Ministers

2019

• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk(June 30, 2019)
• Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 29, 2019)
• Japan-Mexico Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 29, 2019)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 28, 2019)
• Japan-Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministers’ meeting(June 28, 2019)
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers' Meeting(June 27, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Mongolia(June 15-17, 2019)
• Japan-Mongolia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 16, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Sweden and Iran(June 11-14, 2019)
• Stockholm Ministerial Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)(June 11, 2019)
• Japan-Afghanistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(May 18, 2019)
• Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Taro Kono by General Robert B. Abrams(May 14, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Angola, South Sudan and Ethiopia(May 2-6, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Saudi Arabia(April 26-29, 2019)
• Japan-Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(April 28, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits United States of America(April 18-21, 2019)
• Meeting between Foreign Minister Kono and Former U.S. Secretary of State Albright(April 19, 2019)
• Meeting between Foreign Minister Kono and Defense Minister Iwaya,and U.S. National Security Advisor Bolton(April 19, 2019)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (2+2) (April 19 ,2019)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(April 19, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits China(April 13-15, 2019)
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Working Lunch(April 15, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits France(April 4-7, 2019)
• Japan-Timor-Leste Foreign Ministers’ Meeting （March 27, 2019）
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Germany(February 15-17, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Attends the 55th Munich Security Conference(February 17, 2019)
• Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 16, 2019)
• Japan-Spain Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 16, 2019)
• Japan-Lithuania Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 15, 2019)
• Japan-Latvia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 15, 2019)
• Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 15, 2019)
• Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(February 15, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Philippines(February 9-11, 2019)
• Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(February 10, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono holds a Working Dinner with the Leaders of Three Japan Houses（February 6, 2019）
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Russia (January 12-16, 2019)
• Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (January 14, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits India, Nepal and France(January 7-12, 2019)
• Japan-Nepal Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(January 9, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono participates in Launching Event of the India-Japan Friendship Forum(January 8, 2019)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on H.E. Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (January 7, 2019)
• Japan-India Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue (January 7, 2019)

2018

• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria(December 23-29, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Algeria Ouyahia(December 27, 2018)
• Japan-Algeria Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(December 27, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on Head of Government of the Republic of Tunisia Chahed(December 26, 2018)
• Japan-Tunisia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(December 26, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Jordan and Qatar(December 14-16, 2018)
• First Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue(December 14, 2018)
• Japan-Seychelles Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(December 5, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Italy and Vatican(November 23-25, 2018)
• Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(November 23, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Taro Kono Attends APEC Ministerial Meeting (November 14-16, 2018)
• Japan-Peru Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 16, 2018)
• Japan-Chile Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(November 15, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the Foreign Minister of Australia(November 15, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the Deputy Prime Minister of The Bahamas(November 12, 2018)
• Entry into Force of the Protocol Amending the Japan-Bahamas Tax Information Exchange Agreement (November 12, 2018)
• Working Dinner between Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Mr. Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General, WTO(November 7, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits China and Bahrain(October 25-28, 2018)
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(October 26, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Australia, Timor-Leste and New Zealand(October 9-16, 2018)
• Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(October 15, 2018)
• Japan-Timor-Leste Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(October 12, 2018)
• Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting（October 10, 2018）
• Eighth Japan-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”)（October 10, 2018）
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk(October 8, 2018)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting(October 6, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Canada and the United States of America(September 21-30, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Attends the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly(September 28, 2018)
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(September 27, 2018)
• Japan-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(September 27, 2018)
• Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(September 27, 2018)
• Japan-Pacific Alliance Ministerial Meeting(September 26, 2018)
• Japan-Côte d’Ivoire Foreign Ministers' Meeting(September 25, 2018)
• Japan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(September 25, 2018)
• Japan-Bangladesh Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(September 25, 2018)
• Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(September 24, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Attends the Women Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Co-hosted by Canada and the EU(September 22, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Viet Nam(September 11-13, 2018)
• 10th Meeting of the Japan-Viet Nam Cooperation Committee and Japan-Viet Nam Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Working Lunch)(September 13, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Attends the World Economic Forum on ASEAN(September 13, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi(September 12, 2018)
• Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(September 11, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Germany (September 2-7, 2018)
• Japan-Germany Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 6, 2018)
• Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation(August 30, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono holds a Working Dinner with President-elect of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly(August 30, 2018)
• Japan-Djibouti Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Working Lunch(August 30, 2018)
• Japan-Jordan Foreign Minister’s Telephone Talk (August 29, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits United States of America(August 21-26, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits United States of America(Los Angeles)(August 25, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits United States of America(San Francisco)(August 24, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits United States of America(Honolulu)(August 23, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Mexico(August 12-19, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono pays a courtesy call on President-elect of the United Mexican States(August 17, 2018)
• Japan-Peru Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 14, 2018)
• Japan-Ecuador Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, E/N Signing Ceremony, Joint Press Occasion and Lunch Meeting Hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador(August 13, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono's Attendance at ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers' Meetings and Visits Russia, Myanmar, Bangladesh(July 30-August 8, 2018)
• Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 4, 2018)
• Eighth Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) (August 4, 2018)
• Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 3, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Held Informal Talks with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Papua New Guinea (August 3, 2018)
• The 25th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting (August 4, 2018)
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 3, 2018)
• Japan-EU Foreign Ministers’ Working Lunch (August 3, 2018)
• Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 2, 2018)
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 2, 2018)
• Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 2, 2018)
• Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (August 2, 2018)
• Agreement in principle on the Japan-ASEAN Technical Cooperation Agreement(August 2, 2018)
• Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation(July 19, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Malaysia and France(July 10-14, 2018)
• Japan-France Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (July 14, 2018)
• Japan-Malaysia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (July 11, 2018)
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(July 8, 2018)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(July 8, 2018)
• Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(July 8, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Austria and Poland(July 4-7, 2018)
• Meeting between Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Dr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, Provisional Technical Secretary, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-ban Treaty Organization(July 5, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Thailand, Bhutan and Indonesia(June 21-28, 2018)
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 25, 2018)
• Japan-Bhutan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 23, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits the Republic of Korea(June 13-14, 2018)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 14, 2018)
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(June 14, 2018)
• Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk(June 22, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Brazil, Argentine, the United States of America, and Mexico (May 19-26, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono pays a courtesy call on President of the United Mexican States (May 24, 2018)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(May 23, 2018)
• Japan-Argentina Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 22, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Receives a Courtesy Call from the Minister for International Development and the Pacific of Australia(May 17, 2018)
• Japan-Norway Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 10, 2018)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (April 30, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Canada, Switzerland and Belgium(April 20-25, 2018)
• Japan-France Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (April 22, 2018)
• Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (April 22, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Laos and Cambodia (April 7-8, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Cambodia (April 8, 2018）
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits the Lao PDR (April 7, 2018）
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits the Lao PDR (Visit to Economic Cooperation Sites etc.) (April 7, 2018）
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits the United States of America (March 15-18, 2018)
• Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (March 17, 2018）
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits China (January 27-28, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the First Vice President of South Sudan (February 17, 2018）
• Japan-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 17, 2018）
• Japan-Albania Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 17, 2018）
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Burkina Faso (February 16, 2018）
• Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 16, 2018）
• Japan-EU Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talk (February 16, 2018）
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits China (January 27-28, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on State Council Premier Li Keqiang (January 28, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono’s Meeting with State Council Member Yang Jiechi (January 28, 2018)
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (January 28, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Myanmar, UAE and Canada (January 11-18, 2018)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Dinner Meeting (January 16, 2018)
• Japan-Greece Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (January 16, 2018)
• Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 15, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Myanmar (January 12, 2018)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives (January 3-7, 2018)
• Japan-Sri Lanka Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (January 5, 2018)
• Japan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (January 4, 2018)

