Diplomatic Bluebook 2025
Photo Index
Opening Special Feature
- Commemorative photo at the Japan-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit (October 10, Vientiane, Laos; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Ishiba speaking at the Japan-ASEAN Summit (October 10, Vientiane, Laos; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Ishiba speaking at the G20 Rio de Janeiro Summit (November 18, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- The 5th Japan-Arab Economic Forum Ministerial Conference (July 11, Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo)
- Commemorative photo of PALM10: Prime Minister Kishida and participants (July 18, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Kishida at the opening session (July 18, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Kishida at the joint press conference (July 18, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Banquet hosted by Prime Minister Kishida and his spouse (July 17, State Guest House, Akasaka Palace, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Kishida and Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka of Fiji visiting the stall of a Japanese confectioner from Ishikawa Prefecture at the “summer festival” (July 17, State Guest House, Akasaka Palace, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Opening ceremony of the 2024 TICAD Ministerial Meeting (August 24, Tokyo)
- Bon Odori dancing at the TICAD Ministerial Meeting welcome reception (August 24, Tokyo)
- Closing session of the TICAD Ministerial Meeting (August 25, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa serving as co-chair (August 24, Tokyo)
- Japan-Mauritania Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 24, Tokyo)
- Reception for the Eighth Japan-CARICOM Ministerial-Level Conference (December 12, Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Iwaya, Foreign Minister Vince Henderson of Dominica (Co-chair, front left), and foreign ministers of CARICOM member states at the joint press conference (December 14, Tokyo)
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister Ishiba by foreign ministers of CARICOM member states (December 13, Tokyo; Photo: Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
- Foreign Minister Iwaya serving as Chair (December 14, Tokyo)
- Japan-Jamaica Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 12, Tokyo)
- Japan-Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 14, Tokyo)
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- Japan-China Summit Meeting (November 15, Peru; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- 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-ROK Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 13, Seoul, ROK)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura paying a courtesy call on President Ramos-Horta (August 13, Timor-Leste)
- Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting (October 11, Vientiane, Laos; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Laos Summit Meeting (October 11, Vientiane, Laos; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-U.S.-Philippines Summit (April 11, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Offi cial Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress met with Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Brunei (March 8, Tokyo; Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- Reception commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Brunei was held, with attendance by His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Akishino (March 8, Tokyo; Photo: Imperial Household Agency)
- Japan-India Summit Meeting (October 10, Vientiane, Laos; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs HOSAKA Yasushi delivering remarks at the opening ceremony for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD30) Global Dialogue (May 15, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Eleventh Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”) (September 5, Melbourne outskirts, Australia)
- Japan-New Zealand Summit Meeting (June 19, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa attending the 5th Ministerial Interim Meeting of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) (February 12, Suva, Fiji)
- Japan-Cook Islands Summit Meeting (July 17, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Palau Summit Meeting (September 23, New York, U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Ishiba attending the 27th ASEAN Plus Three (Japan-China-ROK) Summit (October 10, Vientiane, Laos; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa attending the 14th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 27, Vientiane, Laos)
- Prime Minister Kishida attending the Ninth Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit (May 27, Seoul, ROK; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Kishida explaining the gifts, including Wajima lacquerware, to the President and Dr. Biden (April 9, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Arrival ceremony at the White House (April 10, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Kishida giving an address at a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress (April 10, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 28, Tokyo)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (September 21, Delaware, U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 14, Lima, Peru)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (November 15, Lima, Peru; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 20, 2025, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
- Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (February 7, 2025, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Scenes from the third Japan Parade (May 11, New York, U.S.)
- Yamaguchi City's float (May 11, New York, U.S.)
- Participants of the first cohort of the TOMODACHI Kibou for Maui (March, Higashi-Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture; Photo: USJC)
- Participants in the Kibou for Maui Project leadership delegation program (May, Tokyo; Photo: USJC)
- Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 13, Montreal, Canada)
- Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 22, Tokyo)
- Japan-Canada Summit Meeting (September 22, New York, U.S; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Canada Summit Meeting (November 18, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Canada Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 26, Fiuggi, Italy)
- Japan-Belize Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 14, Tokyo)
- Japan-Haiti Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 13, Tokyo)
- Japan-Saint Lucia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 14, Tokyo)
- Japan-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 14, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Iwaya shakes hands with Foreign Minister Vince Henderson of Dominica (Co-chair) and foreign ministers of CARICOM member states (December 14, Tokyo)
- Japan–CARICOM Friendship Year Reception (March 26, Iikura Guest House, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Japan-Guatemala Foreign Ministers' Meeting (May 22, Tokyo)
- Japan-Costa Rica Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 8, Tokyo)
- Policy Speech by Prime Minister Kishida at the University of São Paulo (May 4, São Paulo, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Brazil Summit Meeting (November 19, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Ishiba meeting with Nikkei people and Japanese national residents in Rio de Janeiro (November 19, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Welcoming ceremony during Prime Minister Ishiba's Visit to Peru (November 17, Lima, Peru; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Ishiba meeting with Nikkei people residing in Peru (November 17, Lima, Peru; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Peru Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 13, Lima, Peru)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering a speech on Japan's foreign policy toward the LAC region (May 4, São Paulo, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- TAKAMURA Kotaro (Photo: Hanamaki Takamura Kotaro Museum)
- Antonio Machado
- Joint Press Conference following the Japan-Paraguay Summit Meeting (May 3, Asunción, Paraguay; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sosa at the Japan-Bolivia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (February 22, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- The emergency relief goods handover ceremony in response to forest fire damages (October 9, Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Kishida and President of the European Commission von der Leyen (September 23, New York, U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- 1st Japan-EU Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue (November 1, Tokyo)
- Japan-UK Summit Meeting (November 18, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-France Summit Meeting (May 2, Paris, France; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Italy Summit Meeting (February 5, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Courtesy call by Foreign Minister Iwaya on President Zelenskyy of Ukraine (November 16, Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Japan-Ukraine Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 16, Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Foreign Minister Iwaya and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell Fontelles announcing the Japan-EU Security and Defence Partnership (November 1, Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo)
- Ginkgo trees in a square in Strasbourg
- A performance held during the “JapanWeek” (November, Colmar, France)
- Joint Press Occasion between Prime Minister Kishida and NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg at the NATO Summit (July 11, Washington, D.C., U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Vice President of the House of Councillors NAGAHAMA Hiroyuki (foreground left) and others receive an explanation from Pablo Zapata, the Acting representative of UNHCR Romania, on how Japan's support is being used at a Ukrainian displaced persons support center (September 4, Bucharest, Romania; Photo: UNHCR Romania)
- Ambassador of Japan to Romania Katae visits an educational facility for Ukrainian children supported by UNICEF Romania, guided by Representative Anna Riatti (May 20, Bucharest, Romania; Photo: UNICEF Romania)
- Ambassador Katae exchanges views with parents at an educational facility for Ukrainian children supported by Save the Children Japan (April 22, Năvodari, Romania)
- His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the King at the State Banquet (June 25, Buckingham Palace, UK; Photo: British Royal Family)
- Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress visiting Balliol College (June 28, Oxford, UK; Photo: Oxford University)
- Japan-Greece Summit Meeting (January 30, 2023, Prime Minister's Office; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- President Sakellaropoulou and Her Imperial Highness Princess Kako of Akishino (May 28, Athens, Greece; Photo: Presidency of the Hellenic Republic)
- Japan-Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers' Meeting (March 8, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa receives rescued hostages and hostage families (August 22, Tokyo)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuji pays a courtesy call on Palestinian President Abbas (February 28, Palestine)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuge (Special Envoy of the Prime Minister) pays a courtesy call on Iranian President Pezeshkian (July 30, Tehran, Iran)
- Special stamp issued on August 6, 2024, for the “100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Türkiye”
- Japan-Jordan Summit Meeting (February 16, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet))
- Japan-Saudi Arabia Summit Video Teleconference Meeting (May 21, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy to Japan of UAE Jaber (July 4, Tokyo)
- A joint performance of Turkish folk dance and a Japanese drum (wadaiko) group (December, Istanbul, Türkiye)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates of Egypt Abdelatty (August 23, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa, Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita signed the Memorandum of Cooperation and shake hands (May 31, Tokyo)
- The 5th Japan-Arab Economic Forum Ministerial Conference (July 11, Iikura Guest House, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Arabic language training attachés from MOFA visit the League of Arab States headquarters (June 11, Cairo, Egypt)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad Merzoug, co-chair of the TICAD Ministerial Meeting (August 24–25, Tokyo)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Fujii at the Japan-Kenya Business Forum (January 16, 2025, Nairobi, Kenya)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa inspects the mobile clinic during her visit to Madagascar (April 28, Antananarivo, Madagascar)
- Japan-Zambia Summit Meeting (February 6, 2025, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Japan-Malawi Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 24, Tokyo)
- Japan-South Africa Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 23, Tokyo)
- Special performance by the Japanese drum (wadaiko) group “SAI” (September 3, Lusaka, Zambia)
- Presentation of the signed investment agreement at Japan-Zambia Summit Meeting (February 6, 2025, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Fukazawa pays a courtesy call on President Tshisekedi at the Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential inauguration ceremony (January 20, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- TICAD Ministerial Meeting Female Ministers Working Lunch (August 23, Tokyo)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Matsumoto speaking at the 3rd Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum (December 16, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa inspecting the new maternal and child health care annex of the University Hospital Center of Cocody (April 29, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
- Japan-Nigeria Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 23, Tokyo)
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- Takahashi receiving a completion certificate as the representative of the participating students (November 3, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
- Commemorative photo of the SEED participants at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (September 8, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
- TOFU program participants at a meeting with Georgetown University students (March 23, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
- TOFU program final presentation (May 11, Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture)
- Uotsuri Island (Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture)
- Group photo of CBEP participants (October, Tokyo)
- Visiting a rural hospital to collect data as part of anti-corruption activities (author on the far right)
- In discussions with the government (author on the far left)
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida by members attending the fourth meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (May 22, Tokyo; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering the opening remarks at the High-Level Launch Meeting of the Friends of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) (September 23, New York, U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa presiding over the Ministerial Meeting of the UNSC on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (March 18, New York, U.S.)
- Representatives of each country attending the High-Level Launch Meeting of the Friends of an FMCT (September 23, New York, U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Courtesy call on Special Advisor to the Prime Minister ISHIHARA Hirotaka by participants of the “Youth Leader Fund for a World Without Nuclear Weapons” training program (August 30, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa with IAEA Director General Grossi on his visit to Japan as a guest of MOFA (March 14, Tokyo)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI Arfiya attending an event held jointly with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre during the Fifth Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (November 24, Siem Reap, Cambodia)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa presiding over the Ministerial Meeting of the UN Security Council on “Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation” (March 18, New York, U.S.)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering a speech at the Plenary Meeting of the Summit of the Future (September 22, New York, U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Kishida and UN Secretary-General Guterres at the UN General Assembly High-level Week (September 22, New York, U.S.; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Some of the parts of a North Korea-made SRBM being examined by the PoE in Ukraine (April, Ukraine; Photo: Former member of the PoE)
- Some of the parts of a North Korea-made SRBM being examined by the PoE in Ukraine (April, Ukraine; Photo: Former member of the PoE)
- Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G4 Countries on UN Security Council Reform (September 23, New York, U.S.)
