The following is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Shinzo Abe during his tenure as the Prime Minister of Japan.
The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:
The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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China | Beijing | 8–9 October | Abe met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. [1] |
South Korea | Seoul | 9 October | Abe met with President Roh Moo-hyun and Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook. [2] |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 17–20 November | Abe attended the APEC meeting. He also met with Prime MInister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, President Nguyễn Minh Triết, and Communist Party General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh. [3] |
Philippines | Ramallah | 8–10 December | Abe met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [4] |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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United Kingdom | London | 9 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Tony Blair. He also received courtesy calls from Chancellor Gordon Brown and Conservative Party Leader David Cameron. [5] |
Germany | Berlin | 10 January | Abe met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Horst Köhler. [6] |
Belgium | Brussels | 11–12 January | Abe met with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Belgian Prime MInister Guy Verhofstadt. [7] |
France | Paris | 12–13 January | Abe met with President Jacques Chirac. [8] |
Philippines | Cebu | 14–15 January | Abe attended the East Asia Summit. [9] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 26–27 April | Met with President George W. Bush. [10] |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 28–29 April | Met with King Abdullah. [11] |
United Arab Emirates | 29–30 April | Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [12] | |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | 30 April – 1 May | Met with Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah. [13] |
Qatar | Doha | 1–2 May | Met with Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. [14] |
Egypt | Cairo | 2–3 May | Met with President Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif. [15] |
Germany | 5–8 June | Attended the Japan-EU Summit and the G8 summit. | |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 19–21 August | Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. [16] |
India | New Delhi | 21–23 August | Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil. [17] |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 23–25 August | Met with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. [18] |
Australia | Sydney | 8–9 September | Abe attended the APEC summit. |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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Vietnam | Hanoi | 16 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, and President Trương Tấn Sang. [19] |
Thailand | Bangkok | 17 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. [20] |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 18 January | Abe met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. [21] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 22–23 February | Abe met with President Barack Obama. He later delivered a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. [22] |
Mongolia | Ulanbaatar | 30–31 March | Abe met with President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag, and State Great Khural Chairman Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold. [23] |
Russia | Moscow | 29–30 April | Abe met with President Vladimir Putin and State Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin. [24] |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 30 April – 1 May | Abe met with Crown Prince Salman. [25] |
United Arab Emirates | 1–2 May | Abe met with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [26] | |
Turkey | Ankara | 2–3 May | Abe met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [27] |
Myanmar | 25–26 May | Abe met with President Thein Sein. [28] | |
Poland | Warsaw | 15–16 June | Abe met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Bronislaw Komorowski. [29] |
United Kingdom | 17–19 June | Abe attended the G8 summit. | |
Ireland | Dublin | 19 June | Abe met with President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny. [30] |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 25 July | Abe met with Prime Minister Najib Razak. [31] |
Singapore | Singapore | 26 July | Abe met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Tony Tan. [32] |
Philippines | Manila | 27 July | Abe met with President Benigno Aquino III. [33] |
Bahrain | Manama | 24–25 August | Abe met with Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | 26 August | Abe met with Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. [34] |
Djibouti | Djibouti City | 27 August | Abe met with President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. |
Qatar | Doha | 28 August | Abe met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. |
Russia | Saint Petersburg | 5–6 September | Abe attended the G20 summit. |
Canada | Ottawa | 23–24 September | Abe met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [35] |
United States | New York City | 24–27 September | Abe delivered a speech at the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
Indonesia | Bali | 7–8 October | Abe attended the APEC summit. |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 9–10 October | Abe attended ASEAN-related activities. |
Turkey | Istanbul | 28–29 October | Abe attended the opening of Marmaray. |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 16 November | Abe met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. He also met with King Norodom Sihamoni. [36] |
Laos | Vientiane | 17 November | Abe met with President Choummaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. [37] |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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Oman | Muscat | 9 January | Abe met with Sultan Qaboos bin Said. [38] |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | 10–11 January | Abe met with President Alassane Ouattara. [39] |
