The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Fumio Kishida during his tenure as Prime Minister of Japan.
Summary The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:
One visit to: Australia, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mozambique, Paraguay, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City, and Vietnam Two visits to: Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, France, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates Three visits to: Indonesia, India, Italy, South Korea, and the United Kingdom Eight visits to: the United States.
2021 No.CountryLocationsDatesDetailsImage1GlasgowKishida attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
2022 No.CountryLocationsDatesDetailsImage2New DelhiKishida met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended the India-Japan Economic Forum.Phnom PenhKishida met with Prime Minister Hun Sen.3BrusselsKishida attended the extraordinary NATO summit to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine.4JakartaKishida met with President Joko Widodo.HanoiKishida met with Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, National Assembly chairman Vương Đình Huệ, and Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.BangkokKishida met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.RomeKishida met with Prime Minister Mario Draghi.Apostolic PalaceKishida met with Pope Francis, followed by a meeting with Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.LondonKishida met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.5SingaporeKishida delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue and met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Halimah Yacob.6Kishida attended the G7 summit.MadridKishida attended the NATO summit.7New York CityKishida delivered an address at the general debate of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. He also met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.8New York CityKishida met with British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, afterwards delivering a speech at the general debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. On the following day, he attended the HeForShe summit, met with New Zealander Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, attended the 10th Friends of the CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty) summit, and met with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. Later met with Philippine President Bongbong Marcos and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, attended the 7th Global Fund Replenishment Meeting, and met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden.
On the following day, Kishida met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.9PerthKishida met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.10Phnom PenhKishida attended the ASEAN-related summits, including the ASEAN+3 Summit, ASEAN–Japan Summit, East Asia Summit, and the Second ASEAN Global Dialogue.BaliKishida attended the G20 summit.BangkokKishida attended the APEC summit.
2023 No.CountryLocationsDatesDetailsImage11ParisKishida met with President Emmanuel Macron. He also met with Constitutional Council President Laurent Fabius.RomeKishida met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.LondonKishida met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.OttawaKishida met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Washington, D.C.Kishida met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. He also gave an address at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.12New DelhiKishida met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and addressed the Indian Council of World Affairs.Flew to Rzeszow, then transferred to Przemysl and via train went to Kyiv, Ukraine. Met with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after returning to Poland.Unannounced visit. Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska at the Mariinskyi Palace.13CairoKishida met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.AccraKishida met with President Nana Akufo-Addo.NairobiKishida met with President William Ruto.MaputoKishida met with President Filipe Nyusi.SingaporeKishida met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.14SeoulKishida met with President Yoon Suk-yeol.15WarsawKishida met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.VilniusKishida attended 2023 Vilnius NATO summit.BrusselsKishida met with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. He also met with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.16JeddahKishida met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Abu DhabiKishida met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.DohaKishida met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.17Camp David, MarylandKishida attended a trilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. The three leaders announced the American–Japanese–Korean trilateral pact.18JakartaKishida attended including the ASEAN+3 Summit, ASEAN–Japan Summit, East Asia Summit, and the Second ASEAN Global Dialogue.New DelhiKishida attended the G20 summit.19New York CityKishida gave speeches at the Commemorative High-Level Event on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and the 2023 SDG Summit, afterwards delivering a speech at the general debate of the seventy-eight session of the United Nations General Assembly. The following day, he delivered a speech at the Global Goalkeepers Award 2023 ceremony, met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and attended a UN Security Council High Level Open Debate. He later met with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh.20Kishida met with President Bongbong Marcos, followed by meetings with Senate President Migz Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez. He afterwards gave a speech at the joint session of the Congress of the Philippines, making him the first Japanese prime minister to do so. Kishida boarded the Japanese-built BRP Teresa Magbanua docked at the Port of Manila.Kuala LumpurKishida met with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.21San FranciscoKishida attended the APEC summit.22DubaiKishida attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
2024 No.CountryLocationsDatesDetailsImage23Kishida attended a state dinner hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House. Kishida delivered a joint session of the US Congress and participated in a tri-lateral meeting with President Biden and Filipino President Bongbong Marcos. Kishida visited the Toyota Battery Manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was also hosted to a luncheon by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper in Raleigh.24ParisKishida met with President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.BrasíliaKishida met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.AsunciónKishida met with President Santiago Peña.São Paulo25SeoulKishida attended the China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit.26ApuliaKishida attended the G7 summit.LucerneKishida attended the Global peace summit.27Washington, D.C.Kishida attended the NATO summit.28SeoulKishida met with President Yoon Suk-yeol.29Kishida attended the QUAD summit.
On the following day, Kishida met with European Council President Charles Michel and Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr., afterwards delivering a speech on the UN Summit of the Future. He later met with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and UN Secretary General António Guterres.
On the following day, Kishida met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Multilateral meetings Prime Minister Kishida attended the following summits during his prime ministership (2021–2024): Group Year2021 2022 2023 2024 UNGA 20 September, New York City 19 September, New York City 26 September, New York CityASEM 26 November,(virtual) Phnom Penh None None None APEC 12 November,(virtual) Auckland 18–19 November, Bangkok 15–17 November, San Francisco EAS(ASEAN+3) 26–27 October,(virtual) Bandar Seri Begawan 11–13 November, Phnom Penh 5–7 September, Jakarta ASEAN–Japan 27 October,(virtual) Bandar Seri Begawan 12 November, Phnom Penh 6 September, Jakarta G7 26–28 June, Schloss Elmau 19–21 May, Hiroshima 13–15 June, Apulia G20 30–31 October, Rome 15–16 November, Bali 9–10 September, New Delhi NATO 24 March, Brussels 11–12 July, Vilnius 9–11 July, Washington, D.C. 28–30 June, MadridUNCCC 2 November, Glasgow 11 November, Sharm el-Sheikh 1–2 December, Dubai QUAD 24 May, Tokyo 20 May, Hiroshima 21 September, WilmingtonChina–Japan–Korea None None None 26–27 May, Seoul Others None None JAROKUS18 August, Camp David Global Peace Summit15–16 June, Lucerne ASEAN–Japan Friendship and Cooperation Commemorative Summit16–18 December, Tokyo██ = Future event ██ = Did not attendToshimitsu Motegi attended in the prime minister's place.Japan was not a full member.
See also Foreign relations of Japan List of international trips made by prime ministers of Japan
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