Overview

• Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock in New York on September 23 to discuss priorities for the 80th session.
• Japan called Security Council reform urgently necessary and pledged active contributions to revitalizing the General Assembly, drawing Baerbock’s commitment to close collaboration.
• Germany hosted a separate meeting bringing together four European countries and four Indo‑Pacific partners for one hour on September 23.
• The participants were Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, represented by ministers or senior officials.
• The eight nations discussed the situations in Ukraine and East Asia, emphasized the link between security and the economy, and issued a Joint Press Statement to uphold a rules‑based international order.