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Relationship dossier

Costa Rica Japan

Relationship assessment

Friendly ties shaped by Japanese development cooperation and a bilateral investment framework

Costa Rica toward Japan

+35

Costa Rica joined Japan in establishing a bilateral investment framework, providing a basis for investment relations between the two countries.

Japan toward Costa Rica

+40

Japan has provided development assistance and technical cooperation in Costa Rica and joined it in establishing a bilateral investment framework.

Overall relationship

+40

The relationship is durably cooperative, with development assistance and technical cooperation from Japan complemented by a bilateral investment framework. These arrangements provide substantive grounds for partnership beyond diplomatic contact, although the scale and implementation of cooperation are not fully clear.

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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Costa Rica and Japan maintain a friendly relationship with substantive economic and development cooperation. Japan has provided development assistance and technical cooperation in Costa Rica, while the two governments established a bilateral investment framework. The relationship is cooperative, though its depth and the implementation of specific initiatives are not fully clear.

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