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Press Conference by Press Secretary

November 1996

29 November

  1. Japan-Hong Kong meetings in Tokyo
    1. Meeting between Governor Christopher Patten of Hong Kong and Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
    2. Meeting between Governor Christopher Patten of Hong Kong and Minister for Foreign Affairs Yukihiko Ikeda
  2. Current situation in the Republic of Rwanda
  3. Hong Kong special administrative region (SAR) passports
  4. Senkaku Islands

26 November

  1. Additional assistance from the Government of Japan to the Palestinian Self-Government Authority
  2. United States Congressman Mr. Bill Richardson's visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

19 November

  1. Announcements to the press
    1. Mr. Masahiko Komura assumes the post of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
    2. Background information on the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting
  2. Japan-Democratic People's Republic of Korea bilateral relations
  3. Agenda for a meeting between Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and President Kim Young Sam of the Republic of Korea at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting
  4. Meeting of Mr. Masahiko Komura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs with Ambassador to Japan, Kim Tae Zhee of the Republic of Korea
  5. Discussions concerning election of Secretary- General of the United Nations
  6. Issues concerning the Middle East peace process
  7. Japan-Russian Federation territorial issues
  8. Japan EXIM Bank loans to the Russian Federation

15 November

  1. Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga's recent trip to the Middle East
  2. Possible accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the People's Republic of China
  3. Japanese economic cooperation with the People's Republic of China
  4. The upcoming APEC Meeting in the Philippines and Japan's Individual Action Plan

12 November

  1. Introduction to the Press Conference and Announcements to the Press
    1. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgenii Maksimovich Primakov of the Russian Federation
    2. Position of the Government of Japan on the upcoming APEC Meeting in Manila
  2. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgenii Maksimovich Primakov of the Russian Federation
  3. Individual Action Plans for presentation at the upcoming APEC Meeting in Manila
  4. APEC momentum and World Trade Organization (WTO) trade matters
  5. Proposed Cairo Economic Summit
  6. Situation in the Republic of Zaire
  7. Japan-U.S. relations on aviation matters
  8. Possible provision of nuclear reactors to Taiwan
  9. Discussion of information technology and telecommunication issues at the upcoming APEC in Manila
  10. Report to APEC by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
  11. Further matters relating to the situation in the State of Israel
  12. Meeting between Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the State of Israel
  13. 2+2 Meeting and the visit to Japan by Secretary of Defense Dr. William Perry of the United States of America

8 November

  1. Departure from post by Ambassador Walter Mondale of the United States
  2. Nominations for next ambassador to Japan
  3. Japan's position on missile testing by the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea

5 November

  1. Food aid to Palestinian refugees
  2. General overview of the upcoming APEC Meeting in the Philippines
  3. Amount of food aid from Japan for Palestine refugees
  4. Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the People's Republic of China
  5. United States stance on Japan territorial issues
  6. Visits to Japan by Prime Minister Willem Kok of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada of the Republic of Bolivia

1 November

  1. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Jean Chretien of Canada
  2. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgenii Maksimovich Primakov of the Russian Federation
  3. Human rights issues in the People's Republic of China
  4. Economic assistance to former East Germany
  5. Collection of information regarding human rights issues in the People's Republic of China
  6. Scheduled fishery talks between Japan and Taiwan this year
  7. Schedule for the APEC Leaders Meeting in the Philippines
  8. Agenda for the Japan-Russia Foreign Minister's Regular Consultations
  9. Schedule of meetings at the Japan-Russia Foreign Minister's Regular Consultations
  10. Japan-Russia territorial issues
  11. Possible visit to Japan by Minister of Defense Army General Igor Rodionov of the Russian Federation
  12. Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) policy
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