Japan-Australia Relations
Japan-Australia Relations (Archives)
April 17, 2025
2025
- Japan-Australia Vice Ministers’ Meeting (April 17, 2025)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Vice Ministers’ Telephone Talk (April 4, 2025)
- Attendance of State Ministers for Foreign Affairs Fujii and Miyaji at the Military Mess Dinner held at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo (February 6, 2025)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (January 21, 2025)
- Japan – Australia Foreign Minister’s Meeting (January 19, 2025)
2024
- Joint Statement from the Quad Foreign Ministers Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Quad Cooperation (December 31, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Ishiba by Japan Australia Business Co-operation Committee (December 24, 2024)
- The Second Australia-India-Japan-United States Quad Counterterrorism Working Group Meeting (November 22, 2024)
- Courtesy call on Foreign Minister IWAYA by Australian parliamentary delegation (October 22, 2024)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (October 11, 2024)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Meeting (October 7, 2024)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Meeting (October 2, 2024)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (September 21, 2024)
- Foreign Minister Kamikawa Visits Australia / Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting (September 4-6, 2024)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (July 29, 2024)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Kishida by Australian Foreign Minister, Indian External Affairs Minister and US Secretary of State (July 29, 2024)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (July 29, 2024)
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida by Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia (July 18, 2024)
- Informal Talks among Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK (IP4) Leaders and the president of the United States (July 11, 2024)
- Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK Leaders’Meeting (July 11, 2024)
- Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK + Ukraine Leaders’Meeting (July 11, 2024)
- Japan -Australia-India-U.S. Senior Officials’ Meeting (July 3, 2024)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (February 14, 2024)
2023
- Joint Press Release of the Quad Senior Cyber Group (December 14, 2023)
- The 5th Japan-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue (December 4, 2023)
- Japan-Australia Leader’s Meeting (November 17, 2023)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Informal Talks (November 8, 2023)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 19, 2023)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. HORII Iwao’s Visit to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and the Commonwealth of Australia (October 13, 2023)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 22, 2023)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 19, 2023)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. HORII Iwao’s Visit to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and the Commonwealth of Australia (October 13, 2023)
- Exchange of Diplomatic Notes for the Entry into Force of Japan-Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement (August 8, 2023)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (July 13, 2023)
- Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK Leaders’ Meeting (July 12, 2023)
- Japan-Australia Prime Ministers’ Informal Talks (May 21, 2023)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Leaders’ Meeting (May 20, 2023)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Meeting (March 14, 2023)
2022
- Tenth Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”) (December 9, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 9, 2022)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Kishida by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia Marles and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Won (December 9, 2022)
- Prime Minister Kishida visits Australia (October 21-23, 2022)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Meeting with Senator the Hon Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism of Australia (October 11, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (September 27, 2022)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 23, 2022)
- Japan -Australia-India-U.S. Consultations (September 6, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Meeting (July 12, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 7, 2022)
- NATO Asia-Pacific partners (AP4) Leaders’ Meeting (June 29, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Leaders Meeting (May 24, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Informal Talks (May 24, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (April 28, 2022)
- Message of condolences from Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio following the damages caused by the floods in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Australia (March 3, 2022)
- Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Visit to Melbourne and Honolulu (February 10-13, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Leaders Video Teleconference Meeting (January 6, 2022)
- Japan-Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement (January 6, 2022)
2021
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (December 11, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Video Teleconference Meeting (November 16, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (November 2, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 14, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Leaders Video Teleconference Meeting (October 5, 2021)
- The Second Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Summit Meeting (September 24, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (September 24, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (September 17, 2021)
- Japan -Australia-India-U.S. Consultations (August 12, 2021)
- Congratulatory Message from Prime Minister SUGA to Prime Minister Morrison of Australia regarding the selection of the host city of 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games (July 21, 2021)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister MOTEGI and Hon. Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment of Australia (July 15, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (June 13, 2021)
- Ninth Japan-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”) (June 9, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (June 9, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 5, 2021)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Leaders’ Video Conference (March 13, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (February 25, 2021)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (February 24, 2021)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Foreign Ministers' Telephone Meeting (February 18, 2021)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (February 9, 2021)
2020
- Japan -Australia-India-U.S. Consultations (December 18, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (November 17, 2020)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (October 29, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 20, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 7, 2020)
- The Second Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 6, 2020)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Suga by Australian Foreign Minister, Indian External Affairs Minister and US Secretary of State (October 6, 2020)
- Japan -Australia-India-U.S. Consultations (September 25, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (Septemeber 20, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (September 17, 2020)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (September 17, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (September 8, 2020)
- 6th Japan-Australia Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues (August 27, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Leaders Video Teleconference Meeting (July 9, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Leaders Video Teleconference Meeting (July 8, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (June 5, 2020)
- Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease among Foreign Ministers of Interested Countries, Hosted by the United States (May 11, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (April 23, 2020)