Mozambique | Maputo | 12 January | Abe met with President Armando Guebuza. [40] |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 13 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and President Mulatu Teshome. [41] |
Switzerland | Davos | 22 January | Abe attended the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. [42] |
India | New Delhi | 25–26 January | Abe met with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He also attended the Republic Day Parade as its chief guest. [43] |
Netherlands | The Hague | 23–26 March | Abe attended the Nuclear Security Summit. |
Germany | Berlin | 30 April | Abe met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. [44] |
United Kingdom | London | 1–2 May | Abe met with Princess Royal Anne and Prime Minister David Cameron. [45] |
Portugal | Lisbon | 2–3 May | Abe met with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho. [46] |
Spain | Santiago de Compostela | 4 May | Abe met with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. [47] |
France | Paris | 5–6 May | Abe met with President François Hollande. He also gave a keynote address at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting and met Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek. [48] |
Belgium | Brussels | 6–7 May | Abe met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and signed the Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme between Japan and NATO. He then met with Belgian King Philippe and Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo. He also met with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. [49] |
Singapore | Singapore | 30–31 May | Abe met with US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. He then delivered a keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue. He also met with Prime MInister Lee Hsien Loong. [50] |
Belgium | Brussels | 4–5 June | Abe attended the G7 summit. |
Italy | Rome | 6 June | Abe met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, President Giorgio Napolitano, and Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino. [51] |
Vatican City | Apostolic Palace | 6 June | Abe met with Pope Francis, followed by a meeting with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin. [51] |
New Zealand | Auckland | 7 July | Abe met with Prime Minister John Key. [52] |
Australia | 8–9 July | Abe delivered a speech at the Australian Parliament. He also met with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Labor Party Leader Bill Shorten. [53] He then traveled to Pilbara, where he toured the West Angelas mine. Afterwards, he visited Perth, where he met with Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett. [54] | |
Papua New Guinea | 10–11 July | Abe met with Governor-General Michael Ogio and Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. He then visited Wewak, where he met with East Sepik Governor Michael Somare. [55] | |
Mexico | 25–26 July | Abe met with President Enrique Peña Nieto. [56] He also visited the National Museum of Anthropology and the former site of Teotihuacan. [57] | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 27–28 July | Abe met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, followed by meetings with Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. [58] He then attended the Japan-CARICOM Summit. [59] |
Colombia | Bogotá | 29 July | Abe met with President Juan Manuel Santos. [60] |
Chile | Santiago | 30–31 July | Abe met with President Michelle Bachelet. [61] |
Brazil | 1–2 August | Abe met with President Dilma Rousseff. [62] He visited São Paulo where he met São Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin. [63] | |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | 6 September | Abe met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. He also received courtesy calls from Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Jatiya Party Chairperson Rowshan Ershad. [64] |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | 7 September | Abe met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and visited the Parliament. [65] |
United States | New York City | 22–26 September | Abe delivered a speech at the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
Italy | Milan | 16–17 October | Abe attended the Asia–Europe Meeting. |
China | Beijing | 9–11 November | Abe attended the APEC summit. |
Myanmar | Naypyidaw | 12–13 November | Abe attended ASEAN-related activities as well as the East Asia Forum. |
Australia | Brisbane | 14–17 November | Abe attended the G20 summit. |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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Egypt | Cairo | 16–17 January | Abe met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Prime MInister Ibrahim Mahlab. [66] |
Jordan | Amman | 17–18 January | Abe met with King Abdullah II and Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour. [67] |
Israel | 18–20 January | Abe met with Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu. He also visited Yad Vashem. [68] | |
Palestine | Ramallah | 20 January | Abe met with President Mahmoud Abbas. [69] |
Singapore | Singapore | 29–30 March | Abe attended the State funeral of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 21–23 April | Abe attended the Asian-African Summit 2015. |
United States | 26 April – 3 May | Abe attended a state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama. Delivered a speech at a joint session of the US Congress. [70] | |
Ukraine | Kyiv | 5–6 June | Abe met with President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Groysman. [71] |
Germany | Schloss Elmau | 7–9 June | Abe attended the G7 summit. |
United States | New York City | 26–30 September | Abe delivered a speech at the general debate of the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. [72] |
