What's New September 2025
- September 30
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- Visit to Canada by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI
- Japan-ROK Summit Meeting
- Visit to the Republic of Korea by Mrs. ISHIBA Keiko, the Spouse of the Prime Minister
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 30 4:10 PM)
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister IWAYA by H.E. Raja Dato’ Nushirwan bin Zainal Abidin, Director General of National Security Council of Malaysia
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Canada against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs MIYAJI by Honorable Mrs. Thoummaly VONGPHACHANH, President of the Laos-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group, and her Delegation
- Japan-Antigua and Barbuda Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-Sri Lanka Foreign Ministers' Meeting
- Attendance by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MATSUMOTO Hisashi at the Opening Ceremony of Global Festa JAPAN 2025
- Senior Deputy Minister AKAHORI’s Attendance to Ministerial-Level Meeting on the GCERF (Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund) Replenishment Conference
- The Japan-Netherlands Peace Exchange Program 2025
- September 29
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- Japan-ROK Consultations on Common Social Issues (First session)
- Signing and Exchanging of Notes for Official Security Assistance (OSA) FY2025 Project to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Japan-Sri Lanka Summit Meeting and Working Lunch
- Meeting between State Minister MIYAJI and H.E. Dr. SOK Siphana, Senior Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
- Visit to Japan by Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Solomon Islands
- September 28
- September 26
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- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s attendance at the Ministerial Meeting of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Friends Group
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MATSUMOTO’s attendance at “The Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia”
- Japan-Mexico Foreign Ministers’ Conversation
- Japan-Thailand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- The 14th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Japan-Costa Rica Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs AKAHORI’s Attendance at the United Nations Security Council High Level Open Debate on “Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security”
- Senior Deputy Minister AKAHORI’s Participation in High-level Multi-stakeholder Informal Meeting to Launch of the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance
- September 25
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- Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 25 7:05 PM)
- Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G4 Countries on UN Security Council Reform
- Launch of the Emergency Coalition for the Financial Sustainability of the Palestinian Authority
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s attendance to the Ministerial Meeting in Support of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- The Second G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Under South Africa’s Presidency (Summary)
- Minister IWAYA's Attendance at the Ministerial Meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC)
- Dialogue between Foreign Minister IWAYA and Japanese staff members of international organizations
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s attendance at the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Ministerial-level Meeting on “Promoting Social Cohesion and Inclusive Governance to Foster Community Resilience and Sustainable Peace”
- Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Maritime monitoring operations by the United Kingdom against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
- Grant Assistance to the Kingdom of Tonga: Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Project for Enhancing Border Management Capacity through the Introduction of the eMRP (Electronic Machine-Readable Passport)”
- Japan Australia East Asia Policy Dialogue
- Senior Deputy Minister AKAHORI’s participation in the First Biennial Summit for a sustainable, inclusive and resilient global economy
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MATSUMOTO by Mr. Giogrio Silli, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperaion of the Italian Republic
- State Minister FUJII attends Reception commemorating 30th Anniversary of the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan
- September 24
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- Informal Talks between Foreign Minister IWAYA and NATO Secretary General Rutte
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s attendance at the Foreign Minister’s Meeting “Reinforcing Maritime Cooperation to Achieve a Secure and Stable Maritime Domain”
- The First FMCT Friends Ministerial Meeting
- Message from Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru for the Fifth Summit of the Crimea Platform and Participation by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi in the summit (Summary)
- The Seventh Ocean Panel Leaders’ Meeting of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy
- Attendance of Foreign Minister IWAYA at the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Focal Points Network High-Level Side Event
- Japan-Netherlands Summit Meeting
- Japan-Finland Summit Meeting
- Address by Prime Minister Ishiba at the Eightieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
- September 23
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- Prime Minister Ishiba’s Attendance to a Reception hosted by U.S. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump
- Prime Minister Ishiba’s participation in the Japanese Food Promotion Event “Taste of Japan : A Culinary Journey”
- Meeting between Prime Minister Ishiba and H.H. Sheikh Sabah Khalid Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait
- Joint G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement Meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers on the Margins of the High-Level Week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York
- Meeting between Prime Minister ISHIBA and Mr. Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s meeting with H.E. Ms. Annalena BAERBOCK, President of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Meeting between Europe and Indo-Pacific Partners (Australia, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom)
