News

Year 2016

•   Workshop on ASEAN Guiding Principles for Quality Assurance of Competency Certification Systems (02-Sep)
•   Second Japan-ASEAN Science and Technology Innovation Platform (JASTIP) Symposium (14-Jun)
•   Inaugural message from Ambassador Sunaga (06-Apr)
•   H.E. Kazuo Sunaga, the new Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN presented the Credential to H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of the ASEAN (04-Apr)
•   Seminar on the “Future of Economic Cooperation and Social Development Japan and ASEAN” (19-Feb)

Year 2015

•   Cyber SEA Game 2015 (17-Nov)
•   Notice of sakefan World (09-Oct)
•   Participation in the public seminar related to ASEAN hosted by Habibie Center (02-Oct)
•   Participation in the LEMHANNAS seminar: Strengthening ASEAN Regional Resilience (11-Sep)
•   “Quality Infrastructure Investment” Casebook (1-Sep)
•   World Assembly for Women in Tokyo: WAW! 2015 (12-Aug)
•   "Comparison of the air dose rate data between cities in Japan and the world's major cities" and "Information on the Final Report on the IAEA Review Mission on Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4" (30-Jun)
•   Abenomics is Progressing! (PDF) (08-Jun)
•   "Japan-ASEAN Friendship and Cooperation: Shared Vision, Shared Identity, Shared Future" pamphlet (02-Apr)
•   Abenomics is Progressing! (PDF) (06-Mar)

Year 2014

•   Simplification of the Application Procedure for Single Tourism Visas for Participants of Package Tours Handled by Registered Travel Agencies, for Nationals of Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam (25 November)
•   The 80th Birthday of Her Majesty the Empress (21 November)
•   Substantial Relaxation of Visa Requirements for Nationals of Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam (1 October)
•   World Assembly for Women in Tokyo: WAW! Tokyo 2014 (12 September)
•   Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the appointment of Interim Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand (26 August)
•   Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) will be held in Tokyo on 8 October 2014 (4 July)
•   ASEAN Traditional Culinary Festival (11 June)
•   The 13th IISS Asian Security Summit -The Shangri-La Dialogue-Keynote Address by Shinzo ABE, Prime Minister, Japan (3 June)
•   Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the declaration of martial law in Thailand (22 May)
•   Publication of the ODA White Paper 2013, Part I “Development Cooperation as Investment in the Future” (English Version) (9 May)
•   Participation in the Mentawai Megathrust DiREx 2014 International Disaster Prevention Exercise (11 April)
•   Comparison of the air dose rate data between cities in Japan and the world's major cities; Information on the Final Report on the IAEA Review Mission on Mid- and Long-term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4 (10 April)
•   New website on Japanese Territory (8 April)
•   Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on an Issue concerning the South China Sea (Arbitral Proceedings by the Philippines under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) (3 April)
•   Graduating Ceremony for the First Batch of the Training Program on “Attachment Officers from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam for AEC and ASCC involvement at the ASEAN Secretariat” (21 March)
•   Workshop on Improvement of Rural Living Conditions though One Village One Product (OVOP) Movement (18 March)
•   Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team (Japan Coast Guard) in Response to the Disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Plane (17 March)
•   Ambassador Aiboshi’s visit to AHA Centre and attendance of the Memorial Event for Great East Japan Earthquake (14 March)
•   New Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN Presented the Letter of Credentials to the Secretary-General of ASEAN (11 March)
•   The Habibie Center - ‘Regional Preventive Diplomacy: The Role of ASEAN in Managing Tensions in the Wider Asia-Pacific Region’ (3 February)
•   His Majesty the Emperor's 80th birthday (28 January)
•   Ambassador Ishikane's Farewell Remarks (15 January)
•   Courtesy Visit of Ambassador Ishikane to Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh to bid farewell (10 January)

Year 2013

• Statement by Prime Minister Abe -Pledge for everlasting peace-  (27 December 2013)
• Seminar on 40 years of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation  (26 December 2013)
• Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Expert Team in Response to Oil Spill Incident in the Philippines  (5 December 2013)
• Dispatch of the third Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team in Response to the Typhoon Disaster in the Philippines  (4 December 2013)
• Statements From Japan's Ministries on China’s Establishment of Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea (28 November 2013)
• Typhoon Damage in the Central Philippines  (26 November 2013)
• Japan’s assistance to AHA Centre is actively used in dealing with Typhoon HAIYAN (25 November 2013)
• Establishment of an Ad hoc Office of the Japanese Embassy in Tacloban, Philippines for Typhoon Disaster Relief  (21 November 2013)
• Dispatch of the second Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team in Response to the Typhoon Disaster in the Philippines  (21 November 2013)
• ASEAN-Japan Seminar on Regional Cooperation for Aging Society (20 November 2013)
• Training for Myanmar Media Personnel in Jakarta and Japan (15 November 2013)
• Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Team (Japan Self-Defense Force Unit) in Response to Typhoon Damage in the Central Philippines  (12 November 2013)
• ASEAN-Japan Joint Information Security Awareness Raising Initiatives  (12 November 2013)
• Typhoon Damage in the Philippines (Dispatch of Assessment Team)  (12 November 2013)
• Typhoon Damage in the Philippines (Messages of Sympathies from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida)  (12 November 2013)
• 40th Year Anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation: Japanese Traditional Musical Instruments Concert by WASABI  (4 November 2013)
• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines for Earthquake Damage  (1 November 2013)
• Japan and ASEAN, Always in Tandem: Towards a More Advantageous Win-Win Relationship through My "Three Arrows" (12 August)
• In 7 minutes: 40 years history of Japan-ASEAN (40th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation) (YouTube Movie) (19 July)
• Dinner Speech by H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan on the Occasion of the Nineteenth International Conference on "The Future of Asia" (23 May)
• Ambassador Ishikane's Greeting  (30 January)
• Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the 183rd Session of the Diet  (28 January)

Year 2012

• Press Conference by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (24 August)
• Message from Prime Minister Noda, Renewed Determination for Revitalization (March)
• Press Statement by H.E. Mr. Kimihiro Ishikane, Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN (13 March)
• Minister Gemba's Speech at a Reception in Commemoration of the Great East Japan Earthquake (12 March)
• Opening Statement by Prime Minister Noda, Group Interview for Foreign Media (3 March)

Year 2011

• Road to Recovery (Comprehensive Information Materials on Great East Japan Earthquake)  (25 Oktober)
• Policy Speech by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to the 178th Session of the Diet (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Website) (13 September)
• Message from Nadeshiko Japan (Youtube videos) (1 September)
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• Annual ARF Security Outlook 2011 by Japan is now released (22 June)
• Japan's Envoy: ASEAN is Our True Friend (Interview with Ambassador Takio Yamada by VIVA news) (7 June)