Meetings and Consultations

March 4, 2021 Japan and the United states Hold Bilateral Security Discussion
February 9, 2021 Defense Minister Kishi received a courtesy call from Chargé d’affaires ad interim Joseph M. Young of U.S. Embassy Tokyo
January 24, 2021 Defense Minister Kishi held a telephone conversation with U.S. Defense Secretary Austin
November 18, 2020 Defense Minister Kishi received a courtesy call from Gen. David H. Berger, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.
November 14, 2020 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kishi and U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Miller
October 23, 2020 Defense Minister Kishi received a courtesy call from ADM Philip Davidson, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
October 20, 2020 Defense Minister Kishi received a courtesy call from the Honorable Ryan McCarthy, U.S. Secretary of the Army
October 15, 2020 Defense Minister Kishi received a courtesy call from the Honorable Kenneth Braithwaite, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
October 7, 2020 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kishi and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
October 7, 2020 Japan-U.S. Bilateral Security Discussions
October 2, 2020 Defense Minister Kishi received courtesy call from Chargé d’affaires ad interim Joseph M. Young of U.S. Embassy Tokyo
August 29, 2020 Minister Kono and Secretary Esper held a meeting at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam
July 8, 2020 Australia-Japan-United States Defense Ministers’ Meeting Joint Statement
May 15, 2020 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
April 24, 2020 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
January 17, 2020 The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America
January 12 to 16, 2020 Visit to State of Hawaii by Defense Minister Kono
January 7, 2020 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
December 19, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
October 3, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
September 24, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
August 7, 2019 Minister Iwaya and Secretary Esper held a meeting at the Ministry of Defense
August 7, 2019 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe Shinzo by U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
August 7, 2019 Meeting between Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
June 25, 2019 Teleconference between Defense Minister Iwaya and Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Esper
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
May 28, 2019 Visit to Destroyer JS “Kaga” by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, U.S. President Donald Trump, and their wives
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”)
March 26, 2019 Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe Shinzo by Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps General Robert Neller
February 18, 2019 State Minister of Defense Harada Kenji’s Participation in the Munich Security Conference
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