Japan-Canada Relations
Japan-Canada Summit Telephone Talk
May 2, 2025
On May 2, commencing at 08:00 p.m. for approximately 30 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a summit telephone talk with the Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada. The overview of the talk is as follows.
- Prime Minister Ishiba expressed his congratulations to Prime Minister Carney on the victory in Canada’s federal election. Prime Minister Ishiba stated that, amidst continuing severe international environment, he would like to cooperate with Prime Minister Carney, who is the chair of the G7 Summit this year, for partnering between Japan and Canada as well as within the G7.
- Prime Minister Ishiba further stated that he would like to strengthen the strategic partnership between Japan and Canada in the Indo-Pacific region. The two leaders exchanged their views on the situation in the East Asia..
- Prime Minister Ishiba also stated that the LNG Canada is an important project for the energy security of the Indo-Pacific region including Japan, whose production of LNG will commence this year. He then asked for Canada’s continued support for the project.
- The two leaders discussed a wide range of economic issues, taking into account the impact of the U.S. tariff measures on the global economy and multilateral trade system.
- Finally, Prime Minister Ishiba stated his expectation to expand exchanges between Japan and Canada through Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.