Press Releases (Statements) Archive
August 2011

The 3rd Joint Committee of the Japan-Viet Nam Cooperation in Science and Technology (August 29)
Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Situation in Libya (August 26)
Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs, lodges a protest against Mr. Cheng Yonghua, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Japan (August 25)
Courtesy Call on Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and Meeting between Mr. Yutaka Banno, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Commissioner-General (August 25)
Mr. Kenichiro Sasae, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, lodges a protest against Mr. Cheng Yonghua, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Japan (August 24)
Attendance by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ikuo Yamahana at the Fifth Forum for East Asia Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) (August 23)
Emergency Grant Aid for the 2011 Presidential Election in the Kyrgyz Republic (August 23)
Meeting between Mr. Yutaka Banno, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Thierry Mariani, French Secretary of State for Transport for the Minister of Ecology, Sustainable development, Transport and Housing (August 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Situation in Myanmar (Meeting between President Thein Sein and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) (August 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the recent situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories (August 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Suicide Attack in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (August 20)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Situation in Syria (August 19)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the decision regarding the construction of housing units in the West Bank (August 17)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq (August 16)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the decision regarding the construction of housing units in East Jerusalem (August 15)
Election of Dr. Tetsuro Urabe, Professor, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, and Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as Member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) (August 12)
Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to a Project in Indonesia (August 12)
Dispatch of a Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Expert Team in response to a Fire Accident at a Petroleum Refining Plant in Khabarovsk region, Russia (August 11)
Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project in the Solomon Islands (August 11)
Additional Assistance to Peacekeeping Training Centers in Africa (August 9)
Courtesy Call on Mr. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (August 8)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the decision regarding the construction of housing units in East Jerusalem (August 8)
Assistance in response to droughts in the "Horn of Africa"(Emergency relief goods provided to refugee camps in the Republic of Kenya) (August 5)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Meeting between President Aquino of the Philippines and MILF Chairman Murad on the Mindanao Peace Process in the Philippines (August 5)
Acceptance of Relief Supplies from Ukraine (August 5)
Courtesy Call on Mr. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister by Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (August 3)
Entry into Force of the Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Isle of Man (August 3)
Meeting between Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (August 2)
Meeting between Mr. Yukio Edano, Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Mr. Omurbek Babanov, First Vice Prime-Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (August 1)
Meeting between Mr. Takeaki Matsumoto, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Omurbek Babanov, First Vice Prime-Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic (August 1)
Resumption of the Operation of the Embassy of Japan in Côte d'Ivoire (August 1)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Situation in Syria (August 1)
Entry into force of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and the Republic of India and holding of the first meeting of the Joint Committee (August 1)