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• Statement by Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Announcement by President Bush on Significant Reduction in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile (December 2007)
• Press Conference by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Following His Visits to the United States and Singapore (November 2007)
• The Japan-U.S. Trade Forum (October 2007)
• Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura to Attend Meeting of Major Economic Countries on Climate Change Hosted by the United States (September 2007)
• Mr. Itsunori Onodera, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Bahrain and Attend High-level Meeting concerning Darfur Issue (September 2007)
• U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Congratulates Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura on Taking up his New Post (September 2007)
• Courtesy Call on Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Thomas Schieffer (September 2007)
• Japan-U.S. High-Level Consultations on Climate Change (August 2007)
• Meeting between Mr. John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, and Mr. Shotaro Yachi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (August 2007)
• Admiral T. J. Keating, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Pays Courtesy Call on Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs (July 2007)
• U.S. Assistance to the victims of the Niigata-ken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake in 2007 (July 2007) (No. 1) (No. 2)
• The 12th Meeting of the Japan-US Joint Working Level Committee (JWLC) on Cooperation in Science and Technology (July 2007)
• Senior Officials' Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Strategic Dialogue and Japan-U.S.-Australia Strategic Dialogue (July 2007)
  • Senior Officials' Meeting of Japan-U.S. Strategic Dialogue (Summary) (July 10, 2007)
  • Senior Officials' Meeting of Trilateral Strategic Dialogue among Japan, U.S. and Australia (Summary) (July 4, 2007)
• Visit to Japan by Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of the US Department of State (June 2007)
• Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States of America, Russia and Egypt (April 2007)
• United States-Japan Joint Nuclear Energy Action Plan (April 2007) [PDF]
• Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, Paid Courtesy Calls on Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Summary) (March 2007)
• Visit to Japan by Japanese American Leadership Delegation (February 2007)
• Realignment of the U.S. Forces in Japan (Training Relocation: FY2006 Joint Training Program) (February 2007)
• Visit to Japan by Mr. John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (February 2007)
• Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of US Department of State, Pays Courtesy Calls on Mr. Shotaro Yachi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs (February 2007)
• Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Statement by U.S. President George W. Bush on the WTO Doha Round (February 2007)
• Visit to Japan of the Honorable Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America (Announcement by the Press Secretary) (January 2007)
• Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Announcement by the United States (U.S.) Government on the U.S. New Policy in Iraq (January 2007)
• Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Report by the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning the US Anti-Dumping Procedures (Zeroing) (January 2007)
• FY 2006 Orientation Program for United States Forces Japan (January 2007)
• Remarks by H.E. Mr. Aso Taro, Minister for Foreign Affairs at the 43rd Japan-U.S. Business Conference at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo (November 2006)
• Australia-Japan-US Counter-Terrorism Talks (October 2006)
• Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito to Visit the United States (September 2006)
• Dr. Kiyohiko Toyama, Vice-Minister (Parliamentary) for Foreign Affairs, to Visit New York, Havana and Irkutsk (September 2006)
• Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsutoshi Kaneda, to Visit New York and Washington, D.C. (September 2006)
• An Opinion Poll: 2006 Image of Japan Study in the U.S. (August 2006)
• Deployment of US PAC-3 to Kadena (July 2006)
• Japan-U.S. Summit Teleconference (July 2006)
• Exchange of Notes concerning the Cooperation on Ballistic Missile Defense between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America (June 2006)
• Exchange of Notes concerning the Transfer of Arms and Military Technologies to the United States of America (June 2006)
• Teleconference between Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State (June 2006)
• Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Iranian Nuclear Issue: US Proposal on Negotiations with Iran (June 2006)
• Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the US's Restoration of Full Diplomatic Relations with Libya (May 2006)
• Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States, Belgium and Lithuania (April 2006)
• Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Mexico, Panama and the United States of America (April 2006)
• Speech by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Woodrow Wilson School 75th Anniversary (April 2006)
• Australia-Japan-United States Joint Statement (Trilateral Strategic Dialogue) (March 2006)
