Diplomatic Bluebook 2016
Photo Index
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- Prime Minister Abe (left) shaking hands with President Park Geun (right) at a Japan-ROK foreign ministers’ meeting (November 2; Seoul, the ROK; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe greeting at the celebration for the 50th anniversary of normalization of the Japan-ROK relations (June 22, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Awa Odori (Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri (Japan-ROK exchange festival) in Seoul)
- The Korean ‘delegations’ parade (Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri (Japan-ROK exchange festival) in Seoul)
- Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (December 28, Seoul, Korea)
- Japan-China summit meeting (April 23, Jakarta, Indonesia; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-China foreign ministers’ meeting (November 1, Seoul, ROK)
- A delegation of Chinese university students visiting Japan No. 22 group (September 13-20; Photo: Japan-China Friendship Center)
- NHK Symphony Orchestra’s performance from Beijing performances (October 31, Beijing, China; Photo: Dentsu)
- The two leaders shaking hands after finishing the signing ceremony for the Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership Agreement (February 10, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe’s visit to Mongolia (October 22, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting (November 1, Seoul, Korea; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The Japan-China-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (March 21, Seoul, Korea)
- Neak Loeung Bridge (Tsubasa-bashi) construction plan (Cambodia)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakane meeting with Deputy Secretary of Party Committee Thuong, Ho Chi Minh City (August 29, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
- Japan-Myanmar summit meeting (July 4, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The State Banquet at the Imperial Palace (June 3, Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- The summit meeting (June 4, Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The author meeting with the staff before the voting
- Local residents lining up in a queue for the voting
- The indelible ink on the little finger is a testament to voting
- The author watching vote counting
- Photo 1: The author greeting on behalf of the organizers at the celebration
- Photo 2: Festival
- Prime Minister Abe receiving a welcome from Prime Minister Modi (December 12, New Delhi, India; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-India summit meeting (December 12, New Delhi, India; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Medical activities by Self-Defense Force troops
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiuchi visiting the disaster site of the earthquake in Nepal (June, Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Japan-Australia summit meeting (December 18, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Australia foreign ministers’ meeting (November 22, Sydney, Australia)
- PALM7 official logo
- Family photo of the leaders
- Visiting tour to the affected area: Prime Minister Abe and Mrs. Abe with leaders offering silent prayers after a floral tribute
- Hula Girl from the Spa Resort Hawaiians PR Goodwill Ambassadors (Photo: Iwaki City)
- Exchange program with children of Iwaki City
- Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess were welcomed on the arrival at Fua’amotu International Airport in Tonga (July 3, Tonga; Photo: Jiji)
- Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess attending the coronation ceremony (July 4, Tonga; Photo: Jiji)
- Japan-Mekong summit meeting (July 4, State Guest House, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Mekong summit meeting (July 4, State Guest House, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- President Obama and Prime Minister Abe at the Japan-U.S. Summit (April 28, Washington D.C., U.S; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- State Secretary Kerry and Foreign Minister Kishida at the Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers Meeting (August 6, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- Prime Minister Trudeau and Prime Minister Abe at the Japan-Canada Summit meeting (November 18, Manila, Philippines; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Summit meeting between Prime Minister Simpson-Miller and Prime Minister Abe (September 30, Jamaica ; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Talks between Chairman of State Council Raul Castro and Foreign Minister Kishida (May 2, Cuba)
- Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino welcomed by local children (October 28,Brazil; Photo: AFP News)
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino briefed on local crafts from Honduras President Hern?ndez and his spouse (December 8, Honduras; Photo: Honduras President’s Office)
- The 7th FEALC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 21, Costa Rica)
- Summit Meeting between Uruguay’s President V?zquez, and Prime Minister Abe (November 6, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting between Brazil’s Foreign Minister Vieira and Foreign Minister Kishida (July 29, Tokyo)
- Meeting between Dominica’s Foreign /CARICOM Minister Baron and Foreign Minister Kishida (October 23, Tokyo)
