(a) Visits from Japan to Kazakhstan May 1992 WATANBE Michio, Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs August 1992 TAKEMURA Masayoshi, Member of the House of Representatives October 1993 HIRAYAMA Ikuo, President, Tokyo Natoinal University of Fine Arts and Music June 1995 NISHIGAKI Akira, President, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF, now integrated into the Japan Bank for International Cooperation) May 1996 TAKEMURA Masayoshi, Member of the House of Representatives July 1997 OBUCHI Keizo, Member of the House of Representatives September 1997 ASO Taro, Director-General, Economic Planning Agency April 1998 TOYODA Shoichiro, Chairman, KEIDANREN (Federation of Economic Organizations) August 1999 TAKEMI Keizo, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs April 2000 ARIMA Tatsuo, Representative of the Government of Japan

(b) Visits from Kazakhstan to Japan October 1992 SULEIMENOV Tuleutai, Minister of Foreign Affairs April 1994 NAZARBAEV Nursultan, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan June 1994 URKUMBAYEV Mars, Minister of Economic Affairs February 1995 ALIGUZHINOV Serik, Minister of Transport and Communication October 1996 KAZHEGELDIN Akezhan, Prime Minister May 1997 SHUKEYEV Umirzak, Minister of Economy and Trade March 1998 UTEMBAYEV Erzhan, Chairman, Agency on Strategic Planning and Reforms October 1998 BURKITBAYEV Serik, Minister of Transport and Comunication December 1998 UTEMBAYEV Erzhan, Chairman, Agency on Strategic Planning and Reforms September 1999 TOKAEV Kasymzhomart, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs December 1999 NAZARBAEV Nursultan, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan