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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 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: 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: 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

Dec 2, 2025: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori Receives a Courtesy Call from Mr. Bhagwant Mann, Chief Minister of Punjab, the Republic of India
Dec 2, 2025: Minister Akazawa Receives a Courtesy Call from the Honorable George Glass, Ambassador of the United States to Japan

Nov 28, 2025: Vice-Minister for International Affairs Matsuo Attends Thailand-Japan Investment Forum

Nov 27, 2025: Comprehensive Review of Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
Nov 27, 2025: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ochi Attends Japan-Pacific Islands Business Partnership Seminar
Nov 27, 2025: Minister Akazawa Holds Meeting with the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Canada’s Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

Nov 26, 2025: 12th Japan-Mongolia Government and Business Sector Joint Committee Held
Oct 26, 2025: Parliamentary Vice-Minister Komori Receives a Courtesy Call from H.E. Mr. Faisal Akef Methqal El-Fayez, President of the Senate of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Nov 25, 2025: JP-US-EU Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Week for the Indo-Pacific Region Held

Nov 18, 2025: State Minister Ino Holds Meeting with Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India

Nov 17, 2025: State Minister Yamada Holds Meeting with Ukrainian Public-Private Joint Delegation Headed by H.E. Ms. Galyna Mykhailiuk, the Co-Head of the Groups for Interparliamentary Relations with Japan

Nov 14, 2025: Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order to Partially Amend the Export Trade Control Order
Nov 14, 2025: Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order to Partially Amend the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Supporting Small Business by Commerce and Industry Association and Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Nov 13, 2025: Results of the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6)

Nov 12, 2025: State Minister Ino Receives a Courtesy Call from a Delegation from the American Jewish Committee

Nov 11, 2025: Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order to Partially Amend the Export Trade Control Order
Nov 11, 2025: Minister Akazawa Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs of the State of Qatar
Nov 11, 2025: Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order for the Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Electricians Act
Nov 11, 2025: Public-Private Mission Dispatched to Lviv, Ukraine

Nov 6, 2025: Memorandum Signed on Mutual Recognition of Labeling Scheme based on Japan Cyber-Security Technical Assessment Requirements (JC-STAR) and the UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act
Nov 6, 2025: Vice-Minister for International Affairs Matsuo Holds Meeting with Mr. Sheng Qiuping, Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People's Republic of China

Nov 5, 2025: METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ochi Visits the United Arab Emirates

Nov 4, 2025: State Minister Yamada Attends 2025 G7 Energy and Environment Ministers’ Meeting

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