Japan-Russia Relations
Japan-Russia Relations (Archives)
February 24, 2022
2022
2021
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (November 25, 2021)
- Japan-Russia Summit Telephone Talk (October 7, 2021)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (August 11, 2021)
- Protest regarding Russian Prime Minister Mishustin’s visit to the Northern Territories (July 26, 2021)
- Russian Prime Minister Mishustin’s visit to the Northern Territories (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (July 26, 2021)
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Ukraine (March 18, 2021)
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement (January 27, 2021)
2020
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (October 16, 2020)
- Japan-Russia Summit Telephone Talk (September 29, 2020)
- G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement (September 9, 2020)
- Japan-Russia Summit Telephone Talk (August 31, 2020)
- Japan-Russia Summit Telephone Talk (May 7, 2020)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 15, 2020)
2019
- Foreign Minister Motegi Visits Russia (December 17-21, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 22, 2019)
- The 3rd Japan-Russia Cyber Policy Consultation (November 20, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 25, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Attends Eastern Economic Forum in Russia (September 4-6, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (September 5, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe’s Interview with Izvestiya (Russia) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF)
)(September 5, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (June 29, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 31, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultation (“2+2” Ministerial Meeting) (May 30, 2019)
- Opinion Poll on Japan (May 22, 2019)
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits Russia (May 9-11, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 16, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Visits Russia and Switzerland (January 21-24, 2019)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (January 22, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe’s Interview with Interfax News Agency (Russia) (Copy of the article of Interfax News Agency (Russian) (PDF) / Copy of the article of Kommersant newspaper (Russian) (PDF) /Japanese) (January 21, 2019)
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits Russia (January 12-16, 2019)
2018
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (December 1, 2018)
- G7 foreign ministers’ statement on recent events near the Kerch Strait (November 30, 2018)
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Interview with TASS Russian News Agency (Russia) (November 25, 2018) (English / Japanese)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 23, 2018)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (November 14, 2018)
- Prime Minister Abe Attends Eastern Economic Forum in Russia (September 10-13, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono's Attendance at ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers' Meetings and Visits Russia, Myanmar, Bangladesh(July 30-August 8, 2018)
- Japan-Russia Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultation (“2+2” Ministerial Meeting) (July 31, 2018)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (July 31, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with Interfax News Agency (Russia) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF) (July 30, 2018)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with TASS Russian News Agency (Russia) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF) (July 30, 2018)
- Prime Minister Abe Visits Russia (May 24-27, 2018)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (May 26, 2018)
- Speech by H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, at the Plenary Session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2018 (May 25, 2018)
- Speech by H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, at the Japan-Russia Business Dialogue (May 25, 2018)
- Prime Minister Abe’s Interview with Russia-1 (Russia
/ Japanese (May 19, 2018) - The 8th Japan-Russia Counter-Terrorism Consultation (April 11, 2018)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (March 21, 2018)
- Japan-Russia Summit Telephone Talk (March 19, 2018)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 16, 2018)
2017
- Foreign Minister Taro Kono Visits Russia (November 23-25, 2017)
- Foreign Minister Taro Kono Visits Russia (November 23-25, 2017)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with TASS Russian News Agency (Russia) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF))(November 26, 2017)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with Interfax News Agency (Russia) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF)) (November 23, 2017)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with RIA Novosti Russian News Agency (Russia) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF)) (November 22, 2017)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (November 10, 2017)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (September 18, 2017)
- Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Kono Attend Eastern Economic Forum in Russia (September 6-7, 2017)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with Tass (Russia) (September, 6, 2017) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF))
- Signing of the Tax Convention between Japan and the Russian Federation (September 7, 2017)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with Tass (Russia) (September, 6, 2017) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Russian) (PDF)
- Japan-Russia Summit Telephone Talk (September 4, 2017)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the Occasion of the ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ Meetings(August 7, 2017)
- The Japan-Russia UN Consultation (July 25, 2017)
- Prime Minister Abe Visits Russia and United Kingdom (April 27-30, 2017)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (April 27, 2017)
- Agreement in principle on the new Tax Convention between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Russian Federation (April 28, 2017)
- Negotiations for the amendment of the current Tax Convention with Russia will be Initiated (March 24, 2017)
- Japan-Russia Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultation (“2+2” Ministerial Meeting) (March 20, 2017)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (March 20, 2017)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (February 17, 2017)
