Diplomatic Bluebook 2022
Photo Index
Opening Special Feature
CHAPTER 2
- Photograph taken during the Fourth Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 2022, Melbourne)
- Photograph taken before the Second Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Leaders' Meeting (September, Washington D.C. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (September 24, Washington D.C.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Escort and salute by honor guard upon the arrival in Japan of Prime Minister Chinh of Viet Nam (November 24, Prime Minister's Office; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- On the theme of “My Ideal Way of Working,” 40 Japanese and Chinese university students participated in the “JENESYS2020” 2nd Japan-China University Student Online Exchange (October 28).
- Chinese maritime structures confirmed to have been built near the geographical equidistant line between Japan and China (Photo: Ministry of Defense)
- 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 (July 22, Tokyo)
- Opening ceremony at Chinggis Khan International Airport (July 4, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
- Second Japan-Indonesia Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting (“2+2”) (March 30, Tokyo)
- Signing of the Japan-Indonesia Agreement concerning the Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology (March 30, Tokyo)
- Japan-Cambodia Leaders' Video Conference (December 1, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kokuba meeting with Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Communications and Information Sim (August 11, Singapore)
- Fifth Meeting of the Japan-Thailand High Level Joint Commission (August 11)
- Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting (November 24, Tokyo)
- Logo of the 40th anniversary of the Look East Policy
- Graduation ceremony at the University of Malaya for students at the Special Preparatory Program to enter Japanese universities under the Look East Policy (February 2020)
- Japan-India Summit Meeting (September 23, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Australia Leaders Video Teleconference Meeting (January 6, 2022, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The Ninth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM9) (July 2. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The 24th ASEAN-Japan Summit Meeting (teleconference) (October 27, Prime Minister's Office; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- The 22nd ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting (teleconference) (August 3, Tokyo)
- The 16th East Asia Summit (EAS) (teleconference) (October 27, Prime Minister's Office; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Informal talk between the leaders of Japan and the U.S. (November 2, Glasgow; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 11, Liverpool)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Video Teleconference Meeting (January 21, 2022; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 11, 2022, Melbourne)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo (November 15, Tokyo)
- Meeting and working dinner between Foreign Minister Hayashi and U.S. Trade Representative Tai (November 17, Tokyo)
- Japan-SICA Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 16, Guatemala)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Uto delivers remarks at a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of Japanese immigration to the Dominican Republic (July 26, Dominican Republic)
- Foreign Minister Motegi pays a courtesy call to Prime Minister Andrew Michael Holness of Jamaica (July 20, Jamaica)
- Japan-Mexico Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 4, Mexico)
- Foreign Minister Motegi pays a courtesy call to President Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla of Guatemala (July 15, Guatemala)
- Foreign Minister Motegi pays a courtesy call to President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen of Panama (July 17, Panama)
- The special stamp for the “100th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Uruguay” issued on September 24, 2021
- Foreign Minister Motegi and Minister of Foreign Relations Bustillo unveiling the “Commemorating 100 Years since the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Uruguay” logo (January 6, Montevideo, Uruguay)
- Corned beef delivered from Uruguay after the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Planting cherry trees in La Paz city
- Japan-Paraguay Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 22, Tokyo)
- Prime Minister Kishida receiving a courtesy call by Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco of the Republic of Colombia (November 9, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Antigua is a World Heritage City in Guatemala. Japan provides ODA for the protection of many cultural assets in the LAC region, including this World Heritage site. (@INGUAT)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Motegi and Secretary of Economy Clouthier (January 5, Mexico)
- Courtesy call to President Bolsonaro by Foreign Minister Motegi (January 4, Brazil)
- Online exchange with Shibaura Institute of Technology (April and May)
- Japan-UK Summit Meeting (November 2, Glasgow, UK)
- Japan-France Summit Meeting (July 24, Tokyo)
- Japan-Germany Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 11, Liverpool, UK)
- Japan-Italy Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 29, Bari, Italy)
- Prime Minister Kishida attending the G7 Summit Teleconference Meeting (February 24, 2022, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 19, 2022, Germany)
- Cabinet decision of March 1, 1921, legal recognition of the Governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Georgia.
