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(image) Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 29, 2025) Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 29, 2025)
(image) Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting, Signing Ceremony, and Japan-U.S. Working Lunch  (October 28, 2025) Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting, Signing Ceremony, and Japan-U.S. Working Lunch (October 28, 2025)
(image) Prime Minister Takaichi and U.S. President Trump’s Visit to U.S. Aircraft Carrier Prime Minister Takaichi and U.S. President Trump’s Visit to U.S. Aircraft Carrier "George Washington" (October 28, 2025)
(image) Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 28, 2025) Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 28, 2025)
(image) JICC Exhibition: Yoshiko Oishi-Weick: A Retrospective in Ink (September 19 to November 28, 2025) JICC Exhibition: Yoshiko Oishi-Weick: A Retrospective in Ink (September 19 to November 28, 2025)
(image) Visit Japan Web - a service that allows you to perform arrival procedures (immigration, customs) and Visit Japan Web - a service that allows you to perform arrival procedures (immigration, customs) and "Tax-free shopping service" online
Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 29, 2025)
Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting, Signing Ceremony, and Japan-U.S. Working Lunch (October 28, 2025)
Prime Minister Takaichi and U.S. President Trump’s Visit to U.S. Aircraft Carrier "George Washington" (October 28, 2025)
Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (October 28, 2025)
JICC Exhibition: Yoshiko Oishi-Weick: A Retrospective in Ink (September 19 to November 28, 2025)
Visit Japan Web - a service that allows you to perform arrival procedures (immigration, customs) and "Tax-free shopping service" online

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2025/11/3
2025 Autumn Conferment of Decoration - Former Senior Director at the National Security Council and Special Assistant to the President for East Asia Dennis Craig Wilder
2025/11/1
Commendations by the Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.
2025/8/28
Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY2025 - Mr. Gerald H. Yamada
Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2025 - Mr. Matthew P. Goodman
Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY2025 - Yoshiko Mori
Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY2025 - Chado Urasenke Tankokai Washington D.C. Association
2025/7/3
Donations for Noto Peninsula Earthquake Relief
2025/5/1
Commendations by the Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.
2025/4/29
2025 Spring Conferment of Decoration - The Honorable William Francis Hagerty IV
2025 Spring Conferment of Decoration - Former US Chair of the US-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) Sheila A. Smith
2025 Spring Conferment of Decoration - Former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman
2025 Spring Conferment of Decoration - President, National Academy of Medicine Victor J. Dzau
2025 Spring Conferment of Decoration - Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia Leonard J. Schoppa, Jr.
2025 Spring Conferment of Decoration - Chair of the National Association of Japan-America Societies Kurt Walter Tong
2025 Spring Conferment of Decoration - Former Commander, 374th Airlift Wing and Yokota Air Base Andrew L. Roddan
2025/1/22
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