Relationship dossier
Albania
Japan
Relationship assessment
Albania–Japan ties are cooperative, with investment protections and Japanese development assistance.
Albania toward Japan
+30Albania joined Japan in concluding an agreement to promote and protect bilateral investment, providing a framework for economic cooperation.
Japan toward Albania
+35Japan has provided development assistance to Albania and joined Albania in concluding an agreement to promote and protect bilateral investment.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship is underpinned by an investment-protection framework and Japanese development assistance to Albania. These provide concrete grounds for cooperation, although the available picture points to a constructive but relatively limited bilateral partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Albania and Japan maintain a cooperative relationship supported by development assistance and an investment agreement. Albania and Japan signed an agreement to promote and protect investment, while Japan has provided development assistance to Albania. The relationship appears constructive, though its scope and intensity are more limited than those of a close strategic partnership.
Key developments
Albania and Japan concluded an agreement to promote and protect investment.
Japan provided development assistance to Albania.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of investment under the bilateral agreement are unclear.
- The full scope and recent continuity of Japanese development assistance to Albania are uncertain.