Foreign Policy News

2023/11/30

Prime Minister Kishida Attends COP28 (November 30-December 3)

2023/11/25

Foreign Minister Kamikawa Attends Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (November 25-26, 2023)

2023/11/14

Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to the United States of America (November 15-19, 2023)

2023/11/10

Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Visit to the United States of America (November 12-16, 2023)

2023/11/1

Foreign Minister Kamikawa Visits Israel, Palestine and Jordan (November 2-5, 2023)

2023/10/31

Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the Philippines and Malaysia (November 3-5, 2023)

2023/10/20

Foreign Minister Kamikawa's Visit to Egypt (October 20-22, 2023)

2023/10/6

Foreign Minister Kamikawa Visits Brunei, Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand (October 8-13, 2023)

2023/9/15

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

2023/9/9

Foreign Minister Hayashi's Visit to Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Poland and Ukraine (September 3-11, 2023)

2023/9/5

Prime Minister Kishida Attends ASEAN-related Summit Meetings and G20 New Delhi Summit（September 5-11, 2023）

2023/11/26

Conclusion of Bilateral Field Exercise, Vigilant Isles 23, by Japan Ground Self Defense Force and the British Army

2023/11/24

Memorial Reception for Ambassador Katsuhiko Oku and Bestowal Ceremony for Decoration of Mr Reg Clark, and Oku Memorial Trophy rugby matches

2023/11/22

Ambassador Hayashi’s Meeting with The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

2023/11/21

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s attendance at the opening event of KABUKI KIMONO: Costumes of Bandō Tamasaburō V at the Ashmolean Museum

2023/11/20

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at SMBC Client Reception

2023/11/20

Japan-UK Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk

2023/11/16

Letter from Foreign Minister Kamikawa to The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department (former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) of the United Kingdom

2023/11/16

Congratulatory Message from Foreign Minister Kamikawa to David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom

2023/11/15

Ambassador & Madame Hayashi's attendance at Japan House London’s opening event of “Ainu Stories: Contemporary Lives by the Saru River”

2023/11/10

Ambassador’s Commendation - Mr Steve Dalton OBE, Former Managing Director of SONY UK Technology Centre

2023/11/10

Ambassador Hayashi’s visit to Wales

2023/11/8

The G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

2023/11/8

The 12th Japan-UK Joint Committee Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation

2023/11/7

Fifth Japan-UK Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting (“2+2”)

2023/11/7

Japan-UK Defense Ministers Meeting

2023/11/2

AI Safety Summit

2023/10/30

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Indo-Pacific)

2023/10/30

G7 Leaders' Statement on the Hiroshima AI Process

2023/10/29

The Second Meeting of the Japan-UK CEPA Joint Committee

2023/10/29

G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Sakai, Osaka

2023/10/24

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s attendance at the 25th Anniversary Ceremony between Derbyshire & Toyota City

2023/10/24

First application of Japan-UK Reciprocal Access Agreement

2023/10/23

British-Japanese Parliamentary Group Reception

2023/10/23

Policy Speech by Prime Minister Kishida to the 212th Session of the Diet

2023/10/20

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s visit to Balliol College, Oxford

2023/10/18

Japan-UK Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk

2023/10/17

Reception for 150th Anniversary of UK-Japan Railway Friendship

2023/10/12

Japanese British Lawyers’ Networking Reception 2023

2023/10/12

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering and Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the Award Ceremony

2023/10/10

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the Labour Party Conference

2023/10/10

Exhibition: Wanderlust - Travel Japan through Vintage Posters

2023/10/6

UK JET Programme Returnees Reception 2023

2023/10/5

Japanese Government honours Miss Janice Brennan, Barrister, Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

2023/10/4

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the Conservative Party Conference

2023/10/1

Japan Matsuri 2023

2023/9/29

Foreign Minister’s Commendation - Professor Roger Goodman and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford

2023/9/28

Ambassador Hayashi’s visit to Scotland

2023/9/26

Japan Matsuri 2023 - Japanese Festival returns to Trafalgar Square for the first time since 2019!

