Oceania

Japan and Pacific island countries (PICs) and regions are important, longstanding partners, sharing the Pacific Ocean and addressing common challenges. In order to further enhance this partnership with the PICs, Japan has been hosting Summit-level meeting named Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) every three years since 1997.

Japan and PICs have been building close cooperative relationships, forging the bond of friendship through candid discussion at PALMs. Leaders openly discuss various issues such as the challenges regarding their small size and land distribution over a wide area, distance from major international markets, and the vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change.

Representatives from 18 Pacific Islands Forum(PIF) members and Japan take part in PALM.

PIF members are Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,Vanuatu, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand.

• Tenth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10)
• Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s visit to Samoa and Attendance at the the Ministerial Interim Meeting of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) (February 9-12, 2024)
• Ninth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM9)
• PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting (October 20, 2020)
• Eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM8)
• Seventh Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM7)
• Sixth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM6)
• Fifth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM5)
• Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum Relations

• Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s visit to the Independent State of Samoa and Attendance at the the Ministerial Interim Meeting of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) (February 2, 2024)
• Announcement of the Official Logo for the 9th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM9) (April 13, 2021)
• PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting (October 16, 2020)
• Call for Designs: 9th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM9) Logo (September 16, 2020)
• Senior Officials’ Meeting for the 8th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (SOM8) (March 14, 2018)
• PALM Third Ministerial Interim Meeting (MIM3) (January 10, 2017)
• Appointment of Hula girl as a PR Goodwill Ambassador for PALM8 (December 26, 2017)