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Legal Framework of Ukraine-Japan Bilateral Relations
31 July 2023 21:19

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations (January 26, 1992), 79 bilateral documents have been signed between Ukraine and Japan.

The key document defining the main area of cooperation between the two states, is the Accord on Support for Ukraine and Cooperation between the Government of Japan and Ukraine (text of the agreement (in Ukrainian, Japanese and English) at the links: https://cutt.ly/LeaoEpVc, https: //cutt.ly/GeaoEWVs, https://cutt.ly/keaoEC0H).

Date of signing

Name

Date of ratification

Date of entry into force


January 26, 1992

Agreement between the

Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the establishment of diplomatic relations (in the form of an exchange of letters)



2.

March 2, 1994

Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on cooperation in the field of elimination of nuclear weapons, which is subject to reduction in Ukraine, and the creation of a committee on cooperation for these purposes



On 16 July 2018 the agreement has expired

3.

March 23, 1995

Joint statement between Ukraine and Japan



4.

March 23, 1995

Agreement between

Ukraine and Japan on the issue of succession of both states regarding

treaties and agreements, concluded by Japan with the former Soviet Union (in the form of an exchange of letters)


23 March 1995

5.

December 28, 1995

Loan agreement between

Ukraine (acting through the Ministry of Finance) and Export-Import Bank of Japan on the provision of a loan in the amount equivalent to 150 million US dollars

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine №  112/96-ВР dated March 26, 1996


6.

December 28, 1995

Agreement on a loan between Ukraine (acting through the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine) and the Export-Import Bank of Japan on the provision of export credit in the amount equivalent to 50 million US dollars

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine №  113/96-ВР dated March 26, 1996


7.

April 14, 1997

Agreement on cooperation and partnership between the Export-Import Bank of Ukraine and the Export-Import Bank of Japan



8.

May 19, 1997

Memorandum on the establishment and activities of the Japanese Center in Ukraine

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine № 742/97-ВР dated December 17, 1997.

February 5 1998 (for Ukraine)

9.

October 6, 1997

Memorandum between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, acting through the National Agency of Ukraine for Reconstruction and Development, and the Export-Import Bank of Japan as a government institution of Japan regarding the provision of loans and guarantees to Ukraine

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine №  127/98-ВР dated February 12 1998.


10.

October 6, 1997

Memorandum between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, acting through the National Agency of Ukraine for Reconstruction and Development, and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan, acting through the Department of Export, Import and Investment Insurance, regarding state support for exports, loans and other operations for Ukraine


Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

126/98-

BP

dated

Februar y 12

1998.


11.

April 13, 1999

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a Japanese cultural grant for the supply of musical instruments to the National Philharmonic of Ukraine


Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

933-XIV

dated July 14 1999



12.

July 30, 1999

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a Japanese cultural grant for the supply of audiovisual equipment to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine


Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

1161-XIV

dated October 19, 1999


13.

August 22, 2000

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan regarding the implementation of the Project to improve the level of medical equipment in the Ukrainian specialized hospital "Ohmatdyt"


Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

2106-III

dated November 16, 2000


14.

February 1, 2001

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan regarding the provision of a Japanese cultural grant for the supply of audio equipment to the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

2483-III

dated May 29, 2001


15.

January 22, 2002

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a Japanese cultural grant for the supply of audio equipment and musical instruments to the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet of Ukraine

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

22-IV

dated June 20, 2002


16.

October 20, 2002

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on restructuring




17.

December 5, 2022

Agreement on restructuring between Ukraine, represented by the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, authorized by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation



18.

March 28, 2003

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a cultural grant for the supply of musical instruments, audio and video equipment to the Kyiv Children's Academy of Arts

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

879-IV

dated May 22, 2003

June 18, 2003

19.

September 1, 2003

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a Japanese cultural grant for the supply of lighting equipment to the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomiia Krushelnytskа

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

1606-IV

dated March 17, 2004

May 21, 2004

20.

September 1, 2003

Joint Ukrainian-Japanese communiqué



September 1, 2003

21.

June 10, 2004

Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on technical cooperation and grant assistance

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

1969-IV

dated July 1, 2004


22.

March 3, 2005

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a Japanese cultural grant to Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko for the purchase of a linguistic laboratory and audiovisual equipment



23.

March 29, 2005

Credit agreement for the Boryspil State International Airport Development Project between the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine




24.

March 29, 2005

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a loan to finance the development project of the Boryspil International Airport

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine

2669-IV

dated June 16, 2005

July 19, 2005

25.