- Fireworks festival in Sao Paulo Ⓒ Yamato Corporation
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakayama receiving messages from Central American leaders, handed from Ambassadors of each country to Japan (March 20, 2015)
- Send-off party for Costa Rica’s U22 and U16 National Football Teams(June 18, 2015, residence of Japanese Ambassador to Costa Rica)
- The 23rd Japan-EU Summit (joint press conference) (May 29, Tokyo; photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prince William, communicating with local people in the quake-hit area (February 28, Fukushima; photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan Pavilion
- “HARMONY”
- “DIVERSITY”
- Foreign Minister Kishida talking with NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg (January 20, Belgium; NATO headquarters)
- At the office of the OSCE SMM
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (November 15, Antalya, Turkey; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Russia Student Forum 2015 (December 4, Tsukuba University; Photo: Japan Russia Youth Exchange Center)
- Prime Minister Abe giving a policy speech (October 27, Kazakhstan; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Aso’s meeting with Azerbaijan President Aliyev (May 4, Azerbaijan; Photo: Finance Ministry)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Sonoura, visiting a refugee camp at Baharka in the suburbs of Erbil and talking with internally displaced persons (March 15, Iraq)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Muto, announcing a statement at the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference (February 4, 2016, London, UK)
- Dome of the Rock in “Haram al-Sharif”
- Agricultural processing complex project in Jericho, Palestine
- The Gaza Strip, apparently lagging behind in the pace of rehabilitation
- Japan-Turkey Summit Meeting (October 8,Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Situation of Syrian refugees and internally displaced persons
- Refugee registration center in Jordan
- Prime Minister Abe attending the 3rd Japan-RECs Summit (September 27, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with President Museveni of Uganda at the Japan-Uganda summit meeting (September 10, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Uto visiting the installation of the Self Defense Force in Djibouti (May 3, Djibouti)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kihara receiving an explanation at the fish market supported by Japan (December, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kikawada visiting a karate dojo (training hall) in Botswana (December 11, Botswana)
- Prime Minister Abe receiving a courtesy call from Vice President Ramaphosa of Republic of the South Africa (August 24, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hamachi paying a courtesy call on President Sall of Senegal (November 9, Dakar, Senegal)
- Ceremony by the guard of honor on the occasion of a visit to Japan of President Issoufou of Niger (June 19, Prime Minister’s Office, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Liberia summit meeting (August 27, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
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- The ballistic missile, launched by North Korea on February 7, 2016 which it purports to be a “satellite”.
- Maritime structures confirmed to have been installed near the geographical equidistance line between Japan and China.
- Undergoing land reclamation at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. Top: January 22, 2006 Bottom: September 3, 2015
- Japan-U.S. “2+2” joint press conference
- Japan-U.S. “2+2” Ministerial Meeting
- Training scene from the “UN Project for Africa Rapid Deployment of Engineering Capabilities (ARDEC)"
- Prime Minister Abe addressing the 2nd PKO Summit (September 28, in New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Instructor from the Ground Self-Defense Force giving a lecture on heavy engineering equipment operation
- Instructor from the Ground Self-Defense Force explaining to trainees about the function of graders
- Uotsurishima island, Senkaku islands (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
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- General statement by Foreign Minister Kishida at the 2015 NPT Review Conference (April 28, New York, U.S.)
- The author making a speech at the UN Office in Geneva
- Group photo at the UN Office in Geneva
- UN Headquarters; Photo: UN Photo/Milton Grant
- Prime Minister Abe attending the UN General Assembly (September 29, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Abe and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (March 14, Sendai; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office )
- Prime Minister Abe at the G4 (Japan, India, Germany, and Brazil) Summit for UN Security Council Reform (September 26, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- UN Security Council Chamber (Photo: UN Photo/Loey Felipe)
- Official logo of Japan’s 60th anniversary of accession to the UN
- Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu attending the hoisting of the national flag at the UN Headquarters; Photo: UN Photo / MB
- Prime Minister Abe receiving a welcome from Prime Minister Hasina (September 6, 2014, Bangladesh; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Kishida attending the 70th UN General Assembly (September 29, NY, U.S.)
