What's New April 2026
- April 10
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- Japan-Australia Vice Ministers’ Meeting
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI by H.E. Mr. Jean Antoine DIOUF, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal to Japan
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 10 5:27 PM)
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by U.S. Senator Jim Banks
- Publication of Preliminary ODA Data of 2025
- Recent situation in Israel and Lebanon (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)
- Courtesy Call by H.E.Mr. Ahmed Chafra, Ambassador of Tunisia on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI (Agreement in principle on Japan-Tunisia Investment Agreement and Logo of 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations)
- Prime Minister of Poland to Visit Japan
- Japan-India Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call
- Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Funakoshi’s Call with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Landau
- April 9
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- Mr. KAWASE Taro, Director of the First African Division of the African Affaires Department visits three African countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabonese Republic)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister TAKAICHI by Mr. Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima and Mr. Suzuki, Mayor of Nagasaki
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Motegi by United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu
- Japan-Oman Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call
- Signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman on the Joint Crediting Mechanism
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by Mr. Rubén Eduardo Miguel TEMPONE, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to Japan
- April 8
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- Joint Statement on the conflict in the Middle East
- Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Telephone Meeting
- Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministries’ Official Telephone Meeting on North Korea
- Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talk
- The Second Japan-France Counter-Terrorism Consultations
- Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs FUNAKOSHI’s Travel to Australia
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister TAKAICHI by the members of the Wise Group Meeting for Strategic Economic Partnership between Japan and Brazil
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister MOTEGI by Professor OKI, Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
- Japan-Iran Summit Telephone Call
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU’s Visit to the French Republic (Overview)
- April 7
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- Japan-UAE Summit Telephone Call
- Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 7 6:09 PM)
- Congratulatory Message from Foreign Minister MOTEGI to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand Sihasak
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs SHIMADA Tomoaki’s Attendance at the 32nd Commemoration of the Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda
- April 6
- April 3
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- State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU’s Visit to French Republic
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ONISHI Yohei’s Visit to the Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Sign a Condolence Book
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 3 2:23 PM)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU's Attendance at the SJ60 Commemorative Concert
- April 2
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- The 18th Japan-WFP Policy Consultation (Summary of Outcomes)
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII Iwao and Hon. David PAUL, Minister of Finance, Banking and Postal Services of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Online Meeting of Foreign Ministers on the Strait of Hormuz
- Japan-Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call
- Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talks
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI by the Delegation of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU by Hon. Mr. Marko Mihkelson, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament, and his delegation
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU by H.E. Mr. Abdul HAMEED, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Japan
- Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI by Ms. DAGASH, Assistant Excecutive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)
- Prime Minister TAKAICHI and French President Macron’s Visit to Astroscale Holdings Inc.
- April 1
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- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (April 1 3:45 PM)
- Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary KIHARA by U.S. Senators
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by U.S. Senators
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU and H.E. Ms. LAHBIB, Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management, European Commission
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs SHIMADA’s attendance at the signing ceremony regarding Japan-France cultural cooperation
- Japan-France Summit Meeting and Working Dinner
- Exchange of views between Vice Minister Funakoshi and NATO Chief of Staff, H.E.Mr.Geoffrey VAN LEEUWEN
- Japan-Türkiye Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call
- Japan-Kuwait Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call
- United Nations Global Mechanism Establishment Meeting on Cybersecurity
- Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII by Admiral Houston, Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, United States Navy
- Eighth Japan-France Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting ("2+2")
- The Second Co-creation Workshop on the OECD "AI Policy Toolkit"
- Attendance of State Minister for Foreign Affairs KUNIMITSU at the Lao Fashion and Culture Festival in Tokyo
- Change of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
- The Establishment of the Japan-India Economic Affairs Division