July 21, 2005

Joint statement of Ukraine and Japan on a new partnership in the 21st century




26.

July 15, 2005

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the implementation of the technical cooperation project "Ukraine-Japan Center"


July 15, 2005

27.

July 21, 2005

Protocol on access to goods and services markets between Ukraine and Japan



28.

November 2, 2005

Agreement on the allocation of a grant to the Kyiv secondary special music boarding school named after M. Lysenko for the purchase of musical instruments



29.

November 11, 2005

A credit agreement operating on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Export-Import Bank of Ukraine and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation regarding the opening of a credit line for the development of bilateral Ukrainian-Japanese trade in the private sector



30.

March 15, 2006

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a non-project-type Japanese grant for the purchase of goods and the Agreed Protocol on procedural details



31.

June 26, 2006

Agreement on the provision of a grant by the Government of Japan to Ukraine for the preparation of the project "Support for Judicial Reform"



32.

July 1, 2006

Memorandum on the activities of the Ukrainian-Japanese Committee on Cooperation at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs



33.

July 1, 2006

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a Japanese cultural grant for the implementation of the project to modernize the lighting equipment of the Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko



34.

February 8, 2007

Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of grant assistance for the implementation of the project to improve the equipment of children's hospitals in the Kirovohrad and Luhansk regions and the Agreed Protocol on procedural details



35.

February 12, 2008

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of grant assistance for the implementation of the second phase of the project to improve medical equipment for children's hospitals



36.

March 25, 2008

Joint statement based on the results of the Second Meeting of the Ukrainian-Japanese Committee on Cooperation at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs



37.

July 14, 2008

Memorandum between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on cooperation in the implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol thereto



38.

August 6, 2008

Agreement (in the exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of grant assistance for the implementation of the project "Upgrading the educational equipment of the Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after M.V. Lysenko"


August 6, 2008

39.

March 18, 2009

Purchase agreement of a specified number of units under the green investment scheme between the National Agency for Environmental Investments of Ukraine and the Japan Organization for the Development of New Energy and Industrial Technologies, as well as the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Green Investment Scheme between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan



40.

March 25, 2009

Joint statement based on the results of negotiations between the Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Japan



41.

March 25, 2009

Memorandum of understanding between the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine and the Japan Export and Investment Insurance Agency regarding the insurance of Japanese exports to Ukraine



42.

January 19, 2011

Joint statement on the Ukrainian-Japanese global partnership



43.

January 19, 2011

Credit agreement between the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation


January 19, 2011

44.

April 18, 2012

Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on cooperation in the field of improving post-accident response to emergency situations at nuclear power plants

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine Nº   4669-VI dated April 27, 2012.

May 30, 2012

45

September 18, 2012

Memorandum on cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in the field of education


Expired on February 28, 2024 with the signing of a new memorandum

(page 69 tables)

46

July 10, 2014

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on providing the Government of Ukraine with a non-project-type grant for the purchase of special equipment for medical institutions and research institutions and the Agreed Protocol on project details, the Protocol of discussion on anti-corruption, the Protocol of discussion on goods to the said Agreement from 10.07.2014



47

July 17, 2014

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan regarding the Credit Agreement on the Development Policy Loan for the Implementation of Economic Reforms between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Japan International Cooperation Agency

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine Nº1626-VII dated August 12, 2014

September 30, 2015

48

February 5, 2015

Agreement on promotion and mutual protection of investments between Ukraine and Japan

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine Nº505-VIII dated June 3, 2015

November 26, 2015

49

March 30, 2015

Agreement on promotion and mutual protection of investments between Ukraine and Japan Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on providing the Government of Ukraine with a non-project-type grant for the purchase of special equipment for medical institutions, the Agreed Protocol on procedural details and the Protocol of discussion on combating corruption to the specified Agreement



50

June 6, 2015

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of a loan for the implementation of the modernization project of the Bortnytsky wastewater treatment plant as part of the implementation of the project "Reconstruction of wastewater treatment facilities and construction of a technological line for processing and disposal of sediments of the Bortnytsky aeration station"

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine Nº664-VIII dated September 2, 2015

September 26, 2015

51

June 15, 2015

Credit agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Japan International Cooperation Agency regarding the implementation of the "Bortnytsky Aeration Station Reconstruction Project"



52

December 4, 2015

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan regarding the Credit Agreement on the Second Development Policy Loan for the Implementation of Economic Reforms between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Japan International Cooperation Agency

