1992 September: Diplomatic relations between Japan and Azerbaijan has established  

1992 October: Mr. GASUIMOV, Minister of Foreign Affairs (to attend to the Tokyo Conference on Assistance to The New Independent States) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

1996 May: Mr. ARIEV, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Mr. ALIEV, Vice President of SOCAR of Azerbaijan visited Japan

1998 January: Mr. RASI-ZADE, Prime Minister (to attend to the Consultative Group Meeting for Azerbaijan hosted by World Bank) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

1998 February: Mr. ALIEV, President of Azerbaijan visited Japan

1999 March: Mr. SHARIFOV, Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan visited Japan

1999 May: Mr. Masahiko KOUMURA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

1999 October: Mr. SHARIFOV, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

1999 October: The Caucasus Friendship Mission (headed by Mr. Taro NAKAYAMA, the member of the House of Representatives) of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2000 January: Embassy of Japan opened in Baku  

2001 June: Mr. GULIYEV, Minister of Foreign Affairs (to attend the Three Caucasus States Exhibition) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2001 November: Mr. SHARIFOV, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2002 July: Mr. Seiken SUGIURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Head of the Silk Road Energy Mission) of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2003 February: Mr. Tetsuro YANO, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2003 September: Mr. Shoji MOTOOKA, Vice-chairman of the House of Councilors of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2004 August: Mr. Akira AMARI, member of the House of Representatives (Head of the Japan-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship Association) of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2005 January: Mr. Ichiro AISAWA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2005 May: Mr. SHARIFOV, Deputy Prime Minister (as the Guest of the Expo 2005 Aichi Japan) of Azerbaijan visited Japan 

2005 July: Mr. Yoshiaki HARADA, member of the House of Representatives of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2005 October: Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan opened in Tokyo  

2005 December: Mr. Daishiro YAMAGIWA, member of the House of Representatives of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2006 March: The Joint Statement on the Future Development of Friendship and Partnership between Japan and the Republic of Azerbaijan

2006 March: Mr. ALIEV, President of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2006 July: Ms. Akiko YAMANAKA, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2007 June: Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan A. Azimov Pays Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister of Japan, Taro Aso 

2007 August: Ms. Midori MATSUSHIMA, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2008 February: Mr. SHARIFOV, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2008 June: Ms. Akiko YAMANAKA, member of the House of Representatives of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2009 April: Mr. Yasutoshi NISHIMURA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2009 May: Mr. MARDANOV, Minister of Education of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2009 June: Mr. MAMMADYAROV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2010 May: Mr. SHARIFOV, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2011 May: Mr.Hisashi TOKUNAGA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2013 December: Mr. ABBASOV, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2014 February: Mr. SHARIFOV, Deputy Prime Minister (to attend the Japan Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2014 April: Mr. Takao MAKINO, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2014 June: Majors of the Republic of Azerbaijan (headed by Mr. Huseyn MOVSUMOV, Deputy Director, Regional administration and self-governance affairs division, Presidential Administration) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2015 January: Mr. Minoru KIUCHI, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2015 April: Mr. ASADOV, Speaker of Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2015 April: Mr. Kenichiro UENO, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure , Transport and Tourism of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2015 May: Mr. Taro ASO, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2015 August: Mr. HASANOV, Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2015 October: Mr. Akira AMARI, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2016 February: The New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) delegation of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2016 March: Dr. HASANOV, Assistant of the President of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2016 May: Mr. Kazunori TANAKA, Director-General, International Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2016 August: Mr. Motome TAKISAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2016 October: Mr. BABAYEV, Chairman of Azerbaijan-Japan Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2016 October: Mr. RAHIMOV, Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2017 February: Mr. Yoshifumi MATSUMURA, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2017 May: Mr. SHARIFOV, Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2017 September: Relaxation of Japanese Visa Requirements for Nationals of Azerbaijan 

2017 September: Mr. Manabu HORII, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2017 October: Mr. BABAYEV, Chairman of Azerbaijan-Japan Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2018 May: Mr. Daisaku HIRAKI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2018 September: Mr. Taro KONO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2018 September: Japan-Azerbaijan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Luncheon Meeting Hosted by Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Mammadyarov 

2019 March: Mr. Mikayil JABBAROV, Minister of Taxes of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2019 September: Mr. Kenji YAMADA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Azerbaijan

2019 October: Mr. ASADOV, Chairman of Milli Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan visited Japan

2019 November: Mr. BABAYEV, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources (to attend the Japan Azerbaijan Joint Economic Conference) of Azerbaijan 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: Commencement of negotiations for the Tax Convention between Japan and Azerbaijan

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 December: Signing of the Tax Convention between Japan and Azerbaijan 

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

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

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 

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 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 

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