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Press Conference by Press Secretary

January 1997

28 January

  1. Press Conference
  2. Shipping of low-grade nuclear waste from Taiwan to North Korea for storage
  3. Hostage Situation in Peru
  4. Comfort women issue
  5. Possible visit to Japan next month by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright of the United States
  6. Inclusion of references to the comfort women in Japanese textbooks
  7. Position of the Government of Japan on the comfort women issue

24 January

  1. The adoption of Resolutions by the Diet concerning the occupation of the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru
  2. The visit of President Kim Young Sam of the Republic of Korea to Japan

21 January

  1. Opening Statements
    1. Second Clinton Administration
    2. United States Secretary of Defense
    3. C. Hostage Situation in Lima, Peru
  2. Anti-terrorist measures
  3. "Hashimoto Doctrine"
  4. Japan-Republic of Korea, Japan-People's Republic of China bilateral relations
  5. Security in the Asia-Pacific region
  6. "Fukuda Doctrine"
  7. Comfort women issue
  8. Schedule for the Japan-Republic of Korea Summit in Beppu
  9. Japan-U.S. security arrangements

17 January

  1. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yukihiko Ikeda on the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement on Hebron and other issues
  2. Comfort Women Issue
  3. Agenda for the upcoming Japan-Republic of Korea Bilateral Summit in Beppu, Japan
  4. Reports on waste disposal in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea
  5. Oil spill clean-up efforts in Japan
  6. Legal issues regarding the oil spill off the coast of Japan
  7. Seizure of a Japanese fishing vessel by authorities in Taiwan

14 January

  1. Regular Announcements to the Press
    1. Accomplishments of Prime Minister Hashimoto's visit to the ASEAN countries
    2. Oil-spill incident in Fukui Prefecture
  2. Japan's position on the arrangement between Taiwan and North Korea for the storage of nuclear waste
  3. Issues concerning Japan's relations with North Korea
  4. Possible topics to be discussed during Foreign Minister Ikeda's visit with Foreign Minister Yoo Chong Ha of the Republic of Korea
  5. Issues regarding former comfort women
  6. Issues regarding Japan-ASEAN dialogue
  7. Issues regarding Japan's ODA to ASEAN countries
  8. Japan's support for Australian participation in the ASEAN meeting process

10 January

  1. The hostage situation in the Republic of Peru
  2. Japan-ASEAN dialogue
  3. Issues regarding the oil spill off Fukui Prefecture
  4. Issues regarding the Tupac Amaru's political manifesto
  5. Foreign Minister Ikeda's upcoming trip to the Republic of Korea
  6. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' position on the incident in Peru
  7. Possible measures to be taken by the Government of Japan regarding the oil spill
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