Diplomatic Bluebook 2020
Photo Index
Opening Special Feature
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress (Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- Message from Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain (left) and the Prime Minister of Thailand signing a book of celebration at the Embassy of Japan in Thailand (right)
- His Majesty the Emperor proclaiming his enthronement, October 22 (left: The Imperial Throne for the Emperor; right: The August Seat of the Empress)
- Imperial Palace (left is the State Hall where the Ceremony of the Enthronement at the Seiden was held)
- Court Banquet after the Ceremony of the Enthronement for foreign guests, October 22
- Banquet hosted by the Prime Minister and his spouse, October 23
- Japanese traditional arts were performed to deepen guests' understanding of Japan's traditional culture, both at the Court Banquet after the Ceremony of the Enthronement (top) and the Banquet hosted by the Prime Minister and his spouse (bottom).
- Japanese traditional arts were performed to deepen guests' understanding of Japan's traditional culture, both at the Court Banquet after the Ceremony of the Enthronement (top) and the Banquet hosted by the Prime Minister and his spouse (bottom).
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress receiving blessings from the people during the Imperial Procession by motorcar after the Ceremony of the Enthronement, November 10
- G20 Osaka Summit, June 28, Osaka (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Presidency Press Conference, June 29, Osaka
- Working Lunch June 28, Osaka (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Food served at the working lunch (White rice from Fukushima on the bottom left) June 28, Osaka
- Pianist Tsujii Nobuyuki
- Kyogen performer Nomura Mansai
- opera singer Nakamaru Michie
- Government Exhibition Booth at the International Media Center
- Live Kitchen
- Dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Motegi November 22, Nagoya
- Foreign Minister Motegi handing over the presidency mallet to Saudi Arabia November 23, Nagoya
- Heads of State, Government and delegation attending TICAD7, August 28 (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe delivering a keynote address at the Opening Session, August 28
- Meeting with President Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, August 28
- Meeting with President Talon of Benin, August 30 (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe and Dr. Muyembe-Tamfum at the award ceremony
- Toast by His Majesty the Emperor at the commemorative banquet
- Dr. Omaswa delivering an address at the commemorative banquet
- Women in kimono with African-countries-inspired designs offered hospitality─Banquet hosted by the Prime Minister, August 29
- African leaders were greeted by a wadaiko (Japanese drums) performance Welcome reception co-hosted by the Prime Minister and the Mayor of the City of Yokohama, August 28
- Elementary school students gifted paintings to an African ambassador to Japan─Yokohama “One School, One Country” Program, August 27 (Photo: City of Yokohama)
- Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
- Policy Speech by Prime Minister Abe to the 196th Session of the Diet January 2018 (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Motegi advocating the importance of maintenance and reinforcement of the marine order at the 1st Tokyo Global Dialogue (December 2019, Tokyo)
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP11 Agreement) ─The 1st TPP Commission in January 2019, Tokyo (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Signing of the Joint Statement on Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement and Japan-U.S. Digital Trade Agreement (September 2019, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- North-South Highway in Viet Nam (Photo: JICA)
- Sihanoukville Port in Cambodia (Photo: JICA)
CHAPTER 2
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (June 27, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe and President Trump meet with the families of abductees (May 27, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-ROK Summit Meeting with President Moon Jae-in (December 24, Chengdu, China; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 23, Nagoya, Japan)
- Japan-China Summit Meeting with President Xi Jinping (June 27, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-China Summit Meeting with Premier Li Keqiang (December 24, Chengdu, China; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-China Summit Meeting with President Xi Jinping (December 23, Beijing, China; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 25, Beijing, China)
- Second Japan-China 500-University Student Delegation (November 29, Tokyo; Photo: Japan-China Friendship Center)
- Exchange between Mr. Nishino Akira, former head coach of the Japan national football team and junior youth players from China (January 11, Beijing)
- Opening ceremony for the “Japan-China Youth Exchange Promotion Year” (April 14, Beijing)
- The “Second Japan-China 500-University Student Exchange” (November 29, Tokyo; Photo: Japan-China Friendship Center)
- First Japan-China High-Level People-to-People and Cultural Exchange Dialogue (from left: Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Zhang Xu, Minister of Education Chen Baosheng, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi, and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagiuda) (November 25, Tokyo)
- First Japan-China High-Level People-to-People and Cultural Exchange Dialogue (November 25, Tokyo)
- Chinese maritime structures confirmed to have been built near the geographical equidistant line between Japan and China (Photo: Ministry of Defense)
- Japan-Mongolia Summit Meeting with Prime Minister Khurelsukh (October 21, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Talks between Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi and Minister of Defence of Mongolia Enkhbold (December 2, Tokyo)
- Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 22, Nagoya)
- Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 15, Madrid, Spain)
- Public hearing by the pre-trial court concerning the third case (filing of objection against order to close investigations) (November 27, Photo: ECCC)
- Public hearing by the pre-trial court concerning the third case (filing of objection against order to close investigations) (November 27, Photo: ECCC)
- Outreach activity by LDC at Samdach Ouv High School in Siem Reap Province (December 5, Photo: LDC)
- Japan-Singapore Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 22, Tokyo)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki observing the plebiscite for establishing an autonomous government in the Bangsamoro region (January 21, Cotabato City, Philippines)
- Logo of J-BIRD
- Foreign Minister Kono attending the ceremony for the signing and exchange of notes on the “Road Network Development Project in Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao,” one of the projects under J-BIRD (February 10, Davao, Philippines)
- Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers' Meeting (October 21, Tokyo)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abe visiting a site for food distribution assistance in Rakhine State, Myanmar (January 15, northern Maungdaw Township, Myanmar)
- Talks between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Wakamiya and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay of Laos (October 5, Laos)
- Japan-India Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting “2+2” Ministerial Meeting) (November 30, Delhi, India)
- Japan-Bangladesh Summit Meeting (May 29, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Sri Lanka Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 13, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- Japan-Maldives Summit Meeting (October 21, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 22, Nagoya)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers' Meeting (October 31, Tokyo)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakayama signing a memorandum of cooperation for disaster recovery during a trip to Vanuatu (December 16, Vanuatu)
- Foreign Minister Motegi announcing the details of the Initiative on Overseas Loan and Investment for ASEAN, at the 1st Tokyo Global Dialogue (December, Tokyo)
- Dispatch of patrol boats to Indonesia (July 2018; Photo: Japan Coast Guard)
- Human resource development in the area of disaster prevention – Training on standing by without sleep. Photo: AHA Centre
- Prime Minister Abe speaking at the Japan-ASEAN Summit Meeting (November 4, Bangkok, Thailand; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- EAS Meeting (November 4, Bangkok, Thailand; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 22, Beijing and Gubei Water Town, China)
- Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit (December 24, Chengdu, China; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe speaking at the Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit (December 24, Chengdu, China; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe meeting with President Trump (April 26, Washington D.C.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The leaders of Japan and the U.S. and their spouses visiting the JS Kaga destroyer (May 28, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The leaders of Japan and the U.S. deepening their exchange through golf (May 26, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The leaders of Japan and the U.S. and their spouses attending a dinner banquet (May 26, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-U.S.-India Summit Meeting (June 28, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (September 25, New York; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 26, New York)
- The two leaders and First Ladies watching the Grand Sumo Tournament (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The two leaders watching the Grand Sumo Tournament (Photo: Japan Sumo Association)
- Meeting between Minister Motegi (then Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization) and U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer (April 15, Washington D.C.; Photo: TPP Headquarters at the Cabinet Secretariat Office)
- The leaders of Japan and Canada exchanging uniforms of their national rugby teams (April 28, Ottawa, Canada; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 29, Osaka)
- Japan-El Salvador Summit Meeting (November 29, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- 9th FEALAC Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 9, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
- Joint press conference following the Japan-Jamaica Summit Meeting (December 12, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Mexico Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 29, Osaka)
- Japan-Brazil Summit Meeting (October 23, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Argentina Summit Meeting (June 27, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino being welcomed at the venue of the commemorative ceremony for the 120th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Peru (July 10, Lima, Peru; Photo: Peru Shimpo)
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Akishino gracing the commemorative ceremony for the 120th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Bolivia (July 17, Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
- Japan-Chile Summit Meeting (August 25, Biarritz, France; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Omi planting a tree at the ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Paraguay (December 19, Paraguay)
- The logo for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Paraguay. Based on the motif of Paraguay's traditional lace embroidery craft Ñandutí, the logo embodies the interwoven history of the two countries, as well as the new future that they will weave going forward.
