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Japan–Venezuela relations ( es, Relaciones Japón-Venezuela, ja, 日本とベネズエラの関係) are foreign relations between
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
and
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. Formal diplomatic relations between the countries were established in August 1938.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: Japan-Venezuelan relations
/ref> Venezuela broke off diplomatic ties with Japan (and the other
Axis Powers The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...
) in December 1941, shortly after the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Re ...
."Venezuela Breaks with Axis Regimes," ''New York Times'', Jan. 1, 1942
/ref> In 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a three-day trip to Japan. Japanese banks Marubeni and Mitsui loaned Venezuela $3.5 billion in 2007 to be repaid in oil. The Japan Bank for International Cooperation provided $1.89 billion in loans to support the banks. Japan imported US$1 bn worth of goods from Venezuela in 2008, mainly aluminium, iron ore and cacao. Hugo Chavez made another two-day trip in 2009, during which he met Prime Minister Taro Aso. During the trip they agreed to cooperate on oil and gas developments and form a committee to study financing development and exploration. Japan and Venezuela signed a dozen other accords as part of Chavez's visit. On 23 December 2009, Chavez threatened to expropriate Toyota Motor Corp.'s local assembly plant. In February 2019, Japan recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuelan president, cutting off relations with the disputed government of left-wing
Nicolás Maduro Nicolás Maduro Moros (; born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and president of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency under dispute since 2019. Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade unio ...
, the successor of late Hugo Chavez.


See also

* Foreign relations of Japan *
Foreign relations of Venezuela The foreign relations of Venezuela had since the early twentieth century been particularly strong with the United States. However, since the election of Hugo Chávez as President of Venezuela in 1998, Venezuela's foreign policy differed sub ...
*
Japanese Venezuelan Japanese Venezuelans ( es, Japonés Venezolano; ja, 日系ベネズエラ人, ''Nikkei Benezuerajin'') are Venezuelan citizens who have full or partial Japanese ancestry. The first wave of Japanese came to Venezuela on 1931. Language Most Japane ...


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External links


Japan-Venezuela Relations
from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Official website of The Embassy of Venezuela in Japan
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
Bilateral relations of Venezuela {{Bilateralrelations-stub