History of Japan - Nepal Relations
2024/5/5
| Date | Visits |
| 2024 | Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko's Visit to Nepal. |
| 2022 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. TAKEI Shunsuke visits Nepal to observe the election. |
| 2020 | Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Norihiro Nakayama visits Nepal. |
| 2019 | Rt. Hon'ble President Bidya Devi Bhandari visits Japan to attend the Coronation of His Majesty Emperor Naruhito. |
| 2019 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Taro Kono visits Nepal. |
| 2018 | Foreign Minister Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali visits Japan. |
| 2017 | State Minister for Environment of Japan Mr. Tadahiko Ito visits Nepal. |
| 2016 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Nobuo Kishi visits Nepal. |
| 2015 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Minoru Kiuchi visits Nepal. |
| 2015 | DPM and Energy Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi visits Japan. |
| 2015 | Minister for Finance Ram Sharan Mahat visits Japan. |
| 2015 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Mahendra Bahadur Pandey visits Japan. |
| 2015 | Foreign Secretary Mr. Shankar Bairagi visits Japan. |
| 2014 | Member of Parliament and Secretary-General of the Japan-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship League Mr. Yosuke Tsuruho visits Nepal. |
| 2014 | Parliamentry Vice President for Foreign Affairs Mr. Seiji Kihara visits Nepal. |
| 2014 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Bimalendra Nidhi, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Dipak Chandra Amatya and Minister for Education Chitra Lekha Yadav visits Japan. |
| 2014 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development Prakash Man Singh visits Japan. |
| 2013 | President Ram Baran Yadav visit Japan for treatment. |
| 2012 | Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Koro Bessho visits Nepal. |
| 2012 | Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha visits Japan. |
| 2012 | Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba visits Nepal |
| 2010 | Vice-President of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel visits Japan |
| 2009 | Minister for Finance Dr. Baburam Bhattarai Visits Japan |
| 2009 | Vice-Minister for Defence Mr. Nobuo Kishi Visits Nepal |
| 2008 | Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Osamu Uno Visits Nepal |
| 2008 | Japanese Parliamentarians Tadahiko Ito and Gaku Hashimoto visit Nepal for observation of Constituent Assembly Elections |
| 2007 | Senior Vice Minister for Defense Tadahide Kimura Visits Nepal |
| 2007 | Chihiro Atsumi, Director-General of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan visits Nepal |
| 2006 | Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhisa Shiozaki visits Nepal |
| 2005 | Minister for Finance Mukunda Prasad Rana visits Japan |
| 2005 | Home Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka visits Japan |
| 2005 | Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Katsuyuki Kawai visits Nepal |
| 2005 | TRH Crown Prince Paras and Crown Princess Himani, accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs Ramesh Nath Pandey, visit Japan to open Nepal Pavilion in Aichi Expo '05 |
| 2004 | Member of House of Representatives and Secretary General of the Japan-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship League Tadahiro Matsushita visits Nepal |
| 2004 | Chief of Commission for investigation of Abuse of Authority Surya Nath Upadhaya visits Japan |
| 2004 | Chief of Army Staff Pyarjan Thapa visits Japan |
| 2003 | Minister for Information and Communication Ramesh Pandey visits Japan |
| 2003 | Vice-speaker of the Lower House of Representative Chitra Lekha Yadav visits Japan |
| 2003 | Chief judge Kedar Nath Upadhaya visits Japan |
| 2003 | Parliamentary Secretary for Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunication, Rokuzaemon Yoshida visits Nepal |
| 2002 | Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits Nepal |
| 2002 | Minister of State for Science and Technology Bhakta Bahadur Balayar visits Japan |
| 2002 | Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Madhu Raman Acharya visits Japan |
| 2001 | Secretary General of the Japan-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship League Wataru Kubo visits Nepal |
| 2001 | HRH Crown Prince Dipendra visits Japan (Nepal gifted a pair of one-horned rhino to Japan.) |
| 2000 | Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori pays an official visit to Nepal |
| 2000 | Nepali Parliamentary delegation led by Rt. Hon. Tara Nath Ranabhat, Speaker of the House of Representatives visits Japan |
| 1999 | HM King Birendra confers Suprasiddha Prabala Gorkha Dakshin Bahu on Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan |
| 1999 | Embassy of Japan commemorates the Centennial of Japan-Nepal relations |
| 1999 | Completion of Horticulture Development Center under Japanese Grant and Technical Cooperation |
| 1998 | Nepali Parliamentary delegation led by Rt. Hon. Beni Bahadur Karki, Chairman of National Assembly, visits Japan |
| 1998 | Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala pays an official visit to Japan |
| 1998 | Japanese Parliamentary Delegation led by Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives Kozo Watanabe visits Nepal |
| 1997 | TIH Prince and Princess Akishino visit Nepal |
