Chronologies

US - Japan

Chronology from May 2024 to Dec 2024


: US, Japan, and South Korea hold the second Freedom Edge exercise.

: Prime Minister Ishiba wins parliamentary vote to remain as prime minister.

: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiyoto Tsuji meets with Idaho Governor Brad Little in Tokyo.

: Prime Minister Ishiba and President-elect Donald Trump speak by telephone.

: US holds presidential, House, Senate, and local elections. Former President Trump wins the presidential election.

: US, Japan, and South Korea release a Joint Statement on the DPRK Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

: Foreign Minister Iwaya, Secretary of State Blinken, and Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul speak by telephone.

: Deputy Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Akihiro Okochi, Director for Korea and Mongolia Affairs and Deputy Special Representative for the DPRK Seth Bailey, and Director-General for the Korean Peninsula Policy Lee Jun-il speak by telephone.

: Japan’s ruling LDP and Komeito coalition loses their majority in the House of Representatives election.

: US-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Discussion on Economic Resilience is held in Manila.

: Foreign Minister Iwaya meets with Senator Jerry Moran and Senator John Hoeven in Tokyo.

: First US-Japan-Philippines Cyber-Digital Dialogue is held in Singapore.

: Vice Minister Okano, Deputy Secretary of State Campbell, and First Vice Minister Kim meet in Seoul.

: Foreign Minister Iwaya meets with Commander of US Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force Lieutenant General Stephen Jost in Tokyo.

: Foreign Minister Iwaya meets with Deputy Secretary of State Campbell in Tokyo.

: Vice Minister Okano meets with Deputy Secretary of State Campbell in Tokyo.

: Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masataka Okano, and South Korean First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong-kyun meet in Seoul.

: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant-Minister and Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Namazu Hiroyuki, and South Korean Vice Minister for Strategy and Intelligence Cho Koo-ra speak by telephone about North Korea.

: Prime Minister Ishiba dissolves parliament and calls for an election on Oct. 27.

: Foreign Minister Iwaya meets with Commander of US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Paparo.

: Prime Minister Ishiba meets with Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel in Tokyo.

: Prime Minister Ishiba and President Biden speak by telephone.

: Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Secretary of State Blinken speak by telephone.

: Japan’s parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister.

: Prime Minister Kishida meets with Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel in Tokyo.

: Shigeru Ishiba wins the LDP leadership race.

: Japan-US Economic Policy Consultative Committee (Economic “2+2”) is held in a hybrid format.

: Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is elected to lead the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. 

: President Biden, Prime Minister Kishida, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a Quad Leaders’ Meeting in Delaware.

: President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida meet in Delaware at President Biden’s private residence.

: Third US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Diplomacy Working Group for Foreign Minister Cooperation on North Korea’s Cyber Threats is held in Seoul.

: Prime Minister Kishida meets with the delegation led by Senator and former US Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty.

: Foreign Minister Kamikawa meets with the delegation led by Senator and former US Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty.

: Seventeenth US-Japan Joint Working-Level Committee Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation is held in Washington, DC.

: Prime Minister Kishida meets with the with the delegation led by US Congressman John Moolenaar.

: Foreign Minister Kamikawa meets with the delegation led by US Congressman John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

: Prime Minister Kishida announces he will resign in September and not run for a second term as LDP president.

: Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink, Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Namazu Hiroyuki, and Korean Vice Foreign Minister for Strategy and Intelligence Cho Koo-rae speak by telephone.

: Vice President and Democratic Presidential Nominee Harris selects Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.

: Democratic Party officially selects Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee.

: Prime Minister Kishida meets with Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Austin in Tokyo.

: Foreign Minister Kamikawa, Secretary of State Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a Japan-US-Australia-India (Quad) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo.

: Prime Minister Kishida meets with Secretary of State Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Wong, and Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar in Tokyo.

: Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Secretary of State Blinken meet in Tokyo on the sidelines of the 2+2 meeting.

: Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (Japan-US “2+2”) is held in Tokyo.

: Secretary of State Blinken, Secretary of Defense Austin, Foreign Minister Kamikawa, and Defense Minister Kihara convene a US-Japan ministerial meeting on extended deterrence in Tokyo.

: President Biden announces he will withdraw from the 2024 presidential election and instead endorses his vice president, Kamala Harris, for the Democratic Party nomination.

: Republican Party officially selects Donald Trump as their presidential nominee and JD Vance as the vice-presidential nominee. 

: Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Governor of Texas Greg Abbott meet in Tokyo.

: President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida meet on the sidelines of the NATO Summit.

: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi and Governor of Texas Greg Abbott meet in Tokyo.

: Prime Minister Kishida attends a dinner hosted by President Biden during the NATO Summit.

: Prime Minister Kishida visits Washington, DC to attend the NATO Summit.

: Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Masataka Okano meets with Ambassador Rahm Emanuel in Tokyo.

: US-Japan-Australia-Indiana Senior Officials’ Meeting is held via videoconference.

: US, Japan, and South Korea hold the inaugural Freedom Edge trilateral multi-domain exercises.

: President Biden and former president Trump hold their first presidential debate.

: Ninth US-Japan Cyber Dialogue is held in Washington, DC.

: Senior Official for the DPRK Jung Pak, Assistant-Minister for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Namazu Hiroyuki, and Korean Vice Foreign Minister for Strategy and Intelligence Cho Koo-rae speak by telephone.

: Prime Minister Kishida and President Biden meet on the sidelines of the G7 Apulia Summit in Italy.

: US-Japan Extended Deterrence Dialogue is held at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

: First US-Japan Strategic Diplomacy and Development Dialogue is held in Washington, DC.

: US-Japan-South Korea Vice Foreign Minister-Level Dialogue is held in Washington, Virginia.

: US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Foreign Minister-Level Dialogue is held in Washington, DC.

: Former president Donald Trump is convicted of 34 felony counts.

: US, Japan, and the Philippines launch the Luzon Economic Corridor Steering Committee to Drive Infrastructure Investment on the sidelines of the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Manila. 

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