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Courtesy Call on Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs FUNAKOSHI by Members of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
September 17, 2026
On September 17, commencing at 10:50 a.m., for approximately 50 minutes, Mr. FUNAKOSHI Takehiro, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, received a courtesy call by members of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University who are visiting Japan.
Vice-Minister FUNAKOSHI welcomed their visit to Japan. Both sides exchanged views on a wide range of topics including deepening the Japan-U.S. Alliance and the international situation including the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)”.