- Opinion Poll on Japan (March 18, 2020)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (February 19, 2020)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (January 7, 2020)
2019
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 22, 2019)
- Message of condolence following the wildfires in eastern Australia from Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu to Foreign Minister Marise Payne (November 18, 2019)
- Japan -Australia-India-U.S. Consultations (November 4, 2019)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Ministerial (September 26, 2019)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 24, 2019)
- The 16th Japan-Australia Joint Science and Technology Committee Meeting (September 24, 2019)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (September 18, 2019)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (August 25, 2019)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Canada and Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (August 22, 2019)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 1, 2019)
- Ninth Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) (August 1, 2019)
- Japan – Australia Summit Meeting (June 27, 2019)
- Message of Condolence by Prime Minister ABE on the passing of the Honourable Robert James Lee Hawke AC, former Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia (June 17, 2019)
- Japan -Australia-India-U.S. Consultations (May 31, 2019)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (May 20, 2019)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (April 26, 2019)
- The 4th Japan-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue Joint Statement (March 8, 2019)
- State Minister Abe Received a Courtesy Call from people related to former Australian Prisoners of War (POW) (March 4, 2019)
2018
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (November 30, 2018)
- Prime Minister Abe Attends ASEAN-related Summit Meetings, Visits Australia and Attends APEC (November 14-18, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the Foreign Minister of Australia (November 15, 2018)
- Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Consultations (November 15, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits Australia, Timor-Leste and New Zealand (October 9-16, 2018)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 27, 2018)
- Eighth Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) (August 4, 2018)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 3, 2018)
- Japan- Australia-India- U.S. Consultations (June 7, 2018)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 21, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono Receives a Courtesy Call from the Minister for International Development and the Pacific of Australia (May 17, 2018)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Iwao Horii Receives a Courtesy Call from the Delegation of Cowra Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia (May 17, 2018)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (March 6, 2018)
- Prime Minister Abe’s Interview with Australian Financial Review (Australia) (January 20, 2018) (Japanese / copy of the article (English) (PDF)
) - Japan-Australia Summit Meeting and the Prime Minister of Australia’s Attendance at a Special Meeting (Four Ministers’ Meeting) of the National Security Council (January 18, 2018)
- Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia to visit Japan (January 12, 2018)
2017
- The 3rd Japan-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue (Issue of Joint Statement) (December 12, 2017)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Manabu Horii Receives a Courtesy Call from the Delegation of the Returned and Services League of Australia, invited under the Japan-Australia Grassroots Exchange Programme (December 11, 2017)
- Japan-Australia-India Trilateral Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (December 8, 2017)
- FY 2017 Japan-Australia Grassroots Exchange Programme Invitation to Those who are Associated with the Australian Former Prisoners of War (POWs) to Japan (December 5, 2017)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (November 13, 2017)
- Japan-U.S.-Australia Summit Meeting (November 13, 2017)
- Australia-India-Japan-U.S. Consultations on the Indo-Pacific (November 12, 2017)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Working Dinner (November 7, 2017)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (August 30, 2017)
- Seventh Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (August 7, 2017)
- Japan-Australia-India Trilateral Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (April 28, 2017)
- Seventh Japan-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”) (April 20, 2017)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (April 20, 2017)
- State Minister Kishi Receives a Courtesy Call from a former Australian Prisoner of War (POW) (February 10, 2017)
- Prime Minister Abe Visits Southeast Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Viet Nam) and Australia (January 12-17, 2017)
2016
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (November 16, 2016)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 19, 2016)
- Japan-UK-Australia Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talk (September 9, 2016)
- The Foreign Minister's Commendations in Honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Signing of Basic Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation between Japan and Australia (August 19, 2016)
- The 2nd Japan-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue (August 2, 2016)
- Sixth Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (July 25, 2016)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by the Hon. Julie Bishop, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia (February 16, 2016)
2015
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (December 18, 2015)
- Prime Minister of Australia to visit Japan (December 16, 2015)
- Sixth Japan-Australia Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”) (November 20-23, 2015)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (November 14, 2015)
- 2015 Japan-Australia Grassroots Program State Minister Seiji Kihara Receives a Courtesy Call from former Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) (November 10, 2015)
- Fiscal 2015 Japan-Australia Grassroots Exchange Program Former Prisoners of War (POWs) from Australia Invited to Japan (November 9, 2015)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 30, 2015)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (September 18, 2015)
- Prime Minister Abe holds Telephone Talks with the Former Prime Minister of Australia (September 18, 2015)
- Visit by the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki NAKANE to Australia (June 8, 2015)
- Prime Minister Abe Receives a Courtesy Call from the Foreign Minister of Australia (May 23, 2015)
- Joint Media Release for “Inaugural Japan-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue” (February 13, 2015)
- Entry into force of the Agreement between Japan and Australia for an Economic Partnership and holding of the first Joint Committee meeting (January 15, 2015)
2014
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (December 16, 2014)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 8, 2014)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (September 24, 2014)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 9, 2014)
- Prime Minister Abe's Visit to New Zealand , Australia and Papua New Guinea (July 6 - 12, 2014)
- Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Australia concerning the Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology (July 8, 2014)
- THE AUSTRALIAN (newspaper), editorial Welcoming the new Japan The Prime Minister's historic visit aids trade and stability (July 9, 2014)
- The Signing of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (July 8, 2014)
- Fifth Japan-Australia Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultations ("2+2") (June 11, 2014)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (June 11, 2014)
- Visit to Japan of The Hon Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia (April 5-8, 2014)
2013
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia (October 15, 2013)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (October 15, 2013)
- Japan-Australia Summit Meeting (October 9, 2013)
- Fifth Japan-US-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (October 4, 2013)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 23, 2013)
- Japan-Australia Summit Telephone Talk (September 18, 2013)
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (July 1, 2013)
