Press Releases (Statements) Archive
March 2012

Dispatch of a Cultural Exchange Mission to Myanmar (Postponement of Dispatch Date) (March 30)
Japan-Chile Foreign Ministers' Meeting (March 29)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Proposal on the Syria Crisis by the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Kofi Annan (March 28)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Presidential Runoff Election in Senegal (March 28)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the military clashes on the border region between Sudan and South Sudan (March 28)
Japan-Latvia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Outline) (March 27)
Dispatch of Electoral Monitors for Legislature By-Election in Myanmar (March 27)
Meeting between Foreign Minister Gemba and the Hon. John Baird, Foreign Minister of Canada, and the Hon. Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade (March 25)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the rebellion by soldiers of the Malian Army (March 23)
Meeting between Foreign Minister Gemba and Mr. Mohamed Kamel Amr, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt (March 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the United Nations Security Council Presidential Statement on Syria (March 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Situation (March 22)
Establishment of the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) Secretariat (March 21)
Messages of Condolences Regarding Serial Shootings in France (March 21)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq (March 21)
Temporary Closure of the Embassy of Japan in the Syrian Arab Republic (March 21)
Agreement in Principle on the Tax Agreement regarding the Exchange of Information between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein (March 21)
Meeting between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs and H.E. Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the WTO (March 16)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on Delivery of the Judgment by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on the dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal (March 16)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s verdict in the Lubanga case (March 15)
Japan - SADC Infrastructure Investment Seminar in Tokyo (Overview) (March 14)
Additional Accompanying Measures pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution on Iran (March 13)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the tensions in the Gaza Strip and its surrounding area (March 12)
Adoption of the Resolution Submitted by Japan ("Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Natural Disasters") at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) (March 10)
Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Congo in Response to the Explosions at a Munitions Depot in Brazzaville (March 9)
The Convening of the Intergovernmental Negotiation on the Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein (March 9)
Official Announcement of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) White Paper 2011 (March 9)
Addition of lists for the measures to freeze the assets of President Bashar Al-Assad and his related individuals and entities in Syria (March 9)
TV Commercials Transmitting the Attractions of Japan and Tohoku to the World (March 8)
Dialogue with Central Asian and Caucasian Countries: Seminar concerning Energy Conservation (Summary) (March 8)
Courtesy Call by Lieutenant General HI(M) Muhammad Asif, Director General of Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Mr. Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (March 7)
Dispatch of a Cultural Exchange Mission to Myanmar (March 7)
Release of Report of the Joint Study on the Possibility of a Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (March 7)
Production of Photographic Materials about Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 7)
Production of Video Materials about Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 7)
Sen Genshitsu Named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador (March 6)
Meeting between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs and H.E. Dr. Saad Dine El Otmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco (March 5)
Signing of "Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety" (March 3)
Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Koichiro Gemba and Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Jafar Hassan (March 2)
FY2011 International Workshop on Acceptance of Foreign Nationals and Their Integration into Japan: Great East Japan Earthquake and the Policy on Foreign Nationals (Overview) (March 1)