Diplomatic Relations:
1960 (recognition of the State)

Number of Residents:
Number of Japanese nationals residing in the Republic of Cameroon: 112 (October 2017)
Number of Cameroon nationals residing in Japan: 692 (December 2018)

Trade with Japan (2018):
Exports: 436 million yen (timber, alminium, etc.)
Imports: 2.19 billion yen (machinery and transport equipment, textile articles, pharmaceutical products, rubber, etc.)

Japan's Economic Cooperation (cumulative total until fiscal 2017):
List of Exchange of Notes
Loans: 29.23 billion yen
Grants: 28.99 billion yen
Technical cooperation: 10.16 billion yen