2017

• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Middle East (December 24-29, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Israel (December 25, 2017)
• Lunch hosted by Regional Cooperation Minister Hanegbi (December 25, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Israel (December 25, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Palestine (December 25, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Middle East, Europe and U.S. (December 8-17, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the President of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic) (December 15, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the Secretary-General of the United Nations (December 15, 2017)
• Japan-UAE Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (December 10, 2017)
• Japan-Bahrain Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (December 9, 2017)
• Japan-Bangladesh Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 19, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Taro Kono Attends APEC Ministerial Meeting (November 7-9, 2017)
• Japan-Peru Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 8, 2017)
• Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Working Dinner (November 7, 2017)
• Japan-Thailand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 7, 2017)
• Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 7, 2017)
• Japan-Viet Nam Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 7, 2017)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 5, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Receives a Courtesy Call from U.S. Senior Advisor to the President Kushner (November 5, 2017)
• Japan-Denmark Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 11, 2017)
• 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 17-23, 2017)
• Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 22, 2017)
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 21, 2017)
• Japan Africa Foreign Ministers’ Dinner (September 20, 2017)
• Japan-Brazil Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 20, 2017)
• Japan-UAE Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 19, 2017)
• Japan-U.S.-India Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 19, 2017)
• High-level Event on United Nations Reform (September 18, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Middle East (September 8-13, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Arab Republic of Egypt (September 12, 2017)
• Japan-Palestine Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 12, 2017)
• Japan-Algeria Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 12, 2017)
• Japan-Libya Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 12, 2017)
• The First Japan-Arab Political Dialogue (September 11, 2017)
• Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 11, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Jordan (September 10, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Kuwait (September 10, 2017)
• Japan-Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 10, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Qatar (September 9, 2017)
• Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Kono Attend Eastern Economic Forum in Russia (September 6-7, 2017)
• Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 7, 2017)
• Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (August 30, 2017)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (August 29, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits Mozambique and Ethiopia (August 23-27, 2017)
• Japan-Ethiopia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 27, 2017)
• TICAD Ministerial Meeting (August 24-25, 2017)
• Japan-Cabo Verde Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 25, 2017)
• Japan-South Sudan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 25, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Holds Luncheon Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda (June 25, 2017)
• Japan-Djibouti Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 25, 2017)
• Japan-Benin Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 25, 2017)
• Japan-Morocco Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 25, 2017)
• Japan-Kenya Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (June 25, 2017)
• Japan-India Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation (August 22, 2017)
• Japan-UAE Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Conversation (August 21, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Visits the United States of America (August 16-19, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono meets with USTR Lighthizer (August 17, 2017)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”) (August 17, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono meets with U.S. National Security Advisor Gen. McMaster (August 16, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery (August 16, 2017)
• Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of the Philippines (August 8, 2017)
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 8, 2017)
• Japan-Viet Nam Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 8, 2017)
• The 24th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• The Seventh East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• The 18th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 7, 2017)
• Seventh Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (August 7, 2017)
• The Tenth Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 6, 2017)
• Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 6, 2017)
• Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (August 6, 2017)

• Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida
• Former Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba
• Former Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto
• Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara
• Former Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
• Former Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone
• Former Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura
• Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (August 2007 - September 2007)
• Former Foreign Minister Taro Aso
• Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (September 2004 - October 2005)
• Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi
• Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka
• Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono