Japan-New Zealand Relations
Japan-New Zealand Relations (Archives)
October 13, 2026
2026
2025
- Signing of the Japan-New Zealand Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement and the Japan-New Zealand Information Security Agreement (December 19, 2025)
- Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK Vice Foreign Ministerial Meeting (September 19, 2025)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Minister’s Telephone Meeting (August 18, 2025)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (July 10, 2025)
- Meeting between NATO Secretary General and Indo-Pacific Partners (Overview) (June 25, 2025)
- Japan-New Zealand Summit Telephone Meeting (June 10, 2025)
2024
- Courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida by Rt Hon Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand (July 18, 2024)
- Meeting between Chief Cabinet Secretary HAYASHI Yoshimasa and Rt Hon Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand (July 17, 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-New Zealand Summit Meeting (June 19, 2024)
- Meeting between Mrs. KISHIDA Yuko, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan and Mrs. Amanda LUXON, Spouse of the Prime Minister of New Zealand (June 19, 2024)
2023
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (December 20, 2023)
- Japan-New Zealand Summit Meeting (July 12, 2023)
- Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK Leaders’ Meeting (July 12. 2023)
- Japan-New Zealand Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues (June 14, 2023)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 27, 2023)
- Congratulatory Letter from Prime Minister Kishida to Prime Minister of New Zealand Hipkins (January 26, 2023)
2022
2020
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (December 7, 2020)
- Japan-New Zealand Summit Telephone Talk (November 20, 2020)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by New Zealand against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (October 19, 2020)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (September 15, 2020)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (June 4, 2020)
2019
- Message of condolences following the volcanic eruption on White Island in New Zealand from Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters (December 11, 2019)
- Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 31, 2019)
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by New Zealand against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers (October 15, 2019)
- Japan-New Zealand Summit Meeting (September 19, 2019)
- Prime Minister of New Zealand to Visit Japan (September 12, 2019)
- Message of condolences from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following the shooting incident in Christchurch, New Zealand (March 15, 2019)
- Message of condolences from Foreign Minister Taro Kono following the shooting incident in Christchurch, New Zealand (March 15, 2019)
2018
- Japan-New Zealand Summit Meeting (November 15, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits Australia, Timor-Leste and New Zealand (October 9-16, 2018)
- Prime Minister Abe Receives a Courtesy Call from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand (May 19, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Taro Kono Holds Lunch Meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand (May 18, 2018)
- The Third Japan-New Zealand Joint Committee Meeting on Cooperation in Science and Technology (March 9, 2018)
2017
2016
- Prime Minister Abe Held Informal Talks with the Prime Minister of New Zealand (November 19, 2016)
- Message of Condolence from Prime Minister Abe on the Damages Caused by the Earthquake in New Zealand (November 17, 2016)
- Message of Condolence from Foreign Minister Kishida on the Damage Caused by the Earthquake in New Zealand (November 15, 2016)
2015
- Japan to Participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Exercise MARU 2015 to be Hosted by New Zealand (November 11, 2015)
- Prime Minister Abe Held Informal Talks with the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Washoku Reception) (September 27, 2015)
- Japan-New Zealand Summit Meeting (March 24, 2015)
