Japan-U.S. Relations 
January 2012
Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
Economic Relations
Meetings and Conferences
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (December 20, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Summary) (November 13, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (November 11, 2011)
- Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (Summary) (October 25, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting(Summary) (September 22, 2011)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Kan and U.S. Vice President Biden(August 31, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Summary) (July 23, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Summary) (May 27, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (April 17, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (January 6, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (November 2010)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting SUMMARY (May 2010)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting in the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (Summary) (March 2010)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting in Hawaii Summary (January 2010)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (November 2009)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting in APEC (Summary) (November 2009)
- Japan-U.S. Bilateral Summit Meeting (September 2009)
- The Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (September 2009)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (September 2009)
(Archives on Japan-U.S. Relations)
VIP Visits
- Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (October 21, 2011)
- Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (April 12, 2011)
- Visit to the Republic of Colombia and the United States by Mr. Shuji Kira, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (August 3, 2010)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Kurt M. Campbell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (June 2010)
- Visit to New York, the United States, by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (April 2010)
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan's Visit to Canada and the United States of America (July 2009)
- Foreign Minister Taro Aso's Visit to the United States of America, Russia and Egypt (May 2007)
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to the United States of America (April 2007)
- Visit to Japan of the Honorable Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America (Summary) (February 2007)
- Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura's Visit to the U.S. and France (April 28-May 4, 2005)
- Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura's Visit to the United States (February 2005)
(Archives on Japan-U.S. Relations)
Cooperation on Global Challenges
Study Group
- Submission of a report to Foreign Minister Nakasone by the members of "The Advisory Panel for the coming global economy and the Japan-U.S. economic relationship" (January 2009)
- A roadmap for greater opportunities through further competition, cooperation and integration "A Study Group on Japan-U.S. Economic Relations in a New Era" (December 2000)
Education, Culture, Science and Technology
- Joint Announcement on United States-Japan GPS Cooperation (January 2012)
Japan-U.S. Cherry Blossom Centennial(November 2011)- Joint Announcement on United States-Japan GPS Cooperation (January 2011)
- The Eleventh Japan-U.S. High Level Committee on Science and Technology PRESS STATEMENT (June 2010)
- The 11th Meeting of the Japan-U.S. High-Level Committee on Science and Technology (June 2010)
- The 24th Joint Meeting of the United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) (June 2010)
- Joint Announcement on United States-Japan GPS Cooperation (January 2010)
- Japan-U.S. Joint Working Level Committee (JWLC) on Cooperation in Science and Technology (July 2007)
- Education and Cultural Exchange
U.S. Opinion Poll toward Japan
- 2011 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. [Press Release] [Summary (PDF)
] [Graph (PDF)] [Full Text (PDF)] - 2010 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. [Press Release] [Graph (PDF)] [Full Text (PDF)]
- 2009 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. [Summary]
- 2008 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. [Summary] [Full Text (PDF)]
Press Releases / Other Resources
- Telephone Conversation between Prime Minister Noda and President Obama (December 2011)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the announcement by the United States concerning the disruption of a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) (October 2011)
- Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, to Attend the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee, etc. (June 2011)
- Messages of sympathy from Prime Minister Kan and Minister Matsumoto to the Victims of the Tornado in Missouri, U.S.A. (May 2011)
- Tornado damage in the Southeastern states of the US: Messages of sympathy from Prime Minister Kan and Minister Matsumoto (April 2011)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Naoto Kan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (April 2011)
- The Entry into Force of the Agreement between Japan and the United States of America concerning New Special Measures relating to Article XXIV of the Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan (April 2011)
- Telephone Talks between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and US President Barack Obama (March 2011)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by The Honorable John V. Roos, Ambassador of the United States of America to Japan (March 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Telephone Conference (March 2011)
- Telephone Talks between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and US President Barack Obama (March 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Telephone Talks (March 2011)
- Visit to the United States by Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (January 2011)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Approval of the New START Treaty by the U.S. Senate (December 2010)
