Courtesy call on Ms. Helen Blake, Assistant Secretary General, Department of Taoiseach

On 15 January, Japanese Ambassador MIYAGAWA Manabu paid a courtesy call on Ms. Helen Blake, Assistant SG, Department of the Taoiseach.  Both sides reaffirmed to communicate and cooperate each other to follow up the outcomes of the official visit by H.E. Mr. Micheál Martin, Taoiseach, to Japan  in July 2025 so that Ireland and Japan will further enhance the goodwill and friendship toward the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations in 2027.