Japan's bilateral relations
with ASEAN Member States

Year 2016

•  State Visit of The President of the Republic of Singapore to Japan (28-Nov)
•  Prime Minister of Malaysia to visit Japan (16-Nov)
•  The State Counsellor of Myanmar to Visit Japan (24-Oct)
•  President of the Republic of the Philippines to Visit Japan (12-Oct)
•  Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting (13-Sep)
•  Japan-Lao PDR Summit Meeting (13-Sep)
•  Messages following the terror attack in Davao, Philippines (13-Sep)
•  Japan-Thailand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (28-Jul)
•  Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers' Meeting (28-Jul)
•  Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida Meets with the Minister at Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei (27-Jul)
•  Japan-Laos Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (27-Jul)
•  Japan-Myanmar Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (27-Jul)
•  Parliamentary Vice-Minister Hamachi to Visit Viet Nam and The Gambia (13-Jun)
•  Conglatulatory Messages to President-elect and Vice-President-elect of the Philippines (02-Jun)
•  Foreign Minister's Videos (MOFA Channel) (17-May)
•  Foreign Minister Kishida Visits China and Southeast Asia (April 29 - May 6, 2016) (09-May)
•  ASEAN Policy Speech “Diversity and Connectivity – Role of Japan as a Partner” by H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (04-May)
•  Exchange of Congratulatory Messages between Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Singapore (27-Apr)
•  Japan-Myanmar Foreign Ministers' Meeting (27-Jan)

Year 2015

•   Foreign Minister of Indonesia to Visit Japan (15-Dec)
•   Passing of Former President of the Senate of Cambodia Samdech Chea Sim (Statement by Foreign Minister Kishida) (11-Jun)
•   Visit to Japan by Prime Minister of Malaysia (13-May)
•   State Visit to Japan of H.E. Mr. Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines (27-Apr)
•   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Signed a Condolence Book in honour to the late former Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew (25-Mar)
•   Statement by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on the Passing of His Excellency Mr Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (24-Mar)
•   The President of Indonesia to Visit Japan (18-Mar)
•   Additional Emergency Assistance to Malaysia in Response to the Flood Disaster (20-Jan)
•   Signing of Japan-Laos Air Services Agreement (19-Jan)
•   Signing of Japan-Cambodia Air Services Agreement (16-Jan)
•   Termination of Operations by the Escort Vessels of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team in response to the Crash of an Air Asia Plane (14-Jan)
•   Message of condolences to Malaysia (06-Jan)
•   Emergency Assistance to Malaysia in Response to the Flood Disaster (06-Jan)
•   Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team in response to the Crash of an Air Asia Plane (06-Jan)
•   Message of condolences over the missing Air Asia aircraft (06-Jan)

Year 2014

•   Emergency Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines for Typhoon Disaster (11 December)
•   Visa Waiver for Indonesian Nationals Based on a System of E-Passport Registration (2 December)
•   Visa Waiver for Indonesian Nationals Based on a System of E-Passport Registration (11 November)
•   Japan-Viet Nam Summit Meeting (4 November)
•   State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi’s Visit to Thailand (2 October)
•   The Fourth Japan-Singapore Maritime Security Dialogue (10 September)
•   Foreign Minister Kishida Visits Viet Nam (Video) (13 August)
•   The second Japan-Myanmar Human Rights Dialogue (22 May)
•   Japan-Viet Nam Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (3 April)
•   Signings of Exchange of Notes on Grant Aid for Myanmar (26 March)
•   JAIF Project for Sustainable Human Resource Development in Logistic Services for ASEAN Member States (25 February)

Year 2013

• Visit of H.E. Mr. Le Leong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN to JAPAN  (12 November 2013)
• Secretary-General of ASEAN Visits Japan   (12 November 2013)
• Emergency Assistance to Cambodia in response to the Flood Disaster  (21 October)
• Press Conference by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during His Visit to Southeast Asia  (15 August)
• The First Steering Committee for the Establishment of an integrated ICT to strengthen the operation of AHA Centre (ICT-Phase II) (16 May)
• Dialogue between members of Governing Board and Academic Advisory Council of ERIA and Ambassadors of East Asia Summit Participating Countries / Courtesy Call by H.E. Ms. Akira Matsu, member of the House of Councillors of Japan to H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN (8 May)
• Japan’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications H.E. Mr. Yoshitaka Shindo Meets Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh and Visits (AHA Centre) (8 May)
• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Southeast Asia (16-19 January)
  The Bounty of the Open Seas: Five New Principles for Japanese Diplomacy
  Prime Minister Abe's Visit to Southeast Asia (Overview & Evaluation)
  Japan-Indonesia Summit Meeting (Overview)
  Prime Minister Abe's Visit to Thailand (Overview)
  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Viet Nam (Overview)

Year 2012

• Foreign Minister Kishida’s Visit to the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Australia (9-14 January)
  Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishida Pays Courtesy Call on His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billa
  Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers' Meeting & Luncheon
  Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishida Pays Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore
  Japan-Singapore Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Luncheon
  Courtesy Call on H.E. Mr. Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Outline)
  Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Working Lunch (Outline)
  Foreign Minister Kishida's Visit to the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and Australia
• Visit to Japan of H.E. Mr. K Shanmugam, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law of the Republic of Singapore (4-6 June)
• Visit to Japan of Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (27 April)
• Visit to Japan of H.E. Dato' Sri Anifah bin Aman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia (April 24 - 25)
• East Asia Low Carbon Growth Partnership Dialogue (April 14 - 16)

Year 2011

• Japan-Philippines Summit Meeting (27 September)
• Meeting between Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (2 Aug)
• Visit by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Makiko Kikuta to Myanmar (29 June)
• Acceptance of a Medical Assistance Team from the Philippines (24 June)
• A Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Makiko Kikuta by a Thai Medical Relief Team (Second Team) (3 June)
• Dispatch of Instructors to the Malaysian Peacekeeping Training Centre (27 May)
• A Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Makiko Kikuta by a Thai Medical Relief Team (20 May)
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (First Ministerial-Level Strategic Dialogue) (18 Feb)