Diplomatic Bluebook 2024
Photo Index
Opening Special Feature
- Session 1 of the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 19, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Group photo (G7 leaders, invited country leaders, heads of international organizations) (May 20, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- G7 Leaders after they offered flowers to the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims (May 19, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Session 9 of the G7 Hiroshima Summit, “Toward a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous World” (May 21, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Group photo with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine during Session 8 “Ukraine” of the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 21, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida speaks at the G7 Leaders' Video Conference (December 6, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine offer flowers at Peace Memorial Park (May 21, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Message in the Peace Memorial Museum guest book written by President Joseph Biden of the United States
- G7 leaders writing in the guest book after visiting the Peace Memorial Museum (May 19, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Group photo with leaders of invited countries and heads of international organizations who visited Peace Memorial Park (May 21, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Prime Minister Kishida attends Session 5 “Economic Resilience and Economic Security” of the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 20, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Prime Minister Kishida attends the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on UHC (September 21, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Example of Japanese support project to promote WPS: Women's Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Protection (Women LEAP) Center in Bidibidi refugee community (August 25, 2021, Uganda)
- Side-event on the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (May 20, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Example of Japan's PGII initiatives: Construction site of the Matarbari port development project (Matarbari, Bangladesh; Photo: Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited)
- Example of Japan's PGII initiatives: Construction site for the Delhi rapid transport system construction plan (Delhi, India; Photo: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited)
- Prime Minister Kishida engages in discussion during Session 1 (working lunch) of the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 19, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Group photo at the G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Osaka-Sakai (October 28, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi chairs the “Indo-Pacific” session (April 17, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture)
- Working Dinner on the Indo-Pacific (April 16, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture)
- Commemorative photo of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 17, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa chairs the Working Dinner on the Middle East (November 7, Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo)
- Group photo at the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 8, Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo)
CHAPTER 1
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering the keynote speech at the Leaders' Session of the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction (February 19, 2024, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi making a speech at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (June 21, London, UK)
- Courtesy call to Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, by the economic mission (November 20, Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Courtesy call to President Zelenskyy of Ukraine by Foreign Minister Kamikawa (January 7, 2024, Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Relief supplies tents in use in the Gaza Strip (December, the Gaza Strip, Palestine; Photo: JICA)
- Relief supplies arriving at El Arish International Airport (December, Egypt; Photo: JICA)
CHAPTER 2
- Japan-U.S.-ROK Summit Meeting (August 18, Camp David, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- The Japan, U.S. and ROK leaders at the press conference (August 18, Camp David, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- 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)
- Prime Minister Kishida's visit to the ROK (official welcome ceremony) (May 8, Seoul, ROK; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (March 6, Tokyo)
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress responding to the media with President Joko and the First Lady at Bogor Palace (June 19, Bogor, Indonesia; Photo: Indonesian Presidential Palace)
- His Majesty the Emperor heads to the banquet venue with Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X (the Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region) at Kraton Palace (June 21, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Photo: Kraton Palace of Yogyakarta)
- Japan-Cambodia Summit Meeting (September 7, Indonesia; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Kizuna Festival (February 23, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
- Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers' Meeting (October 9, Brunei)
- Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting (November 27, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- A performance of the new opera Princess Anio, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Viet Nam (September, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Photo: Princess Anio Project Executive Committee)
- Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino taking a commemorative photo with President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse (September, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- Japan-India Summit Meeting (March 20, Delhi, India; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Bangladesh Summit Meeting (April 26, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura pays a courtesy call to President Mohamed Muizzu as a Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan (November 18, Maldives)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 19, New York, U.S.)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi attends a dinner hosted by Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brown of the Cook Islands (March 20, Rarotonga, Cook Islands)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Horii attends the Dialogue Partners Meeting of the PIF as a Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan (November 10, Rarotonga, Cook Islands)
- Prime Minister Kishida attending a joint press conference with Indonesian President Joko, who served as co-chair at the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation (December 17; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- ASEAN-way group photo at the Commemorative Summit (December 17, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida, co-chair (December 17, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi attends the 13th EAS Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 14, Jakarta, Indonesia)
- The Tenth Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 26, Busan, ROK)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 11, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (January 13, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 17, Tokyo)
- Meeting with President Biden (April 17, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
- Mrs. Kishida and First Lady Dr. Biden planting a cherry tree (April 17, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (May 18, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 18, New York, U.S.)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 7, Tokyo)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (November 16, San Francisco, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Second Ministerial Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Economic Policy Consultative Committee (the Economic “2+2”)(November 14, San Francisco, U.S.)
- Group photo of the Hawaii-Japan Sister State & Sister City Summit (July 27, Hawaii, U.S.; Photo: JASH)
- Ainu dance of Hokkaido performed at the commemorative reception at the Consul General's official residence (July 27, Hawaii, U.S.)
- Japan-Canada Summit Meeting (May 19, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affaires Office)
- Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers' Meeting (April 18, Tokyo)
- Japan-Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Ministers' Meeting (May 1, Trinidad and Tobago)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei attends the Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of CARICOM and unveils the logo for the Japan-CARICOM Friendship Year 2024 (May 17, Kingston, Jamaica)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Prime Minister Mottley of Barbados (September 20, New York, U.S.)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuge attends the reception for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Jamaica together with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Johnson Smith (center) and Ambassador of Jamaica to Japan Richards (right) (February 8, 2024, Tokyo)
- Japan-Mexico Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 5, Mexico City, Mexico)
- Japan-Guatemala Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 23, New York, U.S.)
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida by Vice President Peña of the Dominican Republic (April 4, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Brazil Summit Meeting (May 20, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida by Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Cafiero of Argentina (August 29, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Coin depicting Machu Picchu and Mount Fuji that commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Peru
- commemorative stamps issued by Japan Post
- Servicios Postales del Perú
- President Boluarte and Her Imperial Highness Princess Kako of Akishino (November 7, Lima, Peru; Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi pays a courtesy call to Peruvian President Boluarte (May 3, Lima, Peru)
- Japan-Paraguay Foreign Ministers' Meeting (May 5, Asuncion, Paraguay)
- Local Nikkei people serving as organizers for the Jungle Matsuri held by the Japanese Brazilian Association of Western Amazon (August, Brazil)
- Students learning Shodo calligraphy at a bilingual school where Tomioka serves as coordinator (Brazil)
- The 29th Japan-EU Summit Meeting (July 13, Brussels, Belgium; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi attends the Japan-EU High-Level Economic Dialogue (online format) (June 27, Tokyo)
- Japan-UK Summit Meeting (May 18, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-France Summit Meeting (May 19, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- First meeting of the Japan-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (March 18, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Italy Summit Meeting (May 18, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Spain Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 23, New York, U.S.)
- Japan-Poland Summit Meeting with President Duda (March 22, Warsaw, Poland; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Ukraine Summit Meeting (March 22, Kyiv, Ukraine; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi pays a courtesy call to President Zelenskyy (September 9, Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Joint press conference with the foreign ministers of Japan and Ukraine. Due to an air raid warning, the press conference was held in an underground shelter at short notice (January 7, 2024, Kyiv, Ukraine).
- Prime Minister Kishida shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg. (July 12, Brussels, Belgium; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Joint press conference after the Japan-Finland Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 9, 2024, Helsinki, Finland)
- Prime Minister Kishida attending the NATO Summit Partner Session (July 12, Vilnius, Lithuania; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Commemorative coin issued by Romania's central bank to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (one side features a Japanese design and the other has a Romanian design)
- Prime Minister Kishida and President Iohannis signing the Joint Statement on the Establishment of the Strategic Partnership between Japan and Romania (March 7, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- The opening ceremony held to commemorate the establishment of the Embassy of Japan in Malta (February 26, 2024, Malta)
- Japan-Kazakhstan Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 20, New York, U.S.)
- Japan-Kyrgyzstan Summit Meeting (November 20, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshikawa visits the No. 13 kindergarten of Etchmiadzin Municipality in Etchmiadzin, Armenia, during her visit to three Caucasus countries (May 3, Etchmiadzin, Armenia)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi attends the First Japan-GCC Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 7, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa delivers a speech at the Cairo Summit for Peace (October 21, Cairo, Egypt)
- Japan-Palestine Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 3, Ramallah, Palestine)
- Fourth Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue (September 3, Amman, Jordan)
- Japan-UAE Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 12, Tokyo)
- Japan-Qatar Summit Meeting (July 18, Doha, Qatar; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi attends the Third Japan-Arab Political Dialogue (September 5, Cairo, Egypt)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yamada, chair of the 11th Japan-Tunisia Joint Committee (June 16, Tunis, Tunisia)
- halca Concert in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during Jeddah Events Calendar 2023 - Anime Village at City Walk
- Prime Minister Kishida being greeted by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed (July 16, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Colossal statue of Ramses II in the Grand Hall
- heneghan peng architects' proposed architectural design connecting the pyramids from the north end of the museum
- Image of the current museum taken from a drone
- Prime Minister Kishida visiting the Grand Egyptian Museum (April 30, Cairo, Egypt; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida visiting the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (May 1, Accra, Ghana; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Kenya Summit Meeting (May 3, Nairobi, Kenya; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Mozambique Summit Meeting (May 4, Maputo, Mozambique; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Uganda Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 2, Kampala, Uganda)
- Japan-Ethiopia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 3, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Japan-Angola Summit Meeting (March 13, Tokyo, Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takagi meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Thulisile Dladla of Eswatini (February 16, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Japan-South Africa Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 1, Pretoria, South Africa)
- Joint press conference following the Japan-Ghana Summit Meeting (May 1, Accra, Ghana; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Japan-Cabo Verde Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 12, New York, U.S.)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Kabba of Sierra Leone (September 19, New York, U.S.)
CHAPTER 3
- Japan-U.S. “2+2” (January 11, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
- Japan-U.S. “2+2” (January 11, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
- Tour of B-2 strategic bombers during the Japan-U.S. Extended Deterrence Dialogue (June, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, U.S.; Photo: U.S. Department of Defense)
- Discussions at the Japan-U.S. Extended Deterrence Dialogue (December, Japan)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs HOSAKA Yasushi interacting with the participating students (October 22, Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Presentation of completion certificates by Ambassador in charge of Okinawan Affairs, MIYAGAWA Manabu, and DoDEA Pacific South District Superintendent, Dr. Melissa Hayes (October 15, Kadena City, Okinawa Prefecture)
- Signing of Japan-UK RAA (January 11, London, UK; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Uotsuri Island (Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture)
- Prime Minister Kishida and President Marcos of the Philippines participating in the exchange of notes for OSA to the Philippines (November 3, Manila, Philippines; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- The Signing Ceremony of the Framework Agreement between Japan and the United States of America for Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space (January 13, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- The Signing Ceremony of the Framework Agreement between Japan and the United States of America for Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space (January 13, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Workshop to formulate the Refugee Response Plan (the author is in the center)
- With the Ambassador of Japan to Moldova and the UNHCR Representative in the Republic of Moldova at a Refugee Accommodation Centre (the author is first from the left of the front row)
- The author explaining the report (1:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 27, Vienna, Austria. Th e author is on the right end of the podium, shown on the screen)
- School meal at an MLC (August 15, Thailand; Photo: MECC TAK PASEO 2)
- Learning in progress at an MLC (December, Thailand; Photo: MECC TAK PASEO 2)
- Third Meeting of the IGEP (December 8 to 9, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa delivering a statement at the 13th Conference on Facilitating the Entry-into-Force of the CTBT (September 22, New York, U.S.)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering an address at the Commemorative High-Level Event on an FMCT (September 19, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering an address at the Commemorative High-Level Event on an FMCT (September 19, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi meeting with IAEA Director General Grossi on his visit to Japan as a guest of MOFA (July 4, Tokyo)
- Collecting samples of surface seawater for H-3 analysis off the coast of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (October, Fukushima Prefecture; Photo: Nuclear Regulation Authority)
- IAEA Director General Grossi paying a courtesy call to Prime Minister Kishida (July 4, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and IAEA Director General Grossi, and signing ceremony (September 18, New York, U.S.)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering an address at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly (September 19, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida meeting with UN Secretary-General Guterres at the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 21, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi hosting the Ministerial Open Debate on the Rule of Law at the UN Security Council (January 12, New York, U.S.)
- Prime Minister Kishida attending the Security Council High Level Open Debate on “Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism: maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine” (September 20, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G4 Countries on UN Security Council Reform (September 21, New York, U.S.)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa meeting with President Donoghue of the ICJ (January 11, 2024, Hague, Netherlands)
- Professor Akande giving a lecture (August, Tokyo)
- Commemorative photograph of the Seminar participants (August, Tokyo)
- Adoption of the BBNJ Agreement in the UN (June, U.S. Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa attending the WPS Focal Points Network High-Level Side Event (September 21, New York, U.S.)
