Press Releases (Visits and Events)
January 2009
Visits
- Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to visit Okinawa (31st - 1st February)
- Visit to Japan by Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (23rd-28th)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Ivars Godmanis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia (21st-25th)
- Visit to Japan by Hon. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives (19th - 21st)
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria (23rd-25th)
- Visit to the Republic of Palau by Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Former Prime Minister of Japan (15th)
- Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East, to Visit Middle East Countries (10th-18th)
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Georgi Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria and Mrs. Zorka Parvanova (25th - 29th)
- Visit to Cambodia and Laos by Foreign Minister Nakasone (10th-12th)
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Brian Cowen, Prime Minister of Ireland (12th - 17th)
Events
- The Japan-Malaysia Bilateral Consultations (23rd)
- The 9th Japan-South Africa Partnership Forum (26th-27th)
- The Japan-ROK Meeting Concerning the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (30th)
- Regional Promotion Seminar (Kansai Bloc) (20th)
- Opening Reception for Mekong-Japan Exchange Year (20th)
- Launching of Outreach Campaign “Together for the UN” (2009-2010)
- Japan-China Strategic Dialogue to be Held (9th)
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