- Japanese Delegation at the oral proceedings (February 22, the Hague, Netherlands; Photo: ICJ)
- Construction site of the Metro Manila Subway Project, a loan aid project in the Philippines (May, Manila, Philippines)
- Measurement of plastic waste using drones in the technical cooperation project for Thailand called Formation of a Center of Excellence for Marine Plastic Pollution Studies in the Southeast Asian Seas (December, Chonburi, Thailand; Photo: JICA)
- Opening ceremony for the main shaft of the Nagdunga Tunnel (April 15, Kathmandu outskirts, Nepal; Photo: JICA)
- The Project for Development Support of Electronic Navigational Charts for Honiara and Noro Ports in Solomon Islands aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of maritime transport (October, Solomon Islands; Photo: JICA)
- A route bus currently in trial operation as part of the Project for Establishing an Eco-Friendly Transportation System, a technical cooperation project with Palau (September, Babeldaob Island, Palau; Photo: JICA)
- Field examination of landmine removal methods in Colombia (August, Bolivar Department, Colombia; Photo: JICA)
- The Project for the Reconstruction of Urmaral River Bridge on Talas-Taraz Road (June, Talas Region, Kyrgyz Republic; Photo: JICA)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs MIYAJI Takuma reading the keynote speech on behalf of Foreign Minister Iwaya at the Symposium to Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Japan's Official Development Assistance (December 17, Tokyo)
- First Step 3: Sekai wo Tsunagu Heiwa e no Negai, Television drama now available (as of February 2025)
- Panel discussion at the Symposium to Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Japan's Official Development Assistance (December 17, United Nations University, Tokyo)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa attending the 7th Meeting of the Advisory Board for Promoting Science and Technology Diplomacy (April 22, Tokyo)
- Prime Minister Kishida delivering the Chair's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (May 2, Paris, France; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Prime Minister Kishida attending the ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme (May 2, Paris, France; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- Photo from the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (May 2, Paris, France)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga (May 2, Paris, France)
- G7 Apulia Summit (June 13, Apulia, Italy; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 26, Fiuggi, Italy)
- G20 Rio de Janeiro Summit (November 18, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Photo: Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet)
- An online exchange of views between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and officials in charge of cross-border economic affairs (July 12)
- Social media used by MOFA
- Social media used by MOFA
- Policy promotion video, “29 Radionuclides and ALPS” (Posted on MOFA's YouTube official channel from July 13, 2023)
- 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Türkiye (December 5 to 9, Istanbul, Türkiye)
- Japan-CARICOM Friendship Year 2024 (May 3, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
- Japanese Film Festival (December 14, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- KENZO TANGE – KENGO KUMA Exhibition (May 2 to June 29, Paris, France; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Butoh dance company Sankai Juku performance in Istanbul (October 24 to 25, Istanbul, Türkiye; ©Yoichiro Yoshikawa)
- Japan International MANGA Award Ceremony (March 5, Tokyo)
- 2024 JETAA USA National Conference participants (September 27 to 29, St. Paul, U.S.)
- Projects for Sports Diplomacy Enhancement: Handover ceremony of badminton equipment to Botswana (November 20, Botswana)
- Handover ceremony of badminton equipment to Colombia (February 27, Colombia)
- Handover ceremony of rifle shooting coats and uniforms to the Maldives (May 16, Maldives)
- Participants in the JENESYS2024 ASEAN-Japan Students Conference paid a courtesy call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs IKUINA Akiko (January 15, 2025, Tokyo)
- Participants in the KAKEHASHI Project Japanese American youth invitation program visit the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum (December 17, Kanagawa Prefecture; Photo: Japan International Cooperation Center)
- JENESYS2024 ASEAN-Japan Sports x SDGs Exchange for Youths (October 31, Fukushima Prefecture; Photo: Japan International Cooperation Center)
- Networking event held at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (December 20, Kyoto Prefecture; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Roundtable discussion with Ukrainian poet Ostap Slyvynsky (January 19, Tokyo; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- “Dialogue with the Youths: Toward the Summit of the Future” event (July 22, Tokyo)
- Sushi-making experience planned by NIHONGO Partners (June, Penang, Malaysia; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
- Group photo of APP Camp participants (July, Penang, Malaysia; Photo: Producers Connect Japan (PCJ))
- Participants in the “ASEAN-Japan Exchange Program for Secondary School Educators” visiting the Awa Odori Kaikan (November, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture; Photo: The Japan Foundation)
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- The view commuting from the ferry. This angle shows the UN Headquarters buildings clearly.
