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| 1624 | Hidetada |  |
| Closes all ports to foreign vessels except for Nagasaki & Hirodi |
| Severs relations with Spain |
| 1871 | Ito | |
| Goes on a diplomatic tour of Europe |
| Goes on a diplomatic tour of the USA |
| 1902 | Hayashi | |
| Tokyo Responsible for the Anglo-Japanese alliance |
| 1902 | Katsura | |
| Great Britain recognizes Japan's interests in Korea |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1st |
| 1905 | Hayashi | |
| Tokyo Responsible for the Anglo-Japanese alliance |
| 1905 | Katsura | |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 2nd |
| 1911 | Katsura | |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 3rd |
| 1915 | Okuma | |
| 18th Jan Japan issues the 21 Demands to China, grievances to be settled under threat of war |
| 1925 | Hirohito | |
| 20th Jan Sakhalin Diplomatic relationa are restored with Russia as Japan withdraws from nth Sakhalin |
| 1929 | Osachi, Hamaguchi | |
| 22nd July Tokyo Japan severs relations with China |
| 1931 | Showa | |
| 18th Feb Mukden Japan makes a proclamation establishing the Manchurian Republic, Manchukuo |
| 1932 | Hirohito | |
| Japan defeats China at the 1st battle of Shanghai & China ends its boycott |
| 1932 | Saito, Makoto | |
| 15th Sep Manchukuo Japan recognizes Manchukuo, followed only by Italy & Germany |
| 1933 | Saito, Makoto | |
| Nov The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japan's rise in the Far East |
| 1934 | Keisuke, Okada | |
| 24th May Japan declares the Washington & London Naval Treaties as "obsolete" |
| 23rd Oct London Negotiations begin to change the Washington & London naval treaties |
| 1934 | Saito, Makoto | |
| April Japan issues the "Amu-Settlement", a "hands off" China warning to the USA & Britain |
| 1934 | Yamamoto, Isoruku | |
| 23rd Oct London Negotiations begin to change the Washington & London naval treaties |
| 23rd Oct London Proposes naval equality with Britain & the USA |
| 19th Dec London Japan abrogates its naval treaties |
| 19th Dec London The naval conference between Japan, Britain & the USA breaks down |
| 1935 | Keisuke, Okada | |
| Dec Manchuria Russia sells the Chinese Eastern Railway in nth Manchuria to Japan & eases relations |
| 1937 | Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 5th July The KMT & Chinese Communists sign a pact & declare that Japan is their common enemy |
| 5th Oct Roosevelt renounces the neutrality policy towards Japan |
| 1938 | Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 12th Feb Japan refuses to reveal naval data requested by the USAand Britain |
| 1939 | Hirohito | |
| 23rd Aug Japan renounces the Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany |
| 1939 | Kiichiro, Hiranuma | |
| Moscow After the battle of Nomonhan the Foreign Minister signs a neutrality pact with Russia |
| 1939 | Nobuyuki, Abe | |
| Aug Germany signs a non-aggression pact with Russia |
| Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| 1939 | Oshima, Hiroshi | |
| 22nd Aug Tokyo Hears of Ribbentrop's trip to Russia for a pact, express displeasure to Weizsacker |
| 1940 | Hirohito | |
| June The Changkufeng & Nomonhan incidents with Russia are settled |
| 9 The USAapplies sanctions against Japan for closing the "Open Door" policy in Asia |
| 1940 | Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Berlin Visits Hitler, no action against the Allies until modernisation of army & airforce |
| 1941 | Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| 14th June USAsanctions on Japan |
| 17th July USAsanctions on Japan |
| Oct Tokyo Resigns due to the Army's unwillingness to make concessions demanded by the US |
| 1941 | Hirohito | |
| 13th April Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact |
| 1945 | Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Mar Washington Japan & the USAbegin negotiations to settle their differences |
| 1945 | Hirohito | |
| Japan keeps its neutrality with Russia |
| Negotiations to settle the difference between Japan & the USAbreakdown |
| The USAfreezes all Japanese assets in the US |
| 1945 | Kantaro, Suziki | |
| June Japan offers Russia concessions for a non-aggression pact |
| July Japan askes Russia to mediate peace without unconditional surrender, Stalin refuses |
| 1945 | Kuniaki, Koiso | |
| April Russia informs Japan it will not renew the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact |
| 1945 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| July Japan askes Russia to mediate peace without unconditional surrender, Stalin refuses |
| 1951 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| 8th Sep San Francisco The USA& Japan sign a mutual security treaty |
| 1952 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Tokyo Signs the "Yoshida Letter" drafted by Dulles recognizing Kai-shek as China's leader |
| Tokyo Signs the "Yoshida Letter" drafted by Dulles recognizing Kai-shek's as China's leader |
| 28th April The Security Treaty with the USA comes into effect |
| 1956 | Ishibashi, Tanzan | |
| Japan & Russia make a Peace Agreement |
| 1960 | Kishi, Nobusuke | |
| Tokyo A trip by Eisenhower to Japan is cancelled due to demonstrations |
| 23rd June Tokyo The Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation with the USA goes into effect |
| 1965 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| Diplomatic relations are restored with Korea |
| 1969 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| Okinawa Premier Sato visits the United States , during the visit, an agreement is reached for the return of Okinawa to Japanese control, to be carried out in 1972 |
| 1970 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| The Security treaty is extended |
| 1971 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| Nixon announces that he will make a state visit to China |
| Sato & Nixon talk about the return of Okinawa |
| The USA attempts to force Japan to revalue the Yen & lower its trade barriers |
| The USA imposes a 10% surcharge on all imports, aimed in particular at Japan |
| 1972 | Sato, Eisaku | |
| Feb Nixon meets Prime Minister Sato before visiting China |
| 1972 | Tanaka, Kakuei | |
| Apologizes for war crimes & recognizes Beijing as the only legal government in China |
| Hawaii Prime Minister Tanaka & President Nixon meet before Tanaka visits China |
| Prime Minister Tanaka & Zhou Enlai meet in China |
| Tawain Taiwan severs diplomatic relations with Japan |
| 1985 | Nakasone, Yasuhiro | |
| 9th April Nakasone advises the Japanese to buy foreign products |
| 1989 | Takeshita, Noboru | |
| 2nd Feb President Bush meets the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, after which both leaders sounded upbeat about U.S-Japanese relations |
| 1990 | Kaifu, Toshiki | |
| Kuwait leaves Japan off its "thank you list" |
| 1992 | Akihito | |
| Makes the 1st Imperial visit to China |
| 1993 | Miyazawa, Kichi | |
| May Tokyo Pyonyang launches a missile into the Sea of Japan, US-Japanese anti-missiles reply |
| 1995 | Murayama, Tomiichi | |
| 4th Sep Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two USAmarines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 USAtroops in Japan |
| 1998 | Akihito | |
| May British POWs demostrate & demand an apology & compensation |
| May Emperor Akihito & Empress Michiko visit Britain |
| May Recieves the Order of the Garter from the British Royal Familly |
| 1998 | Hashimoto, Ryutaro | |
| Visits Britain & apologizes to British WWII POWs |
| 1998 | Michiko | |
| May Emperor Akihito & Empress Michiko visit Britain |
| 1999 | Obuchi, Keizo | |
| April Tokyo Visits the USA to discuss Japanese rearament |
