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Ukraine-India talks

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (R) and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a joint press conference following their talks in Kyiv on Sept. 3, 2026.

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Japan-Mongolia talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meets the press after holding talks with his Mongolian counterpart Batmunkh Battsetseg in Ulaanbaatar on Sept. 3, 2026.

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Japan-Mongolia talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (2nd from L) holds talks with his Mongolian counterpart Batmunkh Battsetseg in Ulaanbaatar on Sept. 3, 2026.

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Interview with Taliban acting foreign minister

Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Interview with Taliban acting foreign minister

Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Interview with Taliban acting foreign minister

Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Interview with Taliban acting foreign minister

Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Japan-Chile talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, R) holds talks with Chilean Foreign Minister Francisco Perez MacKenna (front, L) in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2026.

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Japan-Chile talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, R) holds talks with Chilean Foreign Minister Francisco Perez MacKenna (front, L) in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2026.

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Japan-Kuwait talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Japan-Kuwait talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Japan-Kuwait talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Japan-Kuwait talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026.

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Japan-Kuwait talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah ahead of their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026. They agreed that ships should not be charged fees for passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Japan-Kuwait talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah ahead of their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026. They agreed that ships should not be charged fees for passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Japan Foreign Minister Motegi

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2026.

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Japan-Oman talks in Muscat

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and his Oman counterpart Badr al-Busaidi meet the press following their talks in Muscat on Aug. 20, 2026.

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Japan-Oman talks in Muscat

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and his Oman counterpart Badr al-Busaidi shake hands in Muscat on Aug. 20, 2026.

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Japan-Saudi Arabia foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) shakes hands with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud in Riyadh on Aug. 19, 2026.

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Japan envoy answers Russian summons amid Putin isle visit spat

Japanese Ambassador to Russia Akira Muto (R) leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow on Aug. 18, 2026, following a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin. Muto was summoned by Russia following the Japanese government's protest over Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Interview with Finnish foreign minister

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen speaks during an interview in Helsinki on Aug. 13, 2026.

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Russian President Putin visits Etorofu Island

Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev leaves the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2026, after receiving an official protest from Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi over Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit earlier in the day to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed Etorofu Island off Hokkaido.

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Russian President Putin visits Etorofu Island

Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev (far R) leaves the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2026, after receiving an official protest from Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi over Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit earlier in the day to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed Etorofu Island off Hokkaido.

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Russian President Putin visits Etorofu Island

Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev (C) enters the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2026, after Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi summoned him following Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit earlier in the day to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed Etorofu Island off Hokkaido.

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Russian President Putin visits Etorofu Island

Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev (L) enters the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2026, after Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi summoned him following Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit earlier in the day to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed Etorofu Island off Hokkaido.

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Russian President Putin visits Etorofu Island

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) meets the press at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2026, after he summoned Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev and lodged a strong protest over Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit earlier in the day to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed Etorofu Island off Hokkaido.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks during a press conference in Beijing on July 27, 2026. He denied Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi conversed during their visits to Manila for ASEAN-related meetings.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks during a press conference in Beijing on July 27, 2026. He denied Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi conversed during their visits to Manila for ASEAN-related meetings.

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Japan-Philippines talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi holds talks with his Philippine counterpart Theresa Lazaro in Manila on July 23, 2026.

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Wang-Rubio talks in Manila

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is pictured following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila on July 22, 2026. The two met to pave the way for the planned U.S.-China summit in the United States in September.

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Japan-Greece talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with his Greek counterpart Georgios Gerapetritis in Tokyo on July 16, 2026.

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Japan-New Zealand talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far R) holds talks with New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters (far L) in Tokyo on July 10, 2026.

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10th anniv. of South China Sea arbitral ruling

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Tomoaki Shimada makes a speech at an event held in Manila on July 10, 2026, to mark the 10th anniversary on July 12 of the landmark 2016 international tribunal ruling that rejected China's claims in the South China Sea under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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NATO annual summit in Turkey

(From L) Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun pose for a photo during a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of NATO's annual summit in Ankara on July 7, 2026.

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Ukraine foreign minister in Japan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Tokyo on July 2, 2026.

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Japan-Ukraine foreign ministers' talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha hold a joint press conference after their talks in Tokyo on July 1, 2026.

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Japan-Ukraine foreign ministers' talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha ahead of their talks in Tokyo on July 1, 2026.

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S. Korea-Ukraine foreign ministers' talks

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (R) shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on June 30, 2026. The ministers discussed the repatriation of North Korean prisoners of war held in the Russia-Ukraine war. (Pool photo)

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Infectious disease center in Bhutan

Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay (L) presents a commemorative gift to Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka at an inauguration ceremony for the Royal Centre for Infectious Diseases in Gidakom, Bhutan, on June 28, 2026. The center was built with Japan's foreign aid to assist in Bhutan's efforts to strengthen response to infectious diseases and enhance national health security.

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Japan foreign minister meets with IAEA chief

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far R) holds talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (far L) in Tokyo on June 26, 2026.

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Japan foreign minister meets with IAEA chief

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi attend a press event following their talks in Tokyo on June 26, 2026.

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Japan foreign minister meets with IAEA chief

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi in Tokyo on June 26, 2026.

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Japan Emperor Naruhito in Belgium

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Belgium's King Philippe (2nd from L) are greeted by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prevot (R) in Namur on June 24, 2026, during the emperor's official visit to Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) is pictured at a press conference in Beijing on June 17, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (back, C) speaks at a press conference in Beijing on June 17, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (back, C) speaks at a press conference in Beijing on June 17, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) leaves after holding a press conference in Beijing on June 17, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a press conference in Beijing on June 17, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a press conference in Beijing on June 17, 2026.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a press conference in Beijing on June 17, 2026.