Relationship dossier
Iceland
Japan
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, including tax and working-holiday arrangements, characterizes Iceland–Japan relations.
Iceland toward Japan
+30Iceland concluded a tax convention and a working-holiday arrangement with Japan, providing concrete frameworks for bilateral cooperation. Iceland has also shared support for commercial whaling in international discussions.
Japan toward Iceland
+30Japan concluded a tax convention and a working-holiday arrangement with Iceland, providing concrete frameworks for bilateral cooperation. Japan has also shared support for commercial whaling in international discussions.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has practical foundations in bilateral tax and working-holiday arrangements, alongside shared positions on commercial whaling. These features support a cooperative overall characterization, while the breadth of sustained collaboration beyond them is less 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
Overview
Iceland and Japan have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including a tax convention and a working-holiday arrangement. Their governments have also shared support for commercial whaling in international discussions. These arrangements indicate constructive ties, although the breadth and intensity of cooperation across other policy areas are less clear.
Key developments
Iceland and Japan concluded a bilateral tax convention.
Iceland and Japan established a working-holiday arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the tax and working-holiday arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing coordination on whaling policy is uncertain.