Visit to Japan, April 2014

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs speaking at the Asialink Conversations in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs speaking at the Asialink Conversations in Hiroshima.

HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Mr Frans Timmerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, listening to The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia speaking

HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Mr Frans Timmerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, listening to The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia speaking at a ‘Dialogue between Foreign Ministers and atomic bomb survivors and citizens’ in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs meeting Mr Nagano Chairman Hiroshima Japan-Australia Society .

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs meeting Mr Nagano Chairman Hiroshima Japan-Australia Society .

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs shaking hands with HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs shaking hands with HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs shaking hands with HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs shaking hands with HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs.

HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr Frans Timmerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia listening to Ms Cailin Molinari, Australian Youth Exchange

HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr Frans Timmerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia listening to Ms Cailin Molinari, Australian Youth Exchange Program participant speak at a ‘Dialogue between Foreign Ministers and atomic bomb survivors and citizens’ in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia speaking to Ms Cailin Molinari, Australian Youth Exchange Program participant at the ‘Dialogue between Foreign Ministers and atomic bomb survivors and citizens’ in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia speaking to Ms Cailin Molinari, Australian Youth Exchange Program participant at the ‘Dialogue between Foreign Ministers and atomic bomb survivors and citizens’ in Hiroshima.

HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr Frans Timmerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs

HE Mr Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr Frans Timmerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia listening to participants at a ‘Dialogue between Foreign Ministers and atomic bomb survivors and citizens’ in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, placing flowers on the Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, placing flowers on the Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, with other NPDI Foreign Ministers and schoolchildren in front of the Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, with other NPDI Foreign Ministers and schoolchildren in front of the Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs receiving paper cranes from schoolchildren at the Hiroshima Cenotaph.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs receiving paper cranes from schoolchildren at the Hiroshima Cenotaph.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, preparing to dedicate flowers at the Cenotaph in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, preparing to dedicate flowers at the Cenotaph in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, standing with her NPDI Ministerial colleagues in front of the Cenotaph in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, standing with her NPDI Ministerial colleagues in front of the Cenotaph in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets students at the Cenotaph memorial for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets students at the Cenotaph memorial for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is greeted by students at the Cenotaph memorial for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is greeted by students at the Cenotaph memorial for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Australian youth exchange program representative Cailin Molinari at the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative 8th Ministerial Meeting in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Australian youth exchange program representative Cailin Molinari at the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative 8th Ministerial Meeting in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks with A-bomb survivor Keiki Ogura in Hiroshima.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks with A-bomb survivor Keiki Ogura in Hiroshima.

The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaking with Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Minister for Foreign Affairs at the NPDI conference in Hiroshima

The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaking with Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Minister for Foreign Affairs at the NPDI conference in Hiroshima

The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, listening to a presentation by the Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Mr Shiga.

The Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, listening to a presentation by the Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Mr Shiga.