- Scene at a cultural event in Japan (May 3, Tokyo Photo: Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay in Japan)
- Scene of Japanese festival in Paraguay (November 9, Asunción, Paraguay)
- Japan-Colombia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (October 21, Tokyo)
- Courtesy call to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Nishimura Akihiro by a delegation of Next Leaders of Nikkei Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (October 4, Tokyo)
- Prime Minister Abe giving the keynote speech at the Europa Connectivity Forum (September 27, Brussels, Belgium; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-UK Summit Meeting (August 26, Biarritz, France; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-France Joint Press Conference (June 26, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Germany Summit Meeting (February 4, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Italy Summit Meeting (April 24, Rome, Italy; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Photo: Hiroshima Prefecture)
- “Meeting with Authorities and the Diplomatic Corps” (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Abe and His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain (October 21, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino paying a courtesy call on President Duda and the First Lady of Poland (June 28, Warsaw, Poland; Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino paying a courtesy call on President Niinistö and the First Lady of Finland (July 3, Helsinki, Finland; Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- Commemorative photograph with Chancellor Bierlein at the Federal Chancellery of Austria (September 18, Vienna, Austria)
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Kako of Akishino paying a courtesy call on President Áder and the First Lady of Hungary (September 20, Budapest, Hungary; Photo: The President's Office, Hungary)
- Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakatani and Secretary General Greminger of the OSCE (December 6, Slovakia)
- Foreign Minister Motegi attending the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 15-16, Madrid, Spain)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (September 5, Vladivostok, Russia; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Sightseeing pilot tour (October 31, Kunashiri Island; Photo: World Air-Sea Service)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 19, Moscow, Russia)
- Japan-Russia Youth Forum 2019 (September 27, St. Petersburg, Russia; Photo: Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center)
- Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Program (‘Hanagasa dance,' July, Moscow, Russia; Photo: Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center)
- Japan-Uzbekistan Summit Meeting (December 19, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- 7th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue (May 18, Dushanbe, Tajikistan)
- Completion ceremony for the “Shimal Gas Combined Power Plant, Second Unit” constructed in cooperation with Japan (September 5, Azerbaijan)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Kono and Prime Minister of Georgia Bakhtadze (March 13, Tokyo)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Abe and Supreme Leader Khamenei (June 13, Tehran, Iran; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Logo for the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relationship between Japan and Iran
- Three lusterware ceramic works donated to the Reza Abbasi Museum
- Projection mapping event at Golestan Palace
- Japan-Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 22, Nagoya, Aichi)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Abe and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (January 12, Ulah, Saudi Arabia; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Abe and Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi (January 13, United Arab Emirates; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe conveying condolences to and conversing with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said of Oman (January 14, Muscat, Oman; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- H.R.H. Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prime Minister Abe in agreement to launch the Joint Group for “The Japan-Saudi Vision 2030” (September 1, 2016, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Fourth Ministerial Meeting (October 23, 2019, Tokyo)
- Japan-Jordan Summit Meeting (September 23, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 22, Nagoya)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki visits the Jericho Agro-Industrial Park (JAIP) (December 21, Palestine)
- Prime Minister Abe announcing the invitational program for teachers from Gaza, at the UN General Assembly (September 2018, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The visiting teachers paying a courtesy call on the Foreign Minister (March 2019, Tokyo)
- The teachers visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (March 2019, Hiroshima)
- Japan-Afghanistan Summit Meeting (October 23, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting (June 27, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Abe and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (October 24, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- First meeting of the Japan Business Council for Africa (June 6, Tokyo)
- Japan-Ethiopia Summit Meeting (August 29, Yokohama; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Djibouti Summit Meeting (August 29, Yokohama; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Rwanda Summit Meeting (August 29, Yokohama; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Ministers' Meeting (October 21, Tokyo)
- Japan-Senegal Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 23, Nagoya)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sato visiting an elementary school supported by Japan (February 27, Mauritania)
CHAPTER 3
- TOFU program participants visiting the Department of State (March 21, Washington D.C., U.S.)
