The following RAAs have been signed and are currently active.
Japan and Australia Discussions over signing of the
Japan-Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement (), officially
Agreement between Japan and Australia concerning the facilitation of reciprocal access and cooperation between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Australian Defence Force began in 2014 and was to be the second significant security pact Japan has made with another country ever since the
1960 Status of Forces Agreement with the United States. This was later exacerbated by China's imposement of economic and diplomatic sanctions in response to Australia's call for promoting and inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 virus. On 22 October 2022, Prime Ministers
Anthony Albanese of Australia and Kishida Fumio further used the RAA to revise an old pact known as the Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JDSC). The initial JDSC was signed back in 2007 and signed by Prime Ministers
John Howard and
Abe Shinzo, in part as a response to the growing security ties in the wake of the
September 11 attacks. It was initially a non-binding security agreement, but the revision has made it a binding treaty between the two countries, and has allowed a more efficient utilization of the RAA. The Japan Australia RAA has also been used as a stepping stone to strengthen the ties between India and the United States, which formed an official grouping with Japan and Australia known as the
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or simply "The Quad". This group was initially formed in 2004 after the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. There was initially some discussion over forming joint military exercises between the four nations back in 2007, but that was later scrapped due to heavy criticism from China. This was later rectified in 2020, with the four nations holding their first joint military exercise. This was done in part due to the growing concerns over
Beijing's actions in backing
Moscow and their distancing from the West.
Japan and the United Kingdom On 5 May 2022, during an in-person meeting in
Downing Street,
United Kingdom Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and Kishida agreed to begin discussions over signing an agreement similar to the RAA between Australia and Japan. Similar to the original Japan Australia RAA, this was done to both ease the hosting of joint military exercises and to simplify the process of bringing troops from one country to another. In addition, this new agreement has allowed Japan to
jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet. This would be the first time Japan has worked on a major military project with another country other than the United States. On the 11 January 2023, Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida and UK Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak signed the
Japan-UK Reciprocal Access Agreement (), officially
Agreement between Japan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the facilitation of reciprocal access and cooperation between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that will allow both nations to deploy troops in each other's countries. The UK will be the first European country to have such a reciprocal access agreement with Japan, with the UK government describing the pact as the most important of its type since the
1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
Japan and the Philippines On 3 November 2023, Japan and the
Philippines announced that they had begun talks for a Reciprocal Access Agreement. On 6 November 2023, Philippine
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro stated that his country wanted to reach an agreement "at the soonest possible time". On 8 July 2024, Philippine Defense Secretary
Gilberto Teodoro and Japanese
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa signed the
Philippines-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement (), officially the
Agreement between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines Concerning the Facilitation of Reciprocal Access and Cooperation between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the first RAA negotiated with a Southeast Asian nation. It would take effect after ratification by the countries' legislatures, Philippine and Japanese officials said. On 16 December 2024, the RAA was signed
officially and
unanimously ratified by the Philippine Senate (Resolution No. 1248). The RAA was approved by the Japan
Diet on June 6, 2025. It came into force on September 11, 2025. ==Proposed==