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Mar 3, 2026: Consultation Committee on the Japan-U.S. Strategic Investment Initiative

Feb 25, 2026: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori Receives a Courtesy Call from Mr. Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the Republic of India

Feb 24, 2026: Minister Akazawa Holds Teleconference with H.E. Howard W. Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America

Feb 23, 2026: Minister Akazawa Attends the G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting (Online)

Feb 18, 2026: Japan-Sri Lanka Intergovernmental Economic Policy Dialogue Held

Feb 17, 2026: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori Holds Meeting with H.E. Ms. Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iceland

Feb 14, 2026: Minister Akazawa Attends Trade Ministerial Meeting on Critical Minerals Held by the Honorable Ambassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative

Feb 13, 2026: Winners Selected for FY2025 Wall Newspaper Contest on Our Daily Lives and Energy

Feb 10, 2026: Vice-Minister for International Affairs Matsuo Visits the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden
Feb 10, 2026: Consultation Committee on the Japan-U.S. Strategic Investment Initiative

Feb 6, 2026: Malaysia-Japan Fast Track Pitch 2025 Held as the Third Event of ASEAN-JAPAN Fast Track Pitch 2025
Feb 6, 2026: Signing of the Japan-Bangladesh Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

Feb 4, 2026: Agreement Reached on Cooperation with the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
Feb 4, 2026: METI, QatarEnergy, and JERA Sign MOU on Cooperation for Emergency Additional LNG Supply to Japan

Feb 3, 2026: Global Startup EXPO to Take Place in Osaka in the fourth quarter of 2026
Feb 3, 2026: Reconvening of Fair Acquisition Study Group

Jan 29, 2026: METI Holds the Inno Vietnam-Japan Fast Track Pitch 2025 as the Second Event of ASEAN-JAPAN Fast Track Pitch 2025
Jan 29, 2026: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ochi Holds Meeting with WIPO Director General Tang

Jan 26, 2026: Results of the Survey on Losses from Online Piracy of Japan-Origin Content Compiled

Jan 22, 2026: State Minister Ino Holds Meeting with Hon. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Minister of International Relations and Trade of the Republic of Namibia
Jan 22, 2026: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akazawa Visits Davos, Switzerland

Jan 20, 2026: Syria-Palestine-Iraq Economic Recovery and Development Forum Held
Jan 20, 2026: Vice-Minister for International Affairs Matsuo Visits Republic of India to Attend Japan-India Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Workshop & B2B Session

Jan 19, 2026: State Minister Ino Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Gijs Tuinman, State Secretary for Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Jan 19, 2026: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori Attends the 8th Japan-Pakistan Government-Business Joint Dialogue and the Pakistan Business Forum

Jan 15, 2026: Singapore-Japan Fast Track Pitch Event 2025 Held as the First Event of ASEAN-JAPAN Fast Track Pitch 2025
Jan 15, 2026: Minister Akazawa Visits the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Jan 10, 2026: Consultation Committee on the Japan-U.S. Strategic Investment Initiative

Jan 8, 2026: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ochi Receives a Courtesy Call from the Japan-U.S. Business Council
Jan 8, 2026: Minister Akazawa Receives a Courtesy Call from Chair Yasunaga of Keidanren’s Committee on the Global South and Japan-Brazil Economic Committee
Jan 8, 2026: Consultation Committee on the Japan-U.S. Strategic Investment Initiative

Dec 25, 2025: Initiation of an Expiry Review of the Anti-Dumping Duties on Potassium Hydroxide Originating in the Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China

Dec 24, 2025: Consultation Committee on the Japan-U.S. Strategic Investment Initiative
Dec 24, 2025: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akazawa Holds Online Meeting with Executive Vice-President Séjourné of the European Commission

Dec 19, 2025: Minister Akazawa Attends Japan-Uzbekistan Roundtable
Dec 19, 2025: The IAEA Conducted the Fifth Review Mission on the Safety of the Discharge of ALPS Treated Water into the Sea since the Start of the Discharge into the Sea

Dec 18, 2025: Consultation Committee on the Japan-US Strategic Investment Initiative
Dec 18, 2025: Indonesia-Japan Fast Track Pitch 2025 to Be Held as the Fourth Event of ASEAN-JAPAN Fast Track Pitch 2025

Dec 17, 2025: Evaluation of Transparency and Fairness for Specified Digital Platforms Compiled
Dec 17, 2025: State Minister Yamada Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Jurabek Mirzamahmudov, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Dec 17, 2025: Minister Akazawa Holds Meeting with H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Group CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and Special Envoy to Japan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Dec 16, 2025: Japan’s Official Participation in Expo 2030 Riyadh Endorsed by the Cabinet
Dec 16, 2025: State Minister Ino Holds Meeting with H.E. Seema Malhotra MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom

Dec 15, 2025: Malaysia-Japan Fast Track Pitch 2025 to Be Held as the Third Event of ASEAN-JAPAN Fast Track Pitch 2025

Dec 12, 2025: Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order for the Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances

Dec 10, 2025: State Minister Ino Participates in the G7 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministers’ Meeting

Dec 9, 2025: Inno Vietnam-Japan Fast Track Pitch 2025 to Be Held as the Second Event of ASEAN-JAPAN Fast Track Pitch 2025

Dec 5, 2025: METI Holds ASEAN-Japan Young Business Leaders’ Summit 2025 and Future Generation Business Leaders’ Summit 2025; Policy Proposals Delivered to Prime Minister Takaichi and Minister Akazawa
Dec 5, 2025: As a Part of Additional Measures under the IAEA Framework, ALPS Treated Water Diluted with Seawater was Sampled on the Premises of TEPCO’s FDNPS

Dec 4, 2025: Minister Akazawa Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Kudratov Laziz Shavkatovich, Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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