amounted to US$22.3 million. In 2005, Japan hosted the Expo 2005 exhibition, one of the participants of which was Azerbaijan, led by former Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov. Azerbaijan Day was held. In 2015, the 48th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was held in Baku. In October 2015, as part of the visit of the Minister of Economic Renewal Affairs of Japan, Mr. Akira Amari to Azerbaijan, a memorandum of understanding was signed on cooperation between Japan and Azerbaijan in the field of medicine. In 2017, trade with Japan amounted to approximately US$22.08 million. In 2017, the export mission of Azerbaijan to Japan was organized. It was planned to conclude an agreement on the promotion and protection of investments. In February 2017, the 9th meeting of the Japan-Azerbaijan Economic Committee was held in the capital city of Baku. The meeting discussed the prospect of developing cooperation in the non-oil sector. The share of Japan in the project for developing Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli fields is 3.65% (ITOCHU). In 2018, 30 Japanese companies functioned in Azerbaijan. Japan exports automobiles (mainly ISUZU trucks), machinery, electronic equipment, household items, and so on to Azerbaijan. Agricultural goods (wine, dried fruits), aluminum, and oil are imported by Japan from Azerbaijan. Cooperation in the oil sector Since 1995 two leading Japanese companies (ITOCHU and INPEX) have joined the “Contract of the Century”. Cooperation was established between Japan and Azerbaijan in the oil field. In December 1998, the first consortium of Japanese companies was opened in Azerbaijan (Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Inpex Nord Ltd. of Japan, Japan National Oil Corporation, Teikoku Oil Corporation, Itochu). SOCAR and the consortium signed a contract for the development of the Yanan Tava, Mugan-Deniz, and Atashgah deposits. In 2015, the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) and the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation purchased Kirarito Ginza retail property in Tokyo for $436 million. In 2018, a memorandum was signed between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC). The memorandum was about cooperation on a survey of oil-gas blocks and human resources development. In December 2016, during a meeting between the president of SOCAR and the chief director of Itochu (Japan) Masahiro Imai, a number of agreements on joint activities were signed. Energetics In the energy sector, the Japanese Government financed the construction of two power plants in Azerbaijan.