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Press Conference by Press Secretary

July 1996

30 July

  1. The Morning Plenary Session of the G-7/P-8 Ministerial Conference in Paris on Terrorism
  2. Proposed embargo on Libya and Iran
  3. Japan's role in international cooperation on counterterrorism
  4. Terrorist activity by the Aum Shinrikyo
  5. Technology and terrorist activity
  6. Free movement of individuals across borders
  7. Classification of terrorism types
  8. Legislative measures related to terrorism
  9. Russian Federation concerns over terrorism

26 July

  1. Introduction to the press conference and announcements to the Press
    1. Self introduction and opening remarks by International Press Division Director Hidehiko Hamada
    2. Press conference summer break
    3. C. Ministerial Conference on Terrorism to be held in Paris
  2. Policy of Japan on the Senkaku Islands
  3. The Kita Kojima light tower

23 July

  1. Japan's cooperation for the election of the Presidential Council in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina
  2. Reported lighthouse construction on Kita Kojima in the Senkaku Islands
  3. Trip to Japan by contingent from North Korea
  4. Japan-Republic of Indonesia trade relations
  5. Possible discussion of Korean Peninsula matters at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Jakarta
  6. Alleged North Korean bartering for rice supplies
  7. Press Conference summer break

19 July

  1. Decision on the Helms-Burton Act made by President William Clinton of the United States of America
  2. Reported construction of a light tower in the Senkaku Islands
  3. Possible discussion in Jakarta between the People's Republic of China and Japan regarding security matters
  4. Possible Japan-U.S.-Republic of Korea trilateral meeting in Jakarta
  5. Japan-Russian Federation relations
  6. Senkaku Islands issues
  7. Delay of the Helms-Burton Act effective date
  8. Pre-indictment transfer of custody conditions in cases of U.S. servicemen charged with crimes in Japan
  9. United Nations Law of the Sea and Senkaku Islands matters

16 July

  1. Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yukihiko Ikeda to the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of Singapore and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
  2. Possible discussion of the Japan-U.S. Joint Declaration on Security at the ARF Meeting in Jakarta
  3. Possible discussion at the ARF Meeting in Jakarta of the situation on the Korean Peninsula

5 July

  1. Announcements
    1. Presidential elections in the Russian Federation
    2. Visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yukihiko Ikeda to Bosnia and Herzegovina
  2. Japan-Russian Federation issues
  3. Visas for foreign nationals in Japan
  4. Donor's Conference for Cambodia

2 July

  1. Announcements
    1. Financial contributions for holding of elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    2. Japan initiatives at the Lyon Summit
    3. Conference on nuclear safety to be hosted by Japan
  2. Proposed funding reduction for Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) by the United States Congress
  3. Japanese Funding for Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)
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