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Press Conference by Press Secretary

November 1997

23 November

1. Introduction of speaker and briefing status
2. Statement by the Spokesperson
3. Closing of the Yamaichi securities company
4. Japan's economy
5. Asian financial crisis
6. Japanese economic stimulus package
7. Closing of Yamaichi securities company
8. Issue of Iran
9. Financial crisis in the Republic of Korea
10. Four-party Talks
11. Kyoto Conference

22 November

1. Introduction of speaker and briefing status
2. Opening statement
3. Japan's objections to fish and forestry as A+ sectors
4. Membership of Russia
5. Bilateral discussions between Japan and China

22 November

1. Introduction of speaker and briefing status