Foreign Policy

• Policy speech by Prime Minister Kishida at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) “the Future of the Indo-Pacific —Japan’s New Plan for a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’— ‘Together with India, as an Indispensable Partner’” (English (PDF) / Japanese (PDF) )

Foreign Policy

• Diplomatic Bluebook 2019 Special Feature: To achieve a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”
• Diplomatic Bluebook 2018 Special Feature: Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy
• Diplomatic Bluebook 2017 Special Feature: Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy
• Japan-Australia-India-U.S.(Quad) meetings

Speeches

• Foreign Policy speech by Prime Minister Takaichi at the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (English (PDF) / Japanese (PDF) )
• Policy Speech by Prime Minister TAKAICHI Sanae to the 221st Session of the Diet (February 20, 2026)
• Policy speech by Prime Minister Kishida at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) “the Future of the Indo-Pacific —Japan’s New Plan for a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’— ‘Together with India, as an Indispensable Partner’” (English (PDF) / Japanese (PDF) )
• Policy Speech by the Prime Minister to the 201st Session of the Diet (January 20, 2020)
• Foreign Policy Speech by Foreign Minister MOTEGI to the 201st Session of the Diet (January 20, 2020)
• ASEAN Policy Speech by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu “Towards a new stage of cooperation in the spirit of Gotong-Royong” (January 10, 2020)
  • The archives of speeches prior to 2020 are available on the website of the National Diet Library's Web Archiving Project.
• Address by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Opening Session of the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) (August 27, 2016)
• “The Bounty of the Open Seas: Five New Principles for Japanese Diplomacy” ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. SHINZO ABE, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN (which was supposed to be delivered during his stay in Jakarta on 18 January 2013, but actually wasn't)
• "Confluence of the Two Seas" Speech by H.E.Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan at the Parliament of the Republic of India (August 22, 2007)

Meetings etc.

• Meeting between Senior Deputy Minister Namazu and Under Secretary Hooker (March 26, 2026)
• Vice Minister Funakoshi’s Call with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Landau (December 3, 2025)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI’s Attendance at the 4th EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum (Results) (November 21, 2025)
• Announcement of “Economic Region Initiative of Indian Ocean-Africa” (August 20, 2025)
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Vice Foreign Ministerial Meeting (October 18, 2025)
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Vice Foreign Ministerial Meeting (October 16, 2024)
• Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Courtesy Call on President Rajoelina of Madagascar (April 28, 2024)
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Italy (Overview of “Indo-Pacific” and “Global connectivity” session) (April 19, 2024)
• Japan-Australia-India-U.S.(Quad) Leaders’ Video Conference (March 3, 2022)
• Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Attendance at the Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, co-hosted by the French Republic and the European Union (February 22, 2022)

• The archives of meetings prior to 2020 are available on the website of the National Diet Library's Web Archiving Project.