llIn his speech for the occasion, the diplomat emphasized the traditional friendly relationship between the two peoples. He said the friendship between the two countries began with the creation of the Consulate of the Republic of Haiti in Kobe, Japan in 1931 and by the installation of the Honorary Consul of Japan in Port-au-Prince in 1935. Although there has been an unfortunate interruption of the bilateral relationship between the two countries for a few years because of the Second World War, the diplomatic relationship was resumed in 1956. In