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s Meeting with IAEA Director General Grossi
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s Attendance at Working Breakfast on Security Council Reform Hosted by Mr. Barrot, Foreign Minister of the French Republic
- September 22
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- Outcomes of the 18th Japan-Singapore Symposium
- The G7 Foreign Minister’s Meeting
- 3rd Japan-CELAC Extended Troika Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Foreign Minister IWAYA's Attendance at the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Resolution of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution
- Foreign Minister IWAYA’s participation in UNGA Week Special Dialogue Organized by the International House of Japan and Japan Society
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII’s attendance at the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the Japan-Saudi Vision 2030
- The Third Tokyo International Law Seminar (Overview)
- President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to Visit Japan
- Launch Event of the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel
- Diplomats’ Study Tour in Matsuura City, Nagasaki Prefecture
- September 19
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- Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 19 6:50 PM)
- Meeting and Working Dinner between Prime Minister ISHIBA and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Meeting
- Japan-Palestine Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Meeting
- Meeting between Foreign Minister IWAYA and His.Royal.Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- Japan-Australia-New Zealand-ROK Vice Foreign Ministerial Meeting
- Emergency Grant and other humanitarian assistance in response to the earthquake disaster in eastern Afghanistan
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Matsumoto’s attendance at the 215th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of the Independence of the Republic of Chile
- Japan-Croatia Summit Meeting
- Re-Election of Mr. METOKI as the Director General of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- September 18
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- Welcome Reception for the Participants of the 65th Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad Hosted by Foreign Minister IWAYA
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII and Mr. Michael McGrath, Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, European Comission
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI’s attendance at the welcome Reception for the 65th Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister ISHIBA by H.E. Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
- Meeting between Foreign Minister IWAYA and H.E. Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO
- Agreement in Principle on the Japan-Serbia Investment Agreement
- Japan-Latvia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Visit of State Minister MIYAJI to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
- Minister IWAYA’s Attendance at a Ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations University
- September 17
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- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (September 17 3:45 PM)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII's Attendance at the "Singapore National Day Reception"
- Israel's Military Operations in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi)
- Japan-Hungary Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Meeting between Foreign Minister IWAYA and Mr. Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, European Commission
- Monitoring and surveillance activities by Canada against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
- Meeting between Mrs. ISHIBA Yoshiko, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan, and Mrs. Tamara VUČIĆ, Spouse of the President of the Republic of Serbia
- September 16
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- Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary AOKI received a courtesy call by the Overseas Japanese Press Association
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI by Mr. Cisneros, President of the Naoko Mitsui Shirane Foundation
- Meeting between Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru and President Vučić of the Republic of Serbia
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary HAYASHI Yoshimasa by three ministers of the Kingdom of Belgium
- Japan-Belgium Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Working Lunch
- Signing and Exchange of Notes for Official Security Assistance (OSA) FY2025 Project to Papua New Guinea Defence Force
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 16 2:47 PM)
- Announcement of Joint Statement by Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations
- Summary of the Seventh Round of Negotiations for the Japan-Bangladesh Economic Partnership Agreement
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII's Attendance at the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 U.S.-Japan Sister Cities Summit
- Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh to Visit Japan
- Grant Assistance to the Republic of Fiji Signing and Exchange of Notes on “the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship”
- Publication of the IAEA Report on the Review of Handling ALPS Treated Water at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
- September 15
- September 12
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- Japan-Italy Vice Foreign Minister-Secretary General Consultation
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 12 5:08 PM)
- Prince Salman, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, to visit Japan
- Congratulatory Message from Foreign Minister IWAYA to The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Three ministers of the Kingdom of Belgium to Visit Japan
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Fujii by Ms. Celeste Connors, President of the East-West Center
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs MIYAJI’s Visit to Independent State of Papua New Guinea
- Visit to Japan by Hon. Manoa KAMIKAMICA, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for External Trade, Cooperatives, SMEs and Communications of the Republic of Fiji
- Measures based on the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act regarding the situation surrounding Ukraine
- The 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency
- September 11
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- Passing of Judge ODA Shigeru (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi)
