Press Releases Archive May 2026
- May 29
- May 28
- May 27
-
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by Lieutenant General Turner, Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force; Okinawa Area Coordinator
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs SHIMADA by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) review team
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI by Mr. Valentini, Vice-Minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy of the Italian Republic
- First Meeting of the Japan-Italy Economic Security Consultations
- Attendance by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs SHIMADA at the Regular General Meeting of Members of the Amicale au Japon pour la Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris
- May 26
- May 25
- May 24
- May 23
- May 22
-
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI Attends the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations Meeting (Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs SHIMADA’s attendance at the “Completion Ceremony and Farewell Party for the Japanese-Language Program for Foreign Service Officers and Public Officials”
- Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call
- Japan-Laos Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Additional Measures under the IAEA Framework Related to the Discharge of ALPS Treated Water into the Sea
- May 21
-
- The 48th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM 48) (Results)
- Third round of negotiations after the resumption of negotiations for Japan-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU by BIGOT, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI by Mr. ABUBAKR Raffa, Director of the Office of the Deputy Minister of Defense of Libya
- Meeting between State-Minister KUNIMITSU and H.E. Mr. João Jorge Matlombe, Minister of Transport and Logistics of Mozambique
- Courtesy call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI by H.E. Mr. Gatete, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- May 20
- May 19
-
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU by Mr. Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
- Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI and the President of the Eleventh NPT Review Conference
- Attendance of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI at the 11th NPT Review Conference
- May 18
-
- The first Japan-Brazil Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue
- Signing of the Japan-Brazil Memorandum of Cooperation on Assisting Japanese and Brazilian Nationals Abroad
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU by Mr. Christian F. Saunders Commissioner-General ad interim of the UNRWA
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI’s Attendance at the 2026 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Overseas Training Cruise Crew Departure Ceremony
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs, HORII, and by Mr. Lacroix., Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, the United Nations
- Attendance of Foreign Minister MOTEGI at the symposium“Celebrating 70: Japan-UN Cooperation, EXPO 2025, and the Future of Multilateralism”
- May 15
-
- Visit of IAEA Officials and International Experts for a Review on the Discharge of ALPS Treated Water from TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Sea (Results)
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by Mr. Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- The 4th Japan-OHCHR Policy Consultation (Results)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI’s Visit to the United States and Suriname
- Diplomats’ Study Tour in Yugawara Town, Kanagawa Prefecture
- May 14
-
- Parliamenrary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI’s Visit to Djibouti and Uganda
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by Governor Gordon of the State of Wyoming and Governor Grisham of the State of New Mexico, United States
- Passage through the Strait of Hormuz by a Japan-related vessel
- May 13
- May 12
-
- Meeting and working dinner between Foreign Minister MOTEGI and OECD Secretary-General Cormann
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU by Ms. Eziakonwa, Assitant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU’s attendance at the 48th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM48) (Results)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII’s attendance at the Reception in Celebration of the World Portuguese Day and the 30th Anniversary of the CPLP
- May 11
-
- Vice-Minister Foreign for Affairs Funakoshi’s Travel to India
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by foreign partners in the field of peace mediation
- Disembarkation of a Japanese national from a cruise ship where Hantavirus cases had been identified and Cooperation by the UK Government
- May 8
- May 7
- May 5
- May 3
-
- Courtesy Call on H.E. Dr. Ruto, President of Kenya by Foreign Minister MOTEGI
- Africa Policy Speech by Foreign Minister MOTEGI “Shaping the Future of Japan-Africa Relations through a Free and Open Indo-Pacific”
- Foreign Minister MOTEGI’s Luncheon meeting with Japanese business representatives in Kenya
- Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to Kenya “the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship”
- Japan-Kenya Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- May 2
-
- Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call
- Prime Minister TAKAICHI Attends the Conferral Ceremony and a Dinner Hosted by Prime Minister Hung
- Laying wreaths at Monument to Heroic Martyrs and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum by Prime Minister TAKAICHI Sanae
- Meeting between Prime Minister TAKAICHI and H.E. Mr. Tran Thanh Man, President of the National Assembly of Viet Nam
- Foreign Policy Speech by Prime Minister TAKAICHI Sanae
- Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting and Luncheon between Prime Minister TAKAICHI and H.E. Mr. To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Viet Nam
- Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting between Prime Minister TAKAICHI and Prime Minister Le Minh Hung
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU’s Attendance at the G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting (Results)
- Foreign Minister MOTEGI’s visit to the Josina Machel Hospital
- May 1
-
- Foreign Minister MOTEGI’s Roundtable with Japanese residents in Angola
- Wreath-laying by Foreign Minister MOTEGI at Agostinho Neto Memorial
- Japan-Angola Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Working Lunch
- Courtesy Call on H.E. Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves LOURENÇO, President of Angola by Foreign Minister MOTEGI
- Visit of IAEA Officials and International Experts for a Review on the Discharge of ALPS Treated Water from TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Sea
- Publication of the Report on the Analytical Results of the Additional Measures under the IAEA Framework related to the Discharge of ALPS Treated Water into the Sea
- Publication of the IAEA Report on the Review of Handling ALPS Treated Water at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
- Open Briefing of the United Nations Security Council on North Korea
- Joint Statement on Education and Non-proliferation at the Eleventh NPT Reviw Conference
Archives
| Year | Month |
|---|---|
| 2026 | January・February・March・April・May・June・July・August・September・October・November・December |
| 2025 | January・February・March・April・May・June・July・August・September・October・November・December |
| 2024 | January・February・March・April・May・June・July・August・September・October・November・December |
| 2023 | January・February・March・April・May・June・July・August・September・October・November・December |
| 2022 | January・February・March・April・May・June・July・August・September・October・November・December |
| 2021 | January・February・March・April・May・June・July・August・September・October・November・December |
| 2020 | January・February・March・April・May・June・July・August・September・October・November・December |
-
The archives of Press Releases before Year 2020 are available on the website of the National Diet Library's Web Archiving Project.
