TOKYO, Sept. 22 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] On September 22, commencing at 2:35 p.m. for approximately 15 minutes, Ms. TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, who is visiting New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, held a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Türkiye. 1. Prime Minister TAKAICHI expressed her pleasure at being able to meet in person following l...
TOKYO, Sept. 22 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] 1. Introduction Mr. President, Excellencies, The international order is experiencing a period of great instability. The free and open international order based on the rule of law that we have fostered is facing difficult challenges on multiple fronts. Amid a shifting balance of power and intensifying geopolitical competition, innocent civilian lives are being lost around the world ev...
TOKYO, Sept. 22 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] On September 22, commencing at 15:55 local time (at 04:55 JST on 23 September) for approximately 20 minutes, Ms. TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, who is visiting New York, the United States, to attend the UN High Level Week, held a summit meeting with H.E. Mr. Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, President of Ukraine. The overview of the meeting is as follows. 1. At the outset, Prime Minister...
TOKYO, Sept. 22 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] On September 22, 2026 (local time), Prime Minister Takaichi visited New York, the United States of America, to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister held separate summit meetings with President Donald Trump of the United States of America and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Republic of Türkiye, and also held talks with Unite...
TOKYO, Sept. 21 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] (Reporter) I am Ogawa from Nippon Television. Prime Minister, you will soon travel to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly and deliver your address at the General Debate. What message do you intend to convey as the Prime Minister of Japan? Also, at the Japan-U.S. summit meeting scheduled for September 22, keeping in mind that a U.S.-China summit meeting is just aroun...
TOKYO, Sept. 20 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional translation] * Dedicate maximum effort to gather and analyze information, and provide the public with information in a timely and appropriate manner.* Ensure the safety of aircraft, vessels, and other assets.* Take all possible measures for precaution, including readiness for contingencies. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] （Prime Minster TAKAICHI） Good evening, everyone. Today, the Reshuffled Second Takaichi Cabinet was inaugurated. In the House of Representatives general election in February, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Innovation Party (JIP), as the ruling coalition, put forward their campaign pledges and received a strong mandate from the Japanese people, with the ...
TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] On September 18, 2026, the Parliamentary Vice-Ministers of the Reshuffled Second Takaichi Cabinet were appointed at a Cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Takaichi presented letters of assignment to the newly appointed Parliamentary Vice-Ministers at the Prime Minister's Office. Following this, the Prime Minister attended a commemorative photograph session, followed by the first meeting of...
TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] On September 18, 2026, the State Ministers of the Reshuffled Second Takaichi Cabinet were appointed at a Cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Takaichi attended the attestation ceremony for the newly appointed State Ministers at the Imperial Palace. The Prime Minister then returned to the Prime Minister's Office, where she attended a commemorative photograph session followed by the first me...
TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- Ministry of the Environment issued the following news: Publication of a report on Interlaboratory Comparison conducted by IAEA 1. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has organized Interlaboratory Comparisons (ILCs) to assist the Government of Japan (GOJ) in ensuring that the results of Sea Area Monitoring in Japan are credible and transparent. The GOJ would like to announce that the IAEA released a report summarizing the results of ILC in 2024. 2. In the report, t...