Press Releases (Statements) Archive
December 2011

Additional Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines for Typhoon Disaster (December 28)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Terrorist Bombings in Damascus (December 26)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the recent situation in Nigeria (December 26)
Addition of lists for the measures to freeze the assets of President Bashar Al-Assad and his related individuals and entities in Syria (December 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on a series of terrorist bombings in Baghdad, Iraq (December 22)
Notification for the Entry into Force of the Japan-Viet Nam Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (December 22)
Exchange of diplomatic notes for the Entry into Force of the Japan-Republic of Korea Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (December 22)
Summary of the 13th Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (December 21)
The Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Expert Team (Drain Pump Vehicle Team) Returns from Thailand (December 20)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the decision regarding the construction of housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank (December 20)
Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps (Engineering Unit) to the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) (December 20)
Signing of the Convention between Japan and the Portuguese Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income (December 20)
Emergency Assistance to the Republic of the Philippines for Typhoon Disaster (December 19)
Courtesy Call on Mr. Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, by Political Directors of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Ambassadors of the V4 countries (December 19)
Congratulatory message regarding Samoa's accession to the WTO by Mr. Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs (December 19)
Typhoon Damage in Mindanao, the Philippines (Message of Sympathy from Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba) (December 18)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Election of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (December 13)
Attendance of Mr. Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference (December 13)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the presidential and legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (December 12)
Agreement in Principle on the Convention between Japan and the Portuguese Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income (December 12)
Comment by the Japanese Prime Minister on the outcome of the Seventeenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) (December 11)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Inauguration of the New Yemeni Cabinet (December 9)
Result of the Election of the Members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) (December 9)
Additional Accompanying Measures pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution on Iran (December 9)
The Commencement of the Intergovernmental Negotiation on the Revision of the Agreement between Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and to certain other Taxes (December 9)
Japan-Costa Rica Foreign Ministers' Meeting (December 8)
Dispatch of Instructors to the Malaysian Peacekeeping Training Centre (December 7)
Signing of the Tax Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Guernsey (December 7)
Announcement of the Draft Outline of the "African Green Growth Strategy: Toward Low-Carbon Growth and Climate Resilient Development" (December 7)
The International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn (December 6)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Approval by the Indonesian Parliament for Indonesia's Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (December 6)
Signing of the Tax Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Jersey (December 5)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on Lebanon's Monetary Contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) (December 2)
The Sixth Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue (December 1)
Courtesy Call to Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Participants (Vice-Foreign-Minister Level) in the Sixth Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) of the "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue (December 1)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Obstruction of Humanitarian Aid Activities of United Nations Agencies and Other Agencies by an Extremist Islamic Group in Somalia (December 1)
The Eighth Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP-VIII) (December 1)
Study Tour to Hyogo Prefecture by a Diplomatic Corps in Japan (December 1)
Entry into Force of the Protocol amending the Convention between Japan and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and/or to a Certain Other Tax (December 1)
Entry into Force of the Protocol amending the Convention between Japan and Switzerland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income (December 1)