c=#80FF80|width=50}}||{{Percentage bar|18|c=#FF8080|width=50}}||4||<span style="color:green;">60</span>
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| {{flagcountry|Australia}}||{{Percentage bar|78|c=#80FF80|width=50}}||{{Percentage bar|16|c=#FF8080|width=50}}||6||<span style="color:green;">62</span>
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| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}}||{{Percentage bar|79|c=#80FF80|width=50}}||{{Percentage bar|12|c=#FF8080|width=50}}||9||<span style="color:green;">67</span>
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| {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}||{{Percentage bar|80|c=#80FF80|width=50}}||{{Percentage bar|6|c=#FF8080|width=50}}||14||<span style="color:green;">74</span>
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==== Southeast Asia ====
[[File:Embassy of Indonesia, in Tokyo 2024.jpg|thumb|Embassy of Indonesia in Japan]]
By 1990 Japan's interaction with the vast majority of Asia-Pacific countries, especially its burgeoning economic exchanges, was multifaceted and increasingly important to the recipient countries.<ref name=":1">{{citation-attribution|1={{cite encyclopedia|title=Japan: a country study|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/91029874/|date=1992|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Ronald E.|edition=5th|pages=288, 407–410, 414|isbn=0-8444-0731-3|oclc=24247433|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729190534/https://www.loc.gov/item/91029874/|url-status=live}}|editor-last2=Worden|editor-first2=Robert L.}}</ref> The developing countries of the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) regarded Japan as critical to their development. Japan's aid to the ASEAN countries totaled US$1.9 billion in Japanese fiscal year (FY) 1988 versus about US$333 million for the [[United States]] during U.S. FY 1988.<ref name=":1" /> As of the late 1980s, Japan was the number one foreign investor in the ASEAN countries, with cumulative investment as of March 1989 of about US$14.5 billion, more than twice that of the United States.<ref name=":1" />{{Update inline|date=September 2021}} Japan's share of total foreign investment in ASEAN countries in the same period ranged from 70 to 80 percent in [[Thailand]] to 20 percent in [[Indonesia]].<ref name=":1" />

In the late 1980s, the Japanese government was making a concerted effort to enhance its diplomatic stature, especially in Asia.<ref name=":1" /> [[Toshiki Kaifu]]'s much publicized spring 1991 tour of five Southeast Asian nations—[[Malaysia]], [[Brunei]], Thailand, [[Singapore]], and the [[Philippines]]—culminated in a 3 May major foreign policy address in Singapore, in which he called for a new partnership with the ASEAN and pledged that Japan would go beyond the purely economic sphere to seek an "appropriate role in the political sphere as a nation of peace."<ref name=":1" /> As evidence of this new role, Japan took an active part in promoting negotiations to resolve the [[Cambodia]]n conflict.<ref name=":1" />

In 1997, the ASEAN member nations and the People's Republic of China, South Korea and Japan agreed to hold yearly talks to further strengthen regional cooperation, the [[ASEAN Plus Three]] meetings. In 2005 the ASEAN plus Three countries together with [[India]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] held the inaugural [[East Asia Summit]] (EAS).

==== South Asia ====
In [[South Asia]], Japan's role is mainly that of an aid donor.<ref name=":1" /> Japan's aid to seven South Asian countries totaled US$1.1 billion in 1988.<ref name=":1" />{{Update inline|date=September 2021}} Except for [[Pakistan]], which received heavy inputs of aid from the United States, all other South Asian countries received most of their aid from Japan as of the early 1990s.<ref name=":1" />{{Update inline|date=September 2021}} Four South Asian nations—[[India]], Pakistan, [[Bangladesh]], and [[Sri Lanka]]—are in the top ten list of Tokyo's aid recipients worldwide as of the early 1990s.<ref name=":1" />{{Update inline|date=September 2021}} A point to note is that Indian Government has received no aid since the 2004 Tsunami that struck India but Indian registered NGOs look to Japan for much investment in their projects.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-evolution-of-india-s-pragmatic-policy-on-foreign-aid-101625491331811-amp.html | title=The evolution of India's pragmatic policy on foreign aid | date=5 July 2021 }}</ref>

