Chronologies
Japan - Southeast Asia
Chronology from May 2018 to May 2019
: Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) holds Indo-Pacific Deployment 2019 (IPD19), conducting joint exercises in the Indo-Pacific region.
: Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) holds Indo-Pacific Deployment 2019 (IPD19), conducting joint exercises in the Indo-Pacific region.
: Japanese Defense Minister Iwaya Takeshi meets Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana in Tokyo.
: First Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (Jakarta MRT), which was built as part of Japan’s infrastructure development assistance, opens.
: First annual iteration of a capacity-building project to enhance Japanese language skills at the Myanmar Defense Services Academy (DSA) is held.
: High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation is held in Indonesia.
: Second Japan-Vietnam negotiation on treaty on extradition is held.
: Second Japan-Vietnam negotiation on treaty on mutual legal assistance held.
: JMOD holds an Undersea Medicine Seminar as part of Japan’s capacity-building program for the Vietnamese Navy.
: Sixth Japan-Myanmar Human Rights Dialogue is held.
: Seventh meeting of the Japan-Philippines Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation is held in Japan.
: Japan FM Kono and Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin meet in the Philippines and sign an Exchange of Notes concerning a loan to the Philippines on “a road network that supports the foundation of people’s lives in the conflict affected areas in western part of Mindanao.”
: MOD and JASDF hold a technical exchange on Aviation Meteorology in Japan for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar.
: JMOD and JSDF conduct second Japan-ASEAN Invitation Program on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) with all ASEAN member states and the ASEAN Secretariat.
: First Japan-Vietnam negotiation on treaty on extradition is held.
: First Japan-Vietnam negotiation on treaty on mutual legal assistance is held.
: JMOD and JMSDF officers conduct the fourth Underwater Medicine Seminar in Myanmar as part of the capacity building assistance.
: Japan-Singapore Foreign Ministers Kono and Balakrishnan meet in Japan. They sign a revised Memorandum of Discussion (MOD) for the Japan-Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21st Century (JSPP 21).
: Sixth Meeting of the Japan-Philippines Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation is held in the Philippines.
: JMOD and JGSDF conduct HA/DR Training Program as part of its capacity-building program to the Lao People’s Army.
: ASEAN Plus Three is held in Singapore while bilateral summits between Japan and Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam are also held.
: ASEAN-Japan Summit is held in Singapore and commemorates the 45th Anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation.
: Japan-Malaysia Summit between PM Abe and PM Mahathir is held in Tokyo, where Mahathir receives the Order of the Paulownia Flowers (Toka sho).
: JMOD organizes third Seminar for Air Rescue as capacity-building program in Vietnam.
: Japan-Singapore Summit between PM Abe and PM Lee Hsien Loong held in Tokyo.
: JMOD and JASDF conduct Aviation Meteorology Seminar in Myanmar as part of capacity-building cooperation with MAF personnel.
: Tenth Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting is held in Japan.
: PM Abe meets Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.
: Bilateral summit meetings between Japan and Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, are held in Japan on the occasion of the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting.
: Nikai Toshihro, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), visits Vietnam as special envoy for PM Abe to attend a state funeral for President Tran Dai Quang.
: Tenth Meeting of the Japan-Vietnam Cooperation Committee is held in Vietnam.
: FM Kono pays a courtesy call on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
: FM Kono meets State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi.
: Japan GSDF joint Exercise Harii Hamutuk 18, a capacity-building program to Timor Leste, is held, providing a Survey and Heavy Equipment Maintenance Course. Australia and the US also participate.
: Indo Southeast Asia Deployment 2018 (ISEAD 18) is conducted.
: JMOD and Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense hold a PKO seminar on Japan’s experiences in UNMISS as part of Japan’s capacity-building programs.
: FM Kono visits Myanmar and meets State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Union Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin, Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services Min Aung Hlain, and Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor Kyaw Tint Swe.
: Japan-Singapore Foreign Ministers Kono and Vivian Balkrishnan meet in Singapore.
: Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers Kono and Prak Sokhonn meet in Singapore.
: Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers Kono and Retno meet in Singapore.
: Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers Kono and Erywan meet in Singapore.
: Japan-Vietnam Foreign Ministers Kono and Minh meet in Singapore.
: Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting is held in Singapore.
: Japan-Malaysia Foreign Ministers Kono and Saifuddin Abdullah meet in Malaysia.
: Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers Kono and Dato Erywan meet in Tokyo.
: Japan-Thailand Foreign Ministers Kono and Don Pramudwinai meet in Bangkok.
: JMOD and Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) organize a technical exchange program on aviation meteorology for Myanmar Air Force (MAF) officers.
: FM Kono meets Indonesian FM Retno.
: Japanese FM Kono meets Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano in Tokyo.
: Fifth meeting of the Japan-Philippines Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation is held in Tokyo.
: Japanese Ministry of Defense (JMOD) provides capacity-building project for Vietnamese Air Defense and Air Force officers.
: Japan-Laos Summit held in Japan between PM Abe and PM Thongloun Sisoulith.
: Japan-Malaysia Summit held in Japan between PM Abe and PM Mahathir Mohamad.
: GSDF conducts capacity building program – the use and maintenance of water purification equipment – with Royal Thai Army personnel who will be deployed to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
: Japanese FM Kono meets Laotian FM Saleumxay Kommasith in Japan.
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: FM Kono meets Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh.
: Japan’s Ground Self-defense Force (JGSDF) conducts capacity building program in Cambodia, providing a two-week survey training course to 17 Royal Cambodian Army Force personnel.
: Japanese Foreign Minister Kono Taro meets Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsuda meet in Indonesia.
: Ninth Japan-Cambodia Human Rights Dialogue is held.
: China’s installation of the missile defense systems – anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles – in the Spratly Islands, namely Fiery Cross Reef, Subi Reef, and Mischief Reef, is reported by media.