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2024/12/5

Inscription of “Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan” on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (December 5)
2024/12/4

Message of Condolence from Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi on the Damages Caused by Heavy Rain in Uganda (December 4)
2024/11/27

Ceasefire Agreement on the Situation in Israel and Lebanon (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (November 27)
2024/11/22

Foreign Minister IWAYA's Attendance at the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (November 24-27)
2024/11/16

G7 Leaders’ Statement on Enduring support for Ukraine (November 16)
2024/11/12

Prime Minister ISHIBA Visits Brazil (G20 Rio de Janeiro Summit) (November 17-19)
2024/11/12

Prime Minister ISHIBA Visits Peru (APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting) (November 14-17)
2024/11/12

Foreign Minister IWAYA Visits Peru (APEC Ministerial Meeting) (November 12-14)
2024/11/5

Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and the High Representative of the European Union on the deployment of DPRK troops to Russia (November 5)
2024/11/5

Press Releases G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by the DPRK (November 5)
2024/11/2

Adoption of the Draft Resolution on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons submitted by Japan to the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (November 2)
2024/11/1

Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers' Telephone Meeting (Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers' Joint Statement) (November 1)
2024/10/31

Message of condolences from Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru and Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi on the flood damage in the Kingdom of Spain (October 31)
2024/10/31

Message of condolences from Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru and Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi on the flood damage in the Kingdom of Spain (October 31)
2024/10/29

Legislation on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Adopted in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 29)
2024/10/29

Japan-Philippines Relations Message of condolences from Prime Minister Ishiba and Foreign Minister Iwaya following the damage caused to the Philippines by Typhoon Kristine (October 29)
2024/10/29

Legislation on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Adopted in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 29)
2024/10/29

Message of condolences from Prime Minister Ishiba and Foreign Minister Iwaya following the damage caused to the Philippines by Typhoon Kristine (October 29)
2024/10/26

Attack by Israel against Iran (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 26)
2024/10/15

Situation in Israel and Lebanon (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 15)
2024/10/8

Prime Minister Ishiba Attends ASEAN-related Summit Meetings (October 10-12, 2024)
2024/10/7

On the Current Situation Surrounding the Gaza Strip (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 7)
2024/10/4

G7 Leaders’ statement on the situation in the Middle East (October 4)
2024/10/3

G7 Leaders’ Teleconference (October 3)
2024/10/2

Attack by Iran against Israel (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (October 2)
2024/9/17

Prime Minister Kishida and Foreign Minister Kamikawa Visit the United States of America

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