Press Releases (Statements) Archive
May 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the participation in the infrastructure building work in the Northern Territories by an enterprise of a third country (May 30)
Substantial Agreement on Negotiations with respect to an Agreement between Japan and India on Social Security (May 30)
Dinner Hosted by H.E. Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, for H.E. Mr. Houshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq (May 29)
Courtesy Call on Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, by Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) (May 28)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Massacre in Houla, Syria (May 28)
Courtesy Call by Mr. Soe Thane, Minister for Industry of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs (May 25)
Courtesy Call on Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Dr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (May 24)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Selection on Candidate Cities to Host the 32nd Olympic Games and the 16th Paralympic Games in 2020 (May 24)
Courtesy Calls on H.E. Mr. Christopher J. Loeak, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Hon. Meltek Sato Kilman Livtuvanu, Prime Minister of Vanuatu by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba (May 23)
Japan-Guatemala Foreign Ministers' Meeting (May 23)
Opinion Poll: 2012 U.S. Image of Japan (May 22)
Opinion Poll: Turkish Image of Japan (Outline of Results) (May 22)
The Sixth International MANGA Award (May 22)
Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa (EPSA) (May 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Terrorist Bombing in Sana'a, Yemen (May 21)
Emergency Grant Aid for Refugees etc., Arising from Political Unrest in the Syrian Arab Republic (May 18)
Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (May 17)
Signing of the Japan-Australia Information Security Agreement (ISA) (May 17)
Emergency Assistance to the Union of the Comoros in Response to the Floods Disaster (May 15)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Parliamentary Election in Algeria (May 14)
Signing of the Japan-China-Korea Trilateral Investment Agreement (May 13)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Terrorist Bombing in Damascus (May 11)
Decision of Signing of the Japan-China-Korea Trilateral Investment Agreement (May 11)
Meeting between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Dr. Burhan Ghalioun, President of the Syrian National Council (May 10)
Statement by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Their Majesties’ Visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (May 8)
Visit to Bulgaria by Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ryuji Yamane (May 7)
Congratulatory Message from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to President-elect of the French Republic François Hollande (May 7)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan (May 3)