Relationships of Japan

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120 classified relationships · 74 with insufficient information. Lack of information does not mean neutrality.

Indicators for Japan

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Indicator	Value and source
Nominal GDPCurrent USD	4.44 trillion USD2025 · World Bank
GDP per capitaCurrent USD per person	35,951.05 USD2025 · World Bank
GDP growthAnnual real change (%)	1.19 %2025 · World Bank
Policy interest rateCentral bank instrument (%)	1.25 %2026-09-24 · Bank of Japan
Inflation · annual averageAverage annual change in headline CPI (%)	3.17 %2025 · World Bank
Inflation · latest year-on-year figureHeadline CPI relative to the same period of the previous year (%); monthly or fortnightly frequency stated	1.9 %2026-08 · Statistics JPNational headline CPI, 2025 base; includes fresh food and energy. Neither the measure excluding fresh food (1.7%) nor the Tokyo advance release is used.
Unemployment% of the labour force; definition used by the stated institution	2.45 %Estimate2025 · World Bank
Budget balanceGeneral government (% of GDP)	-1.1 %Estimate2025 · IMF — World Economic Outlook
Gross public debtGeneral government (% of GDP)	206.5 %Estimate2025 · IMF — World Economic Outlook
Current account balance% of GDP	4.86 %2025 · World Bank
PopulationPeople	123,366,7342025 · World Bank
AreaTotal area in km²; territorial coverage of the source	377,969 km²2023 · BM / FAO
Military expenditureCurrent USD per year; SIPRI series
Military expenditure (% of GDP)Percentage of GDP; SIPRI definition, not NATO’s definition

Bilateral relationships

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Afghanistan	Insufficient information	View on the map
Albania	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Germany	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Andorra	Insufficient information	View on the map
Angola	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Antigua & Barbuda	Insufficient information	View on the map
Saudi Arabia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Algeria	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Argentina	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Armenia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Australia	Close cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Austria	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Azerbaijan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Bahamas	Insufficient information	View on the map
Bangladesh	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Barbados	Insufficient information	View on the map
Bahrain	Insufficient information	View on the map
Belgium	Insufficient information	View on the map
Belize	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Benin	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Belarus	Strained relationship	Read the relationship in detail
Bolivia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Botswana	Insufficient information	View on the map
Brazil	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Brunei	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Bulgaria	Insufficient information	View on the map
Burkina Faso	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Burundi	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Bhutan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Cape Verde	Insufficient information	View on the map
Cambodia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Cameroon	Insufficient information	View on the map
Canada	Close cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Qatar	Insufficient information	View on the map
Chad	Insufficient information	View on the map
Czechia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Chile	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
China	Strained relationship	Read the relationship in detail
Cyprus	Insufficient information	View on the map
Vatican City	Insufficient information	View on the map
Colombia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Comoros	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Congo - Brazzaville	Insufficient information	View on the map
North Korea	Strained relationship	Read the relationship in detail
South Korea	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Costa Rica	Insufficient information	View on the map
Côte d’Ivoire	Insufficient information	View on the map
Croatia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Cuba	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Denmark	Cooperation	View on the map
Dominica	Insufficient information	View on the map
Ecuador	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Egypt	Insufficient information	Read the relationship in detail
El Salvador	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
United Arab Emirates	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Eritrea	Insufficient information	View on the map
Slovakia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Slovenia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Spain	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
United States	Close cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Estonia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Eswatini	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Ethiopia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Philippines	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Finland	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Fiji	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
France	Close cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Gabon	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Gambia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Georgia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Ghana	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Grenada	Insufficient information	View on the map
Greece	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Guatemala	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Guinea	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Equatorial Guinea	Insufficient information	View on the map
Guinea-Bissau	Insufficient information	View on the map
Guyana	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Haiti	Insufficient information	View on the map
Honduras	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Hungary	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
India	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Indonesia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Iraq	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Iran	Strained relationship	Read the relationship in detail
Ireland	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Iceland	Insufficient information	View on the map
Marshall Islands	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Solomon Islands	Insufficient information	View on the map
Israel	Mixed relationship	Read the relationship in detail
Italy	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Jamaica	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Jordan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Kazakhstan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Kenya	Insufficient information	Read the relationship in detail
Kyrgyzstan	Insufficient information	View on the map
Kiribati	Insufficient information	View on the map
Kuwait	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Laos	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Lesotho	Insufficient information	View on the map
Latvia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Lebanon	Insufficient information	View on the map
Liberia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Libya	Insufficient information	View on the map
Liechtenstein	Insufficient information	View on the map
Lithuania	Insufficient information	View on the map
Luxembourg	Insufficient information	View on the map
North Macedonia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Madagascar	Insufficient information	View on the map
Malaysia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Malawi	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Maldives	Insufficient information	View on the map
Mali	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Malta	Insufficient information	View on the map
Morocco	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Mauritius	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Mauritania	Insufficient information	View on the map
Mexico	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Micronesia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Moldova	Insufficient information	View on the map
Monaco	Insufficient information	View on the map
Mongolia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Montenegro	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Mozambique	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Myanmar (Burma)	Insufficient information	View on the map
Namibia	Insufficient information	View on the map
Nauru	Insufficient information	View on the map
Nepal	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Nicaragua	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Niger	Insufficient information	View on the map
Nigeria	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Norway	Insufficient information	View on the map
New Zealand	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Oman	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Netherlands	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Pakistan	Insufficient information	Read the relationship in detail
Palau	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Palestine	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Panama	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Papua New Guinea	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Paraguay	Cooperation	View on the map
Peru	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Poland	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Portugal	Insufficient information	View on the map
United Kingdom	Close cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Central African Republic	Insufficient information	View on the map
Congo - Kinshasa	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Dominican Republic	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Rwanda	Cooperation	View on the map
Romania	Insufficient information	View on the map
Russia	Strained relationship	Read the relationship in detail
Samoa	Insufficient information	View on the map
St. Kitts & Nevis	Insufficient information	View on the map
San Marino	Insufficient information	View on the map
St. Vincent & Grenadines	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
St. Lucia	Insufficient information	View on the map
São Tomé & Príncipe	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Senegal	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Serbia	Cooperation	View on the map
Seychelles	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Sierra Leone	Insufficient information	View on the map
Singapore	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Syria	Insufficient information	View on the map
Somalia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Sri Lanka	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
South Africa	Insufficient information	Read the relationship in detail
Sudan	Insufficient information	View on the map
South Sudan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Sweden	Insufficient information	View on the map
Switzerland	Insufficient information	View on the map
Suriname	Insufficient information	View on the map
Thailand	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Tanzania	Insufficient information	View on the map
Tajikistan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Timor-Leste	Insufficient information	View on the map
Togo	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Tonga	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Trinidad & Tobago	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Tunisia	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Turkmenistan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Türkiye	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Tuvalu	Insufficient information	View on the map
Ukraine	Cooperation	View on the map
Uganda	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Uruguay	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Uzbekistan	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Vanuatu	Cooperation	View on the map
Venezuela	Insufficient information	View on the map
Vietnam	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Yemen	Insufficient information	View on the map
Djibouti	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail
Zambia	Cooperation	View on the map
Zimbabwe	Cooperation	Read the relationship in detail