Press Conference by Foreign Minister Archives
August 2010

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada

31 August

Opening Remarks
- (1) Visits to China and Mongolia and Participation in Third Japan-China High-Level Economic Dialogue
US Military Realignment Issue
North Korean Issue
Natural Resources Diplomacy in Central Asia
Visit to Germany
Objection to Newspaper Article
Entry of Visiting Aircraft to Kadena Air Base
Assistance to Afghanistan
Monetary Policy (Yen Appreciation)
Sanctions against Iran

Opening Remarks
- (1) Visits to India and Thailand
- (2) Visits to China and Mongolia and Participation in Third Japan-China High-Level Economic Dialogue
US Military Realignment Issue
Northern Territories Issue
North Korean Affairs (Former US President Carter's Visit to North Korea and Six-Party Talks)
Prime Minister's Statement on 100th Anniversary of Japan's Annexation of Korea
Japan's Security Policy
Visits to China and Mongolia and Participation in Third Japan-China High-Level Economic Dialogue
Joint Historical Study between Japan and South Korea
Sexual Exploitation of Children and Regulations on Expression
Advisory Panel of Experts on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Assistance to Afghanistan
Entry of Outside Aircraft to Kadena Air Base
Japan-India Nuclear Energy Agreement
Economic Measures
Meeting of Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of DPJ Policy Research Committee

Opening Remarks
- (1) Senior Official Personnel Changes at MOFA Headquarters (omitted)
- (2) Visit to India and Thailand
- (3) Situation in Myanmar
Abduction of Japanese National in Afghanistan
Japan-South Korea Relations (100th Anniversary of Japan's Annexation of Korea)
Resumption of Six-Party Talks
Sexual Exploitation of Children and Regulations on Expression
Japan-Russia Relations (Northern Territories Issue, Establishment of “Day of the End of World War II,” etc.)
Realignment of US Forces in Japan
Democratic Party of Japan Presidential Election (omitted)
Governor’s Election in Okinawa
Japan-China Relations
Negotiations on Japan-India Nuclear Energy Agreement
Japan-South Korea Relations (100thAnniversary of Japan's Annexation of Korea)
Situation in Myanmar
Expectations on Prime Minister Kan in Field of Foreign Affairs
Diplomacy in the Middle East
Japan-South Korea Relations (100th Anniversary of Japan's Annexation of Korea)

Opening Remarks
- (1) Attendance at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
- (2) Requests by Governor Nakaima of Okinawa
- (3) Visits to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima
Visits to Yasukuni Shrine by Cabinet Ministers
Incident in which Japanese Oil Tanker Suffered Damage in Strait of Hormuz
Japan-South Korea History Issue (Prime Minister's Statement)
Ceremony by India to Commemorate Date of End of War
Talks with Governor Nakaima of Okinawa
Japan-South Korea Relations (Opinion Poll)
Realignment of US Forces in Japan
Joint Military Exercises between US and South Korea
Foreign Minister’s Visit to Central Asia
Resource Diplomacy
Nuclear Umbrella

Opening Remarks
- (1) Sanctions Measures against Iran
- (2) Flood Disaster in Pakistan
- (3) 2nd Japan-CARICOM Ministerial-Level Conference
Sanctions Measures against Iran
Draft Report by Advisory Panel on Security and Defense Capability in the New Era
Review of the Three Non-nuclear Principles
Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions
Realignment of US Forces in Japan
Deepening of Japan-US Alliance
Policy toward North Korea
Current and Future Diplomacy between State Leaders
Takeshima Issue
100th Anniversary of Japanese Annexation of Korea