Ratified by the Law of Ukraine Nº988-VIII dated February 4, 2016


53

April 6, 2016

Memorandum on cooperation between the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan on cooperation in the field of youth, physical culture and sports


April 6, 2016

54

October 12, 2018

Memorandum between the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defense of Japan on cooperation and exchanges in the field of defense


October 12, 2018

55

April 18, 2019

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on providing the Government of Ukraine with a non-project-type grant for the purchase of special equipment for the public joint-stock company "National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine", Agreed Protocol on Procedural Details and Protocol of Discussion on Combating Corruption to the said Agreement


April 18, 2019

56

June 12, 2019


Statement on cooperation between the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine and the Japanese Financial Intelligence Center of the National Commission for Public Security of Japan regarding the exchange of financial information related to combating the legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime and the financing of terrorism


June 12, 2019

57

March 12, 2021

Memorandum on cooperation between the National Coordination Center for Cyber Security under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and the National Center for Preparedness for Incidents and Cyber Security Strategy of Japan


March 12, 2012

58

October 23, 2021

Memorandum on cooperation between the State Space Agency of Ukraine and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency regarding the study of the possibility of cooperation in the field of space activities for peaceful purposes (October 23, 2021).


October 23, 2012

59

March 8, 2022

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on the provision of equipment and goods


March 8, 2022

60

April 28, 2022

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan regarding the loan of the Japan Agency for International Cooperation for development policy in the field of extraordinary economic recovery in the amount of 13 billion yen or 100 million US dollars


April 28, 2022

61

April 28, 2022

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of letters) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on providing the Government of Ukraine with a non-project-type grant for the purchase of special equipment for healthcare institutions of Ukraine in the amount of 300 million yen.


April 28, 2022

62

June 7, 2022

Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on amendments to the Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan regarding the loan of the Japan International Cooperation Agency for development policy in the field of emergency economic recovery. The signed Agreement amends the Agreement signed on April 28, 2022, and provides for the provision of an additional 65 billion yen, which is equivalent to 500 million dollars. USA.


June 7, 2022

63

March 22, 2023

Joint Statement on Special Global Partnership between Ukraine and Japan


March 22, 2023

64

April 26, 2023

Memorandum on cooperation in the field of digital transformations between the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, the Administration of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine and the Digitalization Agency of Japan.


April 26, 2023

65

June 19, 2023

Memorandum on cooperation between the reconstruction agencies of Ukraine and Japan


June 19, 2023

66

February 19, 2024

Convention between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance, as well as the Protocols thereof



67

February 19, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation regarding the joint lending mechanism between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan


February 19, 2024

68

February 19, 2024


Agreement (in the form of an exchange of notes) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Japan on providing the Government of Ukraine with a grant for the implementation of the Emergency Recovery Program (Phase 3), the Agreed Protocol on Procedural Details and the Protocol of Discussions to the said Agreement


February 19, 2024

69

February 28, 2024

Memorandum between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan on cooperation in the field of education, science and technology


February 28, 2024

70

February 19, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation to promote the restoration and reconstruction of infrastructure in Ukraine and the continuation of cooperation between the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan


February 19, 2024

71

February 19, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation to promote the reconstruction of Ukraine and the continuation of cooperation between the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Urban Renaissance Agency of Japan


February 19, 2024

72

February 19, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation to promote the restoration of dams in Ukraine and the continuation of cooperation between the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Water Agency of Japan


February 19, 2024

73

February 19, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation between the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and JICA on strengthening and promoting cooperation between the parties in the development of industry and attraction of investments


February 19, 2024

74

February 19, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation between the Office of Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion and the Japanese Foreign Trade Organization (JETRO) on cooperation with the aim of creating favorable conditions for the development of cooperation between the business circles of Ukraine and Japan


February 19, 2024

75

February 19, 2024

Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MP "NAZOVNI") and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) on strengthening partnership and promoting economic cooperation through the exchange of information to expand the volume of bilateral trade, support the holding of seminars, conferences, exhibition events, and support the establishment of B2B contacts


February 19, 2024

76

June 10, 2024

Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan on agricultural cooperation


June 10, 2024

77

June 10, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation between the State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine on the management of water resources in Ukraine and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan


June 10, 2024

78

June 10, 2024

Memorandum on cooperation between the Bureau of Civil Aviation of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan on promoting restoration in Ukraine and continuing cooperation


June 10, 2024

79

June 13, 2024

Accord on Support for Ukraine and Cooperation between the Government of Japan and Ukraine


June 13, 2024

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