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Press Releases (Statements) Archive
May 2008

• Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on the Dublin Conference on Cluster Munitions (Adoption of Draft Convention) (May 30)
• Japan-UNDP Joint Framework for Building Partnership to Address Climate Change in Africa (May 30)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project “Sustained improvement of Human Security in the City of Sao Paulo through Humanization Actions in Public Schools, Health Services, and Communities” in the Federative Republic of Brazil. (May 30)
• The 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) and the 5th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP5) to be Held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture (May 30)
• Signature of the Joint Document concerning the Cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) (May 29)
• Leaders of Central American and Caribbean Countries Endorsed the“Cool Earth 50” and the “Cool Earth Promotion Programme” Proposed by Japan (May 29)
• Statement by Press Secretary the Election of a New President in Lebanon (May 27)
• Exchange of Diplomatic Notes concerning the Entry into Force of the Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and Indonesia (May 27)
• Mr. Osamu Uno, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Talks with Maj-Gen Thein Swe, Minister for Transport, and Inspects Damage at the Port of Yangon (May 26)
• Meeting between Mr. Osamu Uno, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Kyaw Myint, Minister for Health of Myanmar (May 26)
• Meeting between Mr. Osamu Uno, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN Secretary-General (May 26)
• Meeting between Mr. Osamu Uno, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, and U Nyan Win, Foreign Minister of Myanmar (May 26)
• The Sixth Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement (Summary) (May 26)
• Decision on Emergency Food Aid in Response to Rising Food Prices (May 26)
• Mr. Osamu Uno, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Attended Pledging Conference for Myanmar’s Cyclone Disaster (May 25)
• Meeting between Mr. Osamu Uno, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (May 25)
• Nomination of Ms. Fumiko Saiga, Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as a Candidate for the Elections of ICC Judges (May 23)
• Japan’s Additional Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (May 23)
• Japan-Laos Summit Meeting (May 23)
• Statement by Press Secretary on inappropriate scenes in a Japanese animation (May 23)
• Statement by Press Secretary / Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Current Situation in Lebanon (May 22)
• Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the announcement of the Government of Israel and Syria regarding the start of indirect peace talks (May 22)
• Telephone Conversation between Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee (May 22)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project “Enhancing human security through developing local capacity for holistic community based conflict prevention in Northern Ghana” in the Republic of Ghana. (May 22)
• Exchange of Notes Concerning Grant Aid to the Republic of Madagascar (Project for Construction of Access Roads in the South Area of the Capital) (May 22)
• Japan-Laos Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 22)
• The Third Election for the UN Human Rights Council (May 22)
• Earthquake Disaster in Sichuan Province (Humanitarian Assistance to the Government of the People's Republic of China through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) (May 21)
• Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team to the Earthquake Disaster in Sichuan Province and Return of Japan Disaster Relief Rescue Team to Japan (May 20)
• Results of the First Japan-Russia Experts’ Meeting on Cooperation on the Preservation of the Ecosystem and its Sustainable Use in Areas of Japan and Russia (May 19)
• Visit to Japan by R.O.K. Junior High School Students under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS Programme) (May 19)
• Emergency Assistance for the Cyclone Disaster in the Union of Myanmar (May 16)
• Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Teams in Response to the Earthquake Disaster in Sichuan Province, China (May 16)
• Summary of the 7th Round of Negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement (May 15)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on Series of Bombings in India (May 14)
• Meeting between Mr. Hitoshi Kimura, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador U Hla Myint of Myanmar (May 13)
• G8 Summit PR Film “Summit and Japan” Uploaded on Website (May 13)
• Statement by Press Secretary on the Armed Attacks by Anti-Government Forces in Sudan (May 12)
• Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (Call for Application for Japanese Trainees) (May 9)
• Emergency Assistance to the Union of Myanmar (May 9)
• Letter from Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to Myanmar's SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe (May 9)
• Observation of National Referendum on Draft Constitution by Diplomatic Corps in Myanmar (May 9)
• Statement by Press Secretary on the Current Situation in Lebanon (May 9)
• Dinner Meeting between Mr. Mitoji Yabunaka, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (May 8)
• Kidnapping of Japanese Women in Yemen (Safely Released Victims Met with Japanese Embassy Officials) (May 8)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project "Human Security for the Adolescent: Empowerment and Protection against Violence, Early Pregnancy, Maternal Mortality and HIV/AIDS" (May 8)
• Emergency Assistance for the Cyclone Disaster in the Union of Myanmar (May 8)
• Ms. Kurara Chibana of “Earth Supporter” Pays a Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Koumura (May 8)
• The Seventh Round of Formal Negotiations on Bilateral Investment Agreement between Japan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (May 7)
• Japan-China Consular Agreement (May 7)
• Visit to Thailand of Mr. Hitoshi Kimura, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Talks with Key Official of Thailand) (May 6)
• Emergency Assistance for the Cyclone Disaster in the Union of Myanmar (May 5)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Tibet (Contact and Dialogue between the People’s Republic of China and the 14th Dalai Lama side) (May 5)
• Meeting between Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Zacarias Albano da Costa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (May 2)
• Ninth Round of Negotiations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (R.O.K.) on the Delimitation of the Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) and the Negotiations on the Provisional Framework concerning Cooperation in Marine Scientific Research (May 2)
• TICAD IV Official Supporters Pay a Courtesy Call on Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs (May 1)
• The Results of the Fifth Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP-V) (May 1)
• 2008 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals (May 1)
• Opinion Poll: 2008 U.S. Image of Japan Study (Summary) (May 1)
• Opinion Poll on Japan in Six ASEAN Countries (Summary of Results) (May 1)
• Dispatch of Senior Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Sudan (May 1)
• The Agreement between Japan and the United states of America concerning New Special Measures relating to Article XXIV of the Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan Enters into Force (May 1)