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Press Releases (Statements) Archive
August 2008

• Potential Release of Radioactivity from the Nuclear-Powered Submarine USS HOUSTON (Notification of the final report provided by the U.S.) (August 29)
• Provision of Japanese ODA Loan to Indonesia (Climate Change Program Loan) (August 28)
• Joint Statement on Georgia by the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom (August 28)
• Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on Russia's Recognition of the Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (August 27)
• Debt-Relief Measure in the Form of Cancellation for Bangladesh (August 26)
• Second International MANGA Award (August 26)
• Japan-Australia Consultation on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (August 25)
• Situation in Georgia (Telephone Conference between G-7 Political Directors) (August 25)
• Emergency Humanitarian Grant Aid for Internally Displaced Persons in Georgia caused by Armed Clashes in the Country (August 22)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Suicide Bombing Aimed at a Weapons Factory in Pakistan (August 22)
• Emergency Assistance to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for Flood Disaster (August 22)
• Message of Sympathy from Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, to Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, on the Airplane Crash in Spain (August 21)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Bombing Attack in Boumerdes Province, Algeria (August 20)
• Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on the Death of Mr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, President of Zambia (August 20)
• Signing of the Agreement between Japan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Air Services (August 18)
• Signing of Investment Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Uzbekistan (August 15)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on Ambassador-level Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between Syria and Lebanon (August 15)
• Emergency Assistance to Northern Viet Nam for Flood Disaster (August 15)
• Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on the Emergency Humanitarian Aid with regard to Armed Clashes in Georgia (August 15)
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Mr. Jun Yamazaki, Former Deputy Director-General for Global Issues, International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Appointed as Controller of the United Nations (August 14)
• Statement by Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Agreement of a Roadmap to Peace between Russia and Georgia (August 14)
• Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on a Bomb Attack in Tripoli, Lebanon (August 14)
• Situation in Georgia (Mr. Tanizaki, Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau, makes representation to Mr. Galuzin at the Russian Embassy) (August 12)
• Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on the Situation in Georgia (August 12)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the recall referendum in Bolivia (August 12)
• Signing of the Tsunami Warning Arrangement with Executive Secretary of Preparatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Organization (August 11)
• Statement by Foreign Minister Koumura on the Intensification of Armed Clashes in South Ossetia (August 9)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Ratification of a New Constitution in Maldives (August 8)
• Statement by the Press Secretary on the deterioration of the situation in South Ossetia (August 8)
• Foreign Minister's Commendations for FY 2008 (August 8)
• Leakage of Coolant Water from Nuclear-Powered Submarine USS Houston
  (Information Provided Based on Investigation by the U.S. Side) (August 7)
• Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Situation in Mauritania (August 7)
• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Moldova for Flood Disaster (August 7)
• Leakage of Coolant Water from Nuclear-Powered Submarine USS Houston (August 5)
• Contact/Notification System on the Information related to the Safety of United States Nuclear-Powered Ships (Improvement Plan Taken by MOFA) (August 4)
• Entry into Force of the Agreement between Japan and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for the Liberalisation, Promotion and Protection of Investment Agreement (August 4)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project “Integrated Community Empowerment and Peace-Building Support Project in Ituri” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (August 4)
• Dispatch of Senior Advisor for Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao to the International Monitoring Team in the Philippines (August 1)
• Appointment of the Representative of the Government of Japan to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (August 1)
• Emergency Assistance for Flood Disaster in Western Ukraine (August 1)
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (Outline of the July Meeting) (August 1)