Egypt–Japan relations ( ar, العلاقات المصرية اليابانية, ja, 日本とエジプトの関係) are foreign relations between
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
and
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 n ...
. Such relations are described by the Egyptian
ambassador
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to Japan as a "very strong friendship", with embassies mutually established. At present, the two nations maintain a cordial relationship with strong economic and trade relations.
History
Relations between two countries are traceable as far back as the nineteenth century. However, modern relations were established in 1922, when Japan recognised
Egypt's independence. On February 26, 1945 the Egyptian government declared war on the Japanese Empire as part of the Allied war effort. The Egyptian government was signatory to the Peace Treaty of San Francisco in 1951, and diplomatic relations were reestablished in 1952. Since then, there has been a history of a cordial relationship, with several visits by senior diplomats and, most notably, visits by respective heads of state — in 1995, Japanese
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
Tomiichi Murayama
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He led the Japanese Socialist Party, and was responsible for changing its name to the Social Democratic Party of Japan in 1996. Upon becoming Prime Minister, he w ...
visited Egypt and former
President Mubarak of Egypt has visited Japan on several occasions 1983, 1995, and 1999.
This habit of visitation is maintained up to present day, with the current president
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mi ...
having visited Japan three times between the years of 2016 and 2020.
Between 1998 and 2002, Japan loaned, granted and provided more than
$3.5 billion to Egypt. In 2002, bilateral trade between Egypt and Japan exceeded
$1 billion; giving ambulances, a bridge and the visitor centre at the
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings ( ar, وادي الملوك ; Late Coptic: ), also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings ( ar, وادي أبوا الملوك ), is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th ...
.
As of October 2009, 1051 Japanese citizens reside in Egypt. 90,000 Japanese visited Egypt in 2009 and 3,500 Egyptians visited Japan in 2007.
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Diplomacy
Japan considers Egypt a key player in the Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
and, as such, sees Egypt as a vital part of its diplomacy in the region.[ The two heads of government have been known to support each other on issues pertaining to the peace process in the Middle East.
The two countries maintain a "Joint Committee" dedicated to exploring developments in areas of mutual interest to the two countries.]
References
External links
Embassy of Egypt in Japan
Embassy of Japan in Egypt
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