Middle East
Situation in the Gaza Strip
August 19, 2026
- Meetings with the Related Countries and Governments
- Statements issued by the Government Officials of Japan
Meetings with the Related Countries and Governments
- Online Meeting between Ambassador in charge of Gaza Rebuilding Assistance Mr. OKUBO and Chief Commissioner of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza Dr. Ali Shaath (August 19, 2026)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU by BIGOT, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process (May 21, 2026)
- The Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ambassador in charge of Gaza Rebuilding Assistance Mr. OKUBO’s Visit to Belgium and Egypt (April 23, 2026)
- The Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador in charge of Gaza Rebuilding Assistance Mr. OKUBO’s Visit to the United States of America (February 20, 2026)
- The Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador in charge of Gaza Rebuilding Assistance Mr. OKUBO’s Visit to the State of Israel (December 5, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister KUNIMITSU by Dr. NAKAJIMA Yuko, President, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Japan (December 4, 2025)
- The Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador in charge of Gaza Rebuilding Assistance Mr. OKUBO’s Vist to Palestine (December 3, 2025)
- The Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador in charge of Gaza Rebuilding Assistance Mr. OKUBO’s Vist to Jordan (December 1, 2025)
- Foreign Minister IWAYA's Attendance at the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Resolution of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution (September 22, 2025)
- Fourth Joint Foreign Affairs and Security Consultation (Pol-Mil Dialogue) between Japan and Israel (March 19, 2025)
- Working dinner between State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII and H.E. Dr. Rania Almashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt (December 23, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister IWAYA and Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh, former Prime Minister of Palestine (December 19, 2024)
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Fujii and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates of the Republic of Egypt H.E. Dr. Badr Abdelatty (December 2, 2024)
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII and Ms. Sigrid KAAG, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza (December 2, 2024)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII attended the Cairo Ministerial Conference to enhance the humanitarian response in Gaza (December 2, 2024)
- Japan-Palestine Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 24, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Kamikawa by LTG. Jibril Mahmoud Muhammad RAJOUB, President of the Palestine Olympic Committee (September 3, 2024)
- Japan-India Director-General Level Consultations on Middle East (July 26, 2024)
- Dispatch of Ambassador UEMURA Tsukasa, Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace, to the international conference ‘Call for Action:Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza’ (June 10, 2024)
- Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (May 27, 2024)
- Japan-Bahrain Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (April 23, 2024)
- Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (April 16, 2024)
- Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (April 3, 2024)
- Japan-Palestine Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (April 2, 2024)
- Dispatch of Ambassador UEMURA Tsukasa, Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace to the Middle East region (March 27, 2024)
- Courtesy call on Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA by H.E. Mr. Sven KOOPMANS, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process (March 25, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on the President of Palestine by State Minister for Foreign Affairs TSUJI Kiyoto (February 28, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister of Palestine by State Minister for Foreign Affairs TSUJI Kiyoto (February 27, 2024)
- Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (December 13, 2023)
- Japan-Lebanon Foreign Minister’s Meeting (December 13, 2023)
- Japan-Jordan Foreign Minister’s Meeting (December 13, 2023)
- Japan-UAE Summit Telephone Talk (December 11, 2023)
- Video Message by Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Follow-up meeting of the international conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza’s civilians (December 7, 2023)
- Japan-Israel Summit Telephone Talk (December 6, 2023)
- Japan-Iran Summit Telephone Talk (December 2, 2023)
- Japan-Jordan Summit Meeting (December 2, 2023)
- Japan-Egypt Summit Working Dinner (December 1, 2023)
- Japan-Qatar Summit Meeting (December 1, 2023)
- Japan-Israel Summit Meeting (December 1, 2023)
- Japan-Egypt Summit Telephone Talk (November 29, 2023)
- Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (November 14, 2023)
- Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (November 14, 2023)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Fukazawa’s attendance of the International conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza’s civilians (November 10, 2023)
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Overview of the Working Dinner on “the Middle East” Session) (November 7, 2023)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa Visits Israel, Palestine and Jordan (November 2-5, 2023)
- Courtesy call on Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA by H.E. Ms.Lina Annab, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Japan (October 30, 2023)
- Courtesy call on Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA by H.E. Mr. Waleed SIAM, Ambassador, Representative, The Permanent General Mission of Palestine (October 30, 2023)
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII and H.E. Mr. Gilad COHEN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel (October 26, 2023)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa's Visit to Egypt (October 20-22, 2023)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa's Visit to Egypt (October 20, 2023)
- Japan-Jordan Summit Telephone Talk (October 19, 2023)
- Japan-UAE Summit Telephone Talk (October 18, 2023)
- Japan-Qatar Summit Telephone Talk (October 18, 2023)
- Japan-Saudi Arabia Summit Telephone Talk (October 18, 2023)
- Dispatch of Ambassador UEMURA Tsukasa, Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace to the Middle East region (October 17, 2023)
- Japan-Palestine Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 13, 2023)
- Japan-United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 10, 2023)
- Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 9, 2023)
- Japan-Palestine Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (May 27, 2021)
- Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (May 26, 2021)
- Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talk (May 26, 2021)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide Nakayama’s Attendance at the International Donors’ Conference on the Reconstruction of Gaza (October 12, 2014)
- The 21st ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting (August 14, 2014)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 9, 2014)
- Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishi to Visit Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestine (July 19 - 25, 2014)
- Teleconference between Prime Minister Abe and Prime Minister Netanyahu of the State of Israel (July 22, 2014)
- Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishi discussed on the situation in the Gaza Strip with Ms. Ruth Kahanoff, Ambassador of the State of Israel and Mr. Waleed Siam, Ambassador of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine (July 18, 2014)
Statements issued by the Government Officials of Japan
- Adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution 2803 on the Situation in Gaza (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (November 18, 2025)
- Reaching an Agreement based on the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 9, 2025)
- Israel's Military Operations in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (September 17, 2025)
- Decision by Israel regarding its plan to take control of Gaza City (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (August 9, 2025)
- Reaching an Agreement for the Release of Hostages and Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (January 16, 2025)
- Legislation on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Adopted in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 29, 2024)
- Foreign ministers’ statement on legislation against United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East under consideration by the Israeli Knesset (October 27, 2024)
- On the Current Situation Surrounding the Gaza Strip (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 7, 2024)
- Attack against school in Gaza (Statement by Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro) (August 12, 2024)
- Situation surrounding the Gaza Strip: Issuance of the Joint Statement from the Leaders of the United States, Egypt, and Qatar (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (August 9, 2024)
- Announcement by the Government of Israel regarding settlements (Statement by Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro) (July 3, 2024)
- Adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution 2735 on the Situation in Gaza (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (June 11, 2024)
- Situation surrounding the Gaza Strip: A new proposal regarding negotiation on the hostage release and ceasefire (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (June 2, 2024)
- Casualties of Aid Workers in Attacks in the Gaza Strip (April 3, 2024)
- Adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution 2728 on the Situation in Gaza (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (March 27, 2024)
- On an Israeli Minister's Declaration of Land in the Jordan Valley as “State Lands” (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (March 26, 2024)
- On Appointment of Dr. Mohammad Mustafa as Prime Minister of Palestine (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (March 17, 2024)
- Announcement by the Government of Israel regarding settlements (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (March 8, 2024)
- Israeli military operation in Rafah in the Gaza Strip (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (February 12, 2024)
- Allegations about UNRWA staff members' involvement in the October 7 terror attack on Israel last year (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (January 28, 2024)
- South Africa’s filing of an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (Indication of the Provisional Measures)(Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (January 27, 2024)
- Remarks made by Israeli ministers on the resettlement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Settlements in the Gaza Strip (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (January 5, 2024)
- Adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution on scaling up and monitoring aid to the Gaza Strip (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (December 23, 2023)
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Situation in Israel and Gaza (November 29, 2023)
- Attack against hospital in Gaza (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (October 18, 2023)
- The Clashes between Israel and the Palestinian militants (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (October 8, 2023)
- Attack on Israel by the Palestinian militants including Hamas (Statement by Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki) (October 7, 2023)
- The Ceasefire Agreement between Israel and Palestinian Militants (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (May 21, 2021)
- Recent Developments in Israel and Palestine (Statement by Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki) (May 11, 2021)
- The launch of a rocket from Gaza(Statement by Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga) (March 26, 2019)
- Recent developments in Gaza (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama) (April 3, 2018)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the recent situation in Jerusalem and the West Bank (November 19, 2014)
- Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Kuni Sato on the recent situation in Al-Aqsa Compound in Jerusalem (November 14, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the decision regarding the settlement construction in East Jerusalem (November 5, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the announcement regarding the settlement construction in East Jerusalem (October 30, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the announcement regarding the expropriation of the land in the southern part of the West Bank (September 2, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Militants (August 29, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the deterioration of the recent situation in the Gaza Strip and Japan’s assistance (July 25, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the recent situation in the Gaza Strip (July 18, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the further deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip (July 11, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the recent situation in the Gaza Strip (July 9, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the announcement of the abduction and murder of a Palestinian boy in East Jerusalem (July 3, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the announcement of the abduction and murder of Israeli students in the West Bank （July 1, 2014）
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the abduction of Israeli students in the West Bank （June 19, 2014）