Relationship dossier
Iraq
Japan
Relationship assessment
Japan has played a significant role in Iraq’s reconstruction, including through financial assistance and a humanitarian deployment.
Iraq toward Japan
Not assessedJapan toward Iraq
+40Japan provided substantial reconstruction assistance to Iraq, including debt relief, and deployed Self-Defense Forces to Samawah from 2004 to 2006 for humanitarian and reconstruction work.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow 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
Japan has supported Iraq’s post-2003 reconstruction through substantial assistance and the deployment of Self-Defense Forces for humanitarian and reconstruction activities in Samawah. Information about specific Iraqi government conduct toward Japan is insufficient to assess that aspect of the relationship.
Key developments
Japan agreed to substantial debt relief for Iraq as part of postwar reconstruction support.
Japan deployed Self-Defense Forces to Samawah for humanitarian and reconstruction activities.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of Iraqi-Japanese bilateral agreements are unclear.
- Details of Iraqi government cooperation with Japanese projects and personnel are limited.