Diplomatic Bluebook 2018
Photo Index
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
- Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 19, Tokyo)
- Japan-ROK Summit Meeting (February 9, 2018, PyeongChang, the ROK; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-China Summit Meeting with President Xi Jinping (November 11, Da Nang, Viet Nam; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-China Summit Meeting with Premier Li Keqiang (November 13, Manila, the Philippines; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- A group of Chinese high school students visit Japan for exchanges. Exchange upon visiting Towanomori Sanai High School affiliated to Rakuno Gakuen University (September 11, Hokkaido; Photo: Japan-China Friendship Center)
- Japan City of Art PR Seminar (August 18, The Embassy of Japan in China, China)
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- Poster for the Shochiku Grand Kabuki performances in Beijing ©Shochiku
- Prime Minister Abe making remarks at the reception to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China (September 28, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- A Chinese maritime platform confirmed to have been built near the geographical equidistant line between Japan and China (Photo: Ministry of Defense)
- Japan-Mongolia Summit Meeting with President Battulga (September 6, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Both Foreign Ministers signed the Japan-Mongolia Mid-term Action Plan for a Strategic Partnership witnessed by Chairman of State Great Khural (Parliament) Enkhbold (March 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo)
- Ceremony to commemorate the inauguration of President Battulga (July 10, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
- Summit Meeting held with President Joko when Prime Minister Abe visited Indonesia (January 15, Bogor, Indonesia; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Singapore Summit Meeting (July 8, Germany; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe greets President Duterte at the banquet hosted by the Prime Minister (October 30, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 6, Manila, the Philippines)
- Japan-Brunei Summit Meeting (November 13, Manila, the Philippines (representative photo); Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress attending a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace (March 1, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Photo: Vietnam News Agency)
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress conveying their condolences over the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace (March 5, Bangkok, Thailand, Photo: The Office of His Majesty's Private Principal Secretary, Kingdom of Thailand)
- Official logo for the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Malaysia-Japan Diplomatic relations in 2017
- Japan-Malaysia Summit Meeting (November 12, Manila, the Philippines; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince listening to an explanation about the tunnel's mechanisms during a visit to the SMART Tunnel Control Center (April 15, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Photo: Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia)
- His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince attending a dinner reception with His Majesty The Yang di-Pertuan Agong XV Sultan Muhammad V (April 16, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Photo: Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Odawara attends the ceremony to handover Namsang Secondary School built under the Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (July 13, Vientiane, Laos)
- Prime Minister Abe and his spouse receive a warm welcome from Prime Minister Modi and local residents of India (September 13, Ahmedabad, India; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office (Prime Minister's Office of Japan Facebook Page))
- Tour of Kutupalong Refugee Camp (November 19, Kutupalong, Bangladesh)
- Visit to Nepal by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii (December 7, Kathmandu)
- Singing of “Hana wa Saku” by Bhutanese children (June 2, Thimphu, Bhutan)
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino interacting with the performers following the event (June 2, Thimphu, Bhutan)
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino observing the Japanese garden (June 4, Thimphu, Bhutan, Photo: Royal Office for Media Bhutan)
- Commemorative photo with His Majesty the King of Bhutan and the members of the Royal Family (June 4, Thimphu, Bhutan, Photo: Royal Office for Media Bhutan)
- Special Meeting of the National Security Council (Meeting among Four Ministers) (January 18, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Both leaders visit JGSDF Camp Narashino (January 18; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office (Prime Minister's official Twitter account))
- Japan-U.S.-Australia Summit Meeting (November 13, Manila, the Philippines; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Australia Working Dinner (November 7, Da Nang, Viet Nam)
- Prime Minister Abe exchanges a handshake with Prime Minister Ardern (November 10, Da Nang, Viet Nam; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 8, Da Nang, Viet Nam)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishi, offers flowers at Avonhead Park Cemetary (February 22, Christchurch, New Zealand)
- The 4th Japan-Pacific Islands Summit Meeting (September 19, New York, the U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Visit by President Christian of Micronesia (October 25, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- East Asia Summit (EAS) (November 14, Manila, the Philippines; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 6, Manila, the Philippines)
- Prime Minister Abe and President Trump shaking hands (November 6, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Joint Japan-U.S. press conference (February 11, Palm Beach, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial talks (August 7, Manila, the Philippines)
- Salute by the guard of honor (November 6, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Joint press conference (April 18, 2018, Florida, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe and President Trump taking a commemorative photograph (November 5, Saitama; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The two leaders and their spouses attending dinner (November 5, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting with the families of Japanese abductees (November 6, State Guest House Akasaka Palace, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Second round of Japan-U.S. Economic Dialogue meetings (October 16, Washington D.C., U.S.)
