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On the occasion of Japan’s National Day, the Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, Miguel Torrucounderlined the close friendship that unites the two nations, as well as the economic, commercial and tourist relations which they hope to strengthen and expand.
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During a reception at the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Mexico, Noriteru Fukushimathe Mexican official highlighted the data that shows how the bilateral relationship continues to develop.
In 2019, a year before the pandemic, 154,000 Japanese tourists arrived in Mexico and by 2023 a 77% increase in flights is expected.
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In fact, Ambassador Fukushima indicated that although the Japanese airline ANA offers daily direct flights to Tokyo from CDMX, Aeroméxico will also have a direct flight to Japan next March, which will facilitate the flow of tourists between the two nations.
At the beginning of his speech, Ambassador Fukushima underlined the close friendship between Japan and Mexico. He recalled that 135 years ago, the two nations signed a diplomatic agreement on an equal footing. It was the Treaty of Friendship, Navigation and Commerce, 1888. He also commented that 125 years ago the first Japanese migration to Mexico took place. In 1897, 36 Japanese left the port of Yokohama to go to Chiapas, where they settled.
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To convey the close bond between the two nations, Fukushima not only evoked the story of how, thanks to a Japanese citizen, the the jacarandas have arrived at CDMX for cubrir de un characteristic color morado las calles de la capital cada primavera, además habló de la relación a través de la comida, pues dijo que así como en Japon hay numerosos restaurants de tacos informó que en México hay más de mil restaurants especializados en comida Japanese.
Before shouting the traditional “¡Bell!” raise a toast, and after speaking, Secretary Torruco made a peculiar comparison between nations.
“The sister country Japan has always been welcome in our country, so thank you very much and from Fujiyama to Popocatépetl, from tacos to sushi, from the Daibutsu of Kamakura to the Cristo Rey del Cerro del Cubilete, from the Villa to the precious temple of Kodaiji, these links that in different parts of the world we are always very proud to see, to learn and above all to admire, we have a lot to learn. Long live Japan and long live Mexico, long live Mexico, long live Japan!
Although it is noted that official diplomatic relations between Mexico and Japan began in 1888, under the government of Porfirio Diaz, With the signing of the treaty, the two nations – even without being formed as such – had their first contact four centuries ago, since in 1609 the new Spaniard Rodrigo de Vivero was shipwrecked off Onjuku, on the east coast of Japan, which was then under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.
But a deeper rapprochement occurred in 1614 when the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga He led an expedition to Europe which passed through New Spain and whose objective was to establish commercial exchanges, as well as to request the dispatch of Catholic missionaries.
The Tsunenaga expedition arrived in Acapulco, passed through Mexico City, and headed for Europe from the port of Veracruz.