| Philander Chase Knox |
Tokyo |
Attended funeral ceremony for Emperor Mutsuhito; left U.S. August 22; returned October 11. |
September 9–22, 1912 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Tokyo |
Stopped en route to Korea. |
August 2, 1953 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Yoshida while returning to U.S. Announced return of the Amami Islands to Japan. Returned to U.S. August 10. |
August 8, 1953 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Yoshida and Foreign Minister Okazaki en route from Manila. |
September 9–10, 1954 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Tokyo |
Met with Premier Hatoyama and Foreign Minister Shigemitsu. |
March 18–19, 1956 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Hakone |
Attended a meeting of U.S.-Japan Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs. |
November 1–4, 1961 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Tokyo |
Attended a meeting of Joint U.S.-Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs. |
January 24–28, 1964 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Kyoto, Tokyo |
Attended a meeting of U.S.-Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs. |
July 4–7, 1966 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Yokota |
Stopped en route to Manila. |
October 21, 1966 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Tokyo |
Met with senior Japanese officials. |
December 5–7, 1966 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Tokyo |
Attended a meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Development. Signed a space cooperation agreement. |
July 28–31, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Tokyo |
Attended a meeting of U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Asian countries and met with Prime Minister Sato and senior Japanese officials. |
July 7–10, 1970 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Tokyo |
Attended a meeting of the Joint U.S.-Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs. |
July 15–17, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Tokyo |
Chiefs of Mission to Asian countries. |
November 14–16, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Ford on a State visit. |
November 18–22, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Tokyo |
Met with Foreign Minister Kimura. |
November 25, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Tokyo |
Stopped en route to China. |
October 18–19, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Miki and Foreign Minister Miyazawa. |
October 23, 1975 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Miki and Foreign Minister Miyazawa. |
December 8, 1975 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Fukuda and Foreign Minister Hatoyama. |
August 26–27, 1977 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Carter on a State visit and to the Economic Summit Meeting. |
June 25–29, 1979 |
| Edmund Sixtus Muskie |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Carter to funeral of Prime Minister Ohira. Met with Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng. |
July 9–10, 1980 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Tokyo |
Nakasone and Foreign Minister Abe. |
January 30–February 2, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Tokyo |
Stopped while returning to U.S. |
February 10, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit. |
November 9–12, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Tokyo |
Stopped while returning to U.S. |
May 2, 1984 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Reagan to the Economic Summit Meeting. |
May 2–7, 1986 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Nakasone and senior Japanese officials. |
March 6–7, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Takeshita and Foreign Minister Uno. |
July 18–20, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Bush. |
February 23–25, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Tokyo |
Attended the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines conference. |
July 4–5, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Miyazawa and Foreign Minister Watanabe. |
November 10–12, 1991 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Tokyo |
Attended a meeting of the G-7 Foreign and Finance Ministers on aid to the former Soviet Union. |
April 13–15, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Clinton to the Economic Summit Meeting and to meetings with Russian President Yeltsin. |
July 6–10, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Tokyo |
Met with senior Japanese officials and attended a meeting of the International Committee on the Reconstruction of Cambodia. |
March 9–11, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Osaka |
Attended APEC Ministerial Meeting. |
November 16–17, 1995 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Clinton on a State Visit. |
April 16–18, 1996 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Sapporo |
Overnight stop while en route to China. |
November 18, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Hashimoto and senior officials. |
February 23–24, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Hashimoto and Foreign Minister Obuchi. Signed amended Acquisitions and Cross-Servicing Agreement. |
April 28–29, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Hashimoto and Foreign Minister Obuchi. |
July 3–4, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Tokyo |
Stopped en route to ASEAN Ministerial meetings. |
July 23–24, 1999 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Tokyo, Miyazaki |
Met with Prime Minister Mori and Foreign Minister Kono; attended the dedication of Albright Hall in Miyazaki. |
July 29–31, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Koizumi and senior officials. |
July 23–24, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Tokyo |
Attended the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan. |
January 19–21, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Bush. |
February 18–19, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Tokyo |
Met with senior Japanese officials. |
February 22–23, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Koizumi and Foreign Minister Machimura. |
October 23–24, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Tokyo |
Met with Foreign Minister Machimura and senior Japanese officials. |
March 18–19, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Tokyo |
Met with Foreign Minister Machimura. |
July 11–12, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Aso. |
October 18–19, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Tokyo |
Met with Foreign Minister Koumura and with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert. |
February 26–27, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Kyoto |
Attended the G-8 Ministerial Meeting and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with the Foreign Ministers of Australia and Japan. |
June 26–28, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Tokyo |
Met with Foreign Minister Nakasone. |
February 16–18, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Tokyo |
Met with Foreign Minister Okada. |
May 21, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Kan and Foreign Minister Matsumoto. |
April 17, 2011 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. Attended the Conference on Afghanistan. |
July 7–9, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Tokyo |
Met with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. |
April 14, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Tokyo |
Attended the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting. Signed Protocol to amend the Guam International Agreement concerning redeployment of U.S. forces from Okinawa to Guam. |
October 2–4, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Hiroshima |
Attended a G-7 ministerial meeting. |
April 10–11, 2016 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. |
March 15–16, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Tokyo |
Accompanied President Trump. |
November 5–7, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Tokyo |
Met with Japanese and South Korean leaders to discuss our shared commitment to the final, fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK, as well as other bilateral and regional issues. |
July 7–8, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono. |
October 6–7, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Osaka |
Participated in the G–20 Leaders’ Summit. |
June 28–30, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Tokyo |
Met with Prime Minister Suga and participated in the second meeting of the Quad Foreign Ministers of Australia (Payne), India (Jaishankar), and Japan (Motegi). |
October 4–6, 2020 |