- The first round of Japan-U.S. Economic Dialogue (April 18, Tokyo)
- The second round of Japan-U.S. Economic Dialogue (October 16, Washington D.C., U.S.)
- Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with Prime Minister Trudeau (November 10, Danang, Vietnam; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Canada Foreign Ministerial talks (November 8, Danang, Vietnam)
- Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden
- Unveiling ceremony for the 50th anniversary commemorative monument at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden graced by Her Imperial Highness Princess Ayako of Takamado(July 14, Lethbridge, Canada, Photo: Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden)
- Japan-CELAC Extended Troika Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 21, New York)
- Grand opening of the Japan House (April 30, São Paulo, Brazil; Photo: Marcos Corrêa / PR)
- Japan-Mexico Summit Meeting (November 10, Da Nang, Viet Nam; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Kono shaking hands with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Videgaray (September 20, New York)
- Japan-Panama Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 1, Tokyo)
- Japan - Brazil Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 20, New York; Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil )
- Japan-Argentina Summit Meeting (May 19, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with President Kuczynski (November 10, Da Nang, Vietnam; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Chile Summit Meeting (February 23, 2018, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino meeting with President Bachelet at the commemorative ceremony of the 120th Anniversary of diplomatic relations (October 27, Santiago, Chile, Photo: The Asahi Shimbun)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Okamoto attending the dedication ceremony for the Project for road improvement in Yaguarón through Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Project (September 1, Yaguarón, Paraguay)
- Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with Secretary General of NATO Stoltenberg (October 31, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- 24th Japan-EU Summit (July 6, Brussels; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince receiving a welcome to the luncheon at Fredensborg Palace by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederick and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary (June 18, Denmark, Photo: The Asahi Shimbun)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakane accompanying the special grave visit to the Northern Territories of the former island residents by airplane (September 24, left: Nakashibetsu Airport, right: Furukamappu Cemetery)
- Departure ceremony for the special grave visit by airplane (September 24, Nakashibetsu Airport)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (September 9, Vladivostok; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Russia Youth Forum 2017 (November 20, Hokkaido; Photo: Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center)
- Sixth Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue (May 1, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii encouraging Japan's national team ahead of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (September 16. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan)
- Japan-Georgia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 2, Tokyo)
- Keynote speech by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii at the 10th Tokyo Dialogue (August 31, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Ms. Kaoru Mori attending the Exhibit of Original illustrations (August 29, MOFA, Tokyo)
- “Let's Make It with Everyone! Central Asian Cooking” newly drawn by comic artist Ms. Kaoru Mori From Story 1 “Introduction”
- The First Japan-Arab Political Dialogue (September 11, Cairo, Egypt)
- Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman of Saudi Arabia (March 13, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Kono, making an address at the 13th session of the Manama Dialogue (December 9, Manama, Bahrain)
- Japan-Jordan Summit Meeting (July 14, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Turkey Summit Meeting (September 20, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministerial Meeting (December 28, Ankara, Turkey)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sato, during his visit to Algeria (December 23, Algiers)
- Foreign Minister Kono making a speech at the TICAD Ministerial Meeting (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- Summit meeting with leaders of African countries serving as members of the UN Security Council and others (September 18, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Uganda Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- Japan-Ethiopia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 27, Ethiopia)
- Japan-Kenya Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- Japan-Djibouti Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- President Rajaonarimampianina reviewing the salute and attending the guard of honor ceremony during his visit to Japan (December 5, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-South Sudan Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- Japan-Rwanda Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- Foreign Minister Kono making a courtesy call to President Zuma of the Republic of South Africa (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- The leaders of Japan and Mozambique attending a signing ceremony following their summit meeting (March 15, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Event commemorating 60 years of the establishment of Japan-Ghana diplomatic relations (October, Accra, Ghana)
- President Condé reviewing a guard of honor during his visit to Japan (June 20, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Exchanging football uniforms at the Japan-Senegal summit meeting (December 13, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office) *Senegal is in the same pool as Japan in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
- Japan-Burkina Faso Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 20, New York, U.S.)
