President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Japan on March 25 and 26. The trip marks the celebration of 130 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, in the context of the year of exchange and friendship Brazil-Japan, said the palace of Itamaraty on Friday (14).
This will be one of the president’s first international trips Since he was fully released To exercise your usual life routine, such as travel and physical activities. At the end of January, after new exams, which detected total recovery After the procedures to be submitted in early December, to drain a cerebral edema, due to a domestic accident suffered in October 2024, when he fell in the bathroom of the palace of Alvorada, official residence.
On the trip to Japan, Lula will be accompanied by the first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, and a delegation of ministers, who will still be defined. Lula and Janja will be received by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The Brazilian president will also maintain a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
According to Itamaraty, in Japan, state visits, considered the most relevant from the diplomatic point of view, are organized only once a year. This will be the first state visit organized by Japan since 2019.
“Relations between Brazil and Japan are traditional and productive, supported by singular human ties. Brazil houses the largest nipodescendant community outside Japan, estimated in more than 2 million people, with expressive acting in the agribusiness, industry and industry sectors sectors sectors Culture, among others. Already Japan houses the fifth largest Brazilian community abroad, with about 211 thousand Brazilians, “said Itamaraty.
From a commercial point of view, in 2024, Japan was Brazil’s third largest commercial partner in Asia and the third largest Brazilian export destination to the region, with a US $ 11 billion trade exchange and a US $ 148 million surplus. According to the Central Bank (BC), in 2023, Japan was responsible for a total of US $ 35 billion in direct investments in the country, with the ninth largest stock of direct foreign investments (IED) in Brazil and the second largest Asian investor.
Before the trip to Japan, Lula must attend the inauguration of the president -elect From Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, Nodia March 1, in Montevideo.