Prime Minister [[Toshiki Kaifu]] signaled a broadening of Japan's interest in South Asia with his swing through the region in April 1990.<ref name=":1" /> In an address to the [[Indian parliament]], Kaifu stressed the role of free markets and democracy in bringing about "a new international order," and he emphasized the need for a settlement of the [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir territorial dispute]] between India and Pakistan and for [[economic liberalization]] to attract foreign investment and promote dynamic growth.<ref name=":1" /> To India, which was very short of hard currency, Kaifu pledged a new concessional loan of ¥100 billion (about US$650 million) for the coming year.<ref name=":1" />

Japan’s engagement with the Middle East region reflects a sophisticated, multi-dimensional approach that has evolved since the 1973 oil crisis. Initially driven by energy security concerns, Japan’s strategy now includes economic partnerships, cultural exchanges, and political collaboration. By strengthening ties with both energy-exporting nations like Saudi Arabia and non-energy-focused countries such as Egypt, Japan has built a network of interdependence that extends beyond oil to broader strategic and cultural dimensions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nakamura |first1=Satoru |last2=Wright |first2=Steven |title=Japan and the Middle East |chapter=A Conceptualisation of Japan’s Relations with the Middle East |date=2023 |publisher=Springer Nature Singapore |pages=12–20 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3459-9_1}}</ref>

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! scope="col" width="12%"| Formal relations began
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|{{flag|Afghanistan }}||19 November 1930<ref name="mfat" >mfat</ref>||See [[Afghanistan–Japan relations]]

Afghan–Japanese relations have existed as far back as [[World War II]], and have been mainly positive. The Japanese government in 1974 started feasibility study under [[grant aid]] to develop and built [[television in Afghanistan]].
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|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}||<!--Date started-->27 January 1992||See [[Azerbaijan–Japan relations]]
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|{{flag|Bahrain}}||<!--Date started-->15 May 1974||See [[Bahrain–Japan relations]]
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|{{flag|Bangladesh }}||February 1972<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Bangladesh–Japan relations]]

Bangladeshi–Japanese relations were established in February 1972.<ref name="JAMOFA">{{Cite web|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|location=Japan|title=Japan–Bangladesh Relations|date=March 2008|access-date=9 April 2008|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/bangladesh/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214090204/http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/bangladesh/index.html|archive-date=14 February 2008}}</ref> Japan is Bangladesh's 11th-largest export market; imports from Bangladesh make up 26% of all Japanese imports from the [[least developed country|least developed countries]], second only to those from [[Cambodia]]. Common imports from Bangladesh to Japan include leather goods, ready-made garments, and shrimp.<ref name="Matin">{{Cite book|contribution=East Asian Security: A Bangladesh Perspective|last=Abdul Matin|first=Muhammad|pages=504–528|title=Changing Security Dynamic in Eastern Asia: Focus on Japan|editor1-last=Sisodia|editor1-first=N. S.|editor2-last=Naidu|editor2-first=G. V. C.|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|year=2005|isbn=978-81-86019-52-8}}</ref> By 2004, Japan had become Bangladesh's fourth-largest source of [[foreign direct investment]], behind the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], and [[Malaysia]]. Japan's political goals in its relationship with Bangladesh include gaining support for their [[reform of the United Nations Security Council|bid to join]] the [[United Nations Security Council]], and securing markets for their finished goods. Japan is a significant source of [[development aid]] to Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Japan's Political and Economic Goals in Bangladesh|journal=Asian Affairs|volume=27|issue=4|pages=41–50|date=October–December 2005|last=Ashrafur Rahman|first=Syed|url=http://www.cdrb.org/journal/2005/4/3.pdf|access-date=9 April 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528063908/http://www.cdrb.org/journal/2005/4/3.pdf|archive-date=28 May 2008}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Bhutan }}||28 March 1986<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Bhutan–Japan relations]]
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|{{flag|Brunei }}||2 April 1984<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Brunei–Japan relations]]

Brunei has an embassy in Tokyo, and Japan has an embassy in [[Bandar Seri Begawan]].<ref name="bj">{{cite web|url=http://www.mofat.gov.bn/index.php/bilateral-relations/item/71 |title=Brunei-Japan Relations |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Brunei)]] |access-date=16 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222051946/http://www.mofat.gov.bn/index.php/bilateral-relations/item/71 |archive-date=22 February 2014  }}</ref> Relations has been established since 2 April 1984.<ref name="bj"/>
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|{{flag|Cambodia }}||1953<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Cambodia–Japan relations]]