- Japan-Benin Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 25, Maputo, Mozambique)
- Khartoum International Airport
- International Volunteer Day Speech to give encouragement to volunteers (author)
- (From left) Minister of International Cooperation, author, a representative of Spanish embassy, visiting the project related to the humanitarian and development nexus, which supports both the refugees and the host community in White Nile.
CHAPTER 3
- A ballistic missile with an intercontinental ballistic missile range, launched by North Korea on November 29, 2017
- Undergoing reclamation and militarization at the Fiery Cross Reef on the South China Sea Top: August 14, 2014 Bottom: November 19, 2017 (Section in red: Outpost developed in 2017)
- SDF units carrying out road repairs between Juba and Mangalla (South Sudan) Photo: Ministry of Defense
- Ceremony for the end of the course, ARDEC (conferment of certificates of completion)
- Criminal justice training for French-speaking African countries (February 13, 2018, Cote d'Ivoire; Photo: JICA)
- Ambassador Minami depositing the instruments of acceptance of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) with the UN Secretary-General (July 11, New York, U.S.)
- Uotsurijima of the Senkaku Isands (Photo: Office of Policy Planning and Coordination on Territory and Sovereignty, Cabinet Secretariat)
- Fishing vessels gathering together (Taken on August 6, 2016; Photo: Japan Coast Guard)
- Chinese Government-owned vessels and fishing vessels (Taken on August 6, 2016; Photo: Japan Coast Guard)
- Fiery Cross Reef,Subi Reef,Mischief Reef
- 9th Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) Ministerial Meeting (September 21, New York, U.S. (Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations))
- 10th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (September 20, New York, U.S. (UN Headquarters))
- Negotiations on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (July 7, New York, U.S. ; Photo: Mainichi Shimbun)
- The author delivering the opening remarks at a training session
- Safeguards training (November 29)
- UN Headquarters (Photo: UN Photo/Andrea Brizzi)
- Prime Minister Abe attending the UN General Assembly (September 20, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Dialogue between Prime Minister Abe and UN Secretary-General Guterres (September 19, New York, U.S. (pool photo); Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G4 countries (Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan) on the United Nations Security Council Reform (September 20, New York, U.S.)
- UN Security Council Chamber (Photo: UN Photo/Loey Felipe)
- Foreign Minister Kono presiding over the United Nations Security Council Briefing (December 15, New York, United States)
- Trilateral Presidents Meeting of UNA-Japan, UNA-China and UNA-ROK (August 28, Beijing, China)
- Participating students of the 8th JCK Youth Forum, and participants of the Trilateral Presidents Meeting of UNA-Japan, UNA-China and UNA-ROK (August 30, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)
- International law moot court competition, “2017 Asia Cup” (August, Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Photo: Executive Committee of the 2017 Asia Cup)
- International Symposium on the Law of the Sea (February 2 – 3, Mita Kaigisho, Tokyo)
- United Nations Human Rights Council Chamber (Photo: UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré)
- 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council (September 29, Geneva, Switzerland)
- Koji Teraya
- Keiko Ko
- Resettled refugees in Japan attending the resettlement support program (Photo: Refugee Assistance Headquarters)
- Foreign Minister Kono delivering a speech at the World Assembly for Women WAW! (WAW! 2017) (November 2, Tokyo)
- Debates at the World Assembly for Women WAW! (WAW! 2017) (November 2, Tokyo)
- WAW! 2017
- Prime Minister Abe and Advisor to the President of the U.S., Ivanka Trump (November 3, Tokyo, Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Kono
- Kristalina Georgieva
- Scene at the panel discussion entitled “Supporting Women Entrepreneurs,” at the special event of WAW! 2017 (November 3, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Kono attending the side event on promoting investment in quality infrastructure, at the 72nd UN General Assembly (September 19, New York, U.S.)
