Team Samoa to the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, comprising eight athletes and several officials have arrived safely at the Games…
Continue Reading14 July 2021: PRESS RELEASE – Japan provides 100 thousand doses of COVID-19 Vaccines to Samoa
Japan to Provide approximately 100 thousand Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccines to Samoa The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan MOTEGI…
Continue Reading6 JULY 2021: Updated Travel Advisory for Travellers returning to Samoa
The following Special Travel Advice has been updated as of 6th July 2021 for all travelers intending to travel and…
Continue ReadingMay 24 2021 – SAMOA Special Travel Advisory for Travelers Returning to Samoa
The following Special Travel Advice has been updated as of 24th May 2021 for all travelers intending to travel and…
Continue ReadingPacific Ambassadors meet with Japan-Pacific Parliamentary Friendship League
The Pacific Island Ambassadors met with members of the Japan-PIC Friendship League on the 22nd April 2021 at the Diet…
Continue ReadingApril 28, 2021 – Special Travel Advice for Travelers Returning to Samoa
The following Special Travel Advice has been updated as of 28th April 2021 for all travelers intending to travel and…
Continue ReadingJAPAN’S GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
23 March 2021 JOINT PRESS RELEASE EXCHANGE OF NOTES – Procurement of Negative Pressure Isolation Container Units The Government of…
Continue ReadingSpecial Travel Advice for Travelers Entering Samoa as of 11 January 2021
The following is the revised travel advice from the Ministry of Health for all travelers entering Samoa as of 11…
Continue Reading6th January 2021 – AMENDMENT TO THE SOE FOR Samoa: INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2021.
Cabinet approved in its meeting on Wednesday 6th January 2021, amendments to the State of Emergency for COVID 19 authorizing…
Continue Reading4th Pacific Islands Ambassadors Group Meeting for 2020
The Pacific Island Countries Ambassadors Group (PICAG) meeting chaired by H.E Fa’alavaau Perina Jacqueline Sila-Tualaulelei held its fourth meeting of…
Continue ReadingAmbassador attends event hosted by Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko
H.E. Faalavaau Perina Jacqueline Sila-Tualaulelei attended an Evening Tea event hosted by the Governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko on 11th…
Continue ReadingJapan assistance to Safotulafai Primary School
29 October 2020: The Government of Japan through it’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Project (GGP) funded the renovation…
Continue ReadingPALM Ministerial Interim Meeting, 20 Oct 2020 – Chairs’ Summary
Chairs’ Summary of the PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting for PALM9, 20 October 2020Overview The PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting (MIM) for…
Continue ReadingREPATRIATION FLIGHTS SCHEDULE FOR 2020 TO SAMOA
16 OCT 2020: Cabinet has approved a schedule of repatriation flights for returning citizens from Europe, Hawaii, the United States…
Continue ReadingJapan graduates and officials return home
30 September 2020 Japanese student graduates and officials boarded a flight from Tokyo on the evening of the 30th September…
Continue ReadingCall for Designs: 9th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM9) Logo
In 2021, Japan will host the ninth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM9) in Mie Prefecture’s Shima City, where leaders of Pacific…
Continue Reading26 September 2020: Prime Minister of Samoa’s address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate of 75th Session
Hon. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa
Continue Reading2 September 2020 Amended SOE for COVID-19.