- TOFU program participants paying a courtesy call to Ambassador Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and exchanging opinions with her (March 25, New York, U.S.)
- UN Triangular Partnership Project (TPP) training for Asia and its surrounding regions (Viet Nam)
- Training in a communications operations room (Photo: Paolo Film & TV, Denmark)
- Scene of VBSS training (Photo: UNODC)
- Participants exchanging opinions at VBSS training (Photo: Paolo Film & TV, Denmark)
- Uotsuri Island of the Senkaku Islands
- United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) (Vienna, Austria)
- Foreign Minister Kono attending the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference (April 2018, Geneva, Switzerland)
- Foreign Minister Motegi attending the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the NPDI (November 2019, Nagoya)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Motegi and IAEA Director General Grossi (February 25, 2020, Tokyo)
- Ship embarkation during a PSI training organized by Japan (July 25, 2018, off Boso Peninsula)
- Address at IAEA's 60th anniversary event (Photo: IAEA)
- UN Headquarters (Photo: UN Photo/Steven Bomholtz)
- Prime Minister Abe attending a session of the UN General Assembly (September 24, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with UN Secretary-General Guterres (June 28, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G4 countries (Japan, India, Germany, and Brazil) on UN Security Council reform (September 25, New York, U.S.)
- At the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace
- At the Peace Palace where the International Court of Justice is located
- Final round of the 2019 Asia Cup (August 7, Tokyo)
- 5th WAW! Logo
- Discussions held during the 5th World Assembly for Women (WAW!) (March 23, Tokyo)
- Ms. Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (March 23, Tokyo)
- At the panel discussion (March 23, Tokyo)
- Opening ceremony for Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project (Phase 1), and the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 2 (March, Indonesia; Photo: JICA)
- Ceremony for the handing over of 15m-class high-speed boat to the Philippine Coast Guard (November 11, Philippines)
- Foreign Minister Motegi inspecting the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka, which Japan has been providing infrastructural development support for (December 13, Sri Lanka)
- Development of the Pacific Climate Change Center as a hub for work on climate change measures for the Pacific Island Countries (Samoa; Photo: JICA)
- Signing ceremony for the exchange of notes on grant aid aimed at providing assistance for measures against drought (April 3, Honduras)
- Technical cooperation project in Ghana, “Project for Improving Continuum of Care for Mothers and Children through the introduction of combined MCH Record Book” (2018-2021) (Photo: JICA)
- Ms. Ogata, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), visiting a foster home in Burundi (Photo: UNHCR/Paul Stromberg)
- Ms. Ogata, President of JICA, visiting a school at the Palestinian refugee camp in Aleppo, Syria (Photo: JICA)
- Drone used for demonstration experiment for the acquisition and analysis of thermal images of landmines and unexploded ordnance
- Scene of the completion ceremony for young people who have attended the entrepreneurship training implemented with support from Japan (Sierra Leone)
- Global Festa Japan 2019 (September, Tokyo)
- “Save the World Through ODA”: ODA publicity short animation, “Go! ODA-Man” based on the popular anime “Eagle Talon”
- Simulation game “You can be an ODA-Man too!”
- Logo for all 17 SDGs goals(Source: United Nations Information Center)
- 8th meeting of the SDGs Promotion Headquarters (December 20, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Meeting of the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development (September 26, New York, U.S.)