- International Law Moot Competition “Asia Cup 2015” (August; Photo: Secretariat of Asia Cup Organizing Committee)
- International Symposium on the law of the sea (February)
- Refugees under the resettlement program transfer to accommodation facilities after arriving at Narita International Airport (September 29; Photo: Refugee Assistance Headquarters)
- Prime Minister Abe addressing in the opening session of WAW! 2015 (August 28, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yamada attending the meeting “Ending Violence Against Women” and introducing Japan’s efforts; (December 9, Istanbul, Turkey)
- Momoko Shirakawa (journalist specializes on the report of the declining birth rate issue)
- Asako Osaki (Director, Gender Action Platform)
- Tetsuya Honda (President, Blue Current Japan)
- Akiko Yuge (Professor of Department of International Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University)
- Ayako Ota (Representative Director, Women’s Team of Sales Division)
- WAW! 2015 subgroup session (Photo: Cabinet Public Relation Office)
- The seminar held in Fukuoka in January 2016. In the seminar, Japan’s NAP was reported as well as Japan’s efforts and the global situation.
- Activities of JDR rescue teams in Nepal. (Photo: JICA)
- Provision of Emergency relief in response to Ebola virus disease outbreak in the West Africa (delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) transported by a Self-Defense Force Air plane) (Photo: Ministry of Defense)
- Mothers exchanging information with Maternal and Child Health handbooks distributed by the Government of Japan at the health center waiting room in a refugee camp. (Photo: Imamura Kenshiro, JICA)
- Support for Syrian refugees (distribution of daily necessities in Jordan) (Photo: UNHCR)
- A production site working on kaizen (improvement) as one of the engines of high economic growth in Japan that brought positive changes to many production sites. (Photo: Imamura Kenshiro, JICA)
- Delhi Metro in India constructed by yen loan. The number of passengers a day is over 2.5 million. The metro contributes to the economic growth and mitigation of traffic congestion in India
- A Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer working to increase the income of farmers as “Japan’s visible assistance” (Photo: Koji Sato, JICA)
- Institute of Cambodia of Technology (ICT) implemented joint research with a Cambodian soft drink manufacturer with collaboration from Japanese experts (Photo: Satoshi Takahashi, JICA)
- Mr. Osamu Hayashi explaining development cooperation in the TV program entitled “Our first step to open up the world by Osamu Hayashi”
- Ambassador Yoshida giving a speech during a press tour in Mauritania
- The Nhat Tan Bridge in Vietnam greatly reduced the time required from the international airport in Hanoi to the urban areas of Hanoi. (Photo: JICA)
- The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction with the attendance of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress (Sendai, March 15)
- The moment when the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was virtually agreed upon in substance
- Anti-mosquito paint developed by Kansai Paint
- The clinic run by IPPF (FRHAM) after painting
- Test-painting at the clinic run by IPPF Mozambique (AMODEFA)
- The Ramsar Convention Secretariat awarded certificates of registration to the Japanese local authorities with new registered wetlands as Ramsar Sites. (Punta del Este, Uruguay, June 3)
- Goryo Hamaguchi setting fire to his rice shaves
- The moment when the “Paris Agreement” was adopted at COP21 (Photo: UNFCCC)
- Prime Minister Abe made a speech at the COP21 Leaders Event (Paris, France, November 30; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Dr. Kishi, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, was appointed by Foreign Minister Kishida as Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, receiving the letter of appointment. (September 24, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Lecture by Dr. Amano of Nagoya University at Technoprom in Russia (June 4, Novosibirsk, Russia)
- Introducing Japanese Sake and Shochu at the reception to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor(at the Embassy of Japan in France)
- TPP Agreement participating countries
- TPP Agreement Leaders? meeting (November 18, Manila, Philippines; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japanese food reception at Japanese Embassy in France (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Briefing for a reporter from Kuwait
- Briefing for U.S. graduate students
- Prime Minister Abe attended the summit (Photo: Office of the Cabinet Public Relations, Cabinet Secretariat)
