Press Releases (Statements) Archive
December 2010

Exchange of Notes concerning Non-Project Grant Aid to the Palestinian Authority (December 27)
Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Suicide Attack Incident in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (December 25)
Courtesy Call on Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara by Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II, Brunei Darussalam (December 24)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Approval of the New START Treaty by the U.S. Senate (December 23)
Substantial Agreement on Negotiations with respect to the Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Colombia for the Liberalisation, Promotion and Protection of Investment (December 22)
Entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (December 22)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Establishment of a New Government in Iraq (December 22)
The Adoption of the Resolution on Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members at the Plenary Meeting of 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (December 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the situation after the Presidential Election of the Republic of Belarus (December 21)
Meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara and His Excellency Mr. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Djibouti (December 20)
Japan-Djibouti Summit Meeting (December 20)
Meeting between the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara and the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü (December 17)
The Eighth Plenary Meeting of the Leading Group (LG) on Innovative Financing for Development (December 17)
The Creation of a “Visa for Medical Stay” (December 17)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Terrorist Attack in the Southeastern part of the Islamic Republic of Iran (December 16)
Emergency Assistance for Flood Disaster in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (December 16)
Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara and The Hon. Tony Abbott MP, Leader of the Opposition, Australia (December 15)
Dispatch of Election Observers to the Presidential Election of the Republic of Belarus (December 13)
Appointment of Mr. Yukio Takasu, Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as the Special Advisor on Human Security to the UN Secretary-General (December 11)
Dispatch of a Japanese Referendum Observation Mission to Sudan (December 10)
Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the decision of Israel regarding the expansion of exports from the Gaza Strip (December 10)
Emergency Assistance for Flood Disaster in the Republic of Colombia (December 9)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Announcement of the Final Result of the Presidential Election in the Republic of Guinea (December 8)
Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Presidential Election (Runoff Voting) in the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (December 8)
Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Suicide Attack in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (December 7)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (Completion of the legal review on the text of the Agreement) (December 6)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Elections in the Republic of Haiti (December 3)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the finalization of the result of the Lower House Election in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (December 2)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Parliamentary Elections of the Republic of Moldova (December 2)