Press Releases (Visits and Events)
May 2008
Visits
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos and Secretary General of the Laos People's Revolutionary Party (21st - 24th)
- Mr. Hitoshi Kimura, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the Republic of Colombia (21st - 23rd)
- Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East, to Attend the World Economic Forum on the Middle East (18th - 20th)
- Dispatch of Mr. Hiroshi Okuda, Special Advisor to the Cabinet, to Gulf Countries as Special Envoy of the Prime Minister (16th -22nd)
- Mr. Akitaka Saiki, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United States (18th- 20th)
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (14th - 16th)
- Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand (13th - 15th)
- Visit to Pakistan by Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd - 5th)
- Japan-China Youth Friendship Exchange Year-Invitation to 200 Chinese Young People including Members of 1985 Youth Delegation (4th - 10th)
- Visit to Japan of Mr. Noppadon Pattama, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand (8th - 10th)
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Mrs. Liu Yongqing (6th - 10th May )
Events
- The 11th ASEAN+3 Directors-General Meeting (30th)
- Media Liaison Office for TICAD IV (27th -29th)
- Internet Live Broadcast of TICAD IV (28th -30th)
- The 10th Meeting of the “United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation” (26th - 28th)
- The Seventeenth Japan-Iran Vice-Ministerial Regular Consultation (23rd - 26th)
- International Symposium: From Okinawa to Toyako: Dealing with Communicable Diseases As Global Human Security Threats (23rd - 24th)
- High-Level Officials Group Meeting under the “Japan-U.S. Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative” (19th)
- Launching of "Japan Culture Volunteers Program" and Its Kick Off Event (26th)
- The Sixth Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement (19th - 23rd)
- The 7th Round of Negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement (12th - 15th)
- African Festa 2008 (17th - 18th)
- The Second Japan-India Working Group Meeting on the cooperation toward establishment of a new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (1st)
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