Jamaica | Kingston | 1–2 October | |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 22 October | Abe met with President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Prime Minister Chimediin Saikhanbileg, and State Great Khural Chairman Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold. [73] |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 23 October | Abe met with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. [74] |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 24 October | Abe met with President Emomali Rahmon. [75] |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 25 October | Abe met with President Islam Karimov. [76] |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 26 October | Abe met with President Almazbek Atambayev. [77] |
Kazakhstan | Astana | 27–28 October | Abe met with Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime Minister Karim Massimov. [78] |
South Korea | Seoul | 1–2 November | Abe attended the China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit. |
Turkey | 13–17 November | Abe met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He then attended the G20 summit. | |
Philippines | Manila | 18–19 November | Abe met with President Benigno Aquino III. [79] Also attended the APEC summit. |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 20–23 November | Abe attended ASEAN-related activities. |
France | Paris | 29–30 November | Abe attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference. |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | 1–2 December | Abe met with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. [80] |
India | New Delhi | 11–13 December | Abe met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [81] |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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United States | Washington, D.C. | 30 March – 1 April | Abe attended the Nuclear Security Summit. |
Italy | Florence | 1–2 May | Abe met with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. [82] |
France | Paris | 2 May | Abe met with President François Hollande. [82] |
Belgium | Brussels | 3–4 May | Abe met with King Philippe and Prime Minister Charles Michel. He then met with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. [83] |
Germany | Berlin | 4 May | Abe met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. [84] |
United Kingdom | London | 5 May | Abe met with Prime Minister David Cameron. [85] |
Russia | Sochi | 6 May | Abe met with President Vladimir Putin. [86] |
Mongolia | Ulanbaatar | 14–16 July | Abe attended the Asia–Europe Meeting. |
Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | 21 August | Abe attended the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. [87] |
Singapore | Singapore | 25 August | Abe attended to gave condolences on the passing of former President S. R. Nathan. [88] |
Kenya | Nairobi | 26–28 August | Abe attended the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. |
Russia | Vladivostok | 2–3 September | Abe attended the Eastern Economic Forum. |
China | Hangzhou | 4–5 September | Abe attended the G20 summit. |
Laos | Vientiane | 6–8 September | Abe attended ASEAN-related activities. |
United States | New York City | 19–21 September | Abe delivered a speech at the general debate of the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
Cuba | Havana | 22–23 September | Abe met with former Council of State President Fidel Castro and Council of State President Raúl Castro. [89] |
United States | New York City | 17 November | Abe travelled to meet President-elect Donald Trump. [90] |
Peru | Lima | 18–20 November | Abe attended the APEC summit. |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 21 November | Abe met with President Mauricio Macri. [91] |
United States | Honolulu | 26–27 December | Abe met with President Barack Obama. [92] |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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Philippines |
| 12–13 January | Abe met with President Rodrigo Duterte, and later visited Davao City, Duterte's hometown. [93] |
Australia | Sydney | 14–15 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. [94] |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 15–16 January | Abe met with President Joko Widodo. [95] |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 16–17 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Communist Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President Trần Đại Quang, and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. [96] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 10–11 February | Abe met with President Donald Trump. [97] |
Germany | Hanover | 19–20 March | Abe met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. [98] |
France | Paris | 20 March | Abe met with President François Hollande. [99] |
Belgium | Brussels | 21 March | Abe met with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. [100] |
Italy | Rome | 21 March | Abe met with Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. [101] |
Russia | Moscow | 27 April | Abe met with President Vladimir Putin. [102] |
United Kingdom | London | 28–29 April | Abe met with Prime Minister Theresa May. [103] |
Italy | Taormina | 25–27 May | Abe attended the G7 summit. |
Malta | Valletta | 27 May | Abe met with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. [104] |
Belgium | Brussels | 5–6 July | Abe met with Prime Minister Charles Michel. He also met with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. [105] |
Germany | Hamburg | 6–8 July | Abe attended the G20 summit. |
Sweden | Stockholm | 9 July | Abe met with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. [106] |
Finland | Helsinki | 9–10 July | Abe met with President Sauli Niinistö. [107] |
Denmark | Copenhagen | 10 July | Abe met with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. [107] |
Russia | Vladivostok | 6–7 September | Abe attended the Eastern Economic Forum. |
India | Ahmedabad | 13–14 September | Abe met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [108] |
United States | New York City | 18–21 September | Abe delivered a speech at the general debate of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