| 1996 | HM King Birendra inaugurates the International Buddhist Research Center in Lumbini, constructed by Reiyukai International |
| 1996 | Completion of the I-Baha-Bahi Temple Renovation Program in Patan |
| 1995 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Madhav Kumar Nepal pay an official visit to Japan |
| 1995 | Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, Minister for Foreign Affairs, visits Japan |
| 1995 | Modernization of Tribhuvan International Airport under Japanese Grant Aid |
| 1994 | Inaugural flight by Royal Nepal Airlines between Kathmandu and Osaka |
| 1994 | Completion of Udayapur Cement Factory under Japanese Government Loan |
| 1994 | Completion of Kanti Children's Hospital under Japanese Grant Aid |
| 1991 | Japanese Parliamentary Election Observation Mission, led by Keiwa Okuda, President, Japan-Nepal Parliamentarians' Friendship League, visits Nepal |
| 1991 | Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits Nepal |
| 1991 | Acting President of Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Bhattarai visits Japan |
| 1991 | Completion of Bus Terminal in Kathmandu under Japanese Grant Aid |
| 1990 | HRH Crown Prince Dipendra attends the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty Emperor Akihito |
| 1990 | Nepali-style Open Garden exhibition at Osaka Expo'90 |
| 1989 | HRH Prince Gyanendra attends the Funeral Ceremony of His late Majesty Emperor Hirohito |
| 1989 | Expansion and Development of the Medium Wave Radio Broadcasting Network under Japanese Grant Aid |
| 1988 | A Japan-China-Nepal Joint Expedition team successfully scales Mt. Everest |
| 1987 | Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Minister for Foreign Affairs, pays an official visit to Japan |
| 1987 | HIH Crown Prince Naruhito pays a visit to Nepal |
| 1987 | Completion of National Tuberculosis Center under Japanese Grant Aid |
| 1986 | TRH Prince Gyanendra and Princess Komal visit Japan to attend the opening ceremony of King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation Japan Chapter |
| 1985 | HM King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya visit Japan to attend Tsukuba Expo'85 |
| 1985 | HIH Princess Chichibu visits Nepal |
| 1984 | Completion of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, under Japanese Grant Aid and Technical Cooperation |
| 1983 | TM King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya visit Japan |
| 1982 | Completion of Kulekhani-I Hydro Power Project under Japanese Government Loan |
| 1980 | Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuo Aichi visits Nepal |
| 1978 | Inauguration of Japan-Nepal Parliamentarians' Friendship League |
| 1978 | State visit to Japan by Their Majesties King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya |
| 1977 | Krishna Raj Aryal, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal visits Japan |
| 1977 | Iichiro Hatoyama, Minister for Foreign Affairs, pays an official visit to Nepal |
| 1975 | Their Royal Highnesses Prince Gyanendra and Prince Dhirendra visit Japan |
| 1975 | Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to scale Sagarmatha |
| 1975 | TIH Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko attend the Coronation of His Majesty King Birendra |
| 1974 | Janakpur Agriculture Development Project starts under Japanese Technical Cooperation |
| 1974 | Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, visits Japan |
| 1970 | TM King Mahendra and Queen Ratna visit Japan to attend Osaka Expo'70 |
| 1970 | TIH Prince and Princess Hitachi attend the Wedding Ceremony of Crown Prince Birendra |
| 1968 | Establishment of Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu |
| 1968 | Appointment of Hidemichi Kira as the first resident Ambassador to Nepal |
| 1967 | HRH Crown Prince Birendra goes to Japan to study at Tokyo University |
| 1965 | Establishment of Royal Nepali Embassy in Tokyo |
| 1965 | Inauguration of Japanese Society in Nepal |
| 1964 | Inauguration of the Japan Nepal Society |
| 1962 | Dr. Iwamura starts medical service at the United Mission Hospital in Patan |
| 1960 | Official visit to Nepal by TIH Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko |
| 1960 | State visit to Japan by Their Majesties King Mahendra and Queen Ratna |
| 1956 | Establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan & Nepal (Exchange of Notes on September 1) |
| 1956 | Successful conquest of Mt. Manaslu by the Japanese Expedition team |
| 1956 | Seijiro Yoshizawa, Ambassador to India, attends the Coronation of HM King Mahendra |
| 1952 | Eizaburo Nishibori receives an audience with HM King Tribhuvan |
| 1951 | Exchanges between Japanese and Nepali sports delegates at the First Asian Games in New Delhi |
| 1936 | Prof. Syun-ichi Amanuma visits Nepal to inspect buildings after the great earthquake |
| 1933 | Kousetsu Nousu, renowned artist for his Buddhist paintings, and Tetsuzo Ide are invited to Nepal by General Keshar Shumsher J.B. Rana |
| 1913 | Junjiro Takakusu, Reverend Ekai Kawaguchi and Ryutei Hasebe visit Lumbini and meet Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher J.B. Rana |
| 1912 | Bunkyo Aoki enters Nepal on his way to Tibet |
| 1902 | Departure of a group of 8 Nepali students for study in Japan |
| 1899 | Arrival in Nepal by the first recorded Japanese visitor Reverend Ekai Kawaguchi, a Buddhist monk who stays in Nepal on his way to Tibet |