Exhibition Room

The Diplomatic Archives Exhibition displays historical materials that are especially important in terms of Japan’s diplomatic history.
In the Permanent Exhibition Room, representative treaties and other diplomatic documents from the end of the Edo period to the 21st century are displayed. In the Special Exhibition Room, materials related to former Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru, the history of passports, and the process of concluding treaties are displayed. In addition, Special Exhibitions with particular themes are held on a regular basis(Note).
The Exhibition Room has explanatory panels and videos to help visitors understand the exhibits. We look forward to your visit.
(Note) During the Special Exhibition, the contents of the exhibition may change.

What‘s New

October 17

From October 31, 2025 to January 15, 2026, the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will host the special exhibition "Japan’s orientation as a peace-loving nation" in the Exhibition Room. For more details, please click here (Japanese text only)

October 3

Due to the replacement of some exhibits, the special exhibition room will be closed all day on October 29th and 30th, 2025.The permanent exhibition room will remain open as usual.

The Current Special Exhibition

October 31, 2025 - January 15, 2026

Japan’s orientation as a peace-loving nation (Japanese only)

Opening Hours

10:00am to 5:30pm (Last Entry at 5:00pm), Monday to Saturday

Days Closed

Sundays, national holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays (December 28 to January 4), and days on which the Diplomatic Archives announces that it will be temporarily closed (please check our website before your visit).

Location

Address:	Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower 5F, 3-1, 1-chome, Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0041 Japan
Phone:	03-3589-0369
Access:	8 minutes’ walk from Roppongi 1 chome station of Namboku Subway Line
	10 minutes’ walk from Roppongi or Kamiyacho Station of Hibiya Subway Line
	10 minutes’ walk from Roppongi, Oedo Subway Line

