Foreign Policy
New Plan for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)”
June 6, 2023
On March 20, Mr. KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, who was visiting New Delhi, India, delivered a policy speech entitled “the Future of the Indo-Pacific—Japan’s New Plan for a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ — ‘Together with India, as an Indispensable Partner’ ”, announcing Japan’s new plan for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” ,which launches the four pillars of cooperation for FOIP:"Principles for Peace and Rules for Prosperity," "Addressing Challenges in an Indo-Pacific Way," "Multi-layered Connectivity," and "Extending Efforts for Security and Safe Use of the “Sea” to the “Air””.
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) ）