Japan PM Takaichi meets with U.N. head Guterres

Japan PM Takaichi meets with U.N. head Guterres

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (R) greets Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi before their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan PM Takaichi meets with U.N. head Guterres

Japan PM Takaichi meets with U.N. head Guterres

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres ahead of their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026. (Pool photo)

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (far R) hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (far R) hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (front) holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front) holds talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japan-Ukraine summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan-U.S. summit

Japan-U.S. summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026.

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) is greeted upon arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 21, 2026, beginning a four-day U.S. trip to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 21, 2026, beginning a four-day U.S. trip to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 21, 2026, beginning a four-day U.S. trip to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 21, 2026, beginning a four-day U.S. trip to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japan PM Takaichi arrives in New York

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 21, 2026, beginning a four-day U.S. trip to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Japan opposition party leader Tamaki in Ukraine

Japan opposition party leader Tamaki in Ukraine

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of Japan's opposition Democratic Party for the People, meets the press in Kyiv on Sept. 21, 2026, after holding talks with Ukrainian officials. Tamaki is the first leader of a Japanese opposition party to visit Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

Japan-U.S.-S. Korea talks in New York

Japan-U.S.-S. Korea talks in New York

(From R) Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun pose before their talks in New York on Sept. 21, 2026.

U.S.-China talks

U.S.-China talks

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (L) and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer meet the press after holding talks with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York on Sept. 20, 2026.

U.S.-China talks

U.S.-China talks

China's Vice Premier He Lifeng is pictured after holding talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in New York on Sept. 20, 2026.

Japan-Uzbekistan talks

Japan-Uzbekistan talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far R) holds talks his Uzbek counterpart, Bakhtiyor Saidov, (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2026.

Japan-Uzbekistan talks

Japan-Uzbekistan talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with his Uzbek counterpart, Bakhtiyor Saidov, in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2026.

Japan ruling camp talk

Japan ruling camp talk

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R), also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the Japan Innovation Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2026, ahead of talks before a Cabinet reshuffle planned for Sept. 17.

Japan ruling camp talk

Japan ruling camp talk

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R), also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, hold talks with Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the Japan Innovation Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2026, before a Cabinet reshuffle planned for Sept. 17.

Japan ruling camp talk

Japan ruling camp talk

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from R), also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the Japan Innovation Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2026, ahead of talks before a Cabinet reshuffle planned for Sept. 17.

Japan PM meets with IEA chief

Japan PM meets with IEA chief

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) holds talks with International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2026.

Chinese commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang

Chinese commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang

Chinese commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang Ling speaks at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Sept. 10, 2026, at which she said the ministry had summoned several French companies operating in China for talks.

Chinese commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang

Chinese commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang

Chinese commerce ministry spokeswoman Huang Ling speaks at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Sept. 10, 2026, at which she said the ministry had summoned several French companies operating in China for talks.

[Breaking News]U.S. special representatives Witkoff, Kushner in Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine, Sept. 7 Kyodo - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, ahead of talks in Kyiv on Sept. 6, 2026. (Kyodo)

U.S. special representatives Witkoff, Kushner in Kyiv

U.S. special representatives Witkoff, Kushner in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (front, L) greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff (front, R) and Jared Kushner (back, C), U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, ahead of talks in Kyiv on Sept. 6, 2026.

U.S. special representatives Witkoff, Kushner in Kyiv

U.S. special representatives Witkoff, Kushner in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (front, L) greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff (front, R) and Jared Kushner (back, C), U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, ahead of talks in Kyiv on Sept. 6, 2026.

Japan ambassador to S. Korea visits assembly chief

Japan ambassador to S. Korea visits assembly chief

Japan's Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima (L) and South Korean National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong Sik hold talks in Seoul on Sept. 4, 2026.

Japan ambassador to S. Korea visits assembly chief

Japan ambassador to S. Korea visits assembly chief

Japan's Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Mizushima (L) shakes hands with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong Sik ahead of their talks in Seoul on Sept. 4, 2026.

Ukraine-India talks

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.

Japan-Mongolia talks

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.

Japan-Mongolia talks

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.

Vietnamese ambassador to United Nations in Hiroshima

Vietnamese ambassador to United Nations in Hiroshima

Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations Do Hung Viet (L) holds talks with Hiroshima Gov. Mika Yokota at the prefectural government headquarters in the western Japan city on Sept. 1, 2026. The ambassador presided over the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York in April through May.

Vietnamese ambassador to United Nations in Hiroshima

Vietnamese ambassador to United Nations in Hiroshima

Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations Do Hung Viet (L) holds talks with Hiroshima Gov. Mika Yokota (R) at the prefectural government headquarters in the western Japan city on Sept. 1, 2026. The ambassador presided over the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York in April through May.

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2026, after phone talks with Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah following landslides and floods near the Nepal-China border that left over 1,000 people dead.

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2026, after phone talks with Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah following landslides and floods near the Nepal-China border that left over 1,000 people dead.

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2026, after phone talks with Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah following landslides and floods near the Nepal-China border that left over 1,000 people dead.

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japan PM talks with Nepali PM over phone

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2026, after phone talks with Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah following landslides and floods near the Nepal-China border that left over 1,000 people dead.

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from R) and his Belgian counterpart Theo Francken (3rd from R) take part in a Japanese drum performance event following their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2026.