Japan has an embassy in [[Phnom Penh]]. Trade is sizable between the two countries:
*Japan to Cambodia: 14.0 billion yen (2006)
*Cambodia to Japan: 9.5 billion yen (2006)

Japanese investment in Cambodia includes [[Phnom Penh Commercial Bank]], a joint venture of Hyundai Switzerland and Japanese [[SBI Group]], opened in 2008. Japan remains Cambodia's top donor country providing some US$1.2 billion in total overseas development assistance (ODA) during the period since 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japaninc.com/mgz_september_2008_business-in-cambodia |title=Business in Cambodia &#124; Japan – Business People Technology |publisher=japaninc.com |date=31 August 2008 |access-date=19 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927025300/http://www.japaninc.com/mgz_september_2008_business-in-cambodia |archive-date=27 September 2011  }}</ref>
In 2006, Japanese and Cambodian governments signed an agreement outlining a new Japanese aid program worth US$59 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/component/option,com_jcs/Itemid,52/crestrictid,7145/task,add/|title=Search|work=Phnom Penh Post|access-date=21 February 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The Japanese Government has provided significant assistance for [[demining]] and education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.embassyofcambodia.org/Information_Bulletin_2.pdf  |title=Information Bulletin issued by Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Washington D.C. |volume=2|date=22 March 2006 |website=embassyofcambodia.org  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707090213/http://www.embassyofcambodia.org/Information_Bulletin_2.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/6/30/Japan-aids-cambodian-mine-clearance/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070623113212/http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/6/30/Japan-aids-cambodian-mine-clearance/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 June 2007 |title=Antara News  |publisher=Antara.co.id |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=19 September 2011 }}</ref>
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160518234123/http://www.kh.emb-japan.go.jp/index-e.htm Japanese embassy in Cambodia]}}
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|{{flag|China }}||1972<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[China–Japan relations]]
[[File:Embassy of Japan in Beijing, China.jpg|thumb|Embassy of Japan in Beijing]]
During the [[Meiji period|Meiji Era]], China was one of the first countries to experience the effects of [[Japanese nationalism|Japanese Imperialism]]. After the establishment of the People's Republic of [[China]] (PRC) in 1949, relations with Japan changed from hostility and an absence of contact to cordiality and extremely close cooperation in many fields. During the 1960s the two countries resumed trade for the first time since World War II under the Liao–Takasaki Agreement. On 29 September 1972, Japan and China signed a treaty establishing diplomatic relations between the states. The 1990s led to an enormous growth in China's economic welfare. Trade between Japan and China was one of the many reasons China was able to grow in the double-digit rates during the 1980s and 1990s. Japan was in the forefront among leading industrialized nations in restoring closer economic and political relations with China. China and Japan's bilateral relationship has often been referred to as "politically cold and economically warm". The two countries have been able to keep their political issues separate in hopes of being able to continue to benefit from each other's economic success and prosperity. Resumption of Japan's multibillion-dollar investments to China and increased visits to China by Japanese officials, culminating in the October 1992 visit of Emperor [[Akihito]], gave a clear indication that Japan considered closer ties with China in its economic and strategic interest. Despite a 1995 apology regarding World War II by Japanese Prime Minister [[Tomiichi Murayama]], tensions still remain, mostly because many Chinese feel there is a lack of true remorse for wartime crimes committed by Imperial Japanese forces.  This has been reinforced by numerous visits to the [[Yasukuni Shrine]] by Japanese Prime Ministers, attempts to revise textbooks by Japanese nationalists, the continued dispute over Japan's atrocities in the [[Nanking Massacre]], and the resurgence of nationalism and militarism in Japan. The resurgence of Japan's nationalism has changed widespread feelings about China among citizens. During the post-war period, many Japanese people acknowledged and appreciated China's influence on their culture and the country's achievements. However, the approval rate of the country began to go down due to a lack of acknowledgement of Japan's past economic contribution to China's development as China grew to be one of the largest economies in east Asia, China's military and economic growth and what that would mean for the possibility of growth in Japan, and the 2004 anti-Japanese nationalism protests in China, Relations between China and Japan have also been strained due to territory politics such as fights over The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands continue. Because the two are highly engaged economically, the countries try to keep their issues at bay but, as social disapproval increases and disagreements drawn out, it is possible the relationship between the two countries could shift.
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|{{flag|India }}||28 April 1952<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[India–Japan relations]]