- SDG Summit (September 24, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- SDG Summit (September 24, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe presenting his speech at the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (September 23, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- G20 Osaka Summit (June 28, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Illegally dumped waste at a river on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh (Photo: JICA)
- Waste collection vehicles granted by Japan (Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: JICA)
- Ambassador in charge of Arctic Affairs delivering a speech at the seventh Arctic Circle Assembly (October 10-12, Reykjavík, Iceland)
- 2nd Symposium on Science and Technology Diplomacy (December 11, Tokyo; Photo: GRIPS)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (September 25, 2019, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- TPP11 Agreement signing (March 8, 2018, Santiago, Chile; Photo: TPP Headquarters at the Cabinet Secretariat Office)
- First Joint Committee of the Japan-EU EPA (April 10, Tokyo)
- QR code integrated with the “Universal Wagyu Mark”
- G20 Osaka Summit (June 29, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Abe speaking at the “Leaders' Special Event on Digital Economy” on the sidelines of the G20 Osaka Summit (June 28, Osaka; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- G20 Aichi-Nagoya Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 23, Nagoya)
- G7 Biarritz Summit (August 25, Biarritz, France; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japanese sake being served at a reception hosted by the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia
- During the Japanese sake course (Photo: Lecturer, Ms. Hiraide Toshie)
- Trade promotion event hosted by the Governor in Viet Nam (August 25, 2017, Ho Chi Minh)
- Trade promotion event hosted by the Governor in France (March 24, 2018, Paris)
- Paying a courtesy call to Ms. Anne Bucher, Director-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), the European Commission (October 11, 2019, Brussels, Belgium)
- The “Future of Fukushima Seminar” (October 11, 2019, Brussels, Belgium)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Tsuji giving a speech at the Ninth Session of the IRENA Assembly (January, Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- “Japan Shares Solutions: Para Sports for All” promotional video on Japanese policy (published beginning July 19, 2019 on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' YouTube channel and broadcast by CNN)
- “Living Colours: Kasane – the Language of Japanese Colour Combinations” exhibition at JAPAN HOUSE London (London, UK; Photo: JAPAN HOUSE London)
- BAKERU: Transforming Spirits” exhibition at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles (Los Angeles, U.S.; Photo: JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles)
- Performance at National Cherry Blossom Festival as “Japan 2019” (concert in Washington DC, U.S. by Ms. Kawai Ikuko and a Japanese traditional instrument ensemble; Photo: Japan Foundation)
- Scene from an installation at the “The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated” and “Murasaki Shikibu: A Thousand Years of Anonymous Fame” exhibitions in New York: as “Japan 2019” (Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / BFA.com)
- Cultural program: Japan Festival Chicago (June 16, Chicago, U.S)
- Cultural projects: Japanese Cuisine Lecture & Demonstration (October 8, Lyon, France)
- Noh performance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Poland (June 28, Warsaw, Poland)
- NIHONGO Partners at a host institution (Indonesia; Photo: Japan Foundation)
- Get-together for alumni students (November, Costa Rica)
- Foreign Minister Kono chatting with JET participants from China at a farewell party before their departure to Japan (April, China)
- SFT Program: Peruvian Para-badminton athletes who participated in training with the Japan team (November, Japan)
- Group photo at RWC2019 (Photo: JRFU)
- Mr. Matsushima Kotaro (Photo: Suntory Sungoliath)
- Mr. Koo Ji-won (Photo: Honda HEAT)
- Mr. Lafaele Timothy (Photo: Kobelco Steelers)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yamada Kenji observing Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers providing guidance to the Madagascar women's rugby team. (March, Madagascar)
- Athletes practicing in karate gear provided by Japan (South Sudan)
- Judo demonstration (Canada)
- Collaborative Research Workshop for Aspiring Scholars in Japanese Studies (November, Japan; Photo: Japan Foundation)
- U.S. regional leader delegation for strengthening Japan-U.S. relations at the grassroots level (GEN-J program) (November, Japan; Photo: Japan Foundation)
- Reception for the participants of the Japanese Language programs for Foreign Service Officers (39th) and Public Officials (23rd) (November, Tokyo)
- Ceremony to present Japanese language learning materials donated through Grant Assistance for Cultural/Grassroots Projects to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's College of Japanese Studies (August, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- 2nd Karate Ambassador's Cup, held using judo equipment provided through Grant Assistance for Cultural/Grassroots Projects (November, Angola, Rwanda)
- Petra Museum, built using General Cultural Grant Assistance (April, Jordan)
- Mozu Tombs (one of the assets composing the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group; Photo: City of Sakai)