- Cabinet decision of March 1, 1921, legal recognition of the Governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Georgia.
- Cabinet decision of March 1, 1921, legal recognition of the Governments of Estonia, Latvia, and Georgia.
- Foreign Minister Motegi planting a tree during his visit to Latvia with Minister of Foreign Affairs Rinkēvičs (center)
- Foreign Minister Motegi in attendance at the EU Foreign Affairs Council and explaining the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” vision (January)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 23, New York, U.S.)
- Japan-Russia Grassroots Exchange Program “Consul General's Cup Kyudo Tournament “White Night Style”” (June, St. Petersburg, Russia)
- Japan-Russia Grassroots Exchange Program “Tomari City Japanese Culture Festival” (October, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia)
- The Second Online Japanese Language Course High School Student Exchange, one of the Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Programs (March, Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center)
- Courtesy call by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakanishi Satoshi to Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan (August 28, Uzbekistan)
- Japan-Armenia summit meeting (July 24, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida attends the G20 Summit video conference on Afghanistan (October, Tokyo)
- Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 2021, Tel Aviv)
- Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 2021, Istanbul)
- Signing of Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) (August, Tehran)
- Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers' video teleconference meeting (December 2021)
- Foreign Minister Motegi pays a courtesy call to Egyptian President El-Sisi (August, Cairo, Egypt)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Honda attending the Kuwait photographic exhibition (December, Tokyo)
- Illumination of the Kuwait Towers (March)
- Logo commemorating 60 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Kuwait
- “Operation Tortoise” cleanup day (November, Kuwait City)
- Interview with H.E. Abdulla Bishara, former Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from the video “Japan and Kuwait in Solidarity -Witnesses of History-” (August, online)
- Japan-Qatar Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue (August, Qatar)
- Poster promoting entry to the Japanese poetry competition (November, Qatar)
- Courtesy call to Prime Minister Suga by Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior of South Sudan (July 22. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Japan-Rwanda Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 29, Italy, Rome)
- Japan-Senegal Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 11, Dakar, Senegal)
- Courtesy call to President Sall of Senegal by Minister Motegi (January 11, Dakar, Senegal)
- At TICAD IV (May 28, 2008, Yokohama)
- Group photograph at TICAD 7 (August 28, 2019, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
CHAPTER 3
- Japan-Australia joint exercise “Trident” (November. Photo: Ministry of Defense)
- Headquarter personnel deployed to MFO (Photo: PKO Secretariat)
- Japan-U.S. “2+2” (videoconference) (January 2022)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyake Shingo receiving a courtesy call from Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy (October, Tokyo)
- Signing of the New Special Measures Agreement (SMA) (January 2022, Tokyo)
- Signing Ceremony of the Japan-Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement (January 6, 2022, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Odawara Kiyoshi interacting with students (November 7, Iwakuni City)
- Japanese and American students making presentations (November 6, Iwakuni City)
- Uotsuri Island of Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture
- The author in the Chair's seat for the Legal Subcommittee of COPUOS
- At a rehabilitation center for former NSAG associates (Photo: IOM)
- Opening Ceremony of the Kyoto Congress (March 7, Kyoto. Photo: UNDGC)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering the opening remarks at the Third Track 1.5 Meeting for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament (December, 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 22, New York, U.S.)
- The author
- Meeting at the ILC; the author is second from the left in the front (center of the front screen)
- Training conducted under the “Project for Promoting Development and Strengthening of the Rule of Law in the Legal Sector of Lao PDR” (Photo: JICA)
- At a call center in Viet Nam operated under the “Project for Strengthening the Operation of Hotline for Counseling and Supporting Trafficked Survivors” (Photo: JICA)
- Vocational training for women in Turkey (Photo : UN Women)
- “Last One Mile Support” Handover Ceremony in collaboration with UNICEF (November, Philippines)
- Train set for Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 6 procured from Japan. The cars carry a motif featuring the Japanese and Bangladesh flags. (November 16, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Port Vila Lapetasi International Wharf constructed with assistance from Japan (Vanuatu)
- Hon. Hu'akavameiliku, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, welcoming the arrival of the Self-Defense Forces transport aircraft carrying emergency relief supplies (January 22, 2022, Tonga)
- Last One Mile Support Equipment Delivery Ceremony (November 8, Asunción, Paraguay)
- JICA experts providing instruction on handicrafts to female farmers (July 20, Bishkek, Kyrgyz; Photo: JICA/Suzuki Kaku)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki attending the International Ministerial Conference on UNRWA (November 16, Tokyo)
- Lecture on safety and risk management at E-JUST (January, Egypt; Photo: JICA)
- Ceremony of PCR Test Kits Donation to Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) (June, Kenya)
- The Third Country Training Program at KEMRI (November, Kenya; Photo: JICA)
- Videos featuring famous and highly influential persons have been published.
