Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance,Refugees
Exchange of Views between Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs AKAHORI and Director General Pope, IOM
August 21, 2025
On August 21, commencing at 3:45 p.m. for approximately 30 minutes, Mr. AKAHORI, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held an exchange of views with Ms. Amy E. Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), who is visiting Japan to attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), in Yokohama. The overview is as follows:
- At the outset, Senior Deputy Minister AKAHORI welcomed Director General Pope’s visit to Japan, and expressed his intention to further advance cooperation with IOM, a specialized agency in global movement of people.
- In response, Director General Pope expressed her appreciation for Japan’s support to date, and conveyed her expectation for further strengthening of cooperation between Japan and IOM.
- In addition, the two exchanged views on the promotion of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDP Nexus).