Chronologies
US - Japan
Chronology from Sep 2022 to Dec 2022
: Reconstruction Minister Akiba Kenya resigns from Kishida’s Cabinet.
: Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi, METI Minister Nishimura, and Secretary of Commerce Raimondo attend the online IPEF Ministerial.
: Japan’s Cabinet approves plan to double the amount earmarked for Japan’s defense.
: Japan releases new National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and Defense Buildup Program.
: Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau Kobe Yasuhiro meets with Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink in Tokyo.
: Governor of Maryland Lawrence Hogan, Jr. and Ambassador of Japan to the US Tomita Koji sign and renew the Memorandum of Cooperation on Economic and Trade Relations between Japan and Maryland.
: US Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim, Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Takehiro Funakoshi, and South Korean Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn meet in Jakarta.
: Japan’s Diet enacts law to ban organizations from maliciously soliciting donations.
: Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt and METI Director General Ryo Minami hold the inaugural US-Japan Energy Security Dialogue in Tokyo.
: Deputy Secretary of State Sherman, Vice Foreign Minister Mori, and Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho speak by telephone about North Korea’s missile launch.
: G7 Foreign Ministers release a joint statement condemning North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
: Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Terada Minoru resigns from Kishida’s Cabinet.
: North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile.
: Japan-US Extended Deterrence Dialogue is held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo.
: President Biden, Prime Minister Kishida, and Indonesian President Widodo announce the launch of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in Indonesia.
: Prime Minister Kishida, President Biden, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN-related Summit Meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
: President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN-related Summit Meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
: Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi resigns from Kishida’s Cabinet.
: US holds midterm elections for the Congress and many local offices.
: Secretary of State Blinken and Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi meet on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Munster Germany.
: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Jenkins and State Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Ota announce the Winning an Edge Through Cooperation in Advanced Nuclear (WECAN) Partnership.
: Department of Defense releases its Nuclear Posture Review.
: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins, State Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Ota Fusae, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Kathryn Huff, and Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Energy William Owuraku Aidoo announce a collaboration to support deploying small modular reactor technology in Ghana.
: Deputy Secretary of State Sherman meets with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mori Takeo in Tokyo.
: Deputy Secretary of State Sherman, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mori, and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho hold a trilateral meeting.
: Economic Revitalization Minister Daishiro Yamagiwa resigns from Kishida’s Cabinet.
: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Under-Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu discuss gender equality at an event in Tokyo.
: Prime Minister Kishida announces formal investigation of the Unification Church.
: Japan reopens to foreign tourists without visas.
: US Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim, Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Takehiro Funakoshi, and South Korean Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn speak by telephone.
: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori, and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong speak by telephone.
: Foreign Minister Hayashi speaks by telephone with Secretary of State Blinken.
: Prime Minister Kishida speaks by telephone with President Biden.
: Secretary of State Blinken, Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi, and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin speak by telephone.
: North Korea launches an intermediate-range ballistic missile that flies over Japan.
: State funeral for former Prime Minister Abe is held in Tokyo.
: US Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim, Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Takehiro Funakoshi, and South Korean Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn speak by telephone
: Vice President Harris meets Prime Minister Kishida during her trip to Tokyo to attend the State Funeral of former Prime Minister Abe.
: President Biden announces a presidential delegation to Japan to attend the State Funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
: Secretary of State Blinken and Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi attend the COVID-19 Global Action Plan Foreign Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of the UNGA.
: Secretary of State Blinken, Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attend the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the sidelines of the UNGA.
: Prime Minister Kishida visits New York Stock Exchange to deliver remarks and ring the closing bell.
: Secretary of State Blinken, Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi, and South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin meet on the sidelines of the UNGA.
: Prime Minister Kishida meets with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York.
: Prime Minister Kishida attends High-Level Meeting of the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty on sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
: President Biden meets Prime Minister Kishida on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York.
: US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Secretary of Commerce Raimondo, METI Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenji Yamada attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Ministerial in Los Angeles.
: LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi announces that about half of LDP members have ties to the Unification Church.
: Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi speaks by telephone with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
: Director General of the Foreign Policy Bureau Keiichi Ichikawa, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Camille Dawson attend Quad Consultations in Delhi, India.