- COVAX AMC Summit co-hosted by the Government of Japan and Gavi (June, Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida listening to the speech by UN Secretary-General António Guterres (December 7, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering a speech at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 (December 7, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi delivering a speech at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 (December 7, Tokyo)
- Declaration of carbon neutrality in the Prime Minister's Policy Speech (October 26, 2020, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Thin-film perovskite solar cell (Photo: Toshiba Corporation) (Note) This achievement is the fruit of work commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
- Thin-film perovskite solar cell (Photo: Toshiba Corporation) (Note) This achievement is the fruit of work commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
- Prof. Matsumoto, Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, participated in the panel discussion at the 2021 OSCE Asian Conference (September, Tokyo)
- Door-to-door visits by health volunteers (July. Photo: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society)
- Activities for the Global Handwashing Day campaign (October. Photo: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society)
- Emergency outpatient service at a Bangladesh Red Crescent Society field hospital (September. Photo: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society)
- Hospital ward of the COVID-19 isolation and treatment center (July. Photo: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society)
- The author (left) guiding the Ambassador of Japan to Senegal around the WFP warehouse (Photo: WFP)
- A storm victim who has received emergency food rations, and the author (right) (Photo: WFP)
- A mother and child who have received support to improve nutrition, through Japan's ODA contribution (Photo: WFP)
- Large quantities of waste, including plastics, reaching the Mekong River basin (in the northern part of Thailand)
- Since 2020, there has been a dramatic increase in the quantity of waste believed to have been used in the fight against COVID-19
- CCTV camera installed with Japan's assistance and the cooperation of the local government. Images are analyzed using artificial intelligence (AI).
- The author (Photo: Okayama University)
- Joint Statement on Promoting Global Utilization of Science, Technology and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation to Ensure the Health of People and the Planet (STEPP)
- G7 Cornwall Summit (June 11, Cornwall, UK; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- G20 Rome Summit (October 30, Rome, Italy; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (November 12, Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Washio as chair of the 21st Meeting of the IRENA Council (online meeting) (May, Tokyo)
- At a forum on energy cooperation with member states (the author is in the center)
- At the office of the Energy Charter Secretariat
- An example of a fishing vessel reported as an IUU fishing vessel. Some signs that have been pointed out include the lack of a national flag and displays of the necessary ship identification information.
- Policy promotion video, “Hello Kitty presents harmonious and inclusive society amidst the pandemic” (Posted on MOFA's YouTube channel from March 21, 2021)
- Japanese instruments performance on Music Day (June 21, New York, U.S.)