- Visit to the United States by Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (December 2010)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Telephone Talks (November 2010)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Yoshito Sengoku, Chief Cabinet Secretary, by Mr. James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America (November 2010)
- Address by H.E. Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the occasion of the Japan-U.S. Business Conference (October 2010)
- Former Prisoners of War (POWs) from the United States Invited to Japan (September 2010)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, by Admiral Robert Willard, Commander, the U.S. Pacific Command (August 2010)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Admiral Robert Willard, Commander, the U.S. Pacific Command (August 2010)
- Telephone Conversation between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States (June 2010)
- Telephone Conversation between Prime Minister-elect Naoto Kan and U.S. President Barack Obama (June 2010)
- Courtesy call on Mr. Tetsuro Fukuyama, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, by Mr. Daniel Feldman, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan of the United States of America (April 2010)
- Visit to New York, the United States, by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (April 2010)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Signing of the new START Treaty (April 2010)
- Statement by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the release of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) (April 2010)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Transfer of the Okinawa Approach Control (Kadena RAPCON) to Japan (March 2010)
- Meeting between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Ms. Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (March 2010)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by the Japanese American Leadership (March 2010)
- Visit to Geneva and New York by Ms. Chinami Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (March 2010)
- The 5th Australia-Japan-United States Counter-Terrorism Consultation (December 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan announced by the U.S. Government (December 2009)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States (Outline) (October 2009)
- U.S.-Japan Global Peace Operations Initiative Senior Mission Leaders Course (October 2009)
- Comment by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on the Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America (October 2009)
- Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in the Samoa Islands Region
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. State Department Coordinator for Implementation of U.N. Sanctions Against North Korea (August 2009)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Mr. John Victor Roos as U.S. Ambassador to Japan (August 2009)
- The Australia - Japan - United States Trilateral Workshop on Efforts to Empower Moderate Sectors of Society (July 2009)
- Message by Prime Minister Taro Aso on the Fulbright/CULCON Joint Symposium "Japan & US Soft Power: Addressing Global Challenges" (June 2009)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the nomination of Mr. John Victor Roos as new U.S. Ambassador to Japan (May 2009)
- Courtesy Call by Members of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation on Foreign Minister Nakasone (April 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Speech by Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, on "A World without Nuclear Weapons" (April 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Joint Statement by the Presidents of the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Further Reductions in Strategic Offensive Arms, and related matters (April 2009)
- Telephone Conversation between Foreign Minister Nakasone and U.S. Secretary of State Clinton regarding the Launch of a Flying Object by North Korea (April 2009)
- Visit to Japan of the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States (February 2009)
- Submission of a report to Foreign Minister Nakasone by the members of "The Advisory Panel for the coming global economy and the Japan-U.S. economic relationship" (January 2009)
- Launch of the Megaports Initiative Pilot Project in Yokohama Port (January 2009)
- Telephone Conversation between Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States (January 2009)
- Statement by Prime Minister Taro Aso on the inauguration of President Obama as President of the United States of America (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Website) (January 21, 2009)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Teleconference (October 2008)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Teleconference (October 2008)
- Statement by Foreign Minister Nakasone on the rescindment by the U.S. government of the designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism (October 2008)
- Japan-U.S.-ROK Vice-Ministerial Consultation (October 2008)
- Address by H.E. Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the 45th Annual Japan-U.S. Business Conference hosted by Japan-U.S. Business Councils (October 2008)
- Japan-U.S. Joint announcement on a Pilot Project of Megaports Initiative (July 2008)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting, and Japan-U.S.-Australia Ministerial Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (June 2008)
- Senior Officials' Meeting of Japan-U.S.-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue, Senior Officials' Meeting of Japan-U.S. Strategic Dialogue, and Japan-Australia Senior Officials' Meeting (June 2008)
- Dinner Meeting between Mr. Mitoji Yabunaka, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (May 2008)
- Mr. Mitoji Yabunaka, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States (April 2008)
- Dr. Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East, to Attend the Arab League Summit, and to Visit the State of Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and the United States of America (March 2008)
- Visit to Japan by the Japanese American Leadership Delegation (February 2008)
(Archives on Japan-U.S. Relations)
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