[[File:Trilateral exercise 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Indian Navy|Indian]], Japanese and US naval warships take part in a military exercise near [[Bōsō Peninsula]] in 2007. India is one of the only three nations with whom Japan has a security pact, the other two being the United States and Australia.<ref name="blogs.reuters.com">{{cite news | url=http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/10/25/india-japan-in-security-pact-a-new-architecture-for-asia/ | work=Reuters | title=India, Japan in security pact; a new architecture for Asia? | date=25 October 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301213612/http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/10/25/india-japan-in-security-pact-a-new-architecture-for-asia/ | archive-date=1 March 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>]]
Throughout history, bilateral foreign relations between Japan and India have generally been friendly and strong. In December 2006, Prime Minister Singh's visit to Japan culminated in the signing of the "Joint Statement Towards Japan–India Strategic and Global Partnership".

According to Prime Minister [[Shinzō Abe]]'s ''arc of freedom'' theory, it is in Japan's interests to develop closer ties with India, world's most populous democracy, while its relations with [[China]] remain chilly. To this end, Japan has funded many infrastructure projects in India, most notably in [[New Delhi]]'s metro subway system and [[Maruti Suzuki|Maruti]].India and Japan have signed a deal to build high speed trains in India<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=706&language_id=1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024174544/http://pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=706&language_id=1|url-status=dead|title=India Rediscovering East Asia, PINR|archivedate=24 October 2007}}</ref>

Indian applicants have been welcomed in 2006–07 to the [[JET Programme]], starting with just one slot available in 2006 and 41 in 2007.

India and Japan signed a security cooperation agreement in which both will hold military exercises, police the Indian Ocean and conduct military-to-military exchanges on fighting [[terrorism]], making India one of only three countries, the others being the United States and Australia, with which Japan has such a security pact.
Japan is aiding India in building the [[High-speed rail in India|High Speed Railway]] by giving India money and there are plans to export Japan's [[Shinkansen]] to India.
<ref name="blogs.reuters.com"/> There are 25,000 Indians in Japan as of 2008.
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|{{flag|Indonesia }}||20 January 1958<ref name="kedubesjepang" />||See [[Indonesia–Japan relations]]

* [[Indonesia]] has an embassy in Tokyo and a consulate in [[Osaka]]. Japan has an embassy in [[Jakarta]], consulate-general in [[Consulate-General of Japan, Surabaya|Surabaya]], and consulates in [[Medan]], [[Denpasar]], [[Makassar]].
* Japan is Indonesia's largest export partner.
* Both countries are members of the [[G20 major economies]] and [[APEC]].
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|{{flag|Iran}}||<!--Date started-->1878||See [[Iran–Japan relations]]
Japan's foreign policy towards and investments in Iran have historically been dominated by the desire to secure reliable energy supplies; Iran is Japan's third-largest oil supplier after [[Saudi Arabia]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1615&CFID=32052905&CFTOKEN=39775290&jsessionid=9a30d4c02e6c7831342b|publisher=Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania|title=Japan Strives to Balance Energy Needs with World Politics|date=26 November 2006|access-date=8 August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604235913/http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1615&CFID=32052905&CFTOKEN=39775290&jsessionid=9a30d4c02e6c7831342b|archive-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> Iran and Japan signed a visa-free travel arrangement in 1974, but it was terminated in April 1992 due to large-scale illegal [[Iranians in Japan|Iranian migration to Japan]].<ref>{{cite conference|title=Chapter III, Section 6: The Middle East|book-title=Diplomatic Bluebook: Japan's Diplomatic Activities|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan|url=http://www.mofa.jp/policy/other/bluebook/1992/1992-3-6.htm|year=1992|access-date=7 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085544/http://www.mofa.jp/policy/other/bluebook/1992/1992-3-6.htm|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> Iran and Japan also cooperate on regional foreign policy issues in the [[Middle East]], such as the [[reconstruction of Afghanistan]] and the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200205/05/eng20020505_95173.shtml|work=People's Daily|title=Iran, Japan Ready to Cooperate in Afghan, Palestinian Issues|date=5 May 2002|access-date=7 August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228060659/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200205/05/eng20020505_95173.shtml|archive-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> Since 2004, Japan has been working on developing Iran's largest on-shore oil field, located at [[Azadegan oil field|Azadegan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-18/0609159288125734.htm|title=Japan ready for talks with Iran on lucrative Azadegan oil venture|publisher=Islamic Republic News Agency|date=15 September 2006|access-date=7 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235416/http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-18/0609159288125734.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Israel}}||<!--Date started-->15 May 1952
|See [[Israel–Japan relations]]

