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) 6 October 2025: National Statement of His Excellency Mr KANO Takehiro at the 222nd Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO (PDF) 26 September 2025: Tasting of Japanese spirits awarded at the Kura Master competition 24 September 2025: Participation of Ambassador Kano in the Kura Master Awards Ceremony “Revisiting UNESCO Garden of Peace by Isamu Noguchi,” ceremony celebrating the completion of the restoration at UNESCO Headquarters (12 September 2025) “Revisiting UNESCO Garden of Peace by Isamu Noguchi,” ceremony celebrating the completion of the restoration at UNESCO Headquarters (12 September 2025) Dirac Medal awarded to Prof Shinsei Ryu (Princeton University) and Prof Tadashi Takayanagi (Kyoto University) (2 April 2025) Side event during the 221st session of the Executive Board "UNESCO's Support on Building Resilience and Advancing Early Warning Systems" (7 April 2025) National Statement of His Excellency Mr KANO Takehiro at the 221st Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO (7 April 2025) Opening Ceremony of "Creative Travel to Japan 2025" (23 April 2025) What's New go to list 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 20 November 2025: UNESCO awards outstanding education for sustainable development projects in Benin, Brazil and Panama(UNESCO website) 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] 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 go to list KANO Takehiro, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO Curriculum Vitae [140KB] Message from Ambassador KANO Takehiro Speech SNS close Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO Ambassador KANO Takehiro World Heritage in Japan Intangible Cultural Heritage in Japan