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• JAXA Technical Counselor Yasushi Horikawa Appointed Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) (June 6, 2012)
• The first Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Japan and the EU (June 16, 2011)
• Japanese unmanned spacecraft will reach ISS soon. (live-broadcast on January 27th, 2011)
• The Third Meeting of the Joint Committee on Japan-Brazil Cooperation in Science and Technology (November 2010)
• Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Spain on Cooperation in Science and Technology (September 2010)
• Deposit of the Instrument of the Ratification of the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (July 2010)
• The 11th Meeting of the Japan-U.S. High-Level Committee on Science and Technology (June 2010)
• Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Arab Republic of Egypt on Cooperation in Science and Technology (June 2010)
• The Opening Ceremony of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) (June 2010)
• Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and The European Community on Cooperation in Science and Technology (November 2009)
• Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of New Zealand on Cooperation in Science and Technology (October 2009)
• Signing of the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (June 2009)
• Meeting of the Joint Committee on Japanese-Brazil Cooperation in Science and Technology (May 2009)
• The 4th Japan-Sweden Joint Committee on Cooperation in Science and Technology (April 2009)
• Hosting of the 31st RCA National Representative Meeting (April 2009)
  • Welcome Remarks by Mr. Masahiko SHIBAYAMA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (April 21, 2009)
• The 7th Japan-France Joint Committee on Cooperation in Science and Technology (March 2009)
• The Seventh Meeting of the Japan/UK Joint Committee on Cooperation in Science and Technology (February 2009)
  • Joint Press Release (February 13, 2009)
• The 4th Japan-Finland Joint Committee on Cooperation in Science and Technology (September 2008)
• Japan-Egypt Year of Science and Technology 2008: Opening Ceremony in Grand Hall of Cairo University (March 2008)
• Executive Program of Cooperation in the Field of Science and Technology between the Government of Italy and the Government of Japan for the Period from 2008 to 2009 (December 2007) [PDF]
• The 12th Meeting of the Japan-US Joint Working Level Committee (JWLC) on Cooperation in Science and Technology (July 2007)
• Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Swiss Federal Council on Cooperation in Science and Technology (July 2007)
• Fourth Japan-Netherlands Joint Committee on Cooperation in Science and Technology (June 2007)
• The First Japan-Vietnam Joint Committee on Cooperation in Science and Technology (March 2007)
• Japan-India Science and Technology Initiative Meeting (Summary Report) (October 2006)
• Address by H.E. Professor Akiko YAMANAKA, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Science and Technology in Society Forum (September 2006)
• Address by H.E. Professor Akiko YAMANAKA, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 on Science and Technology (September 2006)
• Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Co-operation in Science and Technology (August 2006)
• The Completion of the Human Genome Sequence (April 14, 2003) (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site)
  • Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
  • Joint Proclamation by the Heads of Government of Six Countries
• Comment by the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (The Successful Launch of the Information Gathering Satellites by the Fifth H-IIA Rocket) (March 2003)
• Message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to President George W. Bush of the United States of America concerning the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident (February 2003)
• Message from Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell of the United States of America concerning the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident (February 2003)

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• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Official Web Site
• National Space Development Agency of Japan Official Web Site