• Visit to Japan of Japanese American Leadership Delegation (March 2006)
• Visit to Japan of Mr. Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (January 2006)
• Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Kanagawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima Prefectures (December 2005)
• Speech by Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr.Shintaro Ito at the concert to honor the contributions to the victims of the Hurricane Katrina (December 2005)
• FY 2005 Orientation Program for United States Forces Japan (December 2005)
• Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States of America (December 2005)
• Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States of America (November 2005)
• Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Okinawa (November 2005)
• Meeting of the Ambassador, Consuls-General of Japan and Japanese American Leaders (November 2005)
• Japan-U.S. Strategic Dialogue (Senior Officials' Level) (October 2005)
• Senior Officials' Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Strategic Dialog and the Japan-U.S.-Australia Security Dialog (October 2005)
• Visit to Japan by President Bush of the United States of America (October 2005)
• Meeting of Heads of Japanese Diplomatic Offices in the U.S. and Canada, Meeting of Honorary Consuls-General of Japan in the U.S. and Canada, Japan-U.S. Economic Review Forum and Japan-Canada Economic Review Forum in the fiscal year of 2005 (October 2005)
• Damages Caused by Hurricane Katrina in the Southern Part of the U.S.A. (September 2005)
• Joint Statement: Strategic Development Alliance (September 2005)
• Holding of U.S.-Australia-Japan Counter-Terrorism Talks (September 2005)
• Minister for Foreign Affairs MACHIMURA Nobutaka's Visit to U.S.A. (Follow-up) (September 2005)
• Minister for Foreign Affairs MACHIMURA Nobutaka to Visit U.S.A. (September 2005)
• Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the U.S. (New York) and the Republic of Singapore (July 2005)
• Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan's Visit to Saipan (June 27, 2005)
  • Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary On Their Majesties' Visit to Saipan (June 2005)
  • Remarks by H.M. The Emperor At his Departure for Saipan June 27.2005 (June 2005)
  • Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Their Majesties' Visit to Saipan Island (April 2005)
  • Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan to Visit Saipan, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States of America (April 2005)
• Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Meet with US Secretary of State Rice (June 2005)
• Speech by Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai at the Dayton City Commission (May 2005)
• Meeting of Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and Minister of State for Defense Yoshinori Ohno with Governors of Major Prefectural Governments where the Facilities and Areas of the US Forces in Japan (USFJ) are Located (March 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Nomination of Mr. John Thomas Schieffer, U.S. Ambassador to Australia, as New U.S. Ambassador to Japan (January 2005)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Repeal of the US 1916 Anti-Dumping Act (December 2004)
• Comment of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Re-election of President George W. Bush as President of the United States of America (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (November 2004)
• Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States of America and Vietnam (October 2004)
• Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States of America (September 2004)
• First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Accident Site Cooperation (September 2004)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the WTO Arbitration on Japan's Retaliatory Measures against the U.S. Byrd Amendment (September 2004)
• Exchange of Notes concerning Modification of Annex 2 of the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) between Japan and the U.S. (July 2004)
• Japan-U.S. Subcabinet Economic Dialogue (July 2004)
• Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Passing of Former President Ronald Reagan of the United States of America (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (June 2004)
• On the US-Israel Summit Meeting (April 2004)
• Visit to Japan of The Honorable Richard Bruce Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America, and Mrs. Lynne V. Cheney (Announcement by the Press Secretary) (April 2004)
• Ceremony for the Exchange of Instruments of Ratification of the Japan-US Tax Convention (New Tax Treaty) (March 2004)
• Agreement Amending the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America concerning Reciprocal Provision of Logistic Support, Supplies and Services between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of the United States of America (February 2004) [English (PDF)] [Japanese (PDF)]
• Signing of Agreement Amending Acquisition and Cross-servicing Agreement (February 2004)
• Comments on the Interim Final Rule of US-VISIT Program by the Government of Japan (February 2004) [PDF]
• Signing of the Agreement between Japan and the United States of America on Social Security (February 2004)
• Agreement between Japan and the United States of America on Social Security (February 2004) [English (PDF)] [Japanese (PDF)]