2023/9/26

Ambassador’s Commendation - Mr John Gordon-Smith, Former Chair of the Friends of Japanese Garden at Hammersmith Park

2023/9/25

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at a symposium on traditional sake brewing

2023/9/22

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s visit to Merton College, Oxford

2023/9/22

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the opening of Toshiba’s Quantum Technology Centre

2023/9/21

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s attendance at Japan House London’s 5th Anniversary Reception

2023/9/19

Address by Prime Minister Kishida at the Seventy-Eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

2023/9/18

Japan-UK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

2023/9/15

Exchange of Diplomatic Notes for Entry into Force of Japan-UK Reciprocal Access Agreement

2023/9/13

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the Parliamentary Reception hosted by Hitachi

2023/9/13

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the World Coffee Summit London

2023/9/11

Film screening: 'Sympathetic Souls – A Biography of Hokiichi Hanawa'

2023/9/7

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the International Symposium on Economic Crime at Jesus College, University of Cambridge

2023/9/7

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry NISHIMURA Yasutoshi visits the UK

2023/9/6

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the reception commemorating the MOC between JAEA and NNL

2023/9/5

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with Mr Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester

2023/8/29

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade

2023/8/29

Monitoring Results: ALPS Treated Water

2023/8/21

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with the Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, Secretary of State for Transport

2023/8/11

Manga Jiman Competition 2023

2023/8/6

Hammersmith Park’s Japanese Garden Community Day

2023/7/25

MIRAI Programme 2023/2024 (Invitation programme for graduate and undergraduate students to Japan)

2023/7/18

Japan Self-Defense Forces Day Reception

2023/7/17

Ambassador Hayashi Deposited Japan’s Instrument of Acceptance of the 2022 International Coffee Agreement

2023/7/17

Ambassador HAYASHI Hajime's congratulatory message for Mr ODA Tokito on his Wimbledon Championships victory

2023/7/16

Ambassador HAYASHI Hajime’s message on the UK’s Accession to the CPTPP (Signing of the Protocol of the UK’s Accession)

2023/7/14

Prime Minister Kishida's Attendance at the NATO Summit Meeting and the Japan-EU Summit (11-14 July, 2023)

2023/7/13

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the Completion Ceremony of 8 Bishopsgate

2023/7/7

G7 Japan 2023 Justice Ministers’ Communiqué

2023/7/7

Pre-Departure Reception for 2023 JET Programme Participants

2023/7/5

IWC 2023 Award Winning Sake Tasting

2023/7/5

Japan House London 'WAVE: Currents in Japanese Graphic Arts' Exhibition

2023/6/30

26th Summer Reunion for Peace and Friendship

2023/6/25

G7 TOCHIGI-NIKKO Ministerial Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

2023/6/23

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at the MOC signing ceremony between SCARDA and CEPI

2023/6/21

Foreign Minister Hayashi's Visit to the United Kingdom and France (20-24 June, 2023)

2023/6/21

Japan-UK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

2023/6/18

G7 Transport Ministers' Meeting in Ise-Shima, Mie

2023/6/15

Ambassador’s Commendation – Professor Alessio Patalano

2023/6/15

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with the Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

2023/6/14

Circles of Stone - A celebration of the links between Stonehenge and prehistoric Japan

2023/6/12

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with the Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, Minister of State (Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment)

2023/6/9

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at Invertek Drives 25th Anniversary celebration

2023/6/6

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi attend launch event for the Atomic Bomb Exhibition in Durham

2023/5/23

The Japan-UK Financial Networking Reception

2023/5/22

G7 Hiroshima Summit (19-21 May, 2023)

2023/5/21

Japan-Ukraine Summit Meeting

2023/5/18

Japan-UK Leader’s Working Dinner

2023/5/16

Ambassador’s Commendation - Dr Helen Macnaughtan

2023/5/15

Toyama-Kanazawa Declaration by G7 Education Ministers’ Meeting

2023/5/14

G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Communique

2023/5/14

G7 Nagasaki Health Ministers' Communiqué

2023/5/13

Contribution to JAPAN Forward by Prime Minister Kishida

2023/5/13

G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting Communiqué

2023/5/11

Ambassador Hayashi’s visit to Imperial College London

2023/5/9

Ambassador Hayashi's attendance at the Kyoto Prize at Oxford

2023/5/7

Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino visit the UK

2023/4/30

G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting

2023/4/27

Ambassador Hayashi's attendance at the launch of Ocean Census

2023/4/24

Ambassador Hayashi's attendance at “Japan-UK Symposium Celebrating the 150 years of Iwakura Mission” hosted by the Institute of Directors

