Relationship dossier
Japan
Latvia
Relationship assessment
Japan and Latvia have a cooperative partnership, including investment protections and a strategic partnership announced in 2024.
Japan toward Latvia
+35Japan concluded a bilateral agreement with Latvia to promote and protect investment, which entered into force in 2014. In 2024, the two governments announced a strategic partnership, providing a framework for further political and economic cooperation.
Latvia toward Japan
+35Latvia concluded a bilateral agreement with Japan to promote and protect investment, which entered into force in 2014. In 2024, the two governments announced a strategic partnership, providing a framework for further political and economic cooperation.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is underpinned by a bilateral investment-protection agreement and a strategic partnership announced in 2024. These arrangements indicate sustained cooperation, while the known bilateral framework does not by itself establish unusually intensive or comprehensive ties.
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
Japan and Latvia maintain a cooperative relationship supported by a bilateral investment agreement and a strategic partnership announced in 2024. These arrangements provide a basis for economic and political cooperation, although the breadth and practical depth of bilateral collaboration are not fully clear.
Key developments
The bilateral agreement on the promotion and protection of investment entered into force.
Japan and Latvia announced a strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The practical scope and implementation of the 2024 strategic partnership are unclear.
- The extent of cooperation beyond investment and political engagement is unclear.