Japan-Mauritania Relations

 

Photo: Japanese TV Personality Kanae Takauchi in Mauritania
Source: TBS Website

Diplomatic Relations

1960 -- Japan Recognizes Mauritania

Economic and Trade Relations

In 2005, Mauritania exported more than US$100 million in chromium ore and marine products to Japan.

MOFA Webpage

Japan-Mauritania Relations

SEJJIR Articles

Africa Between the Meiji Restoration and the Legacy of Ataturk

2005 Newsletters

57 -- The Japanese Non-Reaction to the Coup in Mauritania

2006 Newsletters

214 -- The Absence of Islamic African History in Japan
255 -- Japan Provides Election Support for Mauritania
322 -- Japan in Mauritania: Elections, Oil, and the Shadow of China
414 -- Prime Minister Abe Hosts an Iftar Dinner

2007 Newsletters

566 -- Tokyo Cheers Free Elections in Mauritania
708 -- Mauritania Foreign Minister Visits Tokyo and Receives Aid for Schools
861 -- Japanese Aid for the Resettlement of Negro-Mauritanians
864 -- The (Very Long) Countdown to TICAD IV

Information for the “Japan-Mauritania Relations” page was compiled by Michael Penn