2023/4/24

2023 G7 Agriculture Minister’s Communiqué

2023/4/23

G7 Kurashiki Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in Okayama

2023/4/22

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s attendance at the 2023 World Marmalade Awards Ceremony

2023/4/20

Opening Ceremony of the B7 Tokyo Summit 2023

2023/4/19

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s visit to Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

2023/4/19

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi attend a reception celebrating Japan-UK exchange in Newmarket

2023/4/18

G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano

2023/4/17

Japan-UK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

2023/4/17

G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Communiqué

2023/4/14

The 17th Japan International MANGA Award - Looking for entries from manga artists across the globe

2023/4/5

Japan-UK Foreign Ministers’ Informal Talks

2023/4/4

Meeting between Foreign Minister Hayashi and NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg

2023/4/4

Foreign Minister HAYASHI’s Attendance at the First G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting

2023/4/4

My Neighbour Totoro wins six Olivier Awards; Ambassador Hayashi conveys congratulations to the Royal Shakespeare Company

2023/3/30

Ambassador’s Commendation - UK-Japan Music Society

2023/3/29

Ambassador Hayashi's attendance at the “Asia-Pacific Ambassadors Roundtable”

2023/3/28

The Japan-UK RENKEI 10th Anniversary Event

2023/3/27

Ambassador Hayashi’s deposit of Japan’s instrument of accession to the Cape Town Agreement of 2012 with IMO in London

2023/3/27

Launch of the Japan eVISA system

2023/3/24

The 16th Manga Jiman Competition Results

2023/3/24

Japanese Government honours Sir Michael Arthur

2023/3/23

Safety of ALPS treated water in Fukushima

2023/3/22

Prime Minister Kishida Visits Ukraine and Poland (21-23 March, 2023)

2023/3/21

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

2023/3/19

Ambassador & Madame Hayashi's attendance at All England Open Badminton Championship

2023/3/16

Japan-UK Defense Ministers Meeting

2023/3/16

Trilateral Defense Ministerial Meeting

2023/3/13

Japan-UK Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk

2023/3/3

JET Programme Reunion Reception

2023/3/1

Ambassador Hayashi's attendance at Japan House London’s Annual Members’ Event

2023/2/28

Ambassador’s Commendation - Dr Robin Wilson, Director of Oxford University Japanese Kiln

2023/2/27

Ambassador and Madame Hayashi’s visit to Eton College

2023/2/25

Foreign Minister Hayashi Attends the Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council Ministerial Debate on Ukraine (22-25 February)

2023/2/25

G7 Leaders’ Video Conference

2023/2/24

Ambassador & Madame Hayashi's attendance at Japan House London’s private viewing of “KUMIHIMO: Japanese Silk Braiding by DOMYO”

2023/2/18

The G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

2023/2/17

Ambassador Hayashi’s attendance at a conference on Japan’s society and economy organised by the University of Oxford

2023/2/10

16th Manga Jiman and Yonkoma Competition Shortlist

2023/2/8

Ambassador Hayashi signed 2022 International Coffee Agreement

2023/2/7

Emperor's Birthday Reception 2023

2023/1/31

Foreign Minister’s Commendation – Lady Victoria Borwick and the Sakura Cherry Tree Project Committee

2023/1/25

13th Green Park Youth Concert

2023/1/23

Foreign Policy Speech by Foreign Minister Hayashi to the 211th Session of the Diet

2023/1/13

Prime Minister Kishida Visits France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America (January 9-15, 2023)

2023/1/11

Signing of Japan-UK Reciprocal Access Agreement

2023/1/9

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Indo-Pacific)

2023/1/1

New Year’s Greeting from Ambassador Hayashi

2022/12/14

Ambassador Hayashi hosts Japan-Wales Kizuna Reception

2022/12/9

The Japan-UK-Italy Co-Development of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)

2022/12/2

Manga Jiman Competition 2022 - Deadline extended until Monday 9 January 2023

2022/11/30

Ambassador Hayashi’s meeting with the Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, Minister of State (Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment)

2022/11/30

Conclusion of Bilateral Field Training Exercise by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the British Army “VIGILANT ISLES 22”