List of exhibitions held previously

List of exhibitions held previously
FY2025	The 60th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (Japanese text only)
FY2025	Portrait of Yoshida Shigeru: Through Precious Historical Documents (Japanese text only)
FY2024	Japan and Bulgaria: A Journey of Friendship and Exchange (Japanese text only)
	Relations between Greece and Japan through Diplomatic Documents (Japanese text only)
	Joint Exhibition with Jutaro Komura Hosankai (Nichinan City): Komura Jutaro and Portsmouth Peace Treaty (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: “Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and the U.K. - Mutsu Munemitsu and Treaty Revision-” (Japanese text only)
FY2023	Special Exhibition: "Japan and Peru – In Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Japan-Peru Diplomatic Relations" (Japanese text only)
FY2022	Special Exhibition: “The 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and China” (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: “1951 Security Treaty between the United States and Japan” (Japanese text only)
	Joint Exhibition with Japanese Overseas Migration Museum: “The History of Japanese Diplomacy and Emigration” (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: “The Okinawa Reversion Agreement” (Japanese text only)
FY2021	Special Exhibition: “Olympics in the Diplomatic Documents” (Japanese text only)
FY2021	Special Exhibition: “50 Years of Diplomatic Archives: 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Archives” (Japanese text only)
FY2020	Featured Exhibition: "Diplomats at a Cross-Roads – The Written Opinions of Pre-War Period Diplomats Facing Difficult Circumstances" (Japanese text only)
FY2020	Featured Exhibition: "World of Treaties” / "Conlusion of Treaty: The Case of Emigration Convention between Japan and Hawaii" (Japanese text only)
FY2019	Joint Exhibition with Wakayama Prefectural Government and Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education: "Diplomatic Records and the History of Modern Japan" (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: "Japan and Poland – In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Japan-poland Diplomatic Relations" (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: "150 Years of Japanese Diplomacy" (Japanese text only)
	Featured Exhibition: "Exhibition of Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State: North and South America (2)" (Japanese text only)
FY2018	Featured Exhibition: "A Travel for Mysteries of Japan’s Diplomatic Records" (Japanese text only)
	Joint Exhibition with Reimeikan (Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Materials): "Japanese Diplomacy in the Meiji Era as Reflected in Diplomatic Records" (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: "Japanese Diplomacy in the Meiji Era as Reflected in Treaties" (Japanese text only)
	Joint Exhibition with the Archives of Hokkaido: "Hokkaido in the Context of World History" (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: "Japanese Diplomacy in the Meiji Era as Reflected in Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State" (Japanese text only)
FY2017	Joint Exhibition with National Archives of Japan and the Danish National Archives: Special Exhibition Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Japan-Denmark Diplomatic Relations: "Japan and Denmark: Valuable Records of the Historical Relations" (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: "Japan and Thailand – In Commemoration of the 130th Anniversary of Japan-Thailand Diplomatic Relations"（PDF）
	Featured Exhibition: "Exhibition of Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State: North and South America (1)" (Japanese text only)
FY2016	Featured Exhibition: "Histroical Materials on Senkaku Islands and Takeshima" (Japanese text only)
	Featured Exhibition: "Exhibition of Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State: Europe (2)" (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: "Introduction to the End of the Tokugawa Period" (Japanese text only)
	Featured Exhibition: "Exhibition of Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State: Europe (1)" (Japanese text only)
	Featured Exhibition: "Conlusion of Treaty under the Japanese Imperial Constitution: The Case of Emigration Convention between Japan and Hawaii" (Japanese text only)
FY2015	Special Exhibition: "Japan and Brazil: 120 years of Friendship" (Japanese text only)
	Joint Exhibition by the Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History and the Diplomatic Archives "The History of Japanese Diplomacy" (held at the Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History) (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: "Japan and Persia/Iran" (Japanese text only)
FY2014	Special Exhibition: "Massan (Masataka Taketsuru) and the History of Exchange between Japan and Scotland" (Japanese text only)
FY2014	Special Exhibition: “Japan and Turkey – In Commemoration of 90 years since Diplomatic Relations were established” (Japanese text only)
FY2013	Special Exhibition: “Japan and Spain, A History of Exchange Based on Historical Diplomatic Documents” (Japanese text only)
	Joint exhibition by the Saitama Prefectural Archives and the Diplomatic Archives “Assorted Maps – World and Regional” (held at the Saitama Prefectural Archives) (Japanese text only)
	Collaborative exhibition by the National Archives of Japan, the Imperial Household Agency’s Public Records Office and the Diplomatic Archives “The Emergence of Japan as a Modern Nation – The Meiji Period as seen through Public Records” (held at the National Archives of Japan) (Japanese text only)
FY2012	Featured Exhibition: “Q’s & A’s on Diplomatic History” (Japanese text only)
FY2012	Special Exhibition: “Pathway to the San Francisco Peace Treaty” (Japanese text only)
FY2011	Featured Exhibition: “Great Earthquakes and Foreign Relations” (Japanese text only)
FY2011	Special Exhibition: “War between Japan and China, and Japan’s Foreign Relations” (Japanese text only)
FY2010	Featured Exhibition: “Meiji Treaties – Europe” (Japanese text only)
FY2010	Special Exhibition: “The Path to the Japan World Exposition as seen through Historical Diplomatic Materials” (Japanese text only)
FY2009	Featured Exhibition: “Takashi Hara and the Turning Point of Japan’s Foreign Relations” (Japanese text only)
FY2009	Special Exhibition: “The Beginnings of Japan-U.K. Exchange – From the end of the Tokugawa Period to the Meiji Period” (Japanese text only)
FY2008	Featured Exhibition: “Exhibition of Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State in the Possession of the Diplomatic Archives – North and South America” (Japanese text only)
	Special Exhibition: “Japan and Brazil – Tracing Their History of Exchange through Historical Materials” (Japanese text only)
	Featured Exhibition: “Exhibition of Sovereign Letters Personal Letters from Heads of State in the Possession of the Diplomatic Archives – Europe” (Japanese text only)
FY2007	Special Exhibition: “Shigeru Yoshida Exhibition: 40 Years After His Death” (Japanese text only)
FY2007	Featured Exhibition: “Diplomats at a Cross-Roads – The Written Opinions of Pre-War Period Diplomats Facing Difficult Circumstances” (Japanese text only)
FY2006	Special Exhibition: “The Age of Shidehara Diplomacy” (Japanese text only)
FY2006	Featured Exhibition: “Exhibition of Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State in the Possession of the Diplomatic Archives – Asia” (Japanese text only)
FY2005	Special Exhibition: “The Course of Japan-Russia Relations – 1855-1916” (Japanese text only)
FY2005	Special Exhibition: “Encounters with Central American Countries – An Exhibition Commemorating the Japan-Central America Year 2005” (Japanese text only)
FY2004	Special Exhibition: “The Dawn of Japan-U.S. Relations – 1852-1866” (Japanese text only)
FY2000	Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State in the Possession of the Diplomatic Archives
FY1996	Special Exhibition Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Opening of the Diplomatic Archives
FY1995	Post-War Treaties and Other Diplomatic Documents
FY1995	From Sovereign Letters and Personal Letters from Heads of State in the Possession of the Diplomatic Archives
FY1994	Munemitsu Mutsu and the Sino-Japanese War
FY1993	The Turning Point of Japan’s Foreign Relations – Takashi Hara and His Era
FY1992	The Age of the Japan-U.K. Alliance – Changes in the Far East and Japan’s Foreign Relations
FY1991	Japan-U.S. Relations from the Nine-Power Treaty to the Outbreak of the War between Japan and the U.S.