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December

• December 27, 2019 Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by NAM SAN 8, North Korean-flagged tanker, and a small vessel of unknown nationality (December 16 and 17, 2019)
• December 19, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
• December 15, 2019 Meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordan (Summary)
• December 14, 2019 Japan Qatar Defense Ministerial Meeting (Summary)
• December 14, 2019 Japan Malaysia Defense Ministerial Meeting (Summary)

November

• November 30, 2019 First Japan-India 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting
• November 29, 2019 PKO (Civil Engineering)
• November 26, 2019 Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by MU BONG 1, North Korean-flagged tanker, and small vessels of unknown nationality (November 13, 2019)
• November 24, 2019 Defense Minister Kono’s Meeting with the Commander in Chief of Bahrain Defense Force (Summary)
• November 24, 2019 Defense Minister Kono’s Meeting with the Advisor to the President of Republic of Yemen
• November 23, 2019 Defense Minister Kono’s Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan (Summary)
• November 23, 2019 Japan France Defense Ministerial Meeting (Summary)
• November 20, 2019 2019 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA DEFENCE MINISTERS KONO/REYNOLDS JOINT STATEMENT ON ADVANCING DEFENCE COOPERATION
• November 20, 2019 HA/DR
• November 17, 2019 Japan-U.S. Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-Indonesia Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-Thailand Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-Singapore Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-Philippines Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-New Zealand Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-Korea Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-India Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 Japan-Myanma Defense Ministerial Meeting
• November 17, 2019 The 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus
• November 15, 2019 HA/DR(Laos : 7 - 15 November, 2019)

October

• October 20, 2019 HA/DR
• October 15, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by New Zealand against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
• October 3, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
• October 1, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by Canada against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers

September

• September 27, 2019 Capacity Building Assistance to Myanmar FY 2019: Aviation Meteorology Seminar
• September 24, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
• September 24, 2019 Military Music
• September 2, 2019 Joint Press Statement on the Japan-India　Annual Defence Ministerial Dialogue

August

• August 22, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by Canada against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
• August 21, 2019 Civil Engineering
• August 7, 2019 Minister Iwaya and Secretary Esper held a meeting at the Ministry of Defense
• August 7, 2019 Meeting between Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
• August 7, 2019 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe Shinzo by U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

July

• July 24, 2019 Capacity Building Assistance to the Kingdom of Cambodia: Engineering training(Cambodia : 23 June - 24 July, 2019)
• July 2, 2019 HA/DR

June

• June 25, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Iwaya and Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
• June 18, 2019 Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by AN SAN 1, North Korean-flagged tanker, and small vessels of unknown nationality (May 13&14, 2019)
• June 4, 2019 Meeting between Defense Minister Iwaya and Acting Secretary of Defense Secretary Shanahan
• June 4, 2019 Courtesy Call on Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan
• June 4, 2019 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe Shinzo by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan
• June 1, 2019 Japan-Canada Defense Ministerial Meeting
• June 1, 2019 Japan-Korea Defense Ministerial Meeting
• June 1, 2019 Japan-Australia Defense Ministerial Meeting
• June 1, 2019 Japan-China Defense Ministerial Meeting
• June 1, 2019 Australia-Japan-United States Defense Ministers Meeting

May

• May 28, 2019 Visit to Destroyer JS “Kaga” by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, U.S. President Donald Trump, and their wives
• May 26, 2019 HA/DR
• May 24, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by Canada against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
• May 17, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by a French navy vessel

April

• April 26, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by Australia against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
• April 25, 2019 Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by YU SON, North Korean-flagged tanker, and a small vessel of unknown nationality (March 20, 2019)
• April 22, 2019 PKO (Civil Engineering)
• April 19, 2019 Meeting between Minister of Defense Iwaya, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kono, and U.S. National Security Advisor Bolton
• April 19, 2019 Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (JapanU.S. “2+2”)
• April 6, 2019 UK-Japan Cooperation for addressing ship-to-ship transfers

March

• March 26, 2019 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe Shinzo by Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps General Robert Neller
• March 26, 2019 Japanese Language Education
• March 22, 2019 Japanese Language Education
• March 19, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by UK against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
• March 11, 2019 Military Medicine
• March 8, 2019 Monitoring and surveillance activities by France against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers

February

• February 18, 2019 State Minister of Defense Harada Kenji’s Participation in the Munich Security Conference
• February 18, 2019 Vehicle Maintenance
• February 1, 2019 Capacity Building Assistance to Myanmar FY 2018 Aviation Meteorology (2)

January

• January 28, 2019 HA/DR
• January 17, 2019 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe Shinzo by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson
• January 16, 2019 Meeting between Defense Minister Iwaya and Acting Secretary of Defense Secretary Shanahan

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