The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has been comparing lists of people who died in detention provided by the Government of the Russian Federation and others since 1991 with Japanese records....
On Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (local time), Minister Katayama met with World Bank President Banga in Asheville, United States. They exchanged views on global development challenges and World Bank...
On August 31, 2026, local time, Minister Katayama met with UK Chancellor Healey in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. This was their first meeting since Chancellor Healey took office in July...
The Civil Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the 14th General Meeting of the Aviation Infrastructure International Development Council on...
On August 25, 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held the second regular dialogue between Japanese and Thai agricultural statistics experts with the Ministry of Agriculture and...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism selected the “Demonstration Project for CIPP Rehabilitation of Water and Sewerage Pipelines” for this fiscal year under the Overseas...
Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yamashita traveled to China from August 23 to August 27, Reiwa 8, and attended the 11th APEC Food Security Ministerial Meeting. He introduced...
NEXI signed a contract to insure a loan from the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) to the government of Brazil’s Espírito Santo State for improving logistics efficiency. The loan is expected to...
The Ministry of Finance cohosted the Japan–Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Business Forum 2026 with the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB). Minister of Finance Katayama exchanged views with...
On August 21, 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held its first side event at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, cohosted with Tottori University IPDRE and JICA. The event...
2025 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of quantum mechanics, and UNESCO designated the year as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. While efforts to promote the...
The Financial Services Agency announced that the G7 Cyber Expert Group conducted the 2026 CrossBorder Coordination Exercise on July 31, 2026. A link to the press release in the original language and...
On July 29, 2026, the 25th Japan–Korea Ship Safety and Environment Directors' Meeting was held in Kagoshima City. Japan and Korea agreed to coordinate their responses to ship discharge management and...
Announced on August 3, 2026. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National center of incident readiness and strategy for cybersecurity, National Police Agency, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of...
Hideaki Saito, an adviser to Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism nominated by Japan, was unanimously elected chair of the OECD Shipbuilding Committee and will assume...
Parliamentary ViceMinister Yamashita of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held discussions with the Mexican government, exchanging views on the importance of resource management and...
APEC Digital Week was held in Chengdu, China, from July 16 to 29, 2026, and the Digital and AI Ministers' Meeting (TELMIN12) was held on July 23. The meeting discussed digital and AI technologies,...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the National Cybersecurity Office of the Cabinet Secretariat jointly signed the international guidance “2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of...
On July 28, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, together with Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report on July 21, 2026, outlining the risks of money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing related to DeFi, as well as the...