- The author (right) hearing from refugees who returned to their villages deep in the mountains of Kayah State, Myanmar, on the Thailand border (2013 ©UNHCR/Jane Gabriel Holloway)
- The author (right) working in a camp for internally displaced persons in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia (2012)
- Responding to inquiries at a booth during visiting service (Photo: Kansai NGO Council)
- Commemorative photo at the Second NGO Consultants Liaison Meeting of FY 2024 (Kochi Prefecture)
- Group photo taken with fellow teachers at St. Mary Tanagai School on World Teachers' Day (the author is in the center with the lei around her neck)
- The author teaching mathematics to third graders
- A volunteer giving lessons at a school (March, Nsaru, Malawi; Photo: JICA)
- A volunteer conducting on-site medical consultations (July, Salima, Malawi; Photo: JICA)
- Group photo at a sports day mainly organized by volunteers (October, Monkey Bay, Malawi; Photo: JICA)
- Reception co-hosted with the Governor of Niigata Prefecture (backdrop: Panel introducing “Sado Island Gold Mines”) (January 23, Iikura Guest House, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Reception co-hosted with the Governor of Tokushima Prefecture (March 13, Iikura Guest House, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Foreign diplomatic corps visiting sites in Nara Prefecture and Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture (Diplomats' Study Tour) (January 30, Nara Prefecture, January 31, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture)
- Foreign diplomatic corps visiting sites in Nara Prefecture and Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture (Diplomats' Study Tour) (January 30, Nara Prefecture, January 31, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture)
- Foreign diplomatic corps visiting the Yame Central Tea Plantation (Diplomats' Study Tour) (June 7, Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
- Foreign diplomatic corps visiting the Kyoto State Guest House (Diplomats' Study Tour) (October 31, Kyoto City)
- Exchange meeting hosted by Fukushima Prefecture (Diplomats' Study Tour) (October 10, Fukushima Prefecture)
- Foreign diplomatic corps visiting the Sano International Cricket Ground (Diplomats' Study Tour) (November 18, Sano City, Tochigi 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 Registration (for people living overseas for three months or more)
- Overseas safety measures flyer (front)
- Overseas safety measures flyer (back)
- Golgo 13's Security Guidelines for Japanese SMEs Abroad
- 2025 Passport face photo page (measures to make it resistant to counterfeiting and alteration)
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Iwaya (October 2, Tokyo)
- MOFA's official website
- MOFA for Kids
- MOFA's official X account
- Children's press conference at “Children's Kasumigaseki Tour Day” (August 8, MOFA)
- Visit by Dalton Tokyo Junior & Senior High School to MOFA as part of “Visits by Elementary, Junior and Senior High School Students to MOFA” (July 11, MOFA)
- Lecture on Japan's foreign policy as part of “Diplomatic Talks” (July 5, Meijo University)
- Periodical journal “Diplomacy”
- “Dialogue with Students” poster
- Students gathered in passionate discussion with MOFA officials during the informal conversation session (February 8, MOFA, Tokyo)
- Students in discussion with the facilitator (MOFA official) in a Small-Group Session (November 6, Tohoku University, Miyagi Prefecture)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa cutting the ribbon at the Opening Ceremony (April 5, at the new Exhibition Room of the Diplomatic Archives, Tokyo)
- Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and the U.K. (instrument of ratification)
- Tuna kinutamaki (incorporating Toronto maple leaves inside the glass bowl)
- Assorted summer appetizer (consciously arranged to make them pleasant to the eye)
- Family trip to Niagara Falls
- Consular visitor space (before refurbishment)
- Consular visitor space (after refurbishment)
