Milestones of ASEAN-JAPAN Friendship and Cooperation
1967
Founding of ASEAN 2020
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1971
ZOPFAN
(Zona of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality)
ZOPFAN
(Zona of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality)
1971
1973
Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Synthetic Rubber
(The start of the cooperative relations)
- 1st ASEAN-Japan Forum
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1977
1977
- 1st ASEAN-Japan Forum
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1973
Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Synthetic Rubber
(The start of the cooperative relations)
1978
- 1st ASEAN-Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting
- ASEAN Cultural Fund
1981
Establishment of ASEAN-Japan Centre
Establishment of ASEAN-Japan Centre
1981
1984
Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN
1988
Japan-ASEAN Exchange Projects (JAEP)
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1990
Cambodia Peace Conference in Tokyo
Cambodia Peace Conference in Tokyo
1990
1992
Japan’s 1st Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
(UNTAC, Cambodia)
1994
1st ARF Ministerial Meeting
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1995
Viet Nam joined ASEAN 
Viet Nam joined ASEAN 
1995
1997
- 1st ASEAN Plus Three Summit
- ASEAN Foundation
- Lao PDR and Myanmar joined ASEAN
- Cambodia joined ASEAN
- Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund
1999
1999
- Cambodia joined ASEAN
- Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund
1997
- 1st ASEAN Plus Three Summit
- ASEAN Foundation
- Lao PDR and Myanmar joined ASEAN
2000
Japan-ASEAN General Exchange Fund (JAGEF)
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Japan-ASEAN General Exchange Fund (JAGEF)
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2000
2003
- ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit
- Tokyo Declaration for the Dynamic and Enduring Japan-ASEAN Partnership in the New Millennium
- ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action 2004 – 2010
2004
- Japan’s accession to Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Aceh Tsunami
- Japan’s accession to Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Aceh Tsunami
2004
2003
- ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit
- Tokyo Declaration for the Dynamic and Enduring Japan-ASEAN Partnership in the New Millennium
- ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action 2004 – 2010
2005
1st East Asia Summit
2006
- Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF)
- ASEAN-Japan Counter Terrorism Dialogue
2007
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JENESYS
(Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths)
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2007
2008
- ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP)
- ASEAN Charter
- Cyclone Nargis
- JAGEF and JAEP merged into JAIF
2009
- Roadmap for an ASEAN Community
- 1st Mekong-Japan Summit
- Roadmap for an ASEAN Community
- 1st Mekong-Japan Summit
2009
2008
- ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP)
- ASEAN Charter
- Cyclone Nargis
- JAGEF and JAEP merged into JAIF
2011
- Opening of Mission of Japan to ASEAN
© Mission of Japan to ASEAN - Bali Declaration for Enhancing ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership for Prospering Together
- ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action 2011-2015
- Establishment of JAIF Management Team (JMT)
- Great East Japan Earthquake
- Establishment of ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre)
2012
- ASEAN Regional Emergency Logistic System
- KIZUNA (bond) Project
- ASEAN Regional Emergency Logistic System
- KIZUNA (bond) Project
2012
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2013
© Prime Minister’s Office of Japan
- 40th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation
- JENESYS 2.0
- Adoption of the “Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation: Shared Vision, Shared Identity, Shared Future” and its Implementation Plan
2015
- JENESYS2015
- 1st JAIF Caravan
- Establishment of the ASEAN Community
- ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together
2016
- JENESYS2016-Economics
- JENESYS2016
- 2nd JAIF Caravan
- 3rd JAIF Caravan
- JENESYS2016-Economics
- JENESYS2016
- 2nd JAIF Caravan
- 3rd JAIF Caravan
2016
2015
- JENESYS2015
- 1st JAIF Caravan
- Establishment of the ASEAN Community
- ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together
2017
- ASEAN’s 50th Anniversary
- JENESYS2017
- Adoption of the “Revised Implementation Plan of the Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation: Shared Vision, Shared Identity, Shared Future”
- 4th JAIF Caravan
2018
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- 45th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation
- JENESYS2018
2019
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2020
- JENESYS2020
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Adoption of the
Joint Statement of the 23rd ASEAN-Japan Summit on Cooperation on ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
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2021
2021
2022
2023
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- 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation
- JENESYS2022 Phase II
- JENESYS 2023
- JAIF 3.0
- Adoption of the
“Joint Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation: Trusted Partners” - Implementation Plan