The Japanese government refrained from appointing a Minister Plenipotentiary to Israel until 1955. Relations between the two states were distant at first, but after 1958, as demand no break occurred. This had been at the same time that [[OPEC]] had imposed an oil embargo against several countries, including Japan.

Recently ties between Israel and Japan have strengthened significantly, with many mutual investments between the two nations. Japanese prime minister [[Shinzō Abe|Shinzo Abe]] visited [[Israel]] twice – once in 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-strictly-business-for-shinzo-abe-in-israel-1.5364057|title = For Shinzo Abe in Israel, it's strictly business|newspaper = Haaretz|access-date = 14 April 2021|archive-date = 7 May 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220507152816/https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-strictly-business-for-shinzo-abe-in-israel-1.5364057|url-status = live}}</ref> and a second time in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2018/Pages/Japanese-PM-Shinz%C5%8D-Abe-arrives-in-Israel-on-an-official-visit-1-May-2018.aspx |title=Japanese PM Shinzō Abe arrives in Israel on an official visit |date=1 May 2018 |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel]] |access-date=14 April 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412010718/https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2018/Pages/Japanese-PM-Shinz%C5%8D-Abe-arrives-in-Israel-on-an-official-visit-1-May-2018.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Israel]] has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
* [[Japan]] has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]] and an honorary consulate in [[Jerusalem]].
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|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|14 July 1954
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 July 1954.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JO-JP Relations |url=https://jordanembassyjapan.com/jordan-japan-relations/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Tokyo, Japan |language=en-US |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612171705/https://jordanembassyjapan.com/jordan-japan-relations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Japan is one of Jordan's biggest donors.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-03 |title=Japan loans Jordan $100 million for electricity reforms |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/japan-loans-jordan-100-mln-electricity-reforms-2023-09-03/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |archive-date=4 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904121847/https://www.reuters.com/world/japan-loans-jordan-100-mln-electricity-reforms-2023-09-03/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Laos }}||5 March 1955<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan-Laos relations]]
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|{{flag|Lebanon}}||<!--Date started-->November 1954
|
* The embassy of Japan in Lebanon is located in the [[Grand Serail|Serail Hill Area]], Army Street, Zokak El-Blat, [[Beirut]]. The current ambassador is Yoshihisa Kuroda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lb.emb-japan.go.jp/index.htm|title=Embassy of Japan in Lebanon|access-date=21 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226210801/http://www.lb.emb-japan.go.jp/index.htm|archive-date=26 February 2015}}</ref>
* The embassy of Lebanon in Japan is located in [[Nagatachō, Tokyo|Nagatachō]], [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda]], [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanon in Japan |url=https://diplomaticmonitor.org/c2c/LB-JP}}Lebanon in Japan</ref>
*[http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/lebanon/index.html The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: Japan–Lebanon Relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709063932/https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/lebanon/index.html |date=9 July 2023 }}
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|{{flag|Malaysia }}||31 August 1957<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Malaysia relations]]

Japan has an embassy in [[Kuala Lumpur]], and consulates in [[George Town, Penang|George Town]] and [[Kota Kinabalu]]. Malaysia maintains an embassy in Tokyo. The Japanese and Malaysian governments had visited each other on multiple occasions. Notable visits include the King of Malaysia visiting Japan in 2005 while in 2006, the Emperor and Empress of Japan visited Malaysia.
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|{{flag|Maldives }}||6 November 1967<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Maldives relations]]
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|{{flag|Mongolia }}||1972<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Mongolia–Japan relations]]

