Foreign Policy News

Ministry of Foreign Affairs News

2020/10/16

Prime Minister Suga Visits Viet Nam and Indonesia (October 18-21, 2020)
2020/10/8

Foreign Minister Motegi Visits Mongolia (October 9-10, 2020)
2020/9/29

Foreign Minister Motegi Visits Portugal, France, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (September 29 - October 5, 2020)
2020/9/24

Prime Minister Suga and Foreign Minister Motegi take part in the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly
2020/8/11

Foreign Minister Motegi Visits Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar (August 20-25, 2020)

News from the Embassy

2020/10/21

DIPLOMATIC BLUEBOOK 2020
2020/10/19

Speech by Prime Minister Suga at the Vietnam-Japan University (Building together the future of Indo-Pacific)
2020/9/28

Address by Prime Minister Suga at the Seventy-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
2020/9/25

JET Programme New Zealand 2021 Applications are NOW OPEN!
2020/9/22

Statement by Foreign Minister Motegi at the High-level Meeting to Commemorate the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
2020/9/15

Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
2020/9/9

LINE Corporation's participation in the Christchurch Call to Action
2020/7/17

The 2020 Ambassador's Commendation Ceremony [497KB]
2020/6/19

The Application Deadline of the 14th Japan International Manga Award (CLOSED)
2020/6/5

Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
2020/6/2

Japan Festival postponed until 2021
2020/5/25

Prime Minister Abe lifted the state of emergency
2020/5/21

Prime Minister Abe announced the decision to lift the state of emergency for Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo.
2020/5/19

MEXT Scholarships 2021 Applications OPEN!
2020/5/18

Application Guideline for the International Japan MANGA Award Has Been Revised (Now Accepting PDF Format)
2020/5/14

Prime Minister Abe decides to lift State of Emergency for 39 Prefectures
2020/4/29

The Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star upon Sir Maarten Wevers [108KB]
2020/4/8

14th Japan International MANGA Award application NOW OPEN (Until 19 June 2020)
2020/4/1

Cancellation of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) in July 2020
2020/3/31

IOC, IPC, TOKYO 2020 ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCE NEW DATES FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020
2020/3/6

Kansai World Masters Games - Entries Open
2020/3/3

Special Lecture and Discussion by Dr Seta Makoto, on Maritime Issues [617KB]
2020/2/19

Six new videos about Japan's Foreign Policy released
2019/11/27

Ambassador Kobayashi’s courtesy call on Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy [417KB]
2019/11/1

Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
2019/10/30

Japan Foundation Grant Programme Applications close on 2 December.

North Korean Issues including Abduction