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VIP Visits

VIP Visits

VIP VisitsJanuary 1, 2002–December 31, 2002

<VIP visits covered in this table and notes>1 The period covered in this table is from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002.2 Regarding visits by Japanese VIPs, the visits to other countries have been listed for the Imperial Family, Prime Minister, Special Envoys of the Prime

Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Senior Vice-Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Parliamentary Secretaries for Foreign Affairs, Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives and President of the House of Councillors.

3 Regarding visits by VIPs from other countries and institutions, this list includes, in principle, VIPs of and above the rank of foreign minister in eachcountry as well as the heads of each international organization, who either met with Japanese VIPs of and above the rank of cabinet ministers orattended international conferences held in Japan.

4 Meetings that were held with VIPs from third-party countries on occasions when Japanese VIPs attended international conferences are listed in thecolumn “Purpose of visit and main schedule” of the visits to the host country of the conference.

5 The titles of VIPs are those held at the time when the visits were made. 6 The period refers to the duration of stay in the country or region VIPs were visiting (local time).

1/14 Meeting with Foreign Minister Downer

5/1 Meeting with Prime Minister Howard8/20 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Howard8/20 Meeting with Foreign Minister Downer8/20 Meeting with Defense Minister HillAttends Australia-Japan Conference for a Creative Partnership(11/7) 11/7 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi11/7 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends World Trade Organization (WTO) Informal MinisterialMeeting (11/14–16)11/14 Meeting with Australian Trade Minister Vaile 11/14 Meeting with WTO Director-General Supachai Official Visit12/17 Attend luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Howard

10/23 Meeting with Parliament Speaker Sircar 10/23 Meeting with Foreign Minister Khan 10/24 Courtesy Call on President Ahmed10/24 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Zia

Attends 18th Brunei-Darussalam Independence Day celebrations(2/25)Working Visit3/25 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi3/25 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi3/26 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress3/27 Call on Their Imperial Highnesses The Crown Prince

and Crown Princess 3/27 Call on Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess

Hitachi 3/28 Call on Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess

AkishinoAttends ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference (PMC), 3rd

ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (7/30) and 9th ASEANRegional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting (7/31)7/30 Meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan

Wirajuda 7/30 Meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan

1/11–1/17

4/30–5/28/20–8/21

11/7–11/9

11/13–11/16

12/16–12/19

10/22–10/24

2/24–2/26

3/25–3/30

7/29–8/2

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Foreign Minister Downer

Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Their Imperial Highnesses The CrownPrince and Crown Princess

Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Sakurai

Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura

His Royal Highness Crown PrinceBillah


Australia

Bangladesh

Brunei

(1) Asia and the Pacific

Name of country or region Name of VIP Period Purpose of visit and main schedule

VIP Visits

7/31 Meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Sinha8/1 Audience with His Majesty King Bolkiah8/1 Meeting with US State Secretary Powell8/1 Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister IvanovAttends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)8/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

1/8 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Hun Sen 1/8 Meeting with Economy and Finance Minister Keat

ChhonInvitation by the House of Representatives Speaker 3/5 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi3/5 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi3/7 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and EmpressAttends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)8/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Attends 6th ASEAN (Association of Southeast AsianNations)+3 (Japan, China and the ROK) Summit Meeting(11/4)11/5 Meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen11/5 Meeting with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin 11/5 Meeting with Myanmar Prime Minister and State Peace

and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Senior-General Than Shwe

Japan-China ICT ministers’ meeting/meeting on ICT coopera-tion (1/10)1/10 Meeting with Information Industry Minister Wu

Jichuan1/10 Meeting with Head of the Organization Department of

the Communist Party of China Central CommitteeZeng Qinghong

1/16 Meeting with Head of the International LiaisonDepartment of the Communist Party of China CentralCommittee Dai Bingguo

Attends 1st Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) EnvironmentMinisters’ Meeting (1/17)Attends 11th Japan-China Symposium on Industry Science andTechnology (1/16)Attends opening reception of “Japan Year” and “China Year”(4/2)4/2 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress 4/3 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi4/3 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends Boao Forum for Asia (4/12)4/12 Meeting with State Council Premier Zhu Rongji4/12 Meeting with Thai Prime Minister ThaksinAttends Boao Forum for Asia (4/12)

Visits science and technology-related facilities

Attends symposium hosted by Nankai University (9/8)9/9 Meeting with State Council Vice Premier Wen Jiabao9/9 Meeting with President Jiang Zemin9/9 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan9/10 Meeting with State Council Vice Premier Qian Qichen Attends ceremonial event relating to cultural tourism exchangesbetween Japan and China (9/22)Attends ceremonial event relating to cultural tourism exchanges

8/9–8/16

1/8–1/9

3/2–3/8

8/11–8/14

11/3–11/5

1/10–1/13

1/14–1/18

1/15–1/19

1/16–1/17

4/2–4/9

4/11–4/13

4/11–4/13

8/25–8/28

9/6–9/9

9/8–9/10

9/21–9/23

9/21–9/24

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Foreign Minister Mohamed

Finance Minister Shiokawa

National Assembly President PrinceRanariddh

Senior Minister and Foreign Affairsand International CooperationMinister Hor NamhongPrime Minister Koizumi

Public Management, Home Affairs,Posts and TelecommunicationsMinister Katayama


Environment Minister Kawaguchi

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MizunoStanding Committee of the NationalPeople’s Congress of China ChairmanLi Peng

Prime Minister Koizumi

State Minister (Economic and FiscalPolicy) TakenakaState Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiState Minister (AdministrativeReform, Regulatory Reform) IshiharaForeign Minister Kawaguchi

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary ImamuraLand, Infrastructure and Transport

Brunei

Cambodia

China


VIP Visits

between Japan and China (9/22)9/24 Meeting with Standing Committee of the National

People’s Congress of China Chairman Li PengAttends ceremonial event relating to cultural tourism exchangesbetween Japan and China (9/22)Joins group of people observing economic and industry situa-tions in Xian and TsingtaoVisits Japan for the promotion of Shanghai for the WorldExposition 2010

5/3 Meeting with Hong Kong Monetary Authority ChiefExecutive Joseph Yam

8/10 Meeting with Financial Secretary Antony Leung

Attends 25th Annual Meeting of the Japan-Hong Kong BusinessCo-operation Committee (11/25)11/26 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Post-Forum Dialogue of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)(8/19–20)8/18 Meeting with Prime Minister Qarase 8/20 Meeting with Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Goff

of New Zealand Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister10/8 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi10/9 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi10/10 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress

4/28 Meeting with Prime Minister Vajpayee

5/30 Meeting with Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Mishra5/31 Meeting with External Affairs Minister Singh10/22 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs

Minister Advani10/22 Meeting with External Affairs Minister SinhaAttends ministerial-level meeting for the 8th Conference of theParties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(COP8) (10/30–31)Attends ministerial-level meeting for COP8 (10/30-11/1)

1/12 Meeting with President Megawati1/12 Meeting with Vice President Haz1/13 Meeting with House of Representatives Chairman