2 September 2020 the new amendments to the State of Emergency Orders for COVID-19. The orders with the amendments are…
Continue ReadingThe construction of the new Vaisigano Bridge in Samoa
The new Vaisigano Bridge 2020 The Authority would like to thank all who participated in the opening of the new…
Continue Reading6th August 2020 – Amended SOE Order for Covid-19
In consultation with Cabinet, the Head of State le ao Mamalu ole Malo Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II pursuant to Article…
Continue Reading3 August 2020: Special Travel Advice – Ministry of Health, Samoa
Vaisigano Bridge Opens in Samoa
The project for the construction of Vaisigano Bridge has been officially completed and opened to the public on Tuesday 11th…
Continue ReadingPress Release – 16 July 2020 – Conditions of international travel under SOE
16 July 2020, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade Conditions of international travel under SOE (16th JULY 2020); The public…
Continue Reading22 JUNE 2020 – ❗Special Travel Advice and Information paper for Travellers from New Zealand
This travel advisory and information sheet is to inform you prior to your arrival into Samoa. All passengers entering Samoa…
Continue Reading03rd June 2020: AMENDED STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR CORONAVIRUS
AMENDED STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR CORONAVIRUS: (COVID-19) 03rd June 2020 GOV. PRESS SECRETARIAT; Pursuant to Article 106 of the…
Continue ReadingPress Release 20 May 2020: PASSENGER FLIGHTS TO REPATRIATE SAMOAN NATIONALS
Press Release: Ministry Foreign Affairs & Trade 20th MAY 2020; The Government in collaboration with the Government of New Zealand…
Continue Reading30 April 2020 – AMENDED STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR CORONAVIRUS
AMENDED STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) 30th April 2020 GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT; The State of Emergency Order has…
Continue Reading03 APRIL 2020: State of Emergency for Samoa extended
State Of Emergency for Samoa extended GOVT PRESS SECRETARIAT: The State of Emergency will be extended for another four weeks.…
Continue Reading30 March 2020: State of Emergency Orders for Samoa
AMENDED STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) 30th March 2020 GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT; “Cabinet is empowered to make Regulations,…
Continue Reading21 March 2020: UPDATED TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR SAMOA IN RELATION TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-2019)
21st March 2020 UPDATED TRAVEL ADVISE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-2019) Due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 spilling into the Pacific and…
Continue Reading14 MARCH 2020: UPDATED TRAVEL ADVISORY NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-2019)
UPDATED TRAVEL ADVISORY NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-2019) ⚠️⚠️⚠️IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS ADVISORY WILL COME INTO EFFECT – SUNDAY…
Continue ReadingImportant Update Regarding ASIA PACIFIC LADIES FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY (ALFS) BAZAAR 2020
~Alternative method of conducting the event due to the Coronavirus crisis~ With the current novel coronavirus-related extraordinary circumstances and in…
Continue ReadingCultural exchange with Daisan Elementary School, Chofu
サモア独立国大使館のジャスティン・リマ参事官と大使館スタッフが2月27日（木曜日）、東京都調布市の第三小学校を訪問しました。参事官は3時限目に全校生徒向けにサモアの紹介を行ないました。また4時限目には5年生生徒と文化交流が行われ、生徒達が「シヴァタウ」を披露したほか、日本の防災対策に関するグループ発表がされ、サモアに有益となり得る提案が出ました。また給食ではサモアの食文化にインスパイアされた特別な給食が生徒や先生方に提供されました。参事官は5年生生徒と共に給食を食べることができました。 Counsellor Justin Lima of the Embassy of the Independent State of Samoa and embassy staff visited Daisan Elementary School…
Continue ReadingUPDATE – HEALTH TRAVEL ADVISORY NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-2019) EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
更新 – 新型コロナウイルス（COVID-2019）に関する健康旅行勧告即時発効 4 MARCH 2020; ALL TRAVELLERS ENTERING SAMOA MUST NOTE THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: A Special Health Declaration Card…
Continue ReadingSchool Visit to Midorigaoka Elementary (Chofu)
2020五輪の開催に伴い東京都庁が推奨している「世界ともだちプロジェクト」の一環としてサモア独立国大使館のジャスティン・リマ参事官と大使館スタッフが2月17日（月曜日）に調布市立緑ヶ丘小学校を訪問しました。４時限目に緑ヶ丘小学校の５年生と交流をした他、昼休み時間にはサモアの食文化に基づいた特別な給食が全校生徒と先生方に提供されました。 調布市には昨年秋、アジアで初めて開催されたラグビーワールドカップ2019の開幕戦が行われた東京スタジアムがあります。 As part of the Global friendship project promoted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in light of the upcoming…
Continue ReadingEmbassy of Samoa partcipates at the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid and Flower Show 2020
HE Faalavaau Perina Jacqueline Sila Tualaulelei, Ambassador of The Independent State of Samoa attended the opening ceremony of “The World…
Continue Reading“アジアの祭典チャリティーバザー2020” / Asia Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS) Bazaar 2020
Dear Friends, The Samoa Embassy participated in last year’s Asia Pacific Ladies Friendship Society fundraising activities which included an annual…
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