Japan and the United Nations
]What’s New
- Exchange of views between Foreign Minister MOTEGI and heads of international organizations (May 20, 2026)
- Announcement of the commemorative logo for the 70th Anniversary of Japan’s admission to the United Nations (May 18, 2026)
- Reception hosted by Prime Minister TAKAICHI for the heads of UN agencies and others visiting Japan (May 18, 2026)
- Meeting between Prime Minister TAKAICHI and United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (May 18, 2026)
- Visit to Japan by United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (May 14, 2026)
- Attendance of State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU to the UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate (Results) (April 30, 2026)
- Meeting between State-Minister KUNIMITSU and H.E. Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (April 29, 2026)
- Attendance of State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU to UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate (April 28, 2026)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by Permanent Representatives of African countries to the UN. (March 17, 2026)
- Japan in the UN: 70th Anniversary Call for Logo Designs (February 4, 2026)
- Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G4 Countries on UN Security Council Reform (September 25, 2025)
- Dialogue between Foreign Minister IWAYA and Japanese staff members of international organizations (September 25, 2025)
- Meeting between Prime Minister ISHIBA and Mr. Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (September 23, 2025)
- Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI Arfiya and Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, the United Nations (August 21, 2025)
- Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI Arfiya and Mr. Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) (August 21, 2025)
- Meeting between Prime Minister ISHIBA and United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (August 20, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary HAYASHI Yoshimasa by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix., Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, the United Nations (August 19, 2025)
- Meeting between State-Minister Miyaji and H.E. Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (July 23, 2025)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII’s attendance at the symposium organized by Sasakawa Peace Foundation (July 3, 2025)
- Visit of Ms. Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications to Japan (May 23, 2025)
- Submission of Candidacy of Mr. ONUMA Toshiyuki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for the Election of the Council President of the ICAO (April 2, 2025)
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s Meeting and Working Dinner with H.E. Mr. Philemon YANG, President of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) (January 31, 2025)
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister ISHIBA by H.E. Mr. Philemon YANG, President of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) (January 31, 2025)
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary HAYASHI by UN Under Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs DiCarlo (October 31, 2024)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s meeting with H.E. Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (March 18, 2024)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Meeting and Dinner with H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) (February 15, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Kishida by H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) (February 15, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi by Co-Chairs of Intergovernmental Negotiation on Security Council Reform (IGN) (January 11, 2024)
- Attendance of Parliamentary Vice-Minister Hosaka at the 78th United Nations Anniversary Reception (October 26, 2023)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s meeting with H.E. Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (September 21, 2023)
- Prime Minister Kishida and Foreign Minister Kamikawa Visit the United States of America
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister HAYASHI by Mr. Guy RYDER, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy (May 31, 2023)
- Prime Minister Kishida’s meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (May 21, 2023)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi Attends the Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council Ministerial Debate on Ukraine (February 22-25, 2023)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Kishida by H.E. Mr. Kőrösi Csaba, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (February 17, 2023)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Meeting with H.E. Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (February 15, 2023)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Meeting with H.E. Mr. Kőrösi Csaba, President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 22, 2022)
- Meeting between Prime Minister Kishida and UN Secretary-General Guterres and Their Visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (August 6, 2022)
- Address by Prime Minister Suga at the Seventy-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 24, 2021)
- Foreign Minister Motegi meets with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres (September 23, 2021)
- Congratulatory Message from Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on the Reappointment of Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (June 18, 2021)
- Reappointment of Mr. António Guterres as the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (June 18, 2021)
- Telephone talk between Foreign Minister MOTEGI and President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Bozkir (November 26, 2020)
- The Adoption of the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament submitted by Japan to the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (November 4, 2020)
- Telephone Talk between Prime Minister SUGA Yoshihide and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (October 27, 2020)
- Telephone Talk between Prime Minister SUGA Yoshihide and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (September 24, 2020)
- Telephone Talk between Prime Minister ABE Shinzo and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (September 3, 2020)
- Major Speeches of Japanese Representatives
- The Year 2016 Marks the 60th Anniversary of Japan's Accession to the United Nations
- Statements by Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, State Secretary, and Press Secretary
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- 50th Anniversary of Japan's Admission to the United Nations (December 2006)
- Other Information
50th Anniversary of Japan's Membership to the UN (Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Official Website)Recommend
Announcement of the commemorative logo for the 70th Anniversary of Japan’s admission to the United Nations
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Spanish (PDF)correction note: Page 3, figure "Numbers of UN Member States by Region": "Asia 53" has been changed to "Asia 54" as the Republic of Kiribati became a member of the Asia-Pacific Group. (As of 2013)