Tandjung and Vice Chairman WidjajaAttends 32nd Council Session of the International TropicalTimber Organization (ITTO) (5/13)Attends 4th Preparatory Committee for the World Summit onSustainable Development (Johannesburg Summit) (6/6–7)Attends 4th Preparatory Committee for the JohannesburgSummit (6/6–7)Attends Initiative for Development in East Asia (IDEA)Ministerial Meeting (8/12)12/16 Meeting with President MegawatiWorking Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister12/24 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

1/7 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Bounnhang 4/25 Audience with Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and

Princess AkishinoWorking Visit

9/22–9/24

9/23–9/28

10/22–10/24

5/2–5/4

8/9–8/10

11/25–11/29

8/17–8/21

10/5–10/10

4/28–4/30

5/30–5/31

10/20–10/22

10/29–10/31

10/30–11/1

1/12–1/13

5/12–5/13

6/5–6/7

6/5–6/7

8/11–8/13

12/16–12/1812/22–12/27

1/7–1/84/23–4/24

5/20–5/25

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Minister Oogi

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MatsunamiSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura

Shanghai Vice Mayor Jiang Yiren(special envoy of the Chinese govern-ment) State Minister (Financial Services)YanagisawaForeign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MatsunamiChief Secretary for Administration ofthe Hong Kong Special AdministrativeRegion Government Donald Tsang

Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Uetake

Prime Minister Qarase (Chairman ofthe PIF)

Prime Minister’s Special EnvoyNakayamaSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura

Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Mori

Environment Minister Suzuki

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Tsuchiya


Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MizunoEnvironment Minister Ohki


Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda

Senior Vice-Foreign Minister YanoForeign Minister Hassan Wirajuda

Finance Minister ShiokawaMinister to the Presidential OfficeSoubanhPrime Minister Bounnhang

China

(Hong Kong,SpecialAdministrativeRegion ofChina)

Fiji

India

Indonesia

Laos


VIP Visits

Attends 8th International Conference on the Future of Asiahosted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. (5/21–22)5/22 Audience with Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and

Princess Akishino5/23 Meeting with Prime Minister KoizumiAttends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)

Attends 2nd Meeting of the ASEAN+3 Agriculture and ForestryMinisters (10/11)12/13 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Bounnhang

1/10 Meeting with Prime Minister Mahathir1/10 Audience with His Majesty King Sirajuddin5/21 Meeting with Prime Minister KoizumiAttends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12) 8/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi8/28 Meeting with Foreign Minister Syed Hamid8/28 Meeting with Minister Dompok of the Prime Minister’s

Department Attends East Asia Economic Summit (10/6)

Working Visit12/12 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress12/12 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi

1/28 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi

Invitation by the House of Councillors PresidentAttends 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic rela-tions between Japan and Mongolia (2/21)2/21 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi2/22 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

EmpressAttends 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic rela-tions between Japan and Mongolia (2/22)4/23 Courtesy Call on President Bagabandi4/23 Meeting with Foreign Minister ErdenechuluunOfficial Visit upon Invitation by President Bagabandi6/20 Call on President Bagabandi and the First Lady 6/21 Call on Prime Minister EnkhbayarWorking Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister7/23 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi7/24 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi

8/4 Meeting with State Peace and Development Council(SPDC) Secretary- 1 General Khin Nyunt

8/4 Meeting with Foreign Minister U Win Aung8/5 Meeting with SPDC Chairman Senior-General Than Shwe 8/5 Meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

5/2 Meeting with Prime Minister ClarkOfficial Visit 12/12 Call on Governor-General Dame Cartwright12/13 Call on Deputy Prime Minister Cullen

9/17 Meeting with National Defense Commission ChairmanKim Jong Il

1/8 Meeting with Foreign Minister Sattar

Official Working Visit

8/11–8/14

10/10–10/12

12/13–12/14

1/10–1/11

5/20–5/228/11–8/13

8/27–8/29

10/5–10/7

12/12–12/17

1/22–1/29

2/17–2/24

2/21–2/23

4/22–4/24

6/19–6/28

7/22–7/27

8/3–8/5

5/2–5/312/11–12/16

9/17

1/7–1/9

3/12–3/15

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Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Somsavat Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMinister OshimaSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Yano


Prime Minister MahathirForeign Minister Syed Hamid

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Imamura

State Minister (Financial Services,Economic and Fiscal Policy) TakenakaPrime Minister Mahathir

President Falcam

State Great Hural Chairman Tumur-Ochir

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MizunoForeign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MatsunamiTheir Imperial Highnesses Prince andPrincess Akishino

Foreign Minister Erdenechuluun


Prime Minister KoizumiTheir Imperial Highnesses The CrownPrince and Princess


Prime Minister’s SpecialRepresentative OgataPresident Musharraf

Laos

Malaysia

Micronesia

Mongolia

Myanmar

New Zealand

(North Korea)

Pakistan


VIP Visits

3/13 Meeting with Economy, Trade and Industry MinisterHiranuma

3/14 Meeting with State Minister (Economic and FiscalPolicy) Takenaka

3/14 Meeting with House of Representatives SpeakerWatanuki

3/14 Meeting with House of Councillors President Inoue3/14 State Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress3/14 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi3/14 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends Japan-Pakistan Celebrations of the 50th Anniversaryof Diplomatic Relations/Commemorative Symposium(4/28–29)4/29 Meeting with Foreign Minister Sattar4/29 Meeting with Industries and Production Minister Daud4/29 Courtesy Call on President Musharraf5/1 Meeting with Foreign Minister Sattar5/29 Meeting with Foreign Minister Sattar6/17 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi6/17 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi9/6 Meeting with Finance Minister Aziz

4/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

8/22 Meeting with Foreign Minister Namaliu8/22 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Somare8/22 Meeting with Finance Minister Philemon

1/9 Meeting with President Arroyo5/21 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi Attends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)8/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi8/30 Courtesy Call on Executive Secretary Romulo

State Visit12/3 State Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress12/3 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi12/4 Meeting with Prime Minister KoizumiState Visit 12/3 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi 12/4 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi

Attends 4th Japan-Korea Information Communication ministers’meeting (1/9)1/9 Meeting with Government Administration and Home

Affairs Minister Lee Keun Sik1/9 Attends banquet hosted by Information and

Communication Minister Yang Seung TaikWorking Visit upon Invitation by Foreign MinisterAttends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21–22)1/22 Meeting with Foreign Minister TanakaAttends opening event for the Year of Japan-Republic of KoreaNational Exchange in 2002 (1/21)3/8 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

3/9 Meeting with Agriculture and Forestry Minister KimDong Tae

3/9 Meeting with Maritime Affairs and Fisheries MinisterYu Sam Nam

4/27–5/2

5/15/296/14–6/21

9/5–9/6

4/9–4/13

8/21–8/25

1/9–1/105/20–5/248/10–8/13

8/29–8/31

12/2–12/5

12/2–12/5

1/8–1/10

1/20–1/23

1/21–1/22

3/8–3/9

3/9–3/10

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Prime Minister’s Special EnvoyHoriuchi

Foreign Minister KawaguchiSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura Presidential Special Envoy Sheikh


President Remengesau


Prime Minister KoizumiPresident ArroyoForeign Affairs Secretary Ople

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary ImamuraPresident Arroyo

Foreign Affairs Secretary Ople

Public Management, Home Affairs,Posts and TelecommunicationsMinister Katayama

Foreign Affairs and Trade MinisterHan Seung Soo


Foreign Affairs and Trade MinisterChoi Sung HongAgriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMinister Takebe