• Meeting between Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of the Government of Japan, and Deputy Secretary of State of the United States Richard Armitage on the Peace Process in Sri Lanka (February 2004)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the WTO Appellate Body Report on the U.S. Steel Safeguard Measures (November 2003)
• Signing of the New Japan-US Income Tax Convention (November 2003)
• 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 (November 2003) [English (PDF)] [Japanese (PDF)]
• Comments on the Proposed Rule of Cargo Information by the Government of Japan (August 2003) [PDF]
• Comments on the Proposed Revision of Visa Regulations (22 CFR 41) by the Government of Japan (July 2003) [PDF]
• Treaty between Japan and the United States of America on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (August 2003) [English (PDF)] [Japanese (PDF)]
• Signing of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between Japan and the United States of America (August 2003)
• Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi concerning Alleged Rape resulting in Injury committed by a U.S. Marine Lance Corporal (June 2003)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Entry into Effect of the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions (Moscow Treaty) (June 2003)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Meeting of the Leaders of the United States, Britain, Spain and Portugal in Azores (March 2003)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the United States' Re-joining the ITER Project (January 2003)
• Emergency Assistance for Typhoon Disaster in Guam (December 2002)
• Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi concerning Charges against a U.S. Marine Major of Attempted Rape (December 2002)
• Statement by Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the United States' Return to UNESCO (September 2002)
• Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the Passing of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Legislation by the Senate of the U.S. Congress (August 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions and the Joint Declaration on the New Strategic Relationship Between the U.S.-Russia (May 2002)
• Statement by Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on the efforts by the United States and others regarding the Middle East (April 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the President Bush's remarks on dispatching Secretary of State Collin Powell to the region (April 2002)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the President Bush's remarks on dispatching General Zinni to the region (March 2002)
• Statement by Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Announcement by the United States to Impose Safeguard Measures on Imported Steel (March 2002)
• Statement by Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Announcement of Climate Change Policy by the Government of the United States (February 2002)
• Message by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to President Bush concerning the Plane Crash in New York (November 2001)
• Holding of High-Level Japan-U.S. Government-to-Government Consultations on Climate Change (July 2001)
• Statement by Ms. Makiko Tanaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Suspicion of Criminal Assault by a U.S. Air Force Serviceman (July 2001)
• Comment by H.E. Mr Yohei Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs, regarding the U.S.-China Consultations on the Collision Accident of the U.S. and Chinese Military Aircraft (April 2001)
• Mr. Kiyohiro Araki, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States (Appealing to the U.S. concerning Global Warming) (April 2001)
• Letter from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to President George W. Bush concerning Negotiations on the Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 2001)
• Statement by Mr. Yohei Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Remarks of the U.S. Government concerning the Framework Convention on Climate Change Talks (March 2001)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Nomination of Senator Howard Baker, former Senate Majority Leader, as new U.S. Ambassador to Japan (March 2001)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on an Arson Case involving a U.S. Marine in Okinawa (February 2001)
• Statement by Mr. Yohei Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on an Arson Case by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa (February 2001)
• Prime Minister's comment at the inauguration of President Bush (January 2001)
• Foreign Minister's comment at the inauguration of President Bush (January 2001)
• Statement by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on the Election of Governor George W. Bush as President of the United States of America (December 2000)
• Comment by Mr. Yohei Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Election of Governor George W. Bush as President of the United States of America (December 2000)
• Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on the Election of Governor George W. Bush as President of the United States (December 2000)
• Comment by Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Prime Minister of Japan, on the Joint Communiqué issued by the U.S. and North Korea (October 2000)
• Comment by the Press Secretary on the Lawsuits in California against Japanese Corporations for Labor during the Second World War (September 2000)

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