Japan-U.S. Relations 
What's New
- U.S.-Japan Joint High-Level Committee Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation (Media Note) (April 30, 2013)
- Message of Condolence from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the explosion at the Boston Marathon (April 17, 2013)
- Message of Condolence from Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida on the explosion at the Boston Marathon (April 17, 2013)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 15, 2013)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (February 22, 2013)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(Summary)(February 22, 2013)
- Telephone Talks between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry(February 12, 2013)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos(February 12, 2013)
- Courtesy Call by ADM Samuel J. Locklear, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, on Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs (February 12, 2013)
- Telephone Talks between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (February 4, 2013)
Topics
VIP Visits and Meetings
2013
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 15, 2013)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (February 22, 2013)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(Summary)(February 22, 2013)
- Telephone Talks between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry(February 12, 2013)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos(February 12, 2013)
- Courtesy Call by ADM Samuel J. Locklear, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, on Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs (February 12, 2013)
- Telephone Talks between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (February 4, 2013)
- Foreign Minister Kishida’s Visit to the United States of America (January 18, 2013)
2012
- Telephone Talks between Mr. Kenichiro Sasae, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, US Department of States, on the Launch of a Missile by North Korea (December 12, 2012)
- Telephone Talks between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Naoki Kazama and Acting U.S. Ambassador to Japan Mr. Kurt Tong on the Launching of a Missile by North Korea (December 12, 2012)
- Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Working-level Meeting on North Korean Issues and other talks (Overview) (December 5, 2012)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Summary) (November 20, 2012)
- Japan-US-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Overview) (September 29, 2012)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (September 29, 2012)
- Meeting between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense (Overview) (September 17, 2012)
- Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (September 16-17, 2012)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Summary) (September 8, 2012)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda by National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Thomas E. Donilon (July 26, 2012)
- Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (July 7-9, 2012)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (May 22, 2012)
- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Visit to the United States of America (April 29 - May 1, 2012)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda by the Japanese and U.S. Panelists of the United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) (April 11, 2012)
- Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister Yamaguchi Attends 2012 Reunion of Honor Commemorating Battle of Iwo Jima (March 14, 2012)
2011
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (December 20, 2011)
- Telephone Conversation between Prime Minister Noda and President Obama (December 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)
- Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (October 21, 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)
- Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, to Attend the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee, etc. (June 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Summary) (May 27, 2011)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (April 17, 2011)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Naoto Kan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (April 2011)
- Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (April 12, 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)
Security
Economic Relations
Academic and Cultural Exchange
The Youth Exchange Project with the Asia-Pacific and North America (Kizuna Project)- The 50th Anniversary of the United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) [the 25th Plenary Session] (April 4, 2012)
Japan-U.S. Cherry Blossom Centennial (November 2011)- The 24th Joint Meeting of the United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) (June 2010)
Science and Technology
- U.S.-Japan Joint High-Level Committee Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation (Media Note) (April 30, 2013)
- Joint Announcement on United States-Japan GPS Cooperation (January 2012)
- Joint Announcement on United States-Japan GPS Cooperation (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)
- 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)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Signing of the new START Treaty (April 2010)
- Joint Announcement on United States-Japan GPS Cooperation (January 2010)
U.S. Opinion Poll toward Japan
- 2012 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. [Press Release] [Graph (PDF)
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] - 2011 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. [Press Release] [Graph (PDF)
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] - 2010 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. [Press Release] [Graph (PDF)
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Others
- Message of Condolence from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the explosion at the Boston Marathon (April 17, 2013)
- Message of Condolence from Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida on the explosion at the Boston Marathon (April 17, 2013)
- Signing of the Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income (January 25, 2013)
- On the Passing of The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senator (Message from Prime Minister Noda) (December 18, 2012)
- On the Passing of The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senator (Message from Foreign Minister Gemba) (December 18, 2012)
- Message of Condolence from Mr. Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister, for the shooting in Connecticut State, United States (December 15, 2012)
- Message of Condolence from Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the shooting in Connecticut State, United States (December 15, 2012)
- Message of Sympathy from Prime Minister Noda, concerning the Damage in the Eastern United States Caused by Hurricane Sandy (October 31, 2012)
- Message of Sympathy from Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, concerning the Damage in the Eastern United States Caused by Hurricane Sandy (October 30, 2012)
- Invitation of Former US Prisoners of War to Japan (October 11, 2012)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Libya (September 12, 2012)
- Comments by Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Koichiro Gemba on the Agreement between the United States and North Korea (February 2012)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Transfer of the Okinawa Approach Control (Kadena RAPCON) to Japan (March 2010)
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Related Links
- Embassy of Japan in the United States of America Website

- All the Consulates General of Japan in U.S.A. Website
- Embassy of the United States of America in Japan Website

- The Japan Foundation North America
- JETRO U.S.A.
- A National Electronic Network of Japan-America Societies

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