- Opening ceremony of the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Myanmar. Japan provides support for the SEZ in many ways, including investing in the SEZ management company, developing the surrounding infrastructure, establishing the relevant legal systems, government administration, and consideration for environment and society. (August 14, Myanmar Photo: MJTD)
- Prime Minister Abe and Prime Minister Modi attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the high-speed rail project in India (September 14, Ahmedabad, India. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- International disaster relief and rescue team engaged in search and rescue activities after the Mexico earthquake (Photo: JICA)
- Japanese experts guiding students at the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) (Photo: JICA)
- Logos of all 17 goals under the SDGs (Source: UN Information Center)
- The fourth meeting of the SDGs Promotion Headquarters (December 26, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Conferment Ceremony for the Chair of the SDGs Promotion Headquarters (Prime Minister) Award (December 26, Prime Minister's Office, Tokyo, Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- PIKO TARO performing at the HLPF reception hosted by the Government of Japan (July 17, New York, United States)
- High-level Opening Session(December 14, Tokyo, Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The Second Trilateral High-Level Dialogue on the Arctic (June 8, Tokyo)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sonoura attending the fourth meeting of the Advisory Board for the Promotion of Science and Technology Diplomacy (April 27, Tokyo)
- Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishi visiting the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (September 14, Geneva, Switzerland)
- Second Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) (May 15 - 16, New York, U.S.)
- Joint press conference by Japan and the EU (July 6, Brussels, Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The APEC Economic Leader's Meeting in Da Nang, Viet Nam, in 2017 (November 11, Da Nang, Viet Nam (pool photo); Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Taking the opportunity of the reception celebrating the Emperor's birthday to promote Japanese products (December 7, Embassy of Japan in Russia, Russia)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takisawa attending the G7 Energy Ministerial Meeting in Rome (April 9, Rome, Italy)
- Introducing sweets at the Fukushima Sweets Tasting Event (May 10, Tokyo)
- Ceremony for the appointment of FAO's National Goodwill Ambassadors: From left, National Goodwill Ambassador Nakamura, Director-General Graziano da Silva, National Goodwill Ambassador Kuniya (May 10, Tokyo)
- Yumeshima Island, the planned venue for the World Expo. It is a man-made island surrounded by the sea, allowing visitors to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Seto Inland Sea. Yumeshima Island is easily accessible, about 30 minutes from the heart of Osaka City. (Photo: METI)
- Ceremony for the appointment of Pokemon and Hello Kitty as Special Envoys (Mascot Characters) to bring the World Expo to Japan (November 28, Tokyo)
- Foreign policy video “Japan's Efforts toward Connecting and Prospering the World for Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (Released on November 9, and broadcast on CNN from November 11 onward. It is viewed at MOFA's YouTube channel.)
- Japan House São Paulo (Photo: Japan House São Paulo Secretariat/Rogerio Cassimiro)
- MOFA's official website
- Visitors forming a long queue to enter the Japan House in São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Visitors viewing the exhibition (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Ikebana demonstration/workshop (October 17 and 18, Riga, Latvia)
- Japanese Culture/Pop Culture Festival (August 12, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
- “The Harmonious Sound of Koto,” an anniversary concert for the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Denmark (June 15 and 16, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Activities of the NIHONGO Partners at their host institutions (January, Cambodia; Photo: Japan Foundation)
- “SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now” Exhibition, Japan's largest exhibition of Southeast Asian contemporary art to date, mobilizing 350,000 people (July to October, Tokyo Venues: The National Art Center, Tokyo, and Mori Art Museum Photo taken by Kioku Keizo; Photo: Mori Art Museum)
- ASEAN Festival ASEAN 50 (organized by ASJA International) (December 17, National Olympics Memorial Youth Center, Tokyo; Photo: ASJA International)
- JET participants prior to departure for Japan (July 7, Embassy of Japan in Singapore, Singapore)
- Exchange match with Kwansei Gakuin University(August, Hyogo Prefecture, Photo: Japan Football Association)
- Disaster relief friendly match with Vissel Kobe U-18(August, Hyogo Prefecture, Photo: Japan Football Association)
- Courtesy call on MOFA from Nepalese football coaches(June, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Coaching children in Mostar(January, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Photo: Little Bridge)
- Football exchange between Japanese children and children from Mostar visiting Japan(August, Sakai City, Photo: Little Bridge)
- Completion ceremony for the Botswana judo hall (Sensei Itsubo Memorial Dojo) built through the Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects. Judo gold medalist in the Rio Olympics Haruka Tachimoto attended the ceremony carrying a photograph of Mr. Itsubo, who had been teaching judo in Botswana but died in an accident (February 28, Botswana).
