Chronologies
US - Japan
Chronology from Sep 2023 to Dec 2023
: Kishida meets with Japan Chair of the Japan-US Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) Kenichiro Sasae in Tokyo.
: Blinken, Kamikawa, and Park release a joint statement condemning North Korea’s ballistic missile launches.
: Deputy Special Representative for North Korea Jung Pak, Foreign Affairs Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Namazu Hiyouki, and Korean Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gun speak by telephone.
: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuji Kiyoto meets with Commanding General of the US Army Pacific Gen. Charles Flynn in Tokyo.
: First Japan-US-Korea Trilateral Diplomacy Working Group for Foreign Ministry Cooperation on North Korea’s Cyber Threats is held in Tokyo.
: Assistant Minister for Press and Public Diplomacy Kobayashi Maki and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Allen sign a Memorandum of Cooperation on countering foreign information manipulation.
: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii meets with Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Elizabeth Allen in Tokyo.
: Kishida and Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a Japan-Korea event at Stanford University.
: Biden and Kishida attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Leaders’ Meeting in San Francisco.
: Kishida meets with Semiconductor Industry Association President and CEO John Neuffer in San Francisco.
: Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Kamikawa, and METI Minister Nishimura hold the second ministerial meeting of the US-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee (Economic “2+2”) meeting in San Francisco.
: Tai, Kamikawa, and Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi meet in San Francisco.
: US-Japan-Korea Trilateral Development and Humanitarian Assistance Policy Dialogue is held in Honolulu.
: Kamikawa meets with Commander of the United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea General Paul LaCamera in Tokyo.
: Blinken, Kamikawa, and Korean Minister for Foreign Affairs Park release a joint statement condemning North Korean arms transfers to Russia.
: Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Keiichi Ono, METI Vice-Minister for International Affairs Shin Hosaka, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez, and Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Marisa Lago hold a vice-ministerial meeting of the Japan-US Economic Policy Consultative Committee (Economic “2+2”) online.
: Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiro Komura and Secretary of the State of Florida Cord Byrd sign a Memorandum of Cooperation on Economic and Trade Relations between Japan and Florida.
: Kishida meets with the delegation from the US Chamber of Commerce and the US-Japan Business Council.
: Kamikawa delivers remarks at the opening ceremony of the 60th Japan-US Business Conference in Tokyo.
: Kishida delivers remarks at the opening ceremony of the 60th Japan-US Business Conference in Tokyo.
: Kamikawa meets with a delegation of the US Chamber of Commerce and the US-Japan Business Council, led by President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce Suzanne Clark and Chairman of the US-Japan Business Council Douglas Peterson, in Tokyo.
: Blinken, Kamikawa, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New York.
: Kishida receives the 2023 Global Goalkeepers Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in New York.
: Hayashi meets with a delegation of four governors (Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen) and two lieutenant governors (Illinois Lieutenant Governor Julia Stratton and Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan) in Tokyo.
: Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Assistant Commandant of the US Marine Corps General Eric Smith meet in Tokyo.
: Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos meet while attending the ASEAN-related Summit Meetings in Indonesia.