Chronologies

Japan - Southeast Asia

Chronology from May 2022 to May 2023


: 5th Japan-Philippines Maritime Dialogue is held.

: 6th Japan-Philippines Vice Minister Level Strategic Dialogue is held.

: Japan-ASEAN Ship Rider Cooperation Program is conducted.

: Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers Meeting between Hayashi and Marsudi takes place.

: Defense capacity-building program on Air Rescue is conducted between Japan and Vietnam.

: Defense capacity-building program on HA/DR (search and rescue and military medicine) is conducted between Japan and Laos.

: Japan-Philippines Vessel Maintenance Cooperation Project is conducted.

: First Japan-Brunei Policy Meeting at Senior Official Level is held.

: 5th Japan-ASEAN Invitation Program on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief is conducted.

: Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Working Lunch between Hayashi and Manalo. Japan-Philippines Defense Ministers’ Meeting between Minister Hamada and Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.

: Japan-Philippines Summit between Kishida and Marcos, issues “Japan-Philippines Joint Statement.” Terms of Reference (TOR) concerning Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Activities of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) in the Republic of the Philippines is signed.

: Japan-Vietnam Summit Video Teleconference Meeting between Kishida and Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

: 7th Japan-Cambodia Politico-Military (PM) Dialogue takes place.

: Foreign Minister Hayashi issues the statement, “The Situation in Myanmar Two Years after the Coup d’Etat.”

: Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers Meeting between Hayashi and Sokhonn.

: Defense capacity-building program on HA/DR (engineering) is conducted between Japan and Laos.

: Planning Committee on Japan-Singapore Partnership Program for the 21st Century, JSPP21, takes place.

: Japan-Malaysia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone call between Hayashi and Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir.

: Defense capacity-building program on cybersecurity conducted between Japan and Vietnam.

: Japan-Indonesia HA/DR Cooperation Project conducted as Japan’s defense capacity-building program.

: Japan-Singapore Experts Level Meeting on Digital Economy Cooperation is held.

: Defense capacity-building program on HA/DR (search and rescue and military medicine) is conducted.

: FM Hayashi meets Minister Kao Kim Hourn, next secretary-general of ASEAN.

: Defense capacity-building program on Underwater UXO Clearance is conducted.

: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense Onoda participates in 9th ADMM-Plus.

: Japan-Thailand Summit between Kishida and Prayut. Japan and Thailand decided to upgrade relationship to “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.” Japan-Thailand Foreign Minister Meeting between Hayashi and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. “Five-Year Joint Action Plan on Japan-Thailand Strategic Economic Partnership: Towards a More Resilient and Sustainable Future” is agreed upon.

: Japan-Vietnam Foreign Ministers Meeting between Hayashi and Foreign Minister Bui.

: Japan-Indonesia Summit takes place between Kishida and Jokowi. Japan and Indonesia issued a “Joint Announcement on Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Concept.”

: Japan-Malaysia HA/DR Cooperation Project is conducted.

: Kishida participates in the 2nd ASEAN Global Dialogue initiated by Cambodia. Kishida participated in EAS.

: Japan-Brunei Summit Informal Talk between Kishida and Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.

: Japan-Vietnam Summit takes place between Kishida and PHAM Minh Chinh.

: Japan-Laos Summit Informal Talk between Kishida and Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh.

: Kishida attends ASEAN+3 Summit and the ASEAN-Japan Summit.

: Japan-Indonesia foreign ministers’ telephone call between Hayashi and Marsudi takes place.

: 13th Japan-Philippines High Level Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation held. Japan-Philippines Summit Informal Talk between Japan and the Philippines.

: Japan-Indonesia Summit Telephone Talk between Kishida and Jokowi.

: Defense capacity-building program on vessel maintenance is conducted between Japan and the Philippines.

: Japan-Philippines HA/DR Cooperation project is conducted.

: Defense capacity-building program on Underwater Medicine is conducted between Japan and Vietnam.

: FM Hayashi makes a visit to Malaysia, meeting with Foreign Minister Saifuddin and Senior Minister/MITI Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali.

: Foreign Minister Kishida holds meeting with Singaporean Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugarathnam. Foreign Ministers’ Level Working Lunch between Hayashi and Balakrishnan also takes place.

: Japan-Cambodia Summit meeting between Kishida and Prime Minister Hun Sen.

: Japan-Singapore Summit take place between Kishida and Lee.

: Japan-Vietnam Summit between Kishida and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

: FM Hayashi issues statement, “Completion of the Khmer Rouge Trials.” Japan has contributed financially (30% of the international assistance) to setting up the Khmer Rouge Trial

: Japan-Philippines Summit-Level Working Lunch with Kishida and Marcos.

: Defense capacity-building program on Air Rescue is conducted between Japan and Vietnam.

: 5th Japan-Philippines Vice Minister Leve Strategic Dialogue is held.

: Japan-Malaysia Foreign Minister Telephone Talk between Hayashi and Saifuddin.

: Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk between Hayashi and Manalo.

: Japan-Laos Foreign Ministers Meeting between Hayashi and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith.

: FM Hayashi participates in ASEAN Region Forum and EAS Foreign Ministers Meeting. Hayashi also met ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi.

: Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers meeting between Hayaashi and Foreign Minister Erywan.

: FM Hayashi participates in ASEAN-Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting and ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers Meeting that issues the “ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation Work Plan (2023-2027).

: Japan-Vietnam Foreign Ministers conversation takes place between Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

: Japan-Cambodia Foreign Ministers Meeting between Hayashi and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Prak Sokhorn. Hayashi met Kao Kim Hourn, minister attached to the prime minister.

: Japan and Laos sign Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on “Specified Skilled Worker.”

: Foreign Minister Hayashi issues “G7 foreign Ministers’ Statement on the executions by the military junta in Myanmar.”

: Japan-Indonesia Summit takes place between Kishida and Jokowi.

: Hayashi releases “Joint Statement on Execution of Pro-Democracy and Opposition Leaders in Myanmar” with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, the UK, and the US.

: Foreign Minister Hayashi issues statement, “Regarding Executions of Myanmar Citizens including Pro-democracy Activists.”

: Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk between Hayashi and Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo.

: Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers Meeting between Hayashi and Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.

: Foreign Minister Hayashi attends the inauguration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos.

: ASEAN-Japan Defense Ministers’ Informal Meeting with Defense Minister Kishi and ASEAN Defense Ministers.

: Japan-Singapore Summit between Kishida and Lee and a meeting with President Halimah Yacob. Japan-Singapore Defense Ministers Meeting between Minister Kishi and Minister Ng Eng Hen.

: Japan-Philippines capacity-building program on aviation medicine is conducted.

: Prime Minister Kishida makes keynote speech at Shangri-La Dialogue.

: Japan-Philippines Vessel Maintenance Cooperation Project is conducted as part of Japan-Philippines-United States trilateral cooperation.

: Japan-Malaysia Summit between Kishida and Prime Minister Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob.

: Japan-Singapore Summit between Kishida and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

: Japan-Thailand Summit between Kishida and Prime Minister/Minister of Defense Prayut.

: Japan-Malaysia Foreign Minister Meeting between FM Hayashi and Foreign Minister Saifuddin bin Abdullah.

: Japan-Singapore Foreign Ministers Meeting between FM Hayashi and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.

: Defense capacity-building program on Underwater UXO Clearance is conducted between Japan and Vietnam.

: Japan-Thailand Summit between Kishida and Prime Minister/Minister of Defense Prayut Chan-o-cha. Japan-Thailand Agreement on the Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology is also concluded.

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