- Okinoshima, one of the heritage sites that make up the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region (Photo: World Heritage Promotion Committee of the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region)
- Okitsu-miya Yohaisho, Munakata Taisha (one of the heritage sites that make up the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region) (Photo: World Heritage Promotion Committee of the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region)
- Landscape of Bamiyan
- Restoring wall murals in the cave
CHAPTER 4
- International workshop on acceptance of foreign nationals and their integration into Japanese society (March 1, Tokyo)
- Signing ceremony for the project to support the development of an assistance system in Kazakhstan, which was implemented through a contribution from the Japan-UNDP Partnership Fund (August 2016, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan) From the left: Toshinobu Kato, Director General, East and Central Asia and the Caucasus Department, JICA; Mohammad Farooq Baraki, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Kazakhstan; the author; Erlan Idrissov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan; and Ichiro Kawabata, Ambassador of Japan to Kazakhstan
- With the UN Secretary-General Guterres, during his visit to Kazakhstan (June, Kazakhstan)
- With the UN Secretary-General Guterres
- With project staff from the Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR) component of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) program and ex-combatants in Bria, Central African Republic (the author is in the center)
- The author interviewing Viet Nam's Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong
- At a meeting of the ITU
- Job Creation Project for Persons with Disabilities in Houaphanh Province, Laos (Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects Photo: Asian Development with Disabled Persons (ADDP; specified non-profit organization)
- The 1st NGO Consultants Liaison Meeting of FY 2017 (June 23, Tokyo)
- Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers assisting mother and child health in Madagascar as midwives (Photo: Hiroshi Wada / JICA)
- Senior Overseas Volunteers instructing transportation management techniques in Viet Nam (Photo: Yuki Kato / JICA)
- A lunch box of instant noodles and fried cassava tuber
- Checking lunch boxes
- Kagami Biraki ceremony at a reception co-hosted with the Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture (March 23, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of Japan)
- Booths set up for a reception co-hosted with the Governor of Saga Prefecture (February 1, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of Japan)
- Stage performance at a reception co-hosted with the Governor of Okayama Prefecture (August 2, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of Japan)
- The 3rd “Local to Global” project: Foreign Minister and others being welcomed by Kumamon (March 12, Kumamoto City)
- The 5th “Local to Global” project: Foreign Minister and others being welcomed by Hyakumansan (June 3, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
- The 6th “Local to Global” project: Foreign Minister and others planting trees at Roadside Station Shodoshima Olive Park (July 22, Shodoshima Town, Kagawa Prefecture)
- Regional Promotion Seminar: networking session (June 5, Tokyo)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: performance featuring the world's largest taiko drum (May 9, northern Akita Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shunsuke Takei participating in a tour with the diplomatic corps in Japan (July 14, Miyazaki Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Diplomatic corps in Japan welcomed by mascot characters (September 27, Gunma Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: at the inner sanctuary of Ise Grand Shrine (November 20, Ise-Shima area of Mie Prefecture)
- Project to Support Overseas Presentations to Promote Attractiveness of Regions (Beijing): Opening Ceremony (February 25)
- Regional Promotion Seminar: Booth showcasing prefectural products at the networking session (October 10, Viet Nam, Embassy of Japan in Viet Nam)
- MOFA Overseas Safety Website (https://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/)
- MOFA Overseas Safety App Overseas safety website “About the Overseas Safety App Services” Can be downloaded from (http://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/c_info/oshirase_kaian_app.html)
- MOFA “Overseas Travel Registration (“Tabi-Regi”)”https://www.ezairyu.mofa.go.jp/tabireg/index.html
- ©Takao Saito Golgo 13's Security Guidelines for Japanese SMEs Abroad http://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/anzen_info/golgo13xgaimusho.html
- MOFA leaflet “To parents traveling abroad with children / To parents returning to Japan with children”
- MOFA leaflet “For Parents Wanting to Bring Children Living Overseas Back to Japan or See Them”
- A regular press conference by the Foreign Minister (MOFA, Tokyo)
- MOFA's Official website
- MOFA's Official Facebook Page
- MOFA for Kids
- Visit by Foreign Minister Kishida to Hyogo Prefecture under the “Local to Global” Project (July 23, Hyogo Prefecture)
- Lecture on the International Situation (September 15, Makuhari Public Hall, Chiba Prefecture)
- Visits by elementary, junior and senior-high school students to MOFA: Students from Teikyokani Senior High School (Gifu Prefecture) (November 7, Tokyo, MOFA)
- Journal on foreign affairs entitled “Diplomacy”
