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The History of the Japan-Turkic States   Relations

2020 - Present

2020 April: Japan-Türkiye Summit Telephone Talk 

2020 May: Japan-Kazakhstan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk  

2020 May: Prime Minister of Japan, Abe attending the opening ceremony of Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital 

2020 September: Japan-Türkiye Summit Telephone Talk 

2020 September: Entry into force of the Tax Convention between Japan and Uzbekistan  

2020 October: Japan-Kazakhstan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk  

2020 October: Japan-Türkiye Summit Telephone Talk 

2020 December: Meeting between Foreign Minister of Japan, MOTEGI and H.E. Mr. Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan  

2020 December: Mr. UMURZAKOV, Deputy Prime-Minister, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2021 March: Mr. MAMMADOV, Minister of Justice (to attend the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2021 May: Japan-Uzbekistan Summit Telephone Talk  

2021 May: Japan-Kazakhstan Summit Telephone Talk

2021 May: Japan-Turkmenistan Summit Telephone Talk

2021 May: Commencement of negotiations for the Tax Convention between Japan and Azerbaijan

2021 July: Mr. BERDIMUHAMEDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan visited Japan

2021 July, August: Minister of Youth and Sports of Türkiye, Mehmet Kasapoğlu visited Japan

2021 August: Mr. Satoshi NAKANISHI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Uzbekistan

2021 August: Mr. Satoshi NAKANISHI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Kazakhstan

2021 August: Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi visited Türkiye

2021 September: Mr. Kiyoshi EJIMA, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan visited Turkmenistan

2021 September: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Japan

2021 December: Japan-Türkiye Summit Telephone Talk 

2022 March: Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi visited Türkiye

2022 April: Japan-Turkmenistan Summit Telephone Talk  

2022 April: Japan-Türkiye Summit Telephone Talk 

2022 April: Mr. Yoshimasa HAYASHI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Kazakhstan

2022 April: Mr. UMURZAKOV, Deputy Prime-Minister, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2022 April: Mr. Yoshimasa HAYASHI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Uzbekistan

2022 May: Agreement in Principle on the Tax Convention between Japan and the Republic of Azerbaijan 

2022 May: Mr. Taro HONDA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2022 June: Japan-Uzbekistan Summit Telephone Talk  

2022 June: Mr. Taro HONDA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Kyrgyzstan

2022 September: Mr. TILEUBERDI, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan visited Japan

2022 September: Japan-Türkiye Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2022 September: Meeting between Prime Minister of Japan, Kishida and Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Berdimuhamedov (Former President)

2022 September: Mr. ABDURAKHMONOV, Minister of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2022 September: Mr. SAFOEV, First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2022 September: Mr. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOV, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh (State Funeral) of Turkmenistan visited Japan

2022 September: Japan-Türkiye Summit Meeting 

2022 October: Mr. KHUSANOV, Minister of employment and labor relations of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2022 October: Mr. DAVLETOV, Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2022 November: Mr. ABDUHAKIMOV, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and cultural heritage of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2022 December: Japan-Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers' Meeting  

2022 December: Mr. NOROV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2022 December: Japan-Turkmenistan Foreign Ministers' Meeting

2022 December: Mr. SERDAROV, Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan visited Japan

2022 December: Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan visited Japan

2022 December: Japan-Kyrgyz Foreign Ministers' Meeting  

2022 December: Mr. ZHAPAROV, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers - Head of the President’s Administration of Kyrgyzstan visited Japan

2022 December: Mr. KULUBAEV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan visited Japan

2022 December: Japan-Kazakhstan Foreign Ministers' Meeting  

2022 December: Mr. ZHAMAUBAEV, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan visited Japan

2022 December: Mr. TILEUBERDI, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan visited Japan

2022 December: Signing of the Tax Convention between Japan and Azerbaijan 

2023 January: Ms. Yuumi YOSHIKAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Kazakhstan

2023 January: Ms. Yuumi YOSHIKAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Uzbekistan

2023 February: Japan-Türkiye Summit Telephone Talk 

2023 March: Visit by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, YAMADA Kenji to Türkiye 

2023 March: Attendance of State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, YAMADA Kenji, at a luncheon hosted by H.E. Mr. Güngen, Turkish Ambassador to Japan  

2023 April: Japan-Türkiye Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

2023 May: Ms. Yuumi YOSHIKAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2023 June: State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. YAMADA Kenji (the special envoy of Prime Minister of Japan) attends the inauguration ceremony for the President of the Republic of Türkiye 

