Press Releases (Statements) Archive
August 2012

Courtesy Call by H.E. Mr. François Lonseny Fall, Secretary General of the Office of the President of the Republic of Guinea, on H.E. Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs (August 31)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign affairs of Japan on the Refusal by the Government of the Republic of Korea of the Government of Japan's Proposal on the Institution of Proceedings before the International Court of Justice by a Special Agreement (August 30)
Visit to Fiji by Mr. Joe NAKANO, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (August 30)
Dinner between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Djoko Suyanto, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Overview) (August 28)
Japan-Burkina Faso Foreign Ministers' Meeting (August 27)
Messages of Condolence for Damages by Tropical Storm Isaac in Haiti (August 27)
Statement by Mr. Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of Japan, on the Passing of Mr. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (August 24)
Emergency Grant Aid for Earthquake Disaster in the Northwestern Part of Iran (August 24)
Emergency Grant Aid for Refugees from Syria (August 24)
Statement by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Passing of Mr. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (August 22)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Inauguration of the New Somali Federal Parliament (August 22)
Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on Accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) (August 22)
Proposal to the Government of the Republic of Korea to Institute Proceedings before the International Court of Justice by a Special Agreement (August 21)
Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Earthquake Disaster in the Northwestern Part of Iran (Decision to Provide Emergency Assistance) (August 20)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq (August 17)
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 15)
Message of Condolence from H.E. Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan to Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for the Earthquake occurred in the Northwestern Part of Iran (August 12)
Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks (August 10)
Transition of Power to the Constitutional Assembly in Libya (August 10)
Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights and reinforcement of Japan's Self-Defense Forces Unit (August 7)
Sixth International MANGA Award (August 6)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Adoption of the Provisional Constitution in Somalia (August 3)
Opinion Poll: Spanish Image of Japan (Outline of Results) (August 1)
Prime Minister Noda hosted an "Iftar" (fast-breaking dinner during the Holy Month of Ramadan) (August 1)
Participation of Mr. Naoto Kan, Former Prime Minister of Japan, in the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (August 1)