Pakistan

Palau

Papua NewGuinea

The Philippines

Republic ofKorea (ROK)


VIP Visits

3/22 Meeting with President Kim Dae Jung3/22 Meeting with Prime Minister Lee Han DongSigning of the Treaty on Extradition between Japan and ROK (4/8)4/8 Meeting with Justice Minister Song Jeong Ho4/20 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Lee Han Dong4/20 Meeting with National Defense Minister Kim Dong

ShinAttends opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup (5/31)Working VisitAttends final match and closing ceremony of the FIFA WorldCup (6/30)7/1 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi7/2 Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress7/13 Meeting with Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Choi

Sung Hong7/13 Courtesy Call on President Kim Dae JungAttends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)

Attends 2nd Ministerial Conference of the Community ofDemocracies (11/10)11/11 Meeting with Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Choi

Sung Hong11/11 Courtesy Call on President Kim Dae Jung

1/13 Meeting with President Nathan1/13 Meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong3/23 Meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong

5/6 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

Attends Asia Security Conference (6/2)6/1 Meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong6/1 Meeting with Foreign Minister Jayakumar6/2 Meeting with Defense Minister Tan8/2 Meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong8/2 Meeting with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew8/2 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong8/2 Meeting with Foreign Minister JayakumarAttends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)

9/23 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong



4/29 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Wickremeshinghe4/29 Meeting with Foreign Minister Fernando4/30 Courtesy Call on President Kumaratunga10/2 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi10/3 Audience with His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince11/5 Courtesy Call on President Kumaratunga 11/5 Meeting with Foreign Minister Fernando11/6 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Wickremeshinghe11/8 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi12/4 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress12/4 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi12/5 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi

3/21–3/23

4/7–4/8

4/19–4/21

5/31–6/16/30–7/2

7/12–7/14

8/11–8/13

11/10–11/11

1/13–1/15

3/22–3/24

5/5–5/6

6/1–6/3

8/2–8/3

8/11–8/13

9/21–9/24

10/14–10/18

11/18–11/22

4/27–4/30

9/29–10/5

11/3–11/9

11/3–11/911/7–11/1012/3–12/7

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Justice Minister Moriyama

Minister of State for DefenseNakatani

Prime Minister KoizumiPresident Kim Dae Jung


Foreign Affairs and Trade MinisterChoi Sung Hong Foreign Minister Kawaguchi


State Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiState Minister (Financial Services)YanagisawaMinister of State for DefenseNakatani


Minister for Prime Minister’s Officeand Second Minister for ForeignAffairs Lee Yock SuanState Minister (AdministrativeReform, Regulatory Reform) IshiharaDeputy Prime Minister Lee HsienLoongForeign Minister Jayakumar

Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Norota

Constitutional Affairs Minister Peiris(Prime Minister’s Special Envoy)Government Representative Akashi

Government Representative AkashiForeign Minister FernandoPrime Minister Wickremeshinghe

Republic ofKorea (ROK)

Singapore

Sri Lanka


VIP Visits

1/11 Audience with His Majesty King Bhumibol1/11 Meeting with Prime Minister ThaksinAttends mid-term review of the 10th session of the UNConference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (4/30–5/1)4/30 Meeting with Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office

Krasae4/30 Meeting with Foreign Minister SurakiartAttends Thai Food Festival (5/11)5/10 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends 1st Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) (6/18-19)6/19 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Thaksin6/19 Meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan6/19 Meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister SattarAttends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)12/11 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Prommin12/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister Surakiart

1/19 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi1/19 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tanaka1/19 Meeting with Minister of State for Defense Nakatani4/12 Courtesy Call on Chief Minister Alkatiri of the East

Timor Public Administration 4/12 Courtesy Call on Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Senior Minister Ramos-Horta4/29 Meeting with Special Representative of the Secretary-

General and UN Transitional Administrator in EastTimor de Mello

4/29 Meeting with former President Gusmao of the CNRT 4/29 Meeting with Chief Minister AlkatiriAttends independence ceremony (5/20)8/5 Meeting with Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura8/19 Courtesy Call on President Gusmao8/19 Meeting with National Defense State Secretary

Rodrigues12/16 Courtesy Call on President Gusmao12/16 Meeting with Prime Minister Alkatiri12/16 Meeting with Special Representative Sharma of the UN

Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)

Official Visit 1/10 Meeting with Prime Minister Khai1/10 Meeting with National Assembly Chairman An1/11 Meeting with Communist Party General Secretary Manh Official Visit4/27 Meeting with Prime Minister Khai4/27 Meeting with Communist Party General Secretary Manh4/28 Meeting with President LuongOfficial Visit as the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization(AIPO) President5/28 Audience with Their Imperial Highnesses The Crown

Prince and Crown Princess Attends IDEA Ministerial Meeting (8/12)8/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiOfficial Visit10/3 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress10/3 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi 10/3 Meeting with House of Representatives Speaker

Watanuki10/3 Meeting with House of Councillors President Kurata

1/11–1/12

4/29–5/1

5/9–5/11

6/18–6/20

8/11–8/1412/11–12/13

1/28–2/2

4/12–4/14

4/29

5/19–5/208/5–8/68/17–8/19

12/15–12/16

1/9–1/12

4/27–4/28

5/26–5/31

8/8–8/15

10/2–10/5

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Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Mizuno

Foreign Minister Surakiart


Foreign Minister SurakiartSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Yano

Former President Gusmao of theNational Council of TimoreseResistance (CNRT) Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Mizuno


Senior Vice-Foreign Minister SugiuraPresident GusmaoMinister of State for DefenseNakatani

Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Yano

House of Representatives SpeakerWatanuki


National Assembly Chairman An

Foreign Minister Nien

Communist Party General SecretaryManh

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Viet Nam


VIP Visits

Attends G7 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central BankGovernors (2/8–9)3/26 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi3/27 Audience with His Majesty The EmperorAttends G8 Environment Ministers’ Unofficial Meeting (4/13–14)Attends G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (6/12–13)6/12 Meeting with US State Secretary Powell6/12 Meeting with Foreign Minister Graham 6/12 Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov Attends G7 Finance Ministers’ Meeting (6/15)Attends G8 Summit Meeting (6/26–27)6/25 Meeting with US President Bush 6/25 Meeting with Prime Minister Chrétien6/26 Meeting with UK Prime Minister Blair 6/27 Meeting with Russian President Putin6/28 Meeting with German Federal Chancellor Schroeder Attends the Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the G8Countries Chairmen (9/9–10)

1/14 Meeting with National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA) Administrator O’Keefe

1/7 Meeting with Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)Chairman Hubbard

1/7 Meeting with Assistant to the President for EconomicPolicy Lindsey

1/7 Meeting with Treasury Secretary O’Neil1/8 Meeting with Trade Representative Zoellick1/8 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi 1/9 Audience with His Majesty The Emperor Attends International Conference for Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21)1/20 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tanaka1/21 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister KoizumiAttends International Conference for Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21)1/21 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister KoizumiOfficial Working Visit2/18 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi2/19 State Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress2/18 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi4/11 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends G7 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central BankGovernors and Meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF)International Monetary and Financial Committee (4/20)Attends Board Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,Tuberculosis and Malaria (4/22–23)Attends International Advisory Committee of the New GraduateUniversity in Okinawa (4/26–27)

