Japan–Kosovo relations

She demonstrated on the report a lasting commitment to protect Kosovar refugees and returnees and to seek solutions to relevant problems there.

[3] In order to cease the appalling violence and to regain peace and prosperity in Kosovo as soon as possible, the Government of Japan declared in April 1999 to provide assistance to international organizations and the neighboring countries which accepted numerous Kosovar refugees, including the UNHCR, Albania and Macedonia.

[7] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed the launch of the Western Balkans Cooperation Initiative on his visit to several Southeast European countries in January 2018.

[9] Judo, a Japanese origin martial art, included into the Summer Olympic Games as an official sport for men in 1964 and for women in 1992.

[27] Kosovar-Albanian judoka Majlinda Kelmendi achieved a great success and victory by winning the first gold medal for Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Dr. Sadako Ogata , the late Japanese-born UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe with Kosovan President Hashim Thaçi at the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. President Thaçi has visited Japan four times, as Prime Minister twice and as President twice.