Relationship dossier
Ireland
Japan
Relationship assessment
Ireland and Japan maintain a cooperative partnership formalized in a 2020 joint declaration.
Ireland toward Japan
+35The Irish government joined Japan in adopting the 2020 Joint Declaration on Partnership for Peace and Prosperity, providing a framework for bilateral cooperation.
Japan toward Ireland
+35The Japanese government joined Ireland in adopting the 2020 Joint Declaration on Partnership for Peace and Prosperity, providing a framework for bilateral cooperation.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is grounded in a bilateral partnership declaration that commits both governments to cooperation across several areas. This provides a substantive basis for generally constructive ties, although the extent of implementation and the breadth of ongoing initiatives are unclear.
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
Ireland and Japan have a cooperative relationship supported by a bilateral partnership framework. In 2020, their governments adopted a joint declaration on partnership for peace and prosperity, setting out cooperation across political, economic and people-to-people ties. The relationship appears constructive, though the scope and implementation of specific initiatives are not clear.
Key developments
Ireland and Japan adopted a Joint Declaration on Partnership for Peace and Prosperity.
Major uncertainties
- The extent and implementation of cooperation under the 2020 partnership declaration are unclear.
- The scope of more recent bilateral policy initiatives is unclear.