After acceding to the throne of Japan in January 1989, Emperor Akihito received a total of 63 state visits. The state banquets were given by the Emperor at Tokyo Imperial Palace.
List of visits No. DateCountryRegime Guests1980s 1 15–17 October 1989 Republic President Robert Mugabe 2 17–22 December 1989 President Ali Hassan MwinyiFirst Lady Siti Mwinyi1990s 3 13–19 May 1990 Republic President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan 4 24–26 May 1990 President Roh Tae-wooFirst Lady Kim Ok-suk 5 16–19 April 1991 President Mikhail GorbachevFirst Lady Raisa Gorbacheva 6 20–26 October 1991 Monarchy Queen Beatrix 7 7–10 January 1992 Republic President George H. W. BushFirst Lady Barbara Bush 8 15–21 March 1992 President Alberto FujimoriFirst Lady Susana Higuchi 9 22–26 April 1992 President Václav HavelFirst Lady Olga Havlová 10 9–13 March 1993 President Fidel V. RamosFirst Lady Amelita Ramos 11 4–11 April 1993 Monarchy Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) Azlan Shah of PerakRaja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun 12 11–13 October 1993 Republic President Boris YeltsinFirst Lady Naina Yeltsina 13 18–25 October 1993 President Mário SoaresFirst Lady Maria Barroso 14 24–26 March 1994 President Kim Young-samFirst Lady Son Myung-soon 15 6–9 December 1994 President Lech WałęsaFirst Lady Danuta Wałęsa 16 20–28 February 1995 President Mary RobinsonMr Nicholas Robinson 17 13–16 March 1995 President Hosni MubarakFirst Lady Suzanne Mubarak 18 2–6 July 1995 President Nelson Mandela 19 12–15 March 1996 President Fernando Henrique CardosoFirst Lady Ruth Cardoso 20 16–18 April 1996 President Bill ClintonFirst Lady Hillary Clinton 21 9–12 July 1996 President Zine El Abidine Ben AliFirst Lady Leïla Ben Ali 22 21–25 October 1996 Monarchy King Albert IIQueen Paola 23 17–22 November 1996 Republic President Jacques ChiracMme Bernadette Chirac 24 10–14 March 1997 President Ernesto ZedilloFirst Lady Nilda Patricia Velasco 25 5–10 April 1997 President Roman Herzog 26 16–20 November 1997 President Petar StoyanovFirst Lady Antonina Stoyanova 27 13–19 April 1998 President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 28 7–10 October 1998 President Kim Dae-jungFirst Lady Lee Hee-ho 29 25–30 November 1998 President Jiang ZeminFirst Lady Wang Yeping 30 1–4 December 1998 President Carlos Menem 31 3–12 April 1999 Monarchy Grand Duke JeanGrand Duchess Princess Joséphine-Charlotte 32 1–4 June 1999 Republic President Thomas KlestilFirst Lady Margot Klestil-Löffler 33 30 November – 4 December 1999 Monarchy King Abdullah IIQueen Rania2000s 34 8–14 April 2000 Republic President Árpád GönczMrs Zsuzsanna Göntér 35 25–31 March 2001 Monarchy King Harald VQueen Sonja 36 1–3 October 2001 Republic President Thabo MbekiFirst Lady Zanele Dlamini Mbeki 37 2–5 December 2002 President Gloria Macapagal ArroyoFirst Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo 38 6–9 June 2003 President Roh Moo-hyunFirst Lady Kwon Yang-sook 39 22–25 June 2003 President Megawati SukarnoputriFirst Gentleman Taufiq Kiemas 40 15–18 October 2003 President Vicente FoxFirst Lady Marta Sahagún 41 15–22 November 2004 Monarchy Queen Margrethe IIPrince Henrik 42 6–13 March 2005 Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) Sirajuddin of PerlisRaja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) Tuanku Tengku Fauziah 43 26 November – 2 December 2005 King Mohammed VI 44 26–29 November 2006 Republic President Susilo Bambang YudhoyonoFirst Lady Ani Yudhoyono 45 25–31 March 2007 Monarchy King Carl XVI GustafQueen Silvia 46 25–29 November 2007 Republic King Nguyễn Minh TriếtFirst Lady Trần Thị Kim Chi 47 6–10 May 2008 President Hu JintaoFirst Lady Liu Yongqing 48 9–14 November 2008 Monarchy King Juan Carlos IQueen Sofía 49 9–16 May 2009 Republic President S. R. NathanMrs Urmila Nandey2010s 50 16–20 May 2010 Monarchy King Norodom Sihamoni 51 15–20 November 2011 King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckQueen Jetsun Pema 52 20–23 March 2012 Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 53 1–5 October 2012 Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) Abdul Halim of KedahRaja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) Che Puan Besar Haminah 54 6–8 June 2013 Republic President François HollandeMs Valérie Trierweiler 55 16–19 March 2014 President Trương Tấn SangFirst Lady Mai Thị Hạnh 56 23–25 April 2014 President Barack Obama 57 28 October – 2 November 2014 Monarchy King Willem-AlexanderQueen Máxima 58 2–5 June 2015 Republic President Benigno Aquino III 59 10–15 October 2016 Monarchy King PhilippeQueen Mathilde 60 28 November – 6 December 2016 Republic President Tony TanMrs Mary Chee Tan 61 4–7 April 2017 Monarchy King Felipe VIQueen Letizia 62 25–30 November 2017 Grand Duke Henri 63 29 May – 2 June 2018 Republic President Trần Đại QuangFirst Lady Nguyễn Thị Hiền
Countries that made state visits Countries State visits Notes 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1
See also List of state visits received by Hirohito List of state visits received by Naruhito List of official overseas trips made by Akihito List of official overseas trips made by Naruhito
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