Algeria has an embassy inTokyo whilst Japan has an embassy inAlgiers. Japanese form a smallexpatriate community in Algeria. As of 2023, 45 Japanese nationals reside in the country, and 271 Algerians live in Japan.[1]
Japan is interested to contribute to Algeria'seconomic development as they are interested in the fact that Algeria possesses majorenergy resources and has a large internal market. There are Japanese companies which are interested in the Algerian five-year plan for 2009–2014, which provides forpublic investments of 286 billion dollars, notably to modernise and develop essentialinfrastructure.[2] Many Japanese employees of these companies came to Algeria for various projects.[3]
In 2010, Algeria withheld 100 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in payments owed to Japanese contractors for ahighway construction project in the country as it was alleged that the companies had failed to meet the terms of the contract.[4]
