ThePacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM) is a forum between the government ofJapan and leaders in thePacific Islands region.^[1][2]

The Pacific Island Leaders Meeting was established by Japan in 1997 in order to facilitate and strengthenrelations with the leaders of the nations of thePacific Islands Forum.^[1] Since its foundation, PALM has become an important venue ofdialogue between Japan and Pacific Island nations for important issues such asdevelopment aid andclimate change.

#	Date	Location held
1st	1997	Tokyo
2nd	2000	Miyazaki
3rd	2003	Okinawa
4th	2006	Okinawa
5th[3]	2009	Hokkaido
6th[4]	2012	Okinawa
7th[5]	2015	Fukushima
8th[6]	2018	online
9th[7]	2021	online
10th[8]	2024	Tokyo

The first meeting took place inTokyo in 1997.^[1]

At the meeting of the fourth forum Pacific Island Leaders Meeting (PALM 4) in 2006, Japanese and Pacific leaders adopted theOkinawa Partnership. Under the Okinawa Partnership, Japan agreed to increase its commitment to the development of Pacific Islands Forum countries.^[1]

The 5th forum of the Pacific Island Leaders Meeting (PALM 5) took place between May 22–23, 2009, inHokkaido.^[1] The meeting was jointly co-chaired by thenPrime Minister of JapanTaro Aso and thePremier of NiueToke Talagi, who was also thechairman of the Pacific Islands Forum at the time.^[1]

The 2009 PALM summit was divided into three mainthemes orobjectives.

• The first theme was entitled, "Eco-friendly: creating a Pacific Environmental Community," which addressed the issues concerning theenvironment andclimate change.^[1]
• The second theme was called "Rich: Overcoming vulnerabilities and promoting humansecurity." This objective discussed what are known as human security issues, including health, water supply, and education in thesmall island states of the Pacific.^[1] The main focus of this discussion was to build the capacity of these resources. Japan planned to discuss its efforts to alleviate the impact of the2008 financial crisis on the Pacific island nations.^[1]
• The third theme was called "We are Islanders: People to People exchange."^[1] This theme's objective was to strengthen cultural exchanges of people between Japan and the Pacific Islands in a way that would benefit both sides strategically.^[1]

Fiji, which is under a military dictatorship, was invited to the 2009 PALM forum. However,CommanderFrank Bainimarama, the leader of the 2006 coup, was not invited to the meeting.

The sixth forum of the Pacific Island Leaders Meeting (PALM 6) took place between May 25–26, 2012.^[9]

•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Federated States of Micronesia
•  Fiji
•  French Polynesia
•  Japan
•  Kiribati
•  Marshall Islands
•  Nauru
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Niue
•  Palau
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu

• Pacific Leaders call on Japan for leadership in Water and Sanitation
• Yokwe: Participants for the Fifth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting
• PIF Leaders meet on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido for PALM5Archived 2012-02-26 at theWayback Machine

• Politics of Oceania
• Japan–Oceania relations
• Foreign relations of Japan
• Pacific Islands Forum
• Foreign relations of Australia
• Foreign relations of the Cook Islands
• Foreign relations of Fiji
• Foreign relations of the Federated States of Micronesia
• Foreign relations of Kiribati
• Foreign relations of the Marshall Islands
• Foreign relations of Nauru
• Foreign relations of New Zealand
• New Zealand–Pacific relations
• Foreign relations of Niue
• Foreign relations of Palau
• Foreign relations of Papua New Guinea
• Foreign relations of Samoa
• Foreign relations of the Solomon Islands
• Foreign relations of Tonga
• Foreign relations of Tuvalu
• Foreign relations of Vanuatu
• Australia–Japan relations
• Cook Islands–Japan relations
• Fiji–Japan relations
• Japan–Federated States of Micronesia relations
• Japan–Kiribati relations
• Japan–Marshall Islands relations
• Japan–Nauru relations
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• Japan–Niue relations
• Japan–Palau relations
• Japan–Papua New Guinea relations
• Japan–Samoa relations
• Japan–Solomon Islands relations
• Japan–Tonga relations
• Japan–Tuvalu relations
• Japan–Vanuatu relations
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