Vietnam | Da Nang | 9–11 November | Abe attended the APEC summit. |
Philippines | Manila | 12–14 November | Abe attended ASEAN-related activities. |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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Estonia | Tallinn | 12 January | Abe met with President Kersti Kaljulaid and Prime Minister Jüri Ratas. [109] |
Latvia | Riga | 13 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis. [110] |
Lithuania | Vilnius | 13–14 January | Abe met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. [111] |
Bulgaria | Sofia | 14 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and President Rumen Radev. [112] |
Serbia | Belgrade | 15 January | Abe met with President Aleksandar Vučić. [113] |
Romania | Bucharest | 16 January | Abe met with President Klaus Iohannis. [114] |
South Korea | Pyeongchang | 9–10 February | Abe met with President Moon Jae-in. He also attended the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. [115] |
United States | Palm Beach | 17–18 April | Abe visited President Donald Trump at his residence in Mar-a-Lago. [116] |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 29–30 April | Abe met with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [117] |
Jordan | Amman | 1 May | Abe met with Prime Minister Hani Mulki and King Abdullah II. [118] |
Palestine | 2 May | Abe visited the Jericho Agro-Industrial Park. [119] | |
Israel | Tel Aviv | 2 May | Abe met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [119] |
Russia |
| 25–26 May | Abe attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and met with French President Emmanuel Macron. He then met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. [120] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 6–7 June | Abe met with President Donald Trump. [121] |
Canada | Charlevoix | 8–9 June | Abe attended the G7 summit. [122] |
Russia | Vladivostok | 11–13 September | Abe attended the Eastern Economic Forum. |
United States | New York City | 23–26 September | Abe delivered a speech at the general debate of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
Spain | Madrid | 16 October | Abe met with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. [123] |
France | Paris | 17 October | Abe met with President Emmanuel Macron. [124] |
Belgium | Brussels | 18–19 October | Abe attended the Asia–Europe Meeting. |
China | Beijing | 25–26 October | Abe met with Premier Li Keqiang, President Xi Jinping, and National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Li Zhanshu. He also interacted with students from the Peking University. [125] |
Singapore | Singapore | 14–15 November | Abe attended ASEAN-related activities. |
Australia | Darwin | 16–17 November | Abe visited Darwin Cenotaph together with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and attended a reception held by Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner. [126] |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 17–18 November | Abe attended the APEC summit. |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 29 November – 1 December | Abe attended the G20 summit. |
Uruguay | Montevideo | 2 December | Abe met with President Tabaré Vázquez. [127] |
Paraguay | Asunción | 2 December | Abe met with President Abdo Benitez. [128] |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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Netherlands | Amsterdam | 9 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. [129] |
United Kingdom | London | 10 January | Abe met with Prime Minister Theresa May. [130] |
Russia | Moscow | 21–22 January | Abe met with President Vladimir Putin. [131] |
Switzerland | Davos | 23 January | Abe attended the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. [132] |
France | Paris | 22–23 April | Abe met with President Emmanuel Macron. [133] |
Slovakia | Bratislava | 24 April | Abe met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini. He also attended a summit with Visegrád Group countries. [134] |
Belgium | Brussels | 25 April | Abe met with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. [135] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 26–27 April | Abe met with President Donald Trump. |
Canada | Ottawa | 27–28 April | Abe met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [136] |
Iran | Tehran | 12–13 June | Abe met with President Hassan Rouhani. He also met with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. [137] |
France | Biarritz | 24–26 August | Abe attended the G7 summit. |
Russia | Vladivostok | 4–6 September | Abe attended the Eastern Economic Forum. |
United States | New York City | 23–25 September | Abe delivered a speech at the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
Belgium | Brussels | 26–27 September | Abe met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. [138] |
Thailand | Bangkok | 3–5 November | Abe attended ASEAN-related activities. |
China | Chengdu | 23–25 December | Abe attended the China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit. |
Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
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Saudi Arabia | 11–13 January | Abe met with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. [139] He also visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hegra. [140] | |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 13–14 January | Abe met with Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [140] |
Oman | Muscat | 14 January | Abe met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq. [141] |
Prime Minister Abe attended the following summits during his first prime ministership (2006–2007):
Group | Year | |
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2006 | 2007 | |
APEC | 18–19 November Hanoi | 8–9 September Sydney |
EAS (ASEAN+3) | None | 15 January Mandaue |
ASEAN–Japan | None | 14 January Mandaue |
G8 | 6–8 June Heiligendamm | |
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend |
Prime Minister Abe attended the following summits during his second prime ministership (2012–2020):
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