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Japan-Greece  Relations 

19th Century

1899 June: The Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation was signed between Japan and Greece  

 

1900 - 1980

1956: Agreement for abolishing visa between Japan and Greece was signed

1973: Bilateral Agreement on Air Services between Japan and Greece was signed

 

1980 - 1990

1981: Cultural Agreement between Japan and Greece was signed  

 

2000 - 2010

2000 September: Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, Tamisuke Watanuki visited Greece

2001 January: Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshiro Mori visited Greece

2002 September: President of the House of Councillors of Japan, Hiroyuki Kurata visited Greece

2002 March: Prime Minister of Greece, Kostas Simitis visited Japan 

2003 May: Prime Minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi visited Greece

2004 November: Minister of Agricultural Development and Provisions of Grece, Evangelos Basiakos visited Japan

2004 August: Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Science of Japan, Takeo Kawamura visited Greece

2004 August: HIH The Prince&Princess Hitachi of Japan visited Greece

2005 February: Deputy Culture Minister of Greece, Giorgos Orphanos visited Japan

2005 May: Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece, Georgios Alogoskoufis visited Japan

2005 May: President of the Hellenic Parliament of Greece, Anna Benaki visited Japan

2005 November: Prime Minister of Greece, Kostas Karamanlis visited Japan

2006 January: Speaker of House of the Representatives of Japan, Yohei Kono visited Greece

2006 May: Parliamentary Vice-Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Akiko Yamanaka visited Greece

2006 June: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Science of Japan, Kenji Kosaka visited Greece

2007 April: Minister of Transport and Communication of Greece, Michalis Liapis visited Japan

 

2010 - Present

2012 July: State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ryuji Yamane visited Greece

2013 April: Minister of Tourism Olga Kefaloyanni of Greece, visited Japan 

2014 October: Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Panagiotis Michalos visited Japan

2014 November: Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece, Andreas Loverdos visited Japan

2014 August: Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, Hirotaka Akamatsu visited Greece

2017 January: State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nobuo Kishi visited Greece

2017 December: President of the House of Councillors of Japan, Chuichi Date visited Greece

2018 July: State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kazuyuki Nakane visited Greece

2019 April: Foreign Minister of Greece, George Katrougkalos visited Japan

2019 June: Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Japan, Kentaro Sonoura visited Greece

2019 July: Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Office of Japan, Ryosei Tanaka visited Greece 

2019 October: Deputy Prime Minister of Japan, Panagiotis Pikrammenos visited Japan

2021 January: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Kostas Fragogiannis visited Japan

2021 July: Deputy Minister for Sports of Greece, Lefteris Avgenakis visited Japan (Attendance at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics)

Source:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

https://www.mofa.go.jp

The Imperial Household Agency

https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/

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