- Mr. Angel Gurria, Secretary General, OECD visiting Prime Minister Abe (April 15, Photo: Office of the Cabinet Public Relations, Cabinet Secretariat)
- APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the Philippines (November 18-19, Manila, the Philippines, Photo: Office of the Cabinet Public Relations, Cabinet Secretariat)
- NIHONGO Partners to be dispatched to Thailand and Vietnam (June, training before dispatch at the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai)
- Dance groups of Japan and the Southeast Asia give performance as a part of “Dance Dance Asia” in Tokyo (October, Tokyo)
- Iwami Kagura performance (program: Ebisu) (June 1-2, Guatemala)
- Iwami Kagura (shinto music and dance performance) Lecture (May 30, ElSalvador)
- Symposium on Monozukuri held by Association of Indonesian Alumni from Japan (PERSADA) (December, Darma Persada University, co-hosted by ASJA and ASCOJA)
- JET Programme participants just before departure (July 31, San Francisco)
- Invitation of Vietnamese physically handicapped athletes (November)
- The inauguration ceremony of the Cambodia-Japan Traditional Martial Arts Center in Phnom Penh constructed by Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects (December 12)
- Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces)
- In the “2015 Kanto 470 Championship,” 5th place was achieved among the total of 85 competing boats. Photo: Kazushige Nakajima/ DailySailing.com
- Photo: Kazushige Nakajima/ DailySailing.com
- Japanese language class
- Together with the teachers and second-year high school students in the classroom
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- A program to strengthen the ability of disaster risk reduction in the community (Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects: Sri Lanka) (Photo: Civic Force, registered not-for-profit organization)
- The “general meeting” of NGO-MOFA Regular Consultation Meeting (FY 2015)
- A volunteer from the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) giving a lecture on environmental education in Costa Rica (Photo: Kenshiro Imamura/JICA)
- A member from the Senior Volunteers (SV) working as nurses at a maternal and child health center in Zambia (Photo: Atsushi Shibuya/ JICA)
- Kagami-Biraki, opening a cask of Japanese sake (Reception co-hosted with Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and Mayor of Hiroshima, July 23)
- Diplomats’ Study Tour (Matsudo City): in the Pear Garden
- Booths at the reception venue (Reception co-hosted with Governor of Mie Prefecture, October 27)
- Diplomats’ Study Tour (Kanagawa Prefecture): at Shonan Robocare Center
- Diplomats’ Study Tour (Saitama City): at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama
- The local promotion project in Hong Kong, launched to recover reputational damages
- Study Tour (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture and Mitake Town, Gifu Prefecture): Trial cooking class of a regional cuisine, Mitake Hana Sushi
- The local promotion project in Shanghai, launched to recover reputational damages
- Deputy Mayor of Iki City, Sasahara, participating in the Nagasaki Destination Campaign. Together with a so-called Yuruchara (costumed mascot character), jinmenishi-kun (stone face character) who came to promote Iki City (November, Hotel New Nagasaki)
- The author greeting at the closing ceremony of Local Promotion project for recovering reputational damages overseas (Shanghai)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakayama asking His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan for cooperation (January 21, Amman, Jordan; Photo: the Jordan Government)
- Overseas safety website (http://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/)
- MOFA “Overseas Travel Registration (“Tabi-Regi”)” (https://www.ezairyu.mofa.go.jp/tabireg/)
- Download is available from MOFA Safety Application in Overseas Safety website “Kaigai Anzen Apuri no Haishin ni Tsuite (Overseas Safety Application Distribution)” (http://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/c_info/oshirase_kaian_app.html)
- Photo 1: UH paper May issue “Gift from the Empire”
- Photo 2: ABC paper July issue “Japanese cuisine”
- Photo 3: UH paper July issue “Diplomacy of taste”
- Photo 4: UH paper August issue “The Oriental force”
- A regular press conference by Foreign Minister (MOFA, Tokyo)
- MOFA’s website
- Official Facebook of MOFA
- MOFA for Kids
- Video concerning Japan’s foreign policy
- Lecture on the International Situation (September 10, Makuhari Public Hall, Chiba City)
- Visits by elementary, junior and senior-high school students to MOFA (May 14)
- Journal on foreign affairs titled “Diplomacy”
