Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:
    6 March, 1957 (Date of the recognition of the State)
Japanese Nationals:
    Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Ghana: 331 (as of Oct. 2009)
Trade with Japan (2009):
    Exports: 9,608 million yen (cacao, marine products such as squid and octopus, etc)
    Imports: 11,396 million yen (automobiles, tyre·tube, machinery, etc)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total until fiscal 2008):
    List of Exchange of Notes
    Loans: 125,091 million yen
    Grants: 80,510 million yen
    Technical cooperation: 40,334 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to the Republic of Ghana:
    Date     Name
    May 1993     H.I.H. Prince & Princess TAKAMADO
    May 1999     Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister (Former Prime Minister), H.E. Mr. Ryutaro HASHIMOTO
    Jan. 2001     Assistant to the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Kazuyoshi URABE
    Aug. 2001     Former Foreign Minister, Mr. Kabun MUTO
    Jul. 2003     UNDP Global Goodwill Ambassador, Ms. Misako KONNO
    Jan. 2004     Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kazunori TANAKA
    Dec. 2005     Members of the Japan-African Union (AU) Parliamentary Friendship League headed by Member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Asahiko MIHARA
    May 2006     Prime Minister, Junichiro KOIZUMI
    Mar. 2007     Ambassador on Special Mission and Member of House of Representatives, Mr. Seiken SUGIURA
    April 2008     Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yasuhide NAKAYAMA
    Sep. 2008     Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nobuhide MINORIKAWA
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yasutoshi NISHIMURA
    Jan. 2009     Ambassador on Special Mission and Member of House of Representatives, Mr. Junichiro KOIZUMI
    Mar. 2010     H.I.H. The Crown Prince
From the Republic of Ghana to Japan:
    Date     Name
    Oct. 1993     President, H.E. FLT. LT. Jerry John RAWLINGS (TICAD I)
    Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, H.E. Dr. Kwesi BOTCHWEY
    Feb. 1994     Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, H.E. Dr. Kwesi BOTCHWEY
    Dec. 1997     President, H.E. FLT. LT. Jerry John RAWLINGS
    Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. James Victor GBEHO
    Regional Minister / Eastern Region, H.E. Ms. Patience ADOW
    Oct. 1998     President, H.E. FLT. LT. Jerry John RAWLINGS (TICAD II)
    Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. James Victor GBEHO
    Jul. 1999     Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Ekwow SPIO-GARBRAH
    Oct. 2002     President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR
    Sep. 2003     President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR (TICAD III)
    Jun. 2004     Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honorable Akwasi OSEI-ADJEI
    Jun. 2005     Minister of Trade and Industry Hon. Mr. Alan John Kwadwo KYEREMATEN (Expo 2005 Aichi)
    Nov. 2006     President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR
    Jan. 2008     Member of Council of State and Chairman of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, H.E. Mr. Daniel Adzei Bekoe
    Mar. 2008     Minister for Fisheries, Hon. Mrs. Gladys Cecilia Asmah
    May 2008     President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR
    July 2008     President, H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR

Cultural Grant (cumulative total fiscal 1975-2005)

406 million yen (Cultural Grant Aid and Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects)