Diplomatic Bluebook 2015
Photo Index
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
- Prime Minister Abe (right), President Obama (center), and President Park (left) at the Japan–U.S.–ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting (March 25, The Hague; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Students cooking bibimbap in a hands-on event (in the ROK, March 29; Source: Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation)
- Trip to Changdeok Palace (in the ROK, March 29; Source: Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation)
- The Japan–China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November, Beijing)
- Prime Minister Abe and President Xi shake hands at the Japan–China Summit Meeting (November 10, Beijing; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- An exhibition of calligraphy by Japanese and Chinese students (April 13; Source: Japan–China Friendship Center)
- Kanazawa University students get to know university students from China (June 20; Source: Japan–China Friendship Center)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakane pays a courtesy visit to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (January 15, Cambodia)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitsuya shakes hands with Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong of Laos (June 4, Laos)
- Gulfstream V moves from Malaysia to Australia (26 March, Subang Airport, Malaysia)
- Joint searches with staff of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency in the Gulfstream V aircraft
- Prime Minister Abbott of Australia encouraging the commanding officers from the respective countries
- Prime Minister Abe gives a speech at the Bangladesh–Japan Business Forum (September 6, Bangladesh; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan–Nepal Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 8, Tokyo)
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe feeding carps at the State Guest House’s lake in Kyoto (August 30th, Kyoto; Source: the Cabinet Public Relations Office)" width="296" height="417">
- Japan–Australia Summit Meeting (July 8, Australia; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan–Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (June 11, Tokyo)
- The author (left) interpreting for Japanese Prime Minister Abe (center) attending a National Security Committee security meeting together with Australian Prime Minister Abbott (right) while visiting Australia (July 2014)
- 17th Japan–ASEAN Summit Meeting (November 12–13, Naypyidaw, Myanmar; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- 10th ASEM Summit (October 16–17, Milan; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
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- President Obama and Prime Minister Abe at the Japan-U.S. summit meeting (April 24, Tokyo; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Secretary of State Kerry and Foreign Minister Kishida at the Japan-U.S. foreign ministers’ meeting (November 7, Beijing, China)
- Prime Minister Harper and Prime Minister Abe at the Japan-Canada summit meeting (November 9, Beijing, China; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino visiting the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing in Guatemala City (Guatemala City, October 1; Source: AFP-Jiji Press)
- Prime Minister Abe visiting Colombia (Bogota, Colombia, July 28 to 30; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-CARICOM Summit Meeting (Trinidad and Tobago, July 28; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Fishery Complex in Saint Vincent
- Meeting with President Ramotar of Guyana (at the time) (right)
- Top-level talks between President Peña Nieto and Prime Minister Abe (Mexico, July 25; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Top-level talks between President Rousseff of Brazil and Prime Minister Abe (Brazil, August 1; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The Fourth Japan-CARICOM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Tokyo, November 15)
- During the meal, President Rousseff (right) and myself (left) were absorbed with CEO Trajano’s talk about her successful diet...?!
- Lunch gathering with the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japanese women active in Brazilian society
- The 22nd Japan-EU Summit (joint press conference) (Brussels, May 7; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe giving a speech at the welcome dinner held by the City (London, May 1; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with President Hollande (Elysee Palace (Presidential Palace), Paris, May 5; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe, his wife and Prime Minister Rajoy smiling before Parador (national accommodation facilities) (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, May 4)
- Japanese aid being received at eastern Ukraine
- Sheremeta, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, and Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (on the left), signing a document related to the Fiscal Consolidation Development Policy Loan (July 17, Kiev)
- Opening of the ballot boxes at Kirovohrad Oblast, Oleksandriia (October 27)
- Their Majesties the King and Queen are welcomed by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace (October 29)
- Meeting with Prime Minister Abe and Mrs. Abe at the State Guest House (October 30) (Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Students of the aikido club in Neuchatel welcoming the His Imperial Highness Crown Prince of Japan (Source: EPA = Jiji)
- Trains that display famous sightseeing spots in Japan are in operation across Switzerland (Source: Johannes Lüthy)
- The author at the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum (Budapest), May 2014
- Joint press conference by Prime Minister Abe and Secretary General Rasmussen when the minister visited NATO Headquarters (Brussels, May 6; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Kishida speaking at Japan-OSCE Conference (Tokyo, June 16)
- Japan-Russia Summit (Beijing, November 9; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Public demonstration of Budo by 2014 Japanese Budo delegation visiting the Russian Federation (Luzhniki Olympic Complex Small Sports Arena, November 8; Source: (left) Presidential Administration of Russia, (right) Nippon Budokan)
- Foreign Minister Kishida attending the 5th foreign ministers’ conference (Bishkek, Kyrgyz, July 16)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Makino visiting kindergarten in Mijan Village of the Ismayilli Region, Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, April 27)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakayama at the Conference on the reconstruction of Gaza (October 12 in Cairo)
- Foreign Minister Kishida delivering a speech at the First TICAD V Ministerial Meeting (Yaounde, Cameroon, May 4, 2014)
- Senior Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto observing the Upland Rice Development Project of the Tropical Forest Zone (implemented by JICA) in Cameroon (Yaounde, May 3, 2014)
- Senior Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto observing the Upland Rice Development Project of the Tropical Forest Zone (implemented by JICA) in Cameroon (Yaounde, May 3, 2014)
- Prime Minister Abe delivering a speech at the Second Japan-African RECs Summit (New York, US, September 24, 2014; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Kishida attending a meeting of concerned countries on the situation in South Sudan (Yaounde, Cameroon, May 4, 2014)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiuchi visiting Asmara, Eritrea (Asmara, September 16)
- Prime Minister Abe (right) shaking hands with President Hassan of Somalia at Japan-Somalia Summit meeting (Tokyo, March 13, 2014; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- President Zuma of Republic of South Africa and Prime Minister Abe (left) at Japan-South Africa Summit meeting(Brisbane, November 14, 2014; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Africa Trade and Investment Forum relating to the Sahel Region (Tokyo, November 12, 2014)
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe giving a speech at the United Nations High-level Meeting on Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak (September 25, New York, Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Delivery of PPE transported by a Self-Defense Forces aircraft (December 8, Accra, Ghana; Source: Ministry of Defense)
- Ceremony for dispatching assistance materials for Ebola response to Liberia and Sierra Leone financed by the FY 2014 Grant Assistance for Grass roots Human Security (October 28, Narita International Airport)
CHAPTER 3
- Prime Minister Abe gives a press conference following the approval of the Cabinet Decision on the Development of Seamless Security Legislation (July 1, Tokyo; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takashi Uto holds talks with JPAC Commanding Officer Kelly McKeague (January 15, Honolulu)
- Prime Minister Abe delivers the keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue (May 31, Singapore; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- UN Summit on UN Peacekeeping (front row, from left: Prime Minister Abe, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, US Vice President Joe Biden, and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina) (September 26, New York; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Visit to a South Sudan orphanage by members of a SDF engineering unit (Source: Ministry of Defense)
- (Photo provided by Ito Shinji)
- Conductor Toshio Yanagisawa (Photo provided by Ito Shinji)
- The Eighth NPDI Ministerial Meeting (April 11–12, Hiroshima)
- Group photo of Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague (The Hague, March 24–25; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The conference room
- Group photo of the High School Student Peace Ambassadors (27 April, Hiroshima)
- The author engaged in a relay talk
- With Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the Council, on the occasion of the commemorative ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the Chicago Convention
- Delivering an address at the ICAO Council
- UN Headquarters UN Photo／Milton Grant
- Prime Minister Abe addresses the UN General Assembly (September 25, New York; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe holds talks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (September 24, New York (Pool Photo))
- Foreign Minister Kishida (far left) attends the Ministerial Meeting of the G4 Countries (Japan, Brazil, Germany, India) on UN Security Council Reform (September 25, New York)
- Security Council Chamber UN Photo／Loey Felipe
- The author (fourth from left in the front row) with laboratory students
- Judge Yanai, President of ITLOS, makes a courtesy visit to Foreign Minister Kishida (July 3, MOFA)
- ILC member Dr. Shinya Murase addresses remarks to the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ishihara delivers a statement at a session of the Human Rights Council (March 3, Geneva, Switzerland)
- The deposition of the instrument of ratification
- Refugees under the resettlement program arrive at Narita International Airport (September 26; Source: Refugee Assistance Headquarters)
- Ms. Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, visiting the disaster-afflicted area in Tohoku region, and participating in a “Shine Weeks” event (Miyagi Prefecture)
- Messages of support posted on the board
- Keiko Tanaka, Ambassador of Japan to Uruguay
- Atsuko Nishimura, Ambassador of Japan to Luxembourg
- Mitsuko Shino, Ambassador of Japan to Iceland
- Noriko Iki, Ambassador of Japan to Brunei
- Kazuko Shiraishi, Ambassador of Japan to Lithuania
- ODA Policy Speech by Foreign Minister Kishida “An Evolving ODA: For the World’s Future and Japan’s Future” (March 28, Tokyo)
- Technical Cooperation Project to Cambodia in collaboration with Kitakyushu City
- Tokaido Shinkansen running against a background formed by Mt. Fuji
- Embankments, built with Japan ODA support, protected citizens of Male from the tsunami (Source: Maki Tsukamoto, JICA)
- Prime Minister Abe serving as co-chair of the Resilience Session of the UN Climate Summit (September 23, New York; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Researchers studying a bed for infants designed to replicate sensations in the womb (June 30, Takatsuki Hospital, Takatsuki City; Source: Kenshiro Imai/JICA)
- Discussing countermeasures to the outbreak with WHO’s coordinators dispatched to Liberia (Margibi County, December 2, 2014)
- UNMEER Secretary-General’s Special Representative Senior Adviser Konuma (Photo provided by Anthony Banbury)
- Environment Minister, Mochizuki, giving an address at the high-level segment of COP 20 (December 9, Lima, Peru)
- An icebreaker conducting Arctic observation (Source: National Institute of Polar Research)
- Lecture by Akira Suzuki, professor emeritus of Hokkaido University (the 2010 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry) (photo by Owen Egan, courtesy McGill University)
- Signing ceremony by Japanese and Australian leaders (July 8, Australia; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The first group of Vietnamese nurse and care worker candidates attends the opening ceremony for the Japanese language course in Japan (August 14, MOFA website)
- Exhibition of Japanese hybrid cars at the Japanese Embassy in Switzerland
- High-Speed Railway in the United Kingdom (May 2, London; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe at the reception to promote Japanese cuisine on his visit to France (May 5; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Image of the “Es’hail 2” on its satellite orbit
- Commemorative photo for the success of the “Es’hail 2”
- G7 Summit in Brussels (working dinner on June 6; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Kishida handing commemorative stamps to OECD Secretary-General Gurría
- Prime Minister Abe giving a keynote speech during the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (May 6 in Paris; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Seiji Kihara, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, attending the Brussels Forum (Brussels, March 22)
- Journalists invited to cover WAW!
- Rakyat Merdeka (Indonesia), September 16, 2014
- The first group of the NIHONGO Partners visiting Prime Minister Abe (September 22, Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe cutting a ribbon at the opening ceremony of the “Beauty of KŌGEI: Art Crafts in Japan” (May 31, Singapore; Source: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Beyond Kimono—Beauty of Japan (July 8, museum in the outskirts of Berlin)
- Beyond Kimono—Beauty of Japan (July 9. Japanese Embassy in Switzerland)
- The 4th Kenya-Japan Alumni Association Annual General Meeting (August, Japan Information & Culture Centre of the Embassy of Japan in Kenya)
- JET participants before coming to Japan (June, Consulate General of Japan in Montreal)
- Cote d’Ivoire Karate Ambassador of Japan Cup using developed equipment (September 13, Karate Training at the Félix Houphouët-Boignyin in Abidjan)
- The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (Source: Gunma Prefecture: Tomikoa Silk Mill East Cocoon Warehouse)
- Washi, craftsmanship of Japanese hand-made paper (Source: Sekishu Washi Kaikan)
- Prime Minister Abe handing judo uniforms to a judo athlete in Côte d’Ivoire
- Mr. Jean Noel PENNAVAYRE undergoing coach training in Abidjan (Source: Solidarity of International Judo Education)
CHAPTER 4
- Workshop
- Cycling event (Yamanashi City, April 4; Source: Yamanashi Prefecture)
- “Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of United Nations”– Yasushi Akashi, former Under-Secretary-General at the United Nations
- “Planting the seeds of hope: some of my perspectives from serving at the UN”– Izumi Nakamitsu, Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator, Crisis Response Unit, United Nations Development Programme
- Women Empowerment in Pirojpur District (Bangladesh)(Source: KnK (NPO))
- Education Support for Syrian Refugee Children in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (Source: IVY (NPO))
- A JOVC member giving instructions to players at the World Table Tennis Championships (Source: Shinichi Kuno/JICA)
- A SV member giving guidance to students in Mexico (Source: Kenshiro Imamaura/JICA)
- Fukuoka Prefecture PR project (Japanese ambassador’s residence in Thailand, July 18)
- Okinawa Prefecture PR project (Japanese ambassador’s residence in the US, September 4)
- study tour (Chiba City)
- study tour (Koya Town, Wakayama Prefecture)
- Reception in support of the reconstruction of the Tohoku region (February 4)
- Reception Hosted by Foreign Minister on the Occasion of the General Meeting of the Japan Association of City Mayors (June 4)
- Local Partnership Cooperation Forum (February 10)
- Kansai Symposium (October 2)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishi attending the National Nikkei/Japanese-Mexican Convention (May 2, Sinaloa, Mexico)
- Toshiteru Shibaike,Attorney
- MOFA’s website
- Regular press conference by the Foreign Minister (MOFA, Tokyo)
- Japanese Territory
- MOFA for Kids
- Official Facebook of MOFA
- Lecture on the International Situation (July 13, Support Center for Senior Citizens Activities, Suginami Ward, Tokyo)
- Memorial photo of elementary, junior and senior-high school students on the occasion of their visit to MOFA
- Journal on foreign affairs titled “Diplomacy”
- Preparing the banquet (UN Ambassador’s offficial residence kitchen)
- Head Chef Murakami (center) with Prime Minister Abe, Ambassador Yoshikawa and their wives (September 24, Official residence of UN Ambassador)
