Attendance of Mr. Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the 48th Munich Security Conference

February 3, 2012
Japanese

From Saturday, February 4 to Sunday, February 5, Mr. Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, will be visiting Munich, Germany to attend the 48th Munich Security Conference.
At the Conference, issues such as European security, the rise of Asia, the situation in the Middle East, and cyber security will be discussed. Foreign and defense ministers as well as other officials of NATO member countries including Germany, the host country, the United States, the United Kingdom and France are expected to attend the Conference.
During his stay, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Nakano is scheduled to exchange views with officials from various countries.

(*The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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