2016
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Interview with Tass(Russia) (Japanese / Copy of the article(Russian) (PDF)) (December 18, 2016)
- The President of the Russian Federation to Visit Japan (December 15-16, 2016)
- President of Russia Visits Japan (December 16, 2016)
- Relaxation of Visa Requirements for Nationals of Russian Federation (December 16, 2016)
- Foreign Minister Kishida Visits Russia (December 1-3, 2016)
- Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida Visits Russia (December 3, 2016)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (September 21, 2016)
- Prime Minister Abe Attends Eastern Economic Forum (September 2-3, 2016)
- The 7th Japan-Russia Counter-Terrorism Consultation (June 24, 2016)
- Responses to Ballistic Missile Launches by North Korea (June 22, 2016)
- Release of Ukrainian Pilot Nadiya Savchenko (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura) (May 26, 2016)
- Prime Minister Abe Visits Europe and Russia (May 1-7, 2016)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (April 15, 2016 )
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (February 7, 2016)
- Japan-Russia Telephone Talks (January 22, 2016)
2015
2014
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (November 9, 2014)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (October 17, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Additional Measures Imposed on Russia in Connection with the Ukraine Situation (September 25, 2014)
- Tightening of Export Restrictions on Arms and Dual-use Goods for Military Use to the Russian Federation and Prohibitive Measure of Issue of Securities by Designated Russian Federation Banks and their Subsidiaries (September 24, 2014)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Entry of Russian Humanitarian Convoy into Eastern Ukraine (August 23, 2014)
- Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight in Ukraine (August 5, 2014)
- Measures to Freeze Assets of Those Who Are Considered to Be Directly Involved in "Annexation" of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol or Destabilization of Eastern Part of Ukraine (August 5, 2014)
- G-7 Leaders Statement on Ukraine (July 31, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Additional Measures over the situation in Ukraine (July 28, 2014)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Measures against Russia over the Crimea referendum (March 18, 2014)
- Attendance of Prime Minister Abe at the Sochi Olympic Winter Games (February 13, 2014)
2013
2012
- 10th Meeting of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues (Overview) (November 20, 2012)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Overview) (September 2012)
- 4th Japan-Russia Counter-Terrorism Consultations (September 10, 2012)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting on the Occasion of APEC Leaders' Meeting in Vladivostok (Overview) (September 8, 2012)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on Accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) (August 22, 2012)
- Foreign Minister Gemba's Visit to Russia (Overview) (July 28, 2012)
- Mr. Kenichiro Sasae, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, summons Mr. Evgeny Vladimirovich Afanasiev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Japan, on the visit of Russian Prime Minister Medvedev to the Northern Territories (July 3, 2012)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting at the G20 Los Cabos Summit (Overview) (June 19, 2012)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Yoshihiko NODA, Prime Minister of Japan, by Mr. Sergey Evgenievich NARYSHKIN, Chair, State Duma of Russia (June 11, 2012)
- Meeting between Mr. Koichiro GEMBA, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Sergey Evgenievich NARYSHKIN, Chair, State Duma of Russia (June 11, 2012)
- Participation in the WTO Informal Ministerial Meeting and the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, and the Visit to Russia by Mr. Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (May 2012)
- Telephone Talks between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (May 11, 2012)
- Notification for the Entry into Force of Japan-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (April 3, 2012)
- Telephone Talks between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (March 5, 2012)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting between Foreign Minister Gemba and Foreign Minister Lavrov (Overview) (January 28, 2012)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Sergey Viktorovich LAVROV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (January 2012)
2011
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 24, 2011)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (Overview) (November 2011)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (November 2011)
- Telephone Conversation between Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuyama and Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Prikhodjko (March 2011)
- Japan-Russia Summit Telephone Conversation (March 2011)
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Approval of the New START Treaty by the Federation Council of the Russian Federation (January 2011)
- Message of Condolence from Prime Minister Naoto Kan to Dr. Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation (January 2011)
2010
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara Lodges Representations to Mr. Mikhail Bely, Russian Ambassador to Japan, Concerning the Visit to the Northern Territories by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (November 2010)
- Opinion Poll: Russian Image of Japan (Outline of Results) (July 2010)
- Telephone Conversation between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (June 2010)
- Outline of the Results from the Meeting of the Co-chairs of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues (April 2010)
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Viktor Borisovich Khristenko, Minister of Industry and Trade, the Russian Federation, and the Meeting of the Co-chairs of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues (April 2010)
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Signing of the new START Treaty (April 2010)
- The Japan-Russia Workshop on the Conservation of the Ecosystem in the neighboring areas (April 2010)
2009
- Visit to Japan by Mr. NARYSHKIN Sergey Evgenievich, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia (June 2009)
