Japan-Indonesia
Relations
Diplomatic Relations
1919.05.31 Japanese
Legation in Batavia Opens
1941.12.08 Japanese Legation in Batavia Closes
1952.08.05 Japanese Legation in Jakarta Opens
1958.04.15 Both Legations Raised to the Status of Embassies
State Visits, 1998-2005
1998.03 Prime Minister
Ryutaro Hashimoto Visits Indonesia
1998.03 Vice-President B. J. Habibie Visits Tokyo
1998.09 MITI Minister Kaoru Yosano Visits Indonesia
1998.11 Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura Visits Indonesia
1999.07 Foreign Minister Ali Alatas Visits Tokyo
1999.11 President Abdurrahman Wahid Visits Tokyo
2000.04 President Abdurrahman Wahid Visits Tokyo
2001.09 President Megawati Sukarnoputri Visits Tokyo
2002.01 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Visits Indonesia
2002.12 Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda Visits Tokyo
2003.06 President Megawati Sukarnoputri Visits Tokyo
Economic and Trade Relations
Japan-Indonesia trade
relations are significant in their volume. In 2005, Japanese
exports to Indonesia were valued at about US$9.3 billion and
its imports from Indonesia about US$20.4 billion.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship League
Taku Yamasaki
House of Representatives (Fukuoka 2nd District)
Liberal Democratic Party
MOFA Webpage
Japan-Indonesia
Relations
Embassy
Webpage
Embassy
of Japan in Jakarta (No English)
Embassy
of Indonesia in Tokyo (No English)
2005
Newsletters
4
-- Indonesian President Yudhoyono’s Agreements in Tokyo
6 -- More
on the Yudhoyono Visit
19 -- Japan
and Indonesia Boost Military Ties as Ship Arrives in Jakarta
47
-- Tangible Results from the June Visit of President Yudhoyono
53
-- ARF Outlook: Joint Maritime Maneuvers to be Held
59
-- Japan-Indonesia Symposium
90
-- Japan to Teach Indonesians “Democracy”
95
-- Japanese Reactions to the Terrorist Event in Bali
102
-- Bali Bombings Affect Japanese Tourism
146
-- Indonesia Should Set Up FTA with Japan ‘Soon’
2006
Newsletters
167
-- Indonesian Vice-President Kalla is Coming to Tokyo
173
-- Vice-President Kalla Rattles in Tokyo
181
-- Japan-Indonesia Relations: New Opportunities, New Tensions
229
-- Kalla Strikes Again: Jakarta Holds Tough on the MRT Project
238
-- Indonesian Terrorist Suspects Confess to Surveying Japanese
Targets
250
-- Indonesian Ambassador Takes a Parting Shot at Japan
259
-- Shizuoka Will Not Offer Hope / JAPEX Indonesian Gas / Awards
from Japan
261
-- The Perception of Islam in Japanese Schools
276
-- Japanese Rule and the PETA Army in Indonesia
285
-- Relief Team Bound for Java / Kalla Back in Tokyo / Discussion
on Malacca Strait
294
-- Earthquake Relief: Nukaga Says that Japan Wants to Lead
Efforts
311
-- Tokyo Provides Patrol Boats to Indonesia
324
-- Japanese-Trained Armies in Southeast Asia
331
-- The Foreign Muslim Population in Japan
336
-- MOFA on Emergency Assistance to Indonesia
338
-- Japanese Trade with the Islamic World in 2005
396
-- Indonesia Sends Mixed Signals to Japan
407
-- Questions Arise over the Use of ODA Money in Eastern Indonesia
420
-- Inpex Drills for LNG in Indonesia’s Timor Sea amid
Energy Concerns
432
-- Japan Vulnerable to Attacks from Jemaah Islamiya
439
-- Japan-Indonesia Economic Relations Update
445
-- Economic Cooperation to Dominate Yudhoyono Visit to Japan
459
-- Japan-Indonesia Relations Strengthened through Economic
Initiative
464
-- Japan Joins with Asian Nations in Anti-Piracy Center
466
-- Fallout from Japan-Indonesia EPA Signing
468
-- Japan-Southeast Asia Trade Updates
2007
Newsletters
488
-- Security Plays Role in ASEAN Relations / Nuclear Energy
Attractive to Indonesia
491
-- Building Bio-Ethanol Factories in Indonesia / Demand for
Timber Increases
517
-- Group Scrapped / EPA May be Finalized / Indonesia Seeks
Industrialization
549
-- Deepening Cooperation between Indonesia and Japan
555
-- Indonesia Faces New Challenges in Relations with Japan
and China
588
-- Japan Boosts Economic Development in Southeast Asia via
Aid and Investment
592
-- Energy Cooperation and Security in Malaysia and Indonesia
622
-- Kalla’s Visit Yield’s Hints of Promise and
Peril / JBIC Loans for Coal Project
643
-- Tokyo Wants to Complete Indonesia Trade Negotiations /
Security Issues
657
-- The Forthcoming Japan-Indonesia EPA / Japanese-Made Patrol
Boats
666
-- North Sulawesi Governor Holds Talks in Tokyo
672
-- EPA Waiting for Abe / Power Plant / Knife-Wielding Pirates
/ New Aid Projects
686
-- Indonesian Students Protest Japanese Company / Nuclear
Treaty / Garuda Safe
716
-- A View of the Islands / Friendship Year / Mitsubishi /
Joint Statements
738
-- Japan, China, and Southeast Asia / Indonesian Submarines
/ LNG / Nurses
752
-- Jakarta Post Editorializes on Japanese Democracy
761
-- Indonesian Military Wary of MSDF Security Role on the Malacca
Strait
778
-- Indonesia and Japan: Partners in Disagreement
790
-- Eye on Indonesia: Why Japan Must Pay More
805
-- Indonesians Unimpressed with Japanese Democracy
836
-- Japan’s Peacebuilding Efforts in Aceh
853
-- The Three Patrol Boats are Delivered / Environmental Angles
Information
for the “Japan-Indonesia Relations” page was compiled
by Michael Penn
