What's New

May 2

• Procedures for TICAD V Media accreditation
• Press Release
  • Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Choquehuanca, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • First Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

May 1

• Press Release
  • Signing of the Japan-Saudi Arabia Investment Agreement

April 30

• U.S.-Japan Joint High-Level Committee Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation (Media Note)
• Foreign Minister's Movies (Foreign Minister Kishida Visits The Hague and London)
• Notice: A Pilot Project towards concluding the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
• Press Release
  • Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic

April 27

• Press Release
  • Second Round of Negotiations for Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

April 26

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida

April 25

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Naoko Saiki
• Press Release
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Terrorist Bombing in Libya
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on a series of clashes and attacks in Iraq
  • Agreement in Principle on Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the British Virgin Islands
  • Agreement in Principle on the Tax Agreement regarding the Information between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region

April 24

• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD) Ángel Gurría
• Press Release
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their relations

April 23

• Press Release
  • Detection of Xenon Exceeding Normal Concentrations at the CTBT Radionuclide Monitoring Station in Takasaki
  • Reception hosted by the Government of Japan on the occasion of the 59th Session of the Council of the United Nations University

April 22

• Statement by Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT (PDF) (70KB)
• Press Release
  • Dinner Meeting between Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. José Ángel Gurría Treviño, Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • First round of negotiations on a Japan EU agreement covering political and other cooperation
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Provincial Election of Iraq

April 20

• Japanese Response to the Earthquake Disaster in Sichuan Province, China

April 19

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Dr. Toshiko Abe, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to visit Fukushima Prefecture
  • First Round of Negotiations on a Japan EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
  • Second East Asia Low Carbon Growth Partnership Dialogue

April 18

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Assistant Press Secretary Masaru Sato

April 17

• Message of Condolence from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the explosion at the Boston Marathon
• Press Release
  • Message of Condolence from Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida on the explosion at the Boston Marathon
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the earthquake in southeast Iran and western Pakistan

April 16

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq
  • The Convening of the Intergovernmental Negotiation on the Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the British Virgin Islands

April 15

• Courtesy call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Press Release
  • Meeting between Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General

April 11

• Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Japan-U.K. Foreign Ministers' meeting

April 10

• Working Dinner of G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Press Release
  • African Festa 2013 Commemorating the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V)
  • Second Round of Negotiations for Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

April 9

• Japan-Mexico Summit Meeting
• Japan-Mexico Joint Statement (Japanese)　 (PDF) (210KB)
• Japan-Mexico Joint Statement (Spanish) (PDF) (228KB)
• Japan-Mexico Joint Statement (English) (Provisional Translation) (PDF) (154KB)
• Press Release
  • First Round of Negotiations on a Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as well as a Japan-EU agreement covering political and other cooperation
  • Visit to Japan by His Excellency Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General

April 8

• Press Release
  • Establishment of Japan's first Public-Private Partnership to facilitate the development of new health technologies for the developing world

April 5

• Foreign Minister's Movies
• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida’s Visit to The Hague and London
  • Summary of the Third Round of Negotiations for the Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

April 4

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Naoko Saiki
• Press Release
  • Visit to Japan of Hon. Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of the National League for Democracy, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

April 3

• Application for the TICAD V Booth Exhibition
• The Adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty Overview and Assessment(Overview and Assessment)
• Press Release
  • Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the UN General Assembly

April 2

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the United Mexican States, and Mrs. Angélica Rivera de Peña
  • Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Election in Kenya

March 29

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida

March 28

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Naoko Saiki
• Press Release
  • First Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) among Japan, China and the ROK

March 27

• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by H.R.H. Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Minister of Defence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Seventh Japan-India Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue (Overview)
• Press Release
  • Courtesy Call on Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by H.R.H. Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Minister of Defence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • The Third Round of Negotiations for the Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

March 26

• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by H.E. Mr. Kigbafori Guillaume SORO, President of National Assembly, Republic of Cote d’Ivoire
• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Visit to Japan of H.R.H. Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

March 25

• Press Release
  • Minister Kishida’s Meeting with Mr. Karel De Gucht, the European Commissioner for Trade
  • Opinion Poll: Image of Japan in Brazil
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in the Central African Republic

March 22

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Adoption of the Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including the Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry at the 22nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council
  • Entry into Force of the Japan-Australia Information Security Agreement (ISA)
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Statement released by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Leader Abdullah Ocalan

March 21

• Meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and H.R.H. Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain
• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Naoko Saiki
• Press Release
  • Meeting between Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and H.R.H. Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Visit to Japan of H.E. Mr. Salman Khurshid, External Affairs Minister of India
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Opening of National Dialogue Conference in Yemen
  • The Seventh International MANGA Award
  • Election of Mr. Motoo Noguchi, former International Judge of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, to the Chair of the Board of the Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
  • Agreement in Principle on the Protocol Amending the Tax Convention with the United Kingdom