2023 June: Commencement of negotiations for the Tax Convention between Japan and Turkmenistan

2023 July: Ms. Yuumi YOSHIKAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Turkmenistan

2023 July: Mr. Toshiaki ENDO (Deputy Chairman of the Japan-Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary Friendship League), Ms. Ayuko KATO, Member of the House of Representatives and Mr. Taro HONDA, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan visited Kyrgyzstan

2023 July: Exchange of Memorandum of Cooperation between Japan and Kyrgyz Republic on a Basic Framework for Information Partnership for Proper Operation of the System pertaining for Foreign Human Resources with the Status of Residence of “Specified Skilled Worker”  

2023 July: Mr. Toshiaki ENDO (Chairman of the Japan-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship League), Ms. Ayuko KATO, Member of the House of Representatives and Mr. Taro HONDA, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan visited Kazakhstan

2023 July: Mr. KUCHKAROV, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2023 July: Meeting between Foreign Minister of Japan, HAYASHI and H.E. Mr. Jamshid KUCHKAROV, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan  

2023 July: Entry into force of the Tax Convention between Japan and Azerbaijan 

2023 July: Japan-Türkiye Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2023 July: Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. YAMADA Kenji by Delegation from the Municipalities of Türkiye 

2023 August: Ms. Yuumi YOSHIKAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Kyrgyzstan

2023 September: Japan-Türkiye Summit Meeting 

2023 September: Japan-Kazakhstan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting  

2023 October: Japan-Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk  

2023 October: Agreement in Principle on New Tax Convention between Japan and Turkmenistan  

2023 November: Ms. SULEIMENOVA, Advisor to the President - Special Representative of the President on International Environmental Cooperation of Kazakhstan visited Japan

2023 November: Mr. ZHAPAROV, President of Kyrgyzstan visited Japan

2023 November: Mr. KULUBAEV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan visited Japan

2023 November: Meeting between Mrs. KISHIDA Yuko, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan and Mrs. Aigul ZHAPAROVA, Spouse of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic

2023 November: President of the Kyrgyz Republic and Mrs. Zhaparova visited Japan  

2023 December: Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice Minister of Japan, FUKAZAWA by H.E. Mr. Mukhsinkhuja ABDURAKHMONOV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan  

2023 December: Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice Minister of Japan, FUKAZAWA by H.E. Mr. Gursel ISMAYILZADA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Japan 

2023 December: Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, TSUJI by H.E. Mr. Gursel ISMAYILZADA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Japan 

2023 December: Japan-Türkiye Summit Meeting 

2024 January: Mr. MEREDOV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan visited Japan

2024 January: Mr. Ryosuke KOZUKI, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan visited Uzbekistan

2024 January: Japan-Turkmenistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

2024 January: Mr. Ryosuke KOZUKI, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan visited Kazakhstan

2024 January: Minister of foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoko Kamikawa visited Türkiye

2024 February: Courtesy call on State Minister of Japan, Tsuge by Chief Negotiator, Mr. Rafiyev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Azerbaijan 

2024 March: Mr. SAIDOV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan visited Japan

2024 March: Dinner with Parliamentary Vice Minister of Japan, FUKAZAWA and H.E. Mr. Mukhsinkhuja ABDURAKHMONOV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan  

2024 March: Signing Ceremony and Japan- Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Working Dinner)  

2024 March: Courtesy call on Prime Minister of Japan, Kishida by Mr. Bakhtiyor SAIDOV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan

2024 March: H.E. Mr. Bakhtiyor SAIDOV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan visited Japan  

2024 May: Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Japan, FUKAZAWA by H.E. Mr. Elnur MAMMADOV, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan 

2024 June: Mr. Kiyoto TSUJI, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Uzbekistan

2024 June: Visit of Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Japan, Fukazawa to the Republic of Kazakhstan  

2024 August: Japan-Turkmenistan Summit Telephone Talk  

2024 August: Japan-Kazakhstan Summit Telephone Talk  

2024 August: Japan-Kyrgyz Summit Telephone Talk  

2024 August: Japan-Uzbekistan Summit Telephone Talk

Sources:

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

https://www.mofa.go.jp

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

https://www.mfa.gov.tr

- The Imperial Household Agency

https://www.kunaicho.go.jp

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