Press Releases (Statements) Archive
January 2012

Japan-Nepal Foreign Ministers' Meeting (January 31)
Exchange of Letters Written by the Leaders and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Ukraine in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of their Diplomatic Ties (January 27)
Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Fiji in Response to the Floods Disaster (January 27)
The First Round of Negotiations for the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Ukraine concerning Cooperation to Advance Aftermath Response Activities for Accidents at Nuclear Power Stations (January 26)
Dispatch of a Government-Private Sector Joint Mission on Economy to Libya (January 26)
Exchange of Diplomatic Notes concerning the Entry into Force of the Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Peru for an Economic Partnership (January 24)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Results of the Election for the Egyptian People's Assembly (January 23)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the recent situation in Nigeria (January 23)
Meeting between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Michel Barnier, Commissioner for Internal Market and Services of the European Commission (January 20)
Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in Haiti for the Peace Keeping Operation (PKO) (January 20)
Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights (January 20)
Japan-Maldives Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Working Lunch Hosted by Mr. Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (January 18)
Attendance of Mr. Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of Guatemala (Overview) (January 16)
Statement by the Press Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the suicide bombing in the city of Basra in the south of Iraq (January 15)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Presidential Election in Taiwan (January 14)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Situation in Myanmar (January 13)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Agreement to a Ceasefire between the Government of Myanmar and the Karen National Union (January 13)
Visit to Cuba by Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ryuji Yamane (Overview) (January 13)
Issuance of Messages of Condolence for the Passing of H.E. Mr. Malam Bacai Sanha, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (January 12)
Dispatch of Election Observers to the Parliamentary (Mazhlis) Election of the Republic of Kazakhstan (January 12)
Attendance of Mr. Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at Inauguration Ceremony of President of the Republic of Nicaragua (Overview) (January 11)
Courtesy call on President of the Kyrgyz Republic H.E. Mr. Almazbek Atambaev by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Kazuyuki Hamada (January 11)
Emergency Grant Aid for the 2012 Presidential Election in the Republic of Yemen (January 6)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on terrorist bombings in Iraq (January 5)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the agreement on the formation of a new government in Bosnia and Herzegovina (January 5)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the meeting between Israel and the Palestinians (January 4)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in Fiji (Lifting of the Public Emergency Regulations) (January 4)