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Interview with Finnish foreign minister

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

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.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in Tokyo on March 23, 2025, shows Yohei Kono (L), former speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, posing for a photo with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in July 1994 shows Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) chatting with Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama ahead of a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Japan, Vietnam agree to strengthen economic security

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau shake hands at the ministry in Tokyo on June 10, 2026. They agreed to strengthen cooperation on economic security, including efforts to build more resilient supply chains for critical minerals amid concern about China's restrictions on rare earth exports.

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Japan, Azerbaijan agree to deepen energy security cooperation

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov speak at a press conference after their talks in Tokyo on June 10, 2026. They agreed to strengthen cooperation on energy security as Tokyo seeks stable supplies amid uncertainty in global oil markets.

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Japan, Azerbaijan agree to deepen energy security cooperation

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov ahead of their talks in Tokyo on June 10, 2026. They agreed to strengthen cooperation on energy security as Tokyo seeks stable supplies amid uncertainty in global oil markets.

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Japan-Mongolia foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (back, far R) holds talks with his Mongolian counterpart Batmunkh Battsetseg (front, 2nd from L) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 9, 2026.

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Japan-Mongolia foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and his Mongolian counterpart Batmunkh Battsetseg shake hands in Tokyo on June 9, 2026.

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Kyrgyzstan wins U.N. Security Council nonpermanent seat

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev meets the press in New York on June 3, 2026, after his country was elected as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council for the first time on June 3, 2026.

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Germany fails to get U.N. Security Council nonpermanent seat

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul meets the press in New York on June 3, 2026, after Germany lost its bid for a nonpermanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.

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Japan-Egypt strategic dialogue in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R, foreground) and his visiting Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty (L, foreground) hold their third strategic dialogue in Tokyo on June 3, 2026.

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N. Korea-Singapore talks in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 27 Kyodo - North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui shakes hands with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Pyongyang on May 26, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Belarus opposition leader in Kyiv

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks during a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha following their talks in Kyiv on May 25, 2026.

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China Foreign Minister Wang at U.N. Security Council

The U.N. Security Council, of which China is the rotating president for May, holds a high-level meeting chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on strengthening the international system at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 26, 2026.

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N. Korea-Singapore talks in Pyongyang

North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (5th from R) holds talks with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (5th from L) in Pyongyang on May 26, 2026.

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N. Korea-Singapore talks in Pyongyang

North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (R) shakes hands with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Pyongyang on May 26, 2026.

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Quad ministerial meeting in New Delhi

(from L) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a joint press conference following a Quad ministerial meeting in New Delhi on May 26, 2026.

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China Foreign Minister Wang at U.N. Security Council

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) chairs a high-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council, of which China is the rotating president for May, on strengthening the international system at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 26, 2026.

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Japan-India foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar shake hands ahead of their talks in New Delhi on May 25, 2026.

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Japan-India foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (3rd from R) and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (2nd from L) hold talks in New Delhi on May 25, 2026.

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Japan-India foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (4th from R) and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (4th from L) hold talks in New Delhi on May 25, 2026.