- Meeting Between Prime Minister Taro Aso and Chairman of Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Overview) (May 2009)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting (Overview) (February 2009)
2008
- Visit to Japan by Mr. NARYSHKIN Sergei Evgenievich, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia (December 2008)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Sergey Viktorovich LAVROV, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (October 2008)
- Unofficial visit to Russia by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (April 2008)
- Visit to Japan by Mission Group of Sakhalin Regional Administration headed by Vice Governor Namakonov (March 2008)
Before 2007
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Victor Gorchakov, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Territory, Russian Federation (October 2007)
- Mr. Masakazu Sekiguchi, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the Russian Far East (July 2007)
- Mr. Viktor Cherkesov, Director of the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation, paid Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Taro Aso (July 2007)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Sergei Naryshkin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (July 2007)
- Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States of America, Russia and Egypt (May 2007)
- Mr. Mikahil Efimovich Fradkov, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Pays Courtesy Call on Mr. Yohei Kono, Speaker of the House of Representatives (February 2007)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. M. E. Fradkov, Chairman of the Government, and Mr. V. B. Khristenko, Minister of Industry and Energy, of the Russian Federation (February 2007)
- Dr. Kiyohiko Toyama, Vice-Minister (Parliamentary) for Foreign Affairs, to Visit New York, Havana and Irkutsk (September 2006)
- Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito to Visit Russian Far East (September 2006)
- Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Vienna, Moscow, Stockholm and Vladivostok (August 2006)
- Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the G8 and Visit Ukraine (June 2006)
- Visit to Japan by a Delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, the Russian Parliament's Upper House (March 2006)
- Visit to Japan of Mr. Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu, Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters of the Russian Federation (February 2006)
- 150th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Russia
- Places Remembered in Connection with Japan-Russia Relations
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency, Mr. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation and Mrs. Putina (Announcement by the Press Secretary) (November 2005)
- Survey in the Russian Federation of the Public Opinion on Japan (August 2005)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting on the Occasion of the G8 Gleneagles Summit (Summary of Results) (July 2005)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting on the Occasion of Iraq International Conference (Overview of Results) (June 2005)
- Visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Russia (Japan-Russia Summit Meeting) (May 2005)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks (March 2005)
- Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Russia, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories (January 2005)
- Japan-Russia Summit Meeting on the Occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting (Overview of Results) (November 2004)
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting on the Occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting (Overview of Results) (November 2004)
- Japan's Assistance concerning the Hostage Situation at a School in the Republic of North Ossetia, Russian Federation (September 2004)
- Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend the Third Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Meeting and the Three-Party Committee of the Japan, China, and the R.O.K., and Visit Russia (June 2004)
- Visit to Japan by Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasjyanov (Summary of Results) (December 2003)
- Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Yano's Visit to the Far Eastern Region of the Russian Federation (September 2003)
- Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi's Visit to the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation (Overview) (June 2003) (PDF)
- Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi to Visit Vladivostok (June 2003)
- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Visit to Russia (January 2003)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Igor Sergeevich Ivanov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation (December 2002)
- Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi's Visit to Russia (October 2002)
- Visit to Japan of the Minister for Foreign Affairs Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov of the Russian Federation (February 2002)
- Visit to Japan by Vice-Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Viktor Khristenko (December 2001)
- Vice-Ministerial Subcommittee Meeting of the Japanese-Russian Joint Committee on the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty and Vice Ministerial Consultations (October 2001)
- Survey in the Russian Federation on Opinions Toward Japan (Outline) (August 2001)
- Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Visit to Russia (March 2001)
- Foreign Minister Yohei Kono's Visit to Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and Russia (January 2001)
- Foreign Minister Yohei Kono's Visit to Russia (November 2000)
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, President of the Russian Federation, and Mrs. Putin (September 2000)
- Visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister Khristenko of Russia (July 2000)
- Vice-Ministerial Subcommittee Meeting of the Japanese-Russian Joint Committee on the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty (June 2000)
- Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Visit to G8 Countries (April 2000)
- Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura to Visit Russia (May 1999)
- Opening of the Japan-Russia Youth Exchange Center (Obuchi-Yeltsin Center) (May 1999)
- Official Visit to the Russian Federation by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (November 1998)
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