* Japan has an embassy in [[Ulaanbaatar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mn.emb-japan.go.jp/|title=Embassy of Japan in Mongolia|access-date=21 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221170114/http://www.mn.emb-japan.go.jp/|archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
* Mongolia has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
* [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/mongolia/index.html Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs- Mongolia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405203256/https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/mongolia/index.html |date=5 April 2023 }}
* [http://www.mfa.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=81#yapon Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Japan (in Mongolian)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102144636/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=81#yapon |date=2 November 2015 }}
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|{{flag|Myanmar }}||1 December 1954<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Myanmar relations]]
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|{{flag|Nepal }}||28 July 1956<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Nepal relations]]

* Japan has an embassy in [[Kathmandu]].
* Nepal has an embassy in Tokyo.
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|{{flag|North Korea }}||<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–North Korea relations]]

No formal relations have been established between Japan and North Korea, though Japanese politicians have occasionally visited North Korea. Relations between Japan and North Korea have been historical hostile with incidents of confrontation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/north-koreans-in-japan-sense-growing-hostility/a-38609625|title=North Koreans in Japan sense growing hostility|first=Julian|last=Ryall|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=27 April 2017|accessdate=11 April 2021|archive-date=30 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530060516/https://www.dw.com/en/north-koreans-in-japan-sense-growing-hostility/a-38609625|url-status=live}}</ref> Japan strongly supports the U.S. in its efforts to encourage [[North Korea]] to abide by the [[nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]] and its agreements with the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA).<ref name=":0" /> Despite 31 August 1998 North Korean missile test which overflew the Home Islands, Japan has maintained its support for the [[Korean Energy Development Organization]] (KEDO) and the [[Agreed Framework]], which seeks to freeze the North Korean nuclear program.<ref name=":0" /> The U.S., Japan, and South Korea closely coordinate and consult trilaterally on policy toward North Korea, at least on a government level.<ref name=":0" /> Japan has limited economic and commercial ties with North Korea. Japanese normalization talks halted when North Korea refused to discuss a number of issues with Japan.<ref name=":0" />
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|{{flag|Pakistan }}||28 April 1952<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Pakistan relations]]

* There has been a regular exchange of high level visits between the two countries.
* The 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, jointly celebrated by the two countries in 2002, was a significant landmark in the history of this friendship.
* There are at least 10,000 Pakistanis residing in Japan.
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|{{flag|Philippines }}||July 1956<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan-Philippines relations]]

Relations between Japan and the Philippines were generally very strong since the end of [[World War II]]. It span a period from before the 16th century to the present. The Philippines gained independence from the United States in 1946. [[Diplomatic relations]] were re-established in 1956, when a [[war reparations]] agreement was concluded. By the end of the 1950s, Japanese companies and individual investors had begun to return to the Philippines and in 1975, Japan displaced the United States as the main source of investment in the Philippines.
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|{{flag|Qatar}}||<!--Date started-->1972||See [[Japan–Qatar relations]]
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|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}||<!--Date started-->June 1955||See [[Japan–Saudi Arabia relations]]

Saudi Arabian – Japan relations were established during the past half a century. Saudi–Japanese relations are based on mutual respect and common interests in all areas.
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|{{flag|Singapore }}||26 April 1966<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Singapore relations]]
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|{{flag|South Korea }}||December 1965<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–South Korea relations]]

