Barbados–Japan relations
bilateral relations between Barbados and Japan
Foreign relations between Barbados and Japan were formally established on 29 August 1967. Japan is accredited to Barbados from its embassy in Bridgetown (Barbados) and an honorary consulate in the parish of Saint George. Barbados is represented in Japan through a non-resident ambassador in Bridgetown. Japan's new Ambassador for Barbados, Mitsuhiko Okada had announced a new direct embassy to Barbados would be established located in Bridgetown in February 2016 .
History
The Japanese submarine I-52 was bombed off the coast of Barbados in 1944.
In 1966, Japan was one of fifteen states which took part in U.N. Security Council resolution 230 which admitted Barbados into the United Nations.
In 1999, Bajan and Japanese officials held talks aimed at defusing tensions over the transshipment of nuclear materials through the Caribbean Sea.
Barbadian and Japanese economic trade has grown steadily, in the favour of Japan. In 2005, Japan ranked as Barbados' fourth-largest financial contributor in projects. In 2009, Japan provided technical cooperation and support for the Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA).
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