Attends Ceremony for Institute of Physical and ChemicalResearch (RIKEN) in the United States (4/30)5/1 Meeting with NASA Administrator O’Keefe5/2 Meeting with Education Secretary PaigeAttends G8 Energy Ministers’ Meeting (5/3)5/1 Meeting with Commerce Secretary Evans5/2 Meeting with Trade Representative Zoellick5/2 Meeting with Assistant to the President for Economic

Policy Lindsey5/3 Meeting with Energy Secretary Abraham

2/8–2/9

3/25–3/30

4/12–4/156/11–6/15

6/14–6/156/25–6/28

9/6–9/10

1/5–1/16

1/6–1/10

1/8–1/13

1/19–1/21

1/20–1/21

2/17–2/19

2/17–2/194/10–4/114/19–4/21

4/21–4/24

4/26–4/29

4/28–5/3

4/30–5/5

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House of Commons Speaker Milliken

Environment Minister Ohki Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Finance Minister ShiokawaPrime Minister Koizumi


State Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiState Minister (Economic and FiscalPolicy) Takenaka

House of Representatives SpeakerHastertState Secretary Powell

Treasury Secretary O’Neil

President Bush

State Secretary PowellTrade Representative ZoellickFinance Minister Shiokawa

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary ImamuraState Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiEducation, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology Minister Toyama

Economy, Trade and Industry MinisterHiranuma

Canada

United States ofAmerica


(2) North America

VIP Visits

Attends G8 Energy Ministers’ Meeting (5/3)Attends UN General Assembly Special Session on Children(5/10)Attends UN General Assembly on Information andCommunication Technologies for Development6/18 Meeting with UN Development Programme (UNDP)

Administrator Malloch BrownAttends United Nations Economic and Social Council (7/1–2)7/1 Meeting with Croatian Vice Prime Minister Antunovic

(UN Economic and Social Council presidency holder)Observes Hawaii’s political and economic situations

Attends Japan-US Vice-Ministerial Strategic Dialogue (8/27–28)8/27 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi 8/27 Meeting with Minister of State for Defense NakataniObserves electronic voting system and others in the United States

Attends 57th Session of the UN General Assembly (9/9–13)9/11 Attends Ceremony of Remembrance for the Victims of

the Terrorist Attacks in the United States9/11 Meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf 9/12 Meeting with Afghanistani Transitional Administration

President Karzai9/12 Meeting with Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee 9/12 Meeting with President Bush9/13 Gives speech at the 57th Session of the UN General Assembly9/13 Meeting with State Secretary Powell9/13 Attends G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 9/14 Attends “Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-

Ban Treaty (CTBT)” Foreign Ministers’ Meeting9/14 Meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Sabri 9/15 Meeting with Commission on Human Security Co-

Chairs, Mrs. Ogata and Prof. Sen9/15 Meeting with Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade

Minister Choi Sung Hong9/15 Meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud 9/15 Meeting with UN Secretary-General Annan9/15 Meeting with President of the 57th Session of the UN

General Assembly Kavan9/15 Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov 9/16 Meeting with Trade Representative Zoellick9/16 Meeting with Defense Secretary Rumsfeld9/17 Meeting with Assistant to the President for National

Security Affairs Rice9/17 Meeting with Assistant to the President for Economic

Policy Lindsey9/17 Meeting with State Secretary PowellAttends G7 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central BankGovernors (9/27)9/27 Meeting with Treasury Secretary O’Neil10/21 Meeting with Deputy State Secretary Armitage12/9 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi12/9 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi12/9 Meeting with Minister of State for Defense IshibaAttends Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (2+2Meeting) (12/16)12/16 Meeting with Assistant to the President for National

Security Affairs Rice12/16 Meeting with Trade Representative ZoellickAttends 2+2 Meeting (12/16)12/17 Meeting with Defense Secretary Rumsfeld

5/2–5/55/9–5/11

6/16–6/20

6/30–7/5

8/7–8/17

8/27–8/28

9/7–9/12

9/9–9/14

9/12–9/18

9/27–9/28

10/20–10/2112/8–12/10

12/15–12/18

12/5–12/18

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Land, Infrastructure and TransportMinister Oogi Deputy State Secretary Armitage

Public Management, Home Affairs,Posts and TelecommunicationsMinister KatayamaPrime Minister Koizumi



Senior Vice-Foreign Minister MotegiDeputy State Secretary Armitage


Minister of State for Defense Ishiba

United States ofAmerica


VIP Visits

4/26 Courtesy Call on President Quiroga

Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister5/23 Audience with Their Imperial Highnesses The Crown

Prince and Princess5/24 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi5/27 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

8/2 Courtesy Call on President Lagos8/2 Meeting with Foreign Minister Alvear Audience with His Majesty The Emperor Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister11/8 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi11/8 Audience with Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and

Princess Hitachi11/8 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Attends President Uribe’s Inauguration Ceremony (8/7)8/6 Courtesy Call on President-elect Uribe 8/6 Meeting with Foreign Minister-elect Barco8/7 Courtesy Call on former President Pastrana 8/8 Meeting with Vice President Santos

Official Working Visit 11/27 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi11/28 State Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress 11/27 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Working Visit 3/28 Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress3/28 Call on Their Imperial Highnesses The Prince and

Princess Hitachi3/29 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi 8/5 Meeting with Vice President Pinto

Invitation by the Inter-American Development Bank1/21 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tanaka

Attends International Conference on Financing forDevelopment (3/22)3/22 Courtesy Call on President FoxAttends 3rd Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade(5/29–30)6/17 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends 5th APEC Energy Ministers’ Meeting (7/23)7/23 Meeting with Foreign Minister CastañedaAttends 14th APEC Ministerial Meeting (10/23–24)Attends 10th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (10/26–27)10/26 Attends Japan-US-Korea Summit Meeting10/26 Meeting with Chilean President Lagos 10/27 Meeting with President Fox10/27 Meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin10/27 Meeting with Russian Prime Minister Kasiyanov

Official Visit 7/25 Courtesy Call on President Moscoso

Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister3/25 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

4/25–4/28

5/22–5/27

8/2–8/4

9/29–10/311/6–11/9

8/5–8/9

11/26–12/1

11/26–12/1

3/27–3/30

8/4–8/5

1/21–1/23

3/20–3/24

5/27–5/30

6/16–6/177/21–7/24

10/22–10/2510/25–10/28

7/24–7/26

3/24–3/30

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President Mejía

Foreign Minister Tolentino

President Noboa


Vice President Reyes


Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MizunoForeign Minister CastañedaForeign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary ImamuraSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Motegi Prime Minister Koizumi


