Foreign Policy News

2026/3/1

Situation in Iran (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)

2026/2/13

Foreign Minister MOTEGI's Attendance at Munich Security Conference (February 13-16)

2026/1/15

Joint G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Iran

2026/1/11

The Situation in Iran (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)

2026/1/9

Foreign Minister MOTEGI's Visit to Israel, Palestine, Qatar, the Philippines and India (January 10-18, 2026)

2025/12/18

The Summit of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue (CA+JAD) (December 19-20)

2025/12/18

G7 Foreign Ministers Statement on the Jimmy Lai verdict in Hong Kong

2026/2/17

17 February 2026: Japan Announces FY2025 Supplementary Budget Contribution to Support UNESCO Projects

2026/2/10

10 February 2026: Japan's Support for Palestine through UNESCO (Signing Ceremony)

2026/2/10

10 February 2026: Japan's Support for Ukraine through UNESCO (Signing Ceremony)

2026/1/23

23 January 2026: Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Horii and H.E. Mr. Khaled El-Enany, Director-General of UNESCO

2026/1/23

23 January 2026: Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Horii and Japanese staff of UNESCO

2026/1/16

16 January 2026: Hatsugama Tea Ceremony Reception

2026/1/14

14 January 2026: New Year’s reception in honor of UNESCO Japanese staff and Japanese journalists based in Paris

2026/1/5

2026 New Year's Greetings [143KB]

2025/12/18

18 December 2025: Reception celebrating the inscription of Japan’s nominations on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on a basis of extension

2025/12/11

11 December 2025: Decision to extend the inscription on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

2025/11/24

24 November 2025: Participation of Ambassador Kano in the Grand Egyptian Museum Opening Event

2025/11/20

20 November 2025: Japan’s Election as a Member of the Executive Board and as its Vice Chairperson, Election Results for Subsidiary Organs of the General Conference of UNESCO

2025/11/20

20 November 2025: UNESCO awards outstanding education for sustainable development projects in Benin, Brazil and Panama(UNESCO website)

2025/11/20

20 November 2025: Reception Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Adoption of the UNESCO Constitution, the 75th Anniversary of Japan’s accession to UNESCO, and the 20th Anniversary of JFIT’s Support for Education to Sustainable Development (ESD)

2025/10/31

31 October 2025: General Policy Debate of Mr Hiroshi MASUKO, Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at the 43rd General Conference of UNESCO [684KB]

2025/10/31

31 October 2025: Echizen City (Fukui Prefecture, Japan) joins UNESCO Creative Cities Network (external link)

2025/10/6

6 October 2025: National Statement of His Excellency Mr KANO Takehiro at the 222nd Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO (PDF) [147KB]

2025/10/2

2 october 2025: Panel Discussion and Reception Organized by Ambassador Kano in collaboration with UNESCO, aimed at Strengthening Cooperation with SIDS countries in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction

2025/10/1

1 October 2025: Reception hosted by Ambassador Kano for Delegations from African countries

2025/9/26

26 September 2025: Tasting of Japanese spirits awarded at the Kura Master competition

2025/9/24

24 September 2025: Participation of Ambassador Kano in the Kura Master Awards Ceremony

2025/9/18

18 September 2025: Visit of Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, to Japan

2025/9/12

12 September 2025: “Revisiting UNESCO Garden of Peace by Isamu Noguchi,” ceremony celebrating the completion of the restoration at UNESCO Headquarters

2025/9/9

UNESCO Global Geoparks Council - Recommendation for New Designation of Miné-Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau, etc. (External link)

2025/8/9

Respond to disasters through the Japanese Funds-in-Trust (response to the tsunami caused by the earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula etc.)

2025/7/4

4 July 2025: Re-election of Professor Michida Yutaka as the Chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

2025/6/24

24 June 2025: Annual Reception “Japanese Evening”

2025/5/26

26 May 2025: Participation of Ambassador Kano in "Kura Master 2025"

2025/5/23

20 - 23 May 2025: Japan Trust Fund Annual Review Meeting

2025/5/9

6-9 May 2025: Japan Strengthens Cultural Heritage Cooperation in Africa: Ambassador Kano Attends Nairobi Conference and Visits Kasubi Tombs

2025/4/23

23 April 2025: Opening Ceremony of "Creative Travel to Japan 2025"

2025/4/17

17 April 2025: The inscription of “Three Editions of Buddhist Sacred Canons stored at Zojoji” on the Memory of the World International Register (External link)

2025/4/7

7 April 2025: National Statement of His Excellency Mr KANO Takehiro at the 221st Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO (Bilingual in English and French) [217KB]

2025/4/7

7 April 2025: Side event during the 221st session of the Executive Board "UNESCO's Support on Building Resilience and Advancing Early Warning Systems"

2025/4/2

2 April 2025: Dirac Medal awarded to Prof Shinsei Ryu (Princeton University) and Prof Tadashi Takayanagi (Kyoto University)

2025/3/31

31 March 2025: Japan's emergency assistance to Lebanon through UNESCO

2025/3/11

11 March 2025: Koto recital by Ms Fuyuki Enokido