Press Releases (Statements) Archive
January 2011

Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on Convening of Myanmar’s National Assembly (January 31)
Statement by Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the situation in Egypt (January 29)
Courtesy Call on Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by a Goodwill Delegation of Indian Parliamentarians (January 28)
Exchanges of Notes for Japanese ODA Loan for the Republic of the Philippines (“Road Upgrading and Preservation Project”) (January 28)
Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights (January 28)
Signing of the Tax Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (January 28)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in the Arab Republic of Egypt (January 27)
Agreement in Principle on the Tax Agreement centered on the Exchange of Information between the Government of Japan and the Government of Guernsey (January 27)
Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Approval of the New START Treaty by the Federation Council of the Russian Federation (January 26)
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK Pays Courtesy Call on Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs (January 25)
Message of Condolence from Prime Minister Naoto Kan to Dr. Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation (January 25)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Opening of the Lower House of Afghanistan (January 25)
Japan-Bulgaria Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 25)
Japan-Bulgaria Summit Meeting (Overview) (January 24)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the postponement of the opening of the Lower House of Afghanistan (January 22)
Signing of the new Special Measures Agreement (SMA) (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) (January 21)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on a series of suicide car bomb attacks in Karbala, Iraq (January 21)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the suicide bomb attack in Tikrit, Iraq (January 18)
Japan-Ukraine Summit Meeting (January 18)
Japan-Ukraine Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 18)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Holding of the Southern Sudan Referendum (January 18)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Concerning the Situation in Tunisia (January 18)
Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Naoto Kan by Mr. Jacques Attali, former President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Overview) (January 18)
The Seventh Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP-VII) (January 17)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Situation of the Republic of Tunisia (January 15)
The 10th Japan-China Consultation on Disarmament and Non-proliferation (Overview) (January 14)
Heavy rain disaster in the state of Rio de Janeiro of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Message from Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs) (January 14)
Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Recent Situation in Lebanon (January 14)
Flood Disaster in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Message from Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emergency Assistance) (January 14)
G8 Foreign Ministers Statement on Terrorist Attacks (January 13)
The 4th International MANGA Award (January 12)
Statement by Mr. Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the demolition of the Shepherd’s Hotel in East Jerusalem (January 11)
Courtesy Call by Mr. Shunji YANAI, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara (January 11)
The Seventh Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP-VII) (January 11)
Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Beginning of the Referendum in Southern Sudan (January 11)
The 1st Japan-China Counter-Terrorism Consultations (January 6)
Participation of Ambassador on Special Mission Aso in the inaugural ceremony of President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (January 4)
Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara send messages to their Australian counterparts following the unprecedented flood in Queensland (January 4)
Message from Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Mahehara on a bombing attack in Alexandria, Egypt (January 4)