Foreign Minister Moreno

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

DominicanRepublic

Ecuador

Guatemala

Mexico

Panama

Paraguay


(3) Latin America and the Caribbean

VIP Visits

3/26 Audience with Their Imperial Highnesses Prince andPrincess Hitachi

3/27 Audience with Their Imperial Highnesses Prince andPrincess Takamado

1/15 Meeting with Federal Education, Science and Culture Minister Gehrer

1/15 Meeting with State Secretary responsible for Art andMedia Morak

Attends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21–22)1/21 Meeting with Foreign Minister TanakaVisit to four countries in Central and Eastern Europe 7/13 State Call on President Klestil9/5 Meeting with Federal Justice Minister Bohmdorfer9/5 Meeting with Federal Interior Minister StrasserAttends 46th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)General Conference (9/16–20)

Exchange of opinions and inspection tour regarding education,science, technology and culture4/29 Meeting with European External Relations

Commissioner Patten4/29 Meeting with Secretary General of the Council of the

EU and High Representative for the EU CommonForeign and Security Policy (CFSP) Solana

Watch the FIFA World Cup (6/4)6/4 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress6/4 Call on Their Imperial Highnesses The Crown Prince

and Princess

8/16 Meeting with Vice Prime Minister and EconomicMinister Vassilev

8/16 Meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Karaslavov8/16 Meeting with President’s Foreign Policy Advisor

TrapkovOfficial Visit upon Invitation by the Bulgarian NationalAssembly 9/4 Meeting with National Assembly President Gerdjikov9/5 Meeting with Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg Gotha9/5 Meeting with President Parvanov10/28 Meeting with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister

Hiranuma10/29 Meeting with House of Councillors President Kurata10/30 Meeting with House of Representatives Speaker

Watanuki10/30 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi10/31 Audience with Her Imperial Highness Princess

Sayako

Official Visit upon Invitation by the Croatian President 10/15 Call on Parliament President Tomcic11/7 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

2/18 Meeting with Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Uetake7/8 State Call on President Havel and the First Lady

Attends 4th ASEM Finance Ministers’ Meeting (7/5–6)

1/14–1/15

1/20–1/22

7/13–7/16

9/4–9/7

9/15–9/16

1/9–1/11

4/29–4/30

6/2–6/5

8/15–8/18

9/4–9/6

10/28–10/31

10/13–10/17

11/7–11/10

2/17–2/197/6–7/9

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Foreign Minister Ferrero-Waldner

Their Majesties The Emperor andEmpressJustice Minister Moriyama

State Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) Omi

Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology Minister ToyamaForeign Minister Kawaguchi

Their Royal Highnesses PrincePhilippe and Princess Mathilde

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Matsunami

House of Councillors President Kurata

Deputy Prime Minister and EconomicMinister of the Economy Vassilev

Her Imperial Highness Princess Sayako

Foreign Minister Picula

Finance Minister RusnokTheir Majesties The Emperor andEmpress


Paraguay

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark


(4) Europe

VIP Visits

Attends 11th Japan-EU Summit (7/8)7/8 Meeting with Prime Minister KoizumiAttends 4th ASEM Economic Ministers’ Meeting (9/18–19)

Attends 4th ASEM Summit Meeting (9/22–24)9/22 Meeting with ROK President Kim Dae Jung 9/22 Meeting with Chinese State Council Premier Zhu

Rongji 9/23 Meeting with French President Chirac 9/24 Meeting with European Commission President Prodi

5/13 Meeting with Foreign Minister Ojuland5/13 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Kallas5/14 Courtesy Call on President Ruutel6/4 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

5/13 Meeting with Foreign State Secretary Saturi8/22 Meeting with Parliament Speaker Uosukainen

Invitation by the House of Representatives Speaker10/21 Audience with His Majesty The Emperor

1/18 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor andEmpress

1/21 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tanaka1/23 Meeting with Prime Minister KoizumiAttend Organisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD) Council at ministerial level (5/15–16)

Visits refugee camps 9/10 Meeting with Justice Minister Perben9/11 Meeting with Interior, Internal Security and Local

Freedoms Minister SarkozyAttends International Conference on Financial Assistance forLebanon (Paris II Conference) (11/23)11/29 Meeting with President’s Diplomatic Advisor

Gourdault-Montagne

1/13 Meeting with Education and Research Federal MinisterBulmahn

Visits facilities for mentally ill offenders

5/2 Meeting with Education and Research State SecretaryCatenhusen

Attends 20th InterAction Council Annual Meeting (OB Summit)(6/8–9)Watches final match of the FIFA World Cup (6/30)6/29 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi on the aircraft Official Working Visit Watches final match of the FIFA World Cup (6/30)7/1 State Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress7/2 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi

Official Visit3/4 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi3/4 Audience with Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress Official Visit upon Invitation by the Hellenic ParliamentSpeaker9/9 Meeting with Greek Parliament Speaker Kaklamanis

7/8–7/9

9/18–9/20

9/21–9/24

5/13–5/14

6/1–6/6

5/12–5/138/22

10/21–10/25

1/18–1/24

5/14–5/17

9/7–9/11

11/22–11/24

11/28–11/29

1/11–1/13

1/15–1/19

5/2–5/4

6/7–6/9

6/29–7/1

6/30–7/4

3/3–3/8

9/6–9/9

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Foreign Minister Ojuland

Senior Vice-Foreign Minister UetakeHouse of Representatives SpeakerWatanukiParliament Speaker Uosukainen

Senate President Poncelet

Economy, Trade and Industry MinisterHiranumaSenior Vice-Foreign Minister UetakeJustice Minister Moriyama

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary ShindoPrime Minister’s Special EnvoyKoumura

Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology Minister ToyamaHealth, Labour and Welfare MinisterSakaguchiState Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura

Federal Chancellor Schroeder

President Rau

Prime Minister Simitis

House of Councillors Speaker Kurata

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece


VIP Visits

7/16 State Call on President Mádl and the First Lady

Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign MinisterAttends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21)4/30 Meeting with Minister Brennan (State Minister to the

Taoiseach, Government Chief Whip, and StateMinister at the Defense Department)

Attends “World Food Summit: five years later” (6/10–13)6/12 Courtesy Call on UN Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO) Director-General Diouf Attends “World Food Summit: five years late” (6/13)6/12 Meeting with FAO Director-General Diouf 8/26 Meeting with Labour, Health and Social Welfare

Minister MaroniAttends workshop for “Intelligence 2002 on the World, onEurope, on Italy” (9/6)9/13 Meeting with Minister Moratti (Education, University

and Scientific and Technological Research)

Attends wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander (2/2)Attend funeral of late Prince Claus, the Royal Consort (10/15)

Attends launching conference of the International Code ofConduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) (11/25)11/25 Meeting with Foreign Minister Scheffer

Attends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21)1/21 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tanaka11/24 Courtesy Call on Sri Lankan Prime Minister

Wickremeshinghe

7/9 State Call on President Kwasniewski and the FirstLady

8/14 Meeting with State Secretary in Chancellery Iwinski

1/7 Meeting with Foreign Minister Gama1/7 Courtesy Call on President Sampaio1/7 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Guterres

Official Working Visit2/13 State Call on His Majesty The Emperor 2/14 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi8/22 Courtesy Call on President Iliescu

9/2 Meeting with Senate President Vacaroiu 9/2 Meeting with Foreign Minister Geoana9/2 Meeting with Prime Minister Nastase9/2 Meeting with Chamber of Deputies President

