Japan–Uruguay Relations
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Japan–Uruguay relations are foreign relations between
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and
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. 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
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. In 1921, both nations established diplomatic relations.Japan-Uruguay Relations
/ref> During
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, Uruguay severed relations with Japan, however, diplomatic relations were re-established in 1952. In 2001, Uruguayan President
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paid an official visit to Japan. That same year, Princess Sayako inaugurated a
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in Montevideo. In September 2008,
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visited Uruguay to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to Uruguay. Uruguayan President
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would pay official visits to Japan in 2009 and again in 2015. In December 2018, Japanese Prime Minister
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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,
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, 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
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and with President
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Bilateral agreements

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
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.Embassy of Japan in Montevideo
/ref> * Uruguay has an embassy in
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. File:Embajada de Japón en Montevideo.jpg, Embassy of Japan in Montevideo File:Daimon KS Bldg.jpg, Embassy of Uruguay in Tokyo


See also

* Japanese Uruguayans


References

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
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