CHAPTER 4
- International Forum on Acceptance of Foreign Nationals and Their Integration into Japan (October 31, Tokyo)
- The author talking to elementary school students at a school benefitting from the school meals program in Malawi (front, right)
- Tree-planting as a part of the Community Resilience Programme in Malawi (Author: Center)
- Mitsui Kiyohiro
- The author (right) in a meeting with UN participants at a business seminar for potential vendors held in Chengdu (China)
- JPF Project “Emergency Response for People Fleeing Myanmar”: Project for improving the water, sanitation, and hygiene environment at the refugee camp in Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) by Association for Aid and Relief (AAR), Japan (© Association for Aid and Relief (AAR), Japan)
- Award-winning photograph at the Global Festa: children delighted with the supply of clean water
- Villagers from Bonke in formal dress holding banners with “Thank you people of Japan”
- Prime Minister Abe receiving a courtesy call by the C20 representatives (April 18, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- A JOCV dietician providing nutritional guidance in Fiji (Photo: JICA)
- Expert in conducting market research with counterpart from the Madagascar Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (Photo: JICA)
- Kimono fitting experience at a reception co-hosted with the Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture (January 30, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Reception co-hosted with the Governor of Ehime Prefecture (February 19, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Stage performance at a reception co-hosted with the Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture (March 25, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- “Kagami biraki (opening a cask of Sake)” at a reception co-hosted with the Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (November 8, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Yamato-ushi beef (specialty product from Nara Prefecture) booth at a reception co-hosted with the Governor of Nara Prefecture (December 11, Tokyo, Iikura Guest House of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Regional Promotion Seminar: Production experience using washi paper and sumi ink from Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture at a networking session (June 4, Tokyo)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Tasting fresh cherry tomatoes at Wonder Farm (January 15-16, Fukushima Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Visit to Kodokan (February 22, Ibaraki Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Visit to Kaho Theater (April 22-23, Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Visit to Weather News (July 10, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Presentation by Hagi City Mayor (September 26-27, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
- Diplomats' Study Tour: Inspection visit to an amberjack farm (November 14-15, Kagoshima Prefecture)
- Project to Support Overseas Presentations to Promote the Attractiveness of Regions: Japanese Rice Fair at Japanese Restaurants (January, Beijing and Shanghai, China)
- Project to Support Overseas Presentations to Promote the Attractiveness of Regions: Special ceremony (March, Moscow, Russia)
- Regional Promotion Project: Seminar on introducing shochu and awamori at the residence of the Consulate General of Japan in New York (February 11, New York, U.S.)
- beyond 2020 HOST TOWN
- At a side event of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), Japanese children from the Host Towns of African countries sent warm messages to their partner countries (August 30, Yokohama; Photo: Cabinet Secretariat)
- Cambodian swimmer participating in the Awa Odori Festival (August 12; Photo: Tokushima Prefecture)
- MOFA Overseas Travel Registration (Tabi-Regi) (only in the Japanese language)
- MOFA Overseas Safety App/Overseas safety website “About the Overseas Safety App Services” can be downloaded from (https://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/c_info/oshirase_kaian_app.html) (only in the Japanese language)
- The welcome reception hosted by the Foreign Minister at the 60th Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad
- Participants engaging in discussion in the panel discussion (June 10, Tokyo)
- Video introducing the Hague Convention “Let's study the Hague Child Abduction Convention Whiteboard animation”
- A Regular press conference (MOFA, Tokyo)
- MOFA's Official Website
- MOFA's Official Facebook
- MOFA for Kids (only in the Japanese language)
- Visits by elementary, junior and senior- high school students to MOFA: Students from Fuji Senior High School (October 23, Tokyo, MOFA)
- Lectures on International Situations (November 6, Kyoto Shimbun Culture Hall, Kyoto City)
- International Issue Presentation Contest (October 5, Nihonbashi Social Education Center, Tokyo)
- Periodical Journal “Diplomacy”
- Exhibition poster
- The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (Ratified)
- With local staff in the kitchen (Author: Center)
- Scene in the kitchen
- Foreign Minister Motegi gives a speech at an international policy discussion (GZERO Summit) by experts (November 18, Tokyo)
- Submitting Communique to Foreign Minister Kono at the T20 Summit for the G20 (May 27, Tokyo)
- Presentation of T20 policy recommendations to Prime Minister Abe (Author: Center right)
- T20 Summit (The author with Professor Robert Engle, Nobel Laureate in economics)
