Japan–Uruguay relations 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 n ...

and

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. Both countries are members of the

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and the

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History

In 1908, the first migrants from Japan arrived to Uruguay and settled in the country, primarily in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern co ...

. In 1921, both nations established diplomatic relations.Japan-Uruguay Relations
/ref> During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, Uruguay severed relations with Japan, however, diplomatic relations were re-established in 1952. In 2001, Uruguayan President

Jorge Batlle Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez (; ''Batlle'' locally or ; 25 October 1927 – 24 October 2016) was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, and a member of the Colorado Party. He served as the President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. Dr. Jorge Batlle b ...

paid an official visit to Japan. That same year, Princess Sayako inaugurated a

Japanese garden are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden des ...

in Montevideo. In September 2008,

Princess Takamado (born ; 10 July 1953), is a member of the Japanese Imperial Family as the widow of Norihito, Prince Takamado. Background and education Hisako was born on 10 July 1953 in Shirokane, Tokyo. She is the eldest daughter of Japanese industrialist ...

visited Uruguay to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to Uruguay. Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez would pay official visits to Japan in 2009 and again in 2015. In December 2018, Japanese Prime Minister

Shinzō Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20 ...

paid an official visit to Uruguay, the first by a Japanese head-of-government. While in Uruguay, Prime Minister Abe met with President Vázquez and both leaders discussed the current relationship between both nations and the upcoming 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both nations in 2021. On January 6, 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan,

Toshimitsu Motegi is a Japanese politician and diplomat who currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2021, and as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry f ...

, paid a visit to Uruguay to mark the centenary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations. During his stay in the country, he held meetings with his counterpart Francisco Bustillo and with President

Luis Lacalle Pou Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou (; ''Luis Lacalle'' locally or ; born 10 August 1973) is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer serving as President of Uruguay since 1 March 2020. Son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle, Lacalle P ...

Bilateral relations

Both nations have signed a few bilateral agreements such as an Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (2015), an Agreement for the Elimination of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and Avoidance (2019), and a Agreement for cooperation in simplified customs procedures and repression of the infringement of intellectual property rights and the smuggling of drugs, weapons and merchandise (2021).

Resident diplomatic missions

* Japan has an embassy in

.Embassy of Japan in Montevideo
/ref> * Uruguay has an embassy in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

. File:Embajada de Japón en Montevideo.jpg, Embassy of Japan in Montevideo File:Flags in front of Kowa Nishi-Azabu Bldg. (Kowa No. 38 Bldg.).jpg, Embassy of Uruguay in Tokyo

References

Bilateral relations of Uruguay {{Bilateralrelations-stub

History

Bilateral relations

Resident diplomatic missions

See also

References