- Japan Week (October 6-23, Libreville, Gabon)
- Goiás Bon-odori Festival (August 28, Goiás, Brazil)
- National Soroban Competition (November 16, Tongatapu, Tonga)
- “STAGE BEYOND BORDERS,” video series of performing arts works presented by the Japan Foundation (Available online; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Projects introducing Japanese culture (December, Thailand; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Activity report at the Japan Alumni Conference (Online)
- Farewell reception for JET participants before they depart for Japan (November, Kingston, Jamaica; Photo: Jamaica Observer)
- Donation ceremony for badminton rackets, provided through equipment transportation and support (October, Guatemala)
- Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) Program dispatching grassroots coordinators between Japan and the U.S. (September 28, Mayville State University, U.S.; Photo: Japan Foundation)
- Japan-United States Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) (November 19, Prime Minister's Office; Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
- Opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (July 23, Tokyo. Photo: Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games)
- Letter of appreciation for the Games sent from a British citizen to the Embassy of Japan in the UK
- Okinawa Rail (Photo: Ministry of the Environment)
- Oyu Stone Circles (Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture. Photo: the JOMON ARCHIVES)
Special Feature
CHAPTER 4
- With Captain Martin Okada of the UN Military Observer Group (Central African Republic; author is shown on the left)
- With members of the MINUSCA government affairs bureau (Central African Republic; author is shown in the center of the front row)
- With Ethiopian refugee children at a refugee camp in East Sudan
- The author (center) receiving a briefing from a partner organization at the Refugee Reception Center in Cúcuta, Colombia
- Metoki Masahiko (Photo: Japan Post)
- The moment when Metoki was elected (August 25, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Photo: Japan Post)
- Children drinking maize and cereal in a nutrition improvement project in Kenya (Photo: HANDS (specified non-profit corporation))
- NGO consultants taking part in a panel discussion held for EARTH CAMP
- “Furikake” produced in Timor-Leste
- Women of Atauro Island producing “furikake” at the factory
- Elementary school students enjoying “furikake” during a school meal
- During a “5S” study seminar (author on the right) (January 13, Long An, Viet Nam. Photo: Long An General Hospital)
- Group photograph at the final audit (the author third from the right) (March 25, Long An, Viet Nam. Photo: Long An General Hospital)
- Final activity report at the place of assignment (the author sixth from the right in the back row) (Note) Masks were removed for the photograph. (March 30, Long An, Viet Nam. Photo: Long An General Hospital)
- Regional Promotion Seminar Presentations from various local governments etc. (October 28, Tokyo)
- Diplomatic corps visiting the Oyu Stone Circles, a World Heritage Site in Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, during a Diplomats' Study Tour (November 19, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture)
- Diplomatic corps listening to an explanation about the Great East Japan Earthquake while visiting Commutan Fukushima during a Diplomats' Study Tour (November 26, Miharu Town, Fukushima Prefecture)
- Local Partnership Cooperation Forum Experts taking part in a panel discussion (March 2, MOFA)
- Okayama Prefecture's PR movie that was posted on the social media account of the Embassy of Japan in China during the Project to Support Overseas Presentations to Promote the Attractiveness of Regions
- Former President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid and Saku City Mayor Yanagida Seiji (Photo: Karli Saul)
- A Shimabara City resident performing the German national anthem on the flute from outside a sports field (Photo: Shimabara City)
- Kota Town residents holding up “Allez! Haïti!” messages (Photo: Kota Town)
- Tabi-Regi
- The author (right) submitting the request on measures to address loneliness and isolation among Japanese nationals abroad, to Foreign Minister Motegi
- A 24-hour consultation support center in Tokyo
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hayashi (November 11, Tokyo)
- MOFA's official website
- MOFA's official facebook account
- MOFA's official twitter account
- MOFA for Kids
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki responding to a question from a “child reporter” on “Children's Kasumigaseki Tour Day” (August 18 and 19, MOFA)
- Lectures on the International Situations (October 7, UN Association of Japan Fukuoka Head Office)
- One of the Diplomatic Talks (June 28, Kagawa University)
- One of the Diplomatic Talks (June 28, Kagawa University)
- Periodical journal “Diplomacy”
- Front entrance of the Diplomatic Archives
- MOFA records concerning Japan-U.S. negotiations just prior to the start of the Pacific War (The Archives holds over 100,000 files of this kind).
- The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States (an Important Cultural Property), which was concluded at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
- In front of the official residence
- Sashimi made using Hamour obtained at a fish market in Dubai (The Hamour is shown on the right side of the plate. In Japan this variety of fish is known as Hitomihata.)
- Seabream cooked in a salt crust
- Serving seabream cooked in a salt crust at a New Year networking meeting
- Chatting with an official of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar at the groundbreaking ceremony
- The new Embassy of Japan in the State of Qatar
- A briefing session with construction workers at the construction site
