Press Releases (Statements) Archive
April 2012

Summary of the 15th Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (April 27)
The Sixth International MANGA Award (April 27)
Director General-Level Meeting of the Non Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) (April 27)
Dispatch of an Observation Mission from Japan for the Parliamentary Election in the Republic of Armenia (April 26)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Appointment of Mr. Yukio Takasu as Under-Secretary-General for Management of the United Nations (April 26)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Decision by the Israeli Government to Legalize Outposts (April 25)
Meeting and Dinner between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. José Ángel Gurría Treviño, Secretary-General of the OECD (Outline) (April 23)
Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ("Project for Mangrove Rehabilitation Plan for Enhancement of Disaster Prevention in Ayeyawady Delta" and "Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship") (April 21)
Signing of Notes concerning Grant Aid for the "Project for Flood Disaster Rehabilitation and Mitigation" to Cambodia (April 21)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Presidential Election in Timor-Leste (April 18)
Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid through the World Food Programme (WFP) for the Project of Food Aid for Poverty Areas including Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar (April 18)
Signing of the "Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Ukraine concerning Cooperation to Advance Aftermath Response to Accidents at Nuclear Power Stations" (April 18)
Statistics for the Number of Visas Issued in 2011 (April 18)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in Guinea-Bissau (April 17)
Extension of the Dispatch of International Peace Cooperation Corps Members to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (April 17)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Terrorist Attacks in Afghanistan (April 16)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Release of Mr. Andrei Sannikov, Opposition Party Presidential Candidate in Belarus (April 16)
Statement by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Issuance of a Statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council regarding North Korea's Launch of the Missile, which it calls a "Satellite" (April 16)
Concerning the Terrorist Attacks in Afghanistan (April 15)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on Adoption of United Nations' Security Council Resolution on the Syrian Issue (April 15)
Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks (April 13)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the escalation of military tension between Sudan and South Sudan (April 12)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in Syria (April 11)
Response of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Earthquake off the Coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia (April 11)
Establishment of the Emergency Headquarters within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in relation to the Launching of a Missile by North Korea Purported to be "Satellite" (April 11)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Situation in Mali (April 9)
On the Passing of Prof. Bingu Wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, and the Inauguration of Hon. Joyce Hilda Banda, Vice-President of the Republic of Malawi, as the New President (April 9)
Messages of Gratitude by Mr. Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the Emergency Transportation of Japanese Tourists in Gilgit-Baltistan (April 9)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Suicide Attack in Somalia (April 6)
Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Fiji in Response to the Flood Disaster (April 5)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Legislature By-Election in Myanmar (April 4)
Notification for the Entry into Force of Japan-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (April 3)
Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talk (April 2)