Japan and [[South Korea]] have had many [[Japan–Korea disputes|disputes]]. Former South Korean President [[Roh Moo-hyun]] rejected a conference with the Japanese Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]] following his visits to the controversial [[Yasukuni Shrine]]. Many Koreans thought the presence of the Minister attending was a clear indication of the lack of respect and accountability Japan has done regarding the historical story of Japanese imperialism. Protests occurred in South Korea with citizens demanding the President to moblize and respond to the Japanese minister's offense and lack of remorse. Other long-running issues between the two countries include The Sea of Japan naming dispute, [[Liancourt Rocks dispute|territorial disputes]] over the [[Liancourt Rocks]] theses disputes are long lasting effects of nationalistic feelings that overtime leaders have been able to use as part of political agenda. For Koreans, feelings of hope are also intermingled with deep rooted hostility towards the Japanese neighbors who once occupied their country and who still claim the islets as theirs. Takeshima is "indisputably an inherent part of the territory of Japan, in light of historical facts and based on international law", says the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It adds that the Republic of Korea has been occupying Takeshima with "no basis in international law," and that it will continue to seek the settlement "in a calm and peaceful manner". Additionally, disagreement about whether or not the matter of World War II-era [[comfort women|forced prostitution]] has been resolved, so tensions between both countries have at times escalated situations surrounding elections and economic trade deals which have impacted both positive and negative interactions. While there has been compensation to the women and the families of the sex slave genuine polices to resolve the issue still arises during talks of cooperation especially since some are still living and the fact that many Japanese historical textbooks change the number of women or tend to ignore the very fact why the state is anti-military it was because of the abuses that occurred during the imperial times which makes cooperation between the two difficult. But with recent change in leadership and the objective to build up their trust we have seen talks of positive interactions moving forward. 
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|{{flag|Sri Lanka }}||1952<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Sri Lanka relations]]

* Japan has an embassy in Colombo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lk.emb-japan.go.jp/|title=Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka|access-date=21 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221170248/http://www.lk.emb-japan.go.jp/|archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
* Sri Lanka has an embassy in Tokyo<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lankaembassy.jp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051018040109/http://www.lankaembassy.jp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2005|title=Sri Lanka Embassy Tokyo|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Syria}}||<!--Date started-->December 1953
|See [[Japan–Syria relations]]
* Japan has an embassy in [[Damascus]]
* Syria has an [[Embassy of Syria in Tokyo]].
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|{{flag|Taiwan }}||1952<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Taiwan relations]]

[[Taiwan]] was ceded to Japan in 1895 and was a major Japanese [[prefecture]] in [[World War II]].  Following the [[unconditional surrender]] of Japan to [[Allies of World War II|Allied Powers]] after World War II, Taiwan was relinquished by Japan as a stolen territory from China (like [[Manchukuo]]) by the [[Treaty of San Francisco|San Francisco Peace Treaty]] in 1951.  Current relations are guided by the 1972 [[Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China|Japan–PRC Joint Communique]]. Since the joint Communique, Japan has maintained non-governmental, working-level relations with Taiwan. Japan refers to the Republic of China on Taiwan with the neutral name "Taiwan."
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|{{flag|Thailand }}||26 September 1887<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Thailand relations]]

Japan–Thailand relations span a period from the 17th century to the present. Contacts had an early start with Japanese trade on [[Red seal ships]] and the installation of [[Japanese people|Japanese]] communities on [[Thai people|Siamese]] soil, only to be broken off with Japan's period of [[sakoku|seclusion]]. Contacts resumed in the 19th century and developed to the point where Japan is today one of Thailand's foremost economic partners. Thailand and Japan share the distinction of never having lost sovereignty during the Colonial period.
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|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}||20 May 2002<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[East Timor–Japan relations]]
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|{{flag|Turkey }}||<!--Date started-->1890s||See [[Japan–Turkey relations]]

* First embassies were opened in 1925.
* Japan has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a consulate-general in [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tr.emb-japan.go.jp/|title=Japonya Büyükelçiliği|access-date=21 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221170725/http://www.tr.emb-japan.go.jp/|archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
* Turkey has an embassy in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkey.jp/english/indexeng.htm|title=Turkish Embassy Japan|access-date=21 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402051804/http://turkey.jp/english/indexeng.htm|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
* There are 10,000 [[Turkish people|Turks]] living in Japan.
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121221195136/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey_s-political-relations-with-japan.en.mfa Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Japan]}}
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|{{flag|Vietnam }}||21 September 1973<ref name="mfat"/>||See [[Japan–Vietnam relations]]
Vietnamese–Japanese relations stretch back to at least the 16th century, when the two countries engaged in friendly trade.  Modern relations between the two countries are based on [[Vietnam]]'s developing economy and Japan's role as an investor and [[foreign aid]] donor.
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