On the cover: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, the first Japanese prime minister to do so (April 2015).
Prime Minister Abe attended the Summit Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Asian African Conference 1955 (Bandung Conference) held in Jakarta, the Republic of Indonesia (April 2015).
On the occasion of his attendance at the Asian African Summit, Prime Minister Abe exchanged views with a number of other top leaders (April 2015).
With President Xi Jinping of China.
Being Weicomed byPresident Joko Widodo of Indonesia.
With His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of Jordan.
With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh.
With President Hassan Rouhani of Iran.
Prime Minister Abe made the first official visit to the United States by a Japanese prime minister in nine years. He attended a number of events in Washington DC (April 2015).
Welcome ceremony at the White House.
Walking around the Lincoln Memorial guided by President Barack Obama. (right photo: ©Kyodo News)
Summit meeting with President Obama.
Visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
During his official visit to the United States, in addition to Washington DC, Prime Minister Abe visited the Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles areas (April–May 2015).
Delivering a speech at Harvard Kennedy School.
Touring facilities belonging to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Attending a public symposium hosted by the Silicon Valley Japan Innovation Program at Stanford University.
Demonstrating a Japanese Shinkansen simulator for Governor Jerry Brown of California. (©Kyodo News)
Visiting the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
While in San Francisco, Prime Minister Abe visited the headquarters of Tesla Motors and Facebook and met with their CEOs (April 2015).
Meeting with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia at the Prime Minister’s Office (March 2015).
With Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand at the Prime Minister’s Office (March 2015).
With Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho of Portugal at the Prime Minister’s Office (March 2015).
Taking a commemorative photograph at a cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Prime Minister Abe (April 2015).