DorneanuInvitation by the House of Representatives Speaker 9/24 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi9/24 Meeting with House of Representatives Speaker

Watanuki9/25 Audience with His Majesty The Emperor 9/25 Meeting with House of Councillors President Kurata

7/16–7/19

1/20–1/22

4/30

6/10–6/16

6/12–6/16

8/24–8/26

9/4–9/7

9/13–9/15

1/30–2/4

10/14–10/17

11/24–11/26

1/20–1/22

11/24–11/26

7/9–7/13

8/13–8/15

1/6–1/8

2/12–2/15

8/22–8/24

9/1–9/4

9/23–9/28

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Foreign Minister Cowen

State Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) Omi

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Mizuno

Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMinister TakebeHealth, Labour and Welfare MinisterSakaguchiState Minister (Economic and FiscalPolicy) TakenakaState Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) Omi

His Imperial Highness The CrownPrince Their Imperial Highnesses Prince andPrincess AkishinoForeign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Shindo

Foreign Minister Petersen

Government Representative Akashi

Their Majesties The Emperor andEmpressForeign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Matsunami

Foreign Minister Tanaka

President Iliescu

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MatsunamiHouse of Councillors President Kurata

Chamber of Deputies PresidentDorneanu

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania


VIP Visits

Official Visit upon Invitation by the President Attends cultural events celebrating the 100th anniversary ofJapan-Romania relations (10/10–12)10/10 Call on Prime Minister Nastase10/10 Call on Senate President Vacaroiu10/10 Call on Chamber of Deputies President Dorneanu10/12 Call on President Iliescu

1/10 Meeting with Foreign Minister Pique1/10 Audience with His Majesty King Juan Carlos I 1/10 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Aznar5/3 Meeting with Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister

CaneteAttends 4th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (6/6–7)9/25 Meeting with State Secretary for Telecommunications

and Information Society López, Ministry of Scienceand Technology

Attends funeral and entombment of His Imperial HighnessPrince Takamado

8/20 Meeting with Parliament Second Deputy SpeakerZetterberg

8/23 Meeting with Health and Social Affairs State SecretaryGoransson

5/2 Meeting with WTO Director-General Moore

Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister6/3 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends opening ceremony of the Jubilee Congress toCommemorate the 50th Anniversary of the International Boardon Books for Young People (IBBY) (9/29–10/2)10/15 Meeting with WTO Director-General Supachai

1/9 Meeting with Foreign Secretary Straw1/11 Meeting with Bank of England Governor George

1/16 Meeting with Science and Innovation ParliamentaryUnder-State Secretary Sainsbury

Attends International Advisory Committee of the New GraduateUniversity in Okinawa (4/26–27)

4/29 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Prescott4/29 Meeting with Foreign Secretary StrawWatches the FIFA World Cup (6/2)6/2 Call on Their Imperial Highnesses The Crown Prince

and Princess6/2 Call on Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess

MikasaWatches the FIFA World Cup (6/21)

7/4 Meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer Brown7/17 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi

Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi8/23 Meeting with Presiding Officer of the Scottish

Parliament Steel11/27 Meeting with Foreign Parliamentary Under-State

Secretary Rammell

10/9–10/13

1/9–1/11

5/3–5/4

6/5–6/79/24–9/25

11/28–11/29

8/19–8/21

8/22–8/24

5/1–5/3

6/2–6/4

9/28–10/3

10/14–10/15

1/8–1/91/10–1/12

1/15–1/16

4/26–5/4

4/28–4/29

5/30–6/3

6/21–6/22

7/3–7/47/16–7/18

8/22–8/25

11/27

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Foreign Minister Tanaka

Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMinister TakebeSenior Vice-Foreign Minister SugiuraPublic Management, Home Affairs,Posts and TelecommunicationsMinister KatayamaHer Royal Highness Princess Cristina

House of Representatives SpeakerWatanukiHealth, Labour and Welfare MinisterSakaguchi

Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMinister TakebeForeign Minister Deiss

Her Majesty The Empress

Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesMinister Oshima

Foreign Minister TanakaState Minister (Economic and FiscalPolicy) TakenakaState Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiState Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiForeign Minister Kawaguchi

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew,Duke of York

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew,Duke of YorkFinance Minister ShiokawaForeign Secretary Straw

House of Representatives SpeakerWatanukiForeign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Shindo

Romania

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

UnitedKingdom


VIP Visits

Official Working Visit4/26 Audience with His Majesty The Emperor 4/26 Meeting with Prime Minister KoizumiAttends 11th Japan-EU Summit (7/8)7/8 Meeting with Prime Minister KoizumiAttends 11th Japan-EU Summit (7/8)7/8 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi

Silk Road Energy Mission7/17 Courtesy Call on President Aliyev7/17 Meeting with Foreign Minister Guliyev7/17 Meeting with Economic Development Minister Aliyev 7/18 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Sharifov7/18 Meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Abbasov7/18 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Rasizade7/18 Meeting with Fuel and Energy Minister Kerimov7/18 Meeting with National Assembly Speaker Aleskerov

Invitation by the Belarusian government8/20 Meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Sidorsky8/20 Meeting with Chairperson of the Council of the

Republic Voitovich

4/29 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Tasmagambetov4/29 Meeting with State Secretary and Foreign Minister

Tokaev4/29 Meeting with Energy and Mineral Resources Minister

Shkolnik Silk Road Energy Mission7/11 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Masimov7/11 Meeting with State Secretary and Foreign Minister

Tokaev7/11 Meeting with Finance Minister YesenbayevWorking Visit upon Invitation by Foreign MinisterAttends joint session of the Japan-Kazakhstan EconomicCommittee (12/4)12/5 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi12/5 Meeting with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister

Hiranuma12/6 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Attends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21–22)4/30 Courtesy Call on President Akayev4/30 Meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Tanayev4/30 Meeting with Foreign Minister Imanaliev7/12 Meeting with Foreign Minister Aitmatov7/13 Courtesy Call on President Akayev

Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister 2/1 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi2/2 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiSilk Road Energy Mission7/10 Meeting with Energy Minister Yusufov8/26 Exchange of opinions with the State Duma Chairman

of the Federal Assembly, and a group of parliamentar-ians working on Japanese issues

9/3 Meeting with Industry, Science and TechnologyMinister Klebanov

9/3 Meeting with Atomic Energy Minister Rumyantsev10/12 Meeting with Foreign Minister Ivanov

4/25–4/27

7/7–7/8

7/8–7/9

7/16–7/18

8/18–8/20

4/28–4/30

7/11–7/12

12/3–12/7

1/20–1/23

4/30–5/1

7/12–7/14

2/1–2/3

7/10

8/19–8/26

9/1–9/4

10/11–10/14

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European Commission President Prodi

Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen(EU presidency holder)





State Secretary and Foreign MinisterTokaev

Foreign Minister Imanaliev



Foreign Minister Ivanov



State Minister (Okinawa and NorthernTerritories Affairs, Science andTechnology Policy) OmiForeign Minister Kawaguchi

European Union(EU)

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyz

Russia


(5) The Russian Federation and New Independent States (NIS)

VIP Visits

10/14 Courtesy Call on President PutinObserves the site of the dismantling of ex-service nuclearsubmarines12/2 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi12/3 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi12/4 Audience with His Majesty The Emperor 12/18 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi12/18 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

