Foreign Policy
New Plan for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)”
November 28, 2023
Policy speech by Prime Minister Kishida at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) “the Future of the Indo-Pacific—Japan’s New Plan for a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ — ‘Together with India, as an Indispensable Partner’ ”（ English (PDF) 
）／ Japanese (PDF) ））
New Plan for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” (Overview) （ English (PDF) ）／ Japanese (PDF) ）／French（PDF）／Spanish（PDF）／Simplified Chinese（PDF）／Traditional Chinese（PDF）／Arabic（PDF）／Russian（PDF） ）
Related link: What is Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Items of Cooperation
- List（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Entire Edition（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
Pillar 1 ：Principles for Peace and Rules for Prosperity
- Case1 Initiatives to promote a free and fair economic order（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case2 Enhancement of the coordination among IPEF partners（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case3 Implementation of international rules and standards（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case4 Support for realizing “the rule of law”（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case5 Coordination with various countries in international peace cooperation（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case6 Promotion of “business and human rights” as international value（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
Pillar 2：Addressing Challenges in an Indo-Pacific Way
- Case7 Efforts for Practical Energy Transitions (ex. Promotion of the “Asia Zero Emission Community” (AZEC) concept)）（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case8 Achieving both climate change/environmental measures and energy security in Pacific Island countries（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case9 ODA for promoting Green Transformation (GX) （Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case10 Creation of high-integrity carbon markets（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case11 Responding to Climate Change (adaptation support, response to loss and damage)（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case12 Response to energy security in Africa（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case13 Blue Ocean Vision（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case14 Promotion of Blue Economy for Fisheries（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case15 Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case16 Cooperation in waste management infrastructure development and the transition to a circular economy （Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case17 Food security（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case18 Global Health（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case19 Improvement of disaster prevention and disaster response capabilities（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case20 International cooperation in the weather, earthquake and tsunami fields that contributes to the disaster risk reduction（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case21 Cooperation with each country’s armed forces aimed at enhancing the capacity to respond to disasters （Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case22 Economic resilience（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case23 Ensuring a free, fair and secure cyberspace（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case24 Development of New Industries（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case25 Police cooperation for a safe and secure society（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case26 Countermeasures against terrorism and violent extremism as well as transnational organized crimes which could be a source of financing of terrorism（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
Pillar 3 ：Multi-layered Connectivity
- Case27 Enhancement in hard and soft connectivity（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case28 Japan-ASEAN Connectivity Initiative（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case29 Development of an Industrial Value Chain connecting the Bay of Bengal and North Eastern Region of India（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case30 Integrated improvement of airports, ports and communications infrastructure in Pacific Island Countries（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case31 Enhancement in “knowledge” connectivity（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case32 Support for Start-ups（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case33 Program for enhancement of development and exchange of personnel to promote FOIP（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case34 Enhancement in “digital” connectivity（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case35 Digital cooperation in the post-pandemic era（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case36 Support for Promoting Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) in Developing Countries through Legal Systems and Infrastructure Development（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case37 Development and operation of overseas ports to attract Japanese companies（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case38 International standardization in the cold chain logistics（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case39 Green Shipping Corridors in the Indo-Pacific（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case40 Global Financial Partnership Center（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
Pillar 4：Extending Efforts for Security and Safe Use of the “Sea” to the “Air”
- Case41 Sharing of ideas and to ensure the rule of law at sea （Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case42 Enhancement in maritime law enforcement capacity（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case43 Cooperation among coast guard agencies（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case44 Provision of equipment and materials and infrastructure development to armed forces and other related organizations（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case45 Cooperation projects to contribute to maritime security（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case46 Promotion of cooperation on defense equipment and technology（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case47 Strengthening Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) capacity（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case48 Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD)（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case49 Overseas Training Cruise（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case50 Promotion of safe use of the air（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）
- Case51 Promotion of cooperation in the aviation area (such as the environment and new technology)（Japanese (PDF) ／English (PDF) ）