- 16th Meeting of the Japan–Philippines High Level Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation and visit to the Osaka-Kansai Expo by Economic Cabinet Ministers of the Republic of the Philippines
- Japan-France Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Meeting
- Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and French Nationals Abroad of the French Republic to Visit Japan
- Japan-Portugal Summit Meeting and Working Lunch
- Japan-Portugal Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- September 10
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- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (September 10 3:45 PM)
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary HAYASHI Yoshimasa by H.E. Dr. Le Thanh Long, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- Israel’s attack targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi)
- Exchange of Diplomatic Notes for the Entry into Force of the Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Austria on Social Security
- The General Border Committee by the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand (Statement by Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII Hisayuki by Honourable Scott MOE, Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Additional Measures under the IAEA framework related to the discharge of ALPS treated water into the sea (Results)
- September 9
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- Parliamentary Vice-Minister MATSUMOTO’s attendance at the Japan Launch Event for the Human Development Report 2025
- The Forth Meeting of the Quantum Development Group
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 9 2:48 PM)
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi by H.E. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- Dinner between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI Arfiya and H.E. Mr. Javier MARTÍNEZ-ACHA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama
- Japan-U.K. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Meeting
- The First Strategic Dialogue between the Foreign Ministers of Japan and Bahrain
- 2026 Philippines-Japan Friendship Year (70th Anniversary of Normalization of Diplomatic Relations) Commemorative Logo Contest Guidelines
- Meeting between Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru and President Pellegrini of the Slovak Republic
- September 8
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- Japan-Panama Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- The 9th Japan-Pakistan High-Level Economic Policy Dialogue
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII by the Delegation of Governors of U.S. Midwest States
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII participates in the 55th Annual Joint Meeting of the Japan-Midwest U.S. Association and the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association
- September 5
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- The 13th Japan-Pakistan Foreign Secretary Level Bilateral Political Consultations
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII by Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair of the NATO Military Committee
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Working Dinner
- The 12th Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”)
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 5 4:47 PM)
- Japan-Panama Summit Meeting and Working Lunch
- Signing of the Japan-Australia Memorandum of Cooperation on Assisting Japanese and Australian Nationals Overseas
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary HAYASHI by Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Meeting between Mrs. ISHIBA Yoshiko, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan and Mrs. Maricel COHEN DE MULINO, First Lady of the Republic of Panama
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Alessandro Giuli, Minister of Culture of the Italian Republic
- Video Message from Foreign Minister IWAYA for the “OSAKA JAPAN SDGs Forum,” an SDGs symposium held at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
- President Petro of the Republic of Colombia visits to the Osaka-Kansai Expo
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister ISHIBA by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Marles, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Wong of Australia
- Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Meetings on the Protection of Quantum Technology
- September 4
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- Message of condolences from Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru and Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi on the cable car incident occurred in the Portuguese Republic
- Prime Minister ISHIBA’s participation in the Virtual Leaders Meeting of the Coalition of the Willing on Ukraine (Summary)
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII by Mr. Ricardo Gallardo Cardona, Governor of San Luis Potosi State
- Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Meeting
- Japan-Colombia Summit Meeting
- Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic to Visit Japan
- Japan-Armenia Summit Meeting and Working Lunch
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII and Ms. Sirið Stenberg, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade of the Faroe Islands
- September 3
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- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (September 3 3:44 PM)
- Landslides that occurred in the Republic of the Sudan on August 31 (Statement by Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro)
- Emergency Assistance to Eastern Afghanistan in Response to the Earthquake
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI Arfiya by H.E. Mr. Carlos Arturo HOYOS BOYD, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama
- High School Students Summit on “World Tsunami Awareness Day” 2025 in Sendai
- September 2
- September 1
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- Japan-Kuwait Foreign Ministers' Meeting
- Second Japan-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting
- Japan-Bahrain Foreign Ministers’ Conversation
- Japan-Oman Foreign Ministers' Meeting
- Earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister IWAYA and H.E. Mr. Sultan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Ahmed Abdullah of Kuwait by Foreign Minister Iwaya
- Courtesy Call on Crown Prince Sabah Khalid of Kuwait by Foreign Minister Iwaya
- Meeting between Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru and Prime Minister Dorin Recean of the Republic of Moldova