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1967
Founding of ASEAN
Founding of ASEAN
© ASEAN Secretariat
1971
ZOPFAN
(Zona of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality)
1977
- 1st ASEAN-Japan Forum
© ASEAN Secretariat - Fukuda Doctrine
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
1984
Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN
1988
Japan-ASEAN Exchange Projects (JAEP)
Japan-ASEAN Exchange Projects (JAEP)
© ASEAN Secretariat
1990
Cambodia Peace Conference in Tokyo
1992
Japan's 1st Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
(UNTAC, Cambodia)
1994
1st ARF Ministerial Meeting
1st ARF Ministerial Meeting
© ASEAN Secretariat
1995
Viet Nam joined ASEAN 
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)
© ASEAN Secretariat
2004
- Japan’s accession to Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Aceh Tsunami
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
JENESYS
(Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths)
© Japan International Cooperation Center
(Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths)
© Japan International Cooperation Center
2009
- Roadmap for an ASEAN Community
- 1st Mekong-Japan Summit
2008
- ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP)
- ASEAN Charter
- Cyclone Nargis
- JAGEF and JAEP merged into JAIF
2011
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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
© Japan International Cooperation Center
2013
© Prime Minister’s Office of Japan- 40 Years of ASEAN-Japan Partnership
- JENESYS 2.0
- Adoption of the “Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation: Shared Vision, Shared Identity, Shared Future” and its Implementation Plan
2016
- JENESYS2016-Economics
- JENESYS2016
- 2nd JAIF Caravan
- 3rd JAIF Caravan
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
© ASEAN Secretariat
- 45th Anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation
- JENESYS2018
2019
© ASEAN Secretariat
2020
© Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE)1967
Founding of ASEAN
Founding of ASEAN
© ASEAN Secretariat1971
ZOPFAN
(Zona of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality)
1973
Japan-ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Synthetic Rubber
(The start of the cooperative relations)
1977
- 1st ASEAN-Japan Forum
© ASEAN Secretariat - Fukuda Doctrine
1978
- 1st ASEAN-Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting
- ASEAN Cultural Fund
1981
Establishment of ASEAN-Japan Centre
1984
Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN
1988
Japan-ASEAN Exchange Projects (JAEP)
Japan-ASEAN Exchange Projects (JAEP)
© ASEAN Secretariat
1990
Cambodia Peace Conference in Tokyo
1992
Japan's 1st Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations
(UNTAC, Cambodia)
1994
1st ARF Ministerial Meeting
1st ARF Ministerial Meeting
© ASEAN Secretariat
1995
Viet Nam joined ASEAN
1997
- 1st ASEAN Plus Three Summit
- ASEAN Foundation
- Lao PDR and Myanmar joined ASEAN
1999
- Cambodia joined ASEAN
- Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund
2000
Japan-ASEAN General Exchange Fund (JAGEF)
© ASEAN Secretariat
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
2005
1st East Asia Summit
2006
- Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF)
- ASEAN-Japan Counter Terrorism Dialogue
2007
JENESYS
(Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths)
© Japan International Cooperation Center
(Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths)
© Japan International Cooperation Center
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
2011
- Great East Japan Earthquake
- Establishment of ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre)
-
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)
2012
- ASEAN Regional Emergency Logistic System
- KIZUNA (bond) Project
© Japan International Cooperation Center
2013
- 40 Years of ASEAN-Japan Partnership
©Prime Minister’s Office of Japan - 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
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
2019
2020