- Courtesy call to Prime Minister Kishida by GEAC (December 12, Tokyo. Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Video message from Foreign Minister Kamikawa in the Symposium on GEAC Report 2023 (December 13, Tokyo)
- WPS Panel Discussion (December 13, Tokyo)
- Lunch meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Fukazawa and Executive Director Verveer of the Georgetown Institute for WPS (December 14, Tokyo)
- Indonesia “the Economic and Social Development Programme (Provision of Fishery Monitoring Vessels)” (September, Indonesia; Photo: JICA)
- Arresting technique course training for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency by JICA and the Japan Coast Guard (October, Malaysia; Photo: JICA)
- Newborn baby room at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, newly established with Japan's support (October, Islamabad, Pakistan)
- Tilapia aquaculture training (practical training on fry management) in a Pacific Island country for SDG 14 “Life below water” project (January, Fiji; Photo: JICA)
- Mangrove water quality survey for the “Project for Enhancement of Integrated Management of Coastal Ecosystem for Strengthening their Resilience Climate Change” in Palau (April, Palau; Photo: JICA)
- Disaster risk reduction work to prevent slope collapse and mudslides along the road under the “The Project for Road Disaster Prevention of National Road No. 7 ” grant aid for Bolivia (June, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)
- Opening ceremony of the grant aid project “The Project for the Rehabilitation of Kizilkala-Bokhtar Section of Dushanbe-Bokhtar Road” in Tajikistan attended by JICA President Tanaka and Minister of Transport and Communications of Tajikistan Ibrahim (September 1, Khatlon Region, Tajikistan; Photo: JICA)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi participates in a high-level pledging meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen (online) (February 27, Tokyo)
- The medical team treating the injured (Photo: JICA)
- Medical team examination (Photo: JICA)
- Field hospital constructed by the team (Photo: JICA)
- First Step 2: Sekai wo Tsunagu Yuki no Kotoba, Television drama now available (as of February 2024)
- Japanese Women Delivering Hope in a World of Uncertainty, Documentary video now available (as of February 2024)
- Prime Minister Kishida holding a press conference as Chair of the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 21, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- G7 Hiroshima Summit Session 6: Working Together to Address Multiple Crises, which discussed Global Health (May 21, Hiroshima Prefecture; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering the opening remarks at the G7 Health Follow-up Side Event (September 21, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida and Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Takemi participating in the G7 Health Follow-up Side Event (September 21, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Prime Minister Kishida attending the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on UHC (September 21, New York, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi attending the 6th Meeting of the Advisory Board for Promoting Science & Technology Diplomacy (August 30, Tokyo)
- Prime Minister Kishida in attendance at the IPEF Leaders' Meeting (November 16, San Francisco, U.S.; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuji speaking at the OECD Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum (October 26, Hanoi, Viet Nam)
- Signing of the U.S. Japan Memorandum of Cooperation on Countering Foreign Information Manipulation (December 6, Tokyo)
- Social media utilized by MOFA
- Social media utilized by MOFA
- Policy promotion video, “29 Radionuclides and ALPS” (English) (Posted on MOFA's YouTube official channel from July 13, 2023)
- 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Viet Nam (May 14, Ha Nam, Viet Nam)
- 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Peru (August 22, Lima, Peru)
- The 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Indonesia: Performance of “Dionysus” by the SCOT theatre company (October, Jakarta, Indonesia; Photo: The Japan Foundation ©Djajusman)
- Co-presented by the Japan Foundation and Tokyo International Film Festival, the TIFF Lounge hosted a master class by Director KORE-EDA Hirokazu for the Asian Film Students Exchange Program (October 26, Tokyo; Photo: The Japan Foundation, ©2023 TIFF)
- The Award Ceremony of the 16th Japan International MANGA Award (March 2, Tokyo)
- Public relations activities by JET alumni at the Sakura Matsuri – Japanese Street Festival in Washington, D.C. (April 15-16, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: JET Programme Alumni Association)
- “Projects for Sports Diplomacy Enhancement”: Handover ceremony for a donation of beach volleyballs to the Cook Islands (June 12, Cook Islands)
- Japan Friendship Ties Programs “JENESYS”: Holding the “ASEAN-Japan Students Conference” to commemorate the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation (December 15-18, Tokyo; Photo: Japan International Cooperation Center)
- Japan Friendship Ties Programs “MIRAI”: Visit to a biofuel production plant (November 16, Kanagawa Prefecture)
- Group discussion by Japanese and international researchers (September, Tokyo; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Panel discussion at the international symposium for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation (March, Tokyo; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- JFIPP Network Followship (Disaster Resilience Group) roundtable at the Australian Embassy in Japan (September, Tokyo; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- The 30th Plenary Session of the Japan-U.S. Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) (October 6, Atlanta, U.S.; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi receives a courtesy call from Rector Marwala, the new Rector of the UNU (March 14, Tokyo)
- NIHONGO Partners introduces Japanese culture to local students (October, Depok, Indonesia; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Video streaming of anime song singer SUZUKI Konomi's Malaysian performance via STAGE BEYOND BORDERS (March, Photo: JF)
- Participants and others involved in the Collaborative Research Workshop for Aspiring Scholars in Japanese Studies (February, Japan; Photo: JF)
- Signing ceremony for the cooperation documents on support for Ukraine (January 31, Paris, France)
- The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, damaged by Russian attacks (Photo: UNESCO)
- In a meeting with Ukrainian First Lady Zelenska, UNESCO Director-General Azoulay expressed gratitude for Japan's support (December 13, 2022)
CHAPTER 4
- Exterior view of the UPU International Bureau building (Headquarters: Bern, Switzerland; Photo: UPU)
- At the Extraordinary Congress of the UPU (left), and the author in the conference hall (right) (October, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Photo: UPU)
- At the Extraordinary Congress of the UPU (left), and the author in the conference hall (right) (October, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Photo: UPU)
- A lecture on the SDGs delivered to students at the National University of Timor-Leste. Young people in every country give me energy and hope. (The author is first row center, March 21, Timor-Leste, ©Chang Won Choi)
- The author reading out an outcome declaration at an international conference on mine action in Azerbaijan (May 2023, Azerbaijan, © UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Azerbaijan)
- The objects in the women's hands are farming tools for home vegetable gardens that were distributed through a project to support improved child nutrition. “I look forward to using it for field work. I hope to grow leafy greens to give to my kids,” she says with a smile. (Madagascar; Photo: AMDA Multisectoral & Integrated Development Services)
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida by C7 officials and presentation of policy recommendations (April 12, Prime Minister's Office; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- C7 Summit participants pose for a commemorative photo with their right hand making the letter “C” (April 13, Tokyo)
- Press conference held by the C7 during the G7 Hiroshima Summit (May 21, Hiroshima City)
- Group photo with colleagues from SERNANP's office for the Alto Mayo Protected Forest (the author is fifth from the left)
- Conducting a class on the importance of conserving water resources at an elementary school near the protected area (the author is in the back on the right)
- Going door-to-door to interview members of the women's self-governing committee of a village near the protected area (the author is on the left)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi addressing the co-hosted reception with the Governor of Tochigi Prefecture (March 24, Iikura House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo)
- “Local to Global” Project: Foreign Minister Hayashi and his delegation visiting the Akita City Folk Performing Arts Heritage Center (June 17, Akita Prefecture)
- Presentation by a participating local government organization at a Regional Promotion Seminar (October 19, Tokyo)
- Diplomatic corps visiting Kokura Castle (Diplomats' Study Tour)(July 19, Fukuoka Prefecture)
- Exchange meeting hosted by Fukushima Prefecture (Diplomats' Study Tour)(August 2, Fukushima Prefecture)
- Diplomatic corps visiting Doyu no Warito (Diplomats' Study Tour)(October 13, Niigata Prefecture)
- Diplomatic corps visiting Kunozan Toshogu Shrine (Diplomats' Study Tour) (November 28, Shizuoka Prefecture)
- Local government's PR video shared by the social media account of the Embassy of Japan in China as part of the “Project to Support Overseas Presentations to Promote the Attractiveness of Regions”
- The actors ISHIDA Hikari and MORITAKA Ai introduce Tabi-Regi (for people traveling overseas for less than three months) and Overseas Residential Registrations (for people living overseas for three months or more)
- Overseas safety measures flyer (front)
- Overseas safety measures flyer (back)
- No more trouble of getting the passport photo! Just take a selfie with your smartphone♪
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Kamikawa (September 14, Tokyo)
- MOFA's official website
- MOFA for Kids
- MOFA's official X account
- “Open class: Turbulent Times and the G7 Hiroshima Summit” (May 13, Sophia University)
- Kids listening intently during “Children's Kasumigaseki Tour Day” (August 2, MOFA)
- “Dialogue with Students” breakout discussion group (November 6, Osaka University)
- “International Issues Presentation Contest” (November 11, MOFA)
- Periodical journal “Diplomacy”
- Providing cooking demonstrations at a reception while serving meals (the author is on the left)
- Paying careful attention to the coloring and arrangement of seasonal autumn appetizers
- Handmade desserts with just the right amount of sweetness to suit guests' tastes
- Exterior of the revived official residence
- Official residence entrance hall (during refurbishment)
- Official residence entrance hall (after refurbishment)