1/16 Courtesy Call on President Rakhmonov1/16 Meeting with Foreign Minister Nazarov1/16 Meeting with Emergency Situations Minister Ziyoev Attends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21–22)

Silk Road Energy Mission7/19 Meeting with Vice Prime Minister Saparov7/19 Meeting with Vice Prime Minister Gurbanmuradov7/19 Meeting with Foreign Minister Meredov

Invitation by the Ukrainian Government8/21 Meeting with Deputy Head of the Presidential

Administration Orel8/21 Meeting with Foreign State Secretary Chalyi

1/15 Meeting with President Karimov1/15 Meeting with Prime Minister SultanovAttends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21–22)4/26 Courtesy Call on President KarimovSilk Road Energy Mission7/14 Meeting with Foreign Economic Relations Minister

Ganiev7/15 Courtesy Call on President Karimov7/15 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Sultanov7/15 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and

Macroeconomics and Statistics Minister AzimovWorking Visit7/29 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi7/29 Call on His Majesty The Emperor 7/29 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

1/10 Meeting with Interim Administration Chairman Karzai

Attends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21–22)1/21 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi1/22 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tanaka4/20 Courtesy Call on Interim Administration Chairman

Karzai 4/20 Audience with the former King Shah5/1 Courtesy Call on Interim Administration Chairman

Karzai 5/1 Meeting with Foreign Minister Abdullah5/2 Audience with the former King Shah6/14 Audience with the former King Shah6/15 Meeting with Interim Administration Chairman Karzai 8/29 Audience with the former King Shah8/29 Meeting with Foreign Minister Abdullah

Courtesy Call on Transitional Administration PresidentKarzai

11/14–11/17

12/1–12/5

12/17–12/19

1/15–1/17

1/19–1/24

7/18–7/20

8/20–8/22

1/15–1/17

1/19–1/23

4/26–4/287/14–7/16

7/29–7/31

1/9–1/13

1/20–1/23

4/16–4/21

5/1–5/2

6/13–6/19

8/29–9/1

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Foreign Minister Ivanov

Prime Minister’s Special EnvoySuzuki

Foreign Minister Nazarov



Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Mori

Special Representative Safaev

Senior Vice-Foreign Minister SugiuraSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura

President Karimov

Prime Minister’s SpecialRepresentative OgataInterim Administration ChairmanKarzai



Prime Minister’s SpecialRepresentative OgataForeign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary Matsunami (AccompaniesHouse of Representatives ViceSpeaker Watanabe and his party)

Russia

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Afghanistan


(6) Middle East

VIP Visits

8/31 Courtesy Call on Transitional Administration PresidentKarzai

9/4 Courtesy Call on Transitional Administration PresidentKarzai

9/4 Meeting with Foreign Minister Abdullah10/30 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends Kabul Conference on Good Neighborly Relations (12/22)12/21 Courtesy Call on Vice President Shahrani12/21 Meeting with Foreign Minister Abdullah

9/1 Courtesy Call on His Highness Prime Minister SheikhKhalifa

9/1 Meeting with Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed

1/14 Courtesy Call on President Khatami1/14 Meeting with Interior Minister Lari1/22 Meeting with Foreign Minister Tanaka1/23 Meeting with Prime Minister’s Special Representative

Ogata1/23 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi5/4 Courtesy Call on President Khatami5/4 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kharrazi5/4 Courtesy Call on Parliament Speaker (Maglis) Karroubi5/4 Courtesy Call on Expediency Council Head Rafsanjani5/5 Meeting with Supreme National Security Council

Secretary Rouhani 11/26 Courtesy Call on President Khatami11/26 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kharrazi

6/8 Meeting with Prime Minister Sharon 6/9 Meeting with Foreign Minister Peres

Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister5/30 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi7/1 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiWorking Visit 7/1 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi7/1 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi7/2 Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress11/26 Audience with His Royal Highness Prince Ali11/26 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abu Al-Ragheb11/26 Meeting with Foreign Minister Muasher

9/2 Meeting with Information Minister and Acting OilMinister Ahmad

11/6 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi11/8 Meeting with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister

Hiranuma



6/8 Meeting with Chairman Arafat6/8 Meeting with Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)

Speaker Abu Ala6/8 Meeting with Planning and International Cooperation

Minister Sha’ath12/19 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

9/4–9/5

10/28–10/3112/21–12/24

9/1–9/2

1/14–1/15

1/20–1/24

5/3–5/5

11/26–11/27

6/8–6/9

5/29–6/1

6/30–7/26/30–7/2

11/25–11/26

9/2–9/3

11/6–11/9

10/10–10/12

3/27–3/30

6/8–6/9

12/18–12/21

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Prime Minister’s SpecialRepresentative OgataForeign Minister Kharazi


Prime Minister’s Special EnvoyNakayama


Foreign Minister Muasher

Foreign Minister MuasherHis Majesty King Abdullah

Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Motegi(Prime Minister’s Special Envoy)

Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MatsunamiState Minister for Foreign AffairsMuhammad

Prime Minister Hariri

Palestinian Legislative CouncilSpeaker Abu AlaForeign Minister Kawaguchi

Planning and InternationalCooperation Minister Sha’athEconomic, Trade and IndustryMinister Almasri

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Iran

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

(PalestinianTerritories)


VIP Visits

12/18 Audience with His Majesty King Fahd12/19 Meeting with His Royal Highness Crown Prince

Abdullah12/18 Meeting with His Royal Highness Prince Saud, the

Foreign Minister

11/28 Courtesy Call on President Assad11/28 Meeting with Prime Minister Miro11/28 Meeting with Foreign Minister Shara

9/15 Meeting with Culture Minister Caglayan9/16 Courtesy Call on President Sezer9/17 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Ecevit11/29 Meeting with Foreign Minister Yakis

Meeting with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad

Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister 3/6 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi9/7 Meeting with Foreign Minister Qirbi9/7 Meeting with Development and Planning Minister

Sufan 9/8 Courtesy Call on President Saleh9/8 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Bajammal

5/5 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Benflis5/5 Meeting with Foreign Minister Belkhadem

8/28 Meeting with External Relations Minister Miranda8/29 Courtesy Call on President dos Santos

1/15 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Musonge1/15 Meeting with Foreign Minister N’goubeyou

5/8 Meeting with Foreign Minister Maher5/8 Meeting with League of Arab States Secretary General

Moussa12/1 Courtesy Call on President Mubarak12/1 Meeting with Foreign Minister Maher12/1 Meeting with League of Arab States Secretary General

MoussaWorking Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister12/10 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi12/10 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

8/26 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Meles8/26 Meeting with Foreign Minister Seyoum

Official Working Visit10/21 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi10/22 State Call on Their Majesties The Emperor and

Empress

3/13 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi7/2 Meeting with Foreign Minister Patel7/3 Courtesy Call on President Muluzi

1/18 Courtesy Call on President Konare1/18 Meeting with Prime Minister Sidibe

12/17–12/19

11/27–11/28

9/13–9/17

11/29–11/30

5/2–5/4

3/4–3/8

9/7–9/9

5/4–5/6

8/27–8/29

1/14–1/16

5/7–5/8

11/30–12/2

12/9–12/13

8/26–8/27

10/20–10/27

3/11–3/167/2–7/4

1/18–1/19

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Prime Minister’s Special EnvoyKoumura


Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology Minister Toyama


Minister of State for DefenseNakatani

Foreign Minister Qirbi




Prime Minister’s Special EnvoyYamaguchi


Prime Minister’s Special EnvoyKoumura

Foreign Minister Abul Naga


President Kufuor

Foreign Minister PatelSenior Vice-Foreign Minister Sugiura


Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

United ArabEmirates

Yemen

Algeria

Angola

Cameroon

Egypt

Ethiopia

Ghana

Malawi

Mali


(7) Africa

VIP Visits

5/10 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Youssoufi5/10 Meeting with Foreign Minister Benaissa5/2 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Youssoufi5/3 Meeting with Foreign Minister Benaissa

Attends International Telecommunications Union (ITU)Plenipotentiary Conference (9/23)

7/5 Courtesy Call on President Chissano

1/17 Courtesy Call on President Wade1/17 Meeting with Foreign Minister Gadio

Attends 38th Organization of African Unity (OAU) Assembly ofHeads of State and Government (7/8) and 1st African Union(AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government (7/9)7/9 Courtesy Call on Rwandan President Kagame 7/9 Meeting with Mauritian Foreign Minister Gayan 7/9 Meeting with Foreign Minister Maher7/9 Courtesy Call on Gabonese President Bongo 7/9 Meeting with Mozambiquan Foreign and Cooperation

Minister Simao 7/9 Meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Ben Yahia 7/9 Meeting with Rwandan Foreign Minister Bumaya 7/9 Meeting with Zambian Foreign Minister Kalumba 7/9 Courtesy Call on Senegalese President Wade Attends Johannesburg Summit (8/26–9/4)9/2 Courtesy Call on President Mbeki9/2 Courtesy Call on UN Secretary-General AnnanAttends Johannesburg Summit (8/29–9/4)8/31 Meeting with Foreign Minister Zuma9/2 Courtesy Call on UN Secretary-General Annan Attends Johannesburg Summit (9/2–3)9/2 Meeting with President Mbeki9/2 Meeting with UN Secretary-General AnnanInvitation of the House of Councillors President11/20 Audience with His Majesty The Emperor

7/6 Audience with His Majesty King Mswati III

5/3 Meeting with Foreign Minister Ben Yahia5/4 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Ghannouchi12/18 Audience with Her Imperial Highness Princess

Takamado12/19 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Visits candidate site for the 2005 Annual Meeting (Okinawa)6/3 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Attends Informal Meeting on Further Actions against ClimateChange and Open Symposium of Further Actions againstClimate Change (7/17–19)7/19 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Attends International Conference on Wider Adherence toStrengthened IAEA Safeguards (12/9–10)12/9 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

5/9–5/11

5/2–5/5

9/22–9/24

7/4–7/6

1/17–1/18

7/7–7/9

8/25–9/5

8/29–9/5

9/2–9/3

11/17–11/25

7/6–7/7

5/2–5/4

12/17–12/21

6/1–6/4

7/16–7/20

12/8–12/10

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Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MatsunamiPublic Management, Home Affairs,Posts and TelecommunicationsMinister KatayamaPublic Management, Home Affairs,Posts and TelecommunicationsMinister Katayama




Environment Minister Ohki



National Council of ProvincesChairperson Pandor


Foreign Affairs ParliamentarySecretary MatsunamiForeign Minister Ben Yahia

President Iglesias

Chairman Pachauri

Director General ElBaradei

Morocco

Mozambique

Senegal

South Africa

Swaziland

Tunisia

Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank (IDB)

IntergovernmentalPanel onClimate Change(IPCC)

InternationalAtomic EnergyAgency (IAEA)


(8) International Organizations

VIP Visits

11/15 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi

Attends symposium hosted by OECD (4/4)4/5 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi4/5 Meeting with Foreign Minister KawaguchiAttends symposium hosted by OECD (12/6)12/5 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Attends 121st Meeting of the OPEC Conference (9/19)


Working Visit upon Invitation by Foreign MinisterAttends International Conference on Reconstruction Assistanceto Afghanistan (1/21)1/21 Meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi1/21 Audience with His Majesty The Emperor 1/21 Meeting with Foreign Minister TanakaWorking Visit upon Invitation by Foreign Minister5/27 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi5/28 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister KoizumiVisit upon Invitation by the Senior official7/29 Meeting with Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Uetake

Visit on return from North Korea8/9 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi

Attends closing ceremony of the FIFA World Cup (uponInvitation by FIFA) (6/30)6/28 Meeting with Foreign Minister Kawaguchi


Attends symposium on the Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan,etc. (7/29)8/7 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Koizumi

11/9–11/29

4/3–4/8

12/5–12/6

9/16–9/24

4/23–4/26

1/20–1/23

5/25–5/30

7/25–7/29

8/7–8/11

6/27–7/1

10/8–10/11

7/27–8/8

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Secretary-General Utsumi

Secretary-General Johnston

Secretary-General Johnston

Secretary General Silva

Preparatory Commission ExecutiveSecretary Hoffmann

Secretary-General Annan

President of the 56th Session of theGeneral Assembly Han Seung Soo

High Representative for the LeastDeveloped Countries, LandlockedDeveloping Countries and SmallIsland Developing States ChowdhuryUnder-Secretary-General forHumanitarian Affairs Oshima

Executive Director Bellamy

Administrator Malloch Brown

Director-General Matsuura

InternationalTelecommunica-tion Union (ITU)

Organisation forEconomic Co-operation andDevelopment(OECD)

Organization ofthe PetroleumExportingCountries(OPEC)

PreparatoryCommission forthe ComprehensiveNuclear-Test-Ban TreatyOrganization

United Nations(UN)

United NationsChildren’s Fund(UNICEF)

United NationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP)

United NationsEducational,Scientific andCulturalOrganization(UNESCO)


Please look at the links on the MOFA website below for information on the following topics.

1. Speeches and Statements by the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

Top page > Announcementhttp://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/index.html

2. Major Joint Communiqués and Other Documents Involving the Japanese Government

(1) G7/G8 Top page > Foreign Policy > G7/G8http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/index.html

(2) ARF Top page > Regional Affairs > ASEAN > ASEAN Regional Forumhttp://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/asean/conference/arf/index.html

(3) APEC Top page > Regional Affairs > APEChttp://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/apec/index.html

(4) JAPAN-EU Top page > Regional Affairs > EUhttp://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/eu/index.html

(5) ASEM Top page > Regional Affairs > ASEMhttp://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/asem/index.html

(6) OECD Top page > Foreign Policy > Economic Affairs > Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/oecd/index.html

(7) WTO Top page > Foreign Policy > Economic Affairs > World Trade Organization (WTO)http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/wto/index.html

3. Statistical Information

(1) Economyhttp://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/ecodata/ (Japanese only)

(2) Economic Cooperation Top page > ODAhttp://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/index.html

(3) Cultural Exchange Top page > Culturehttp://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/culture/index.html

(4) Consular Functionshttp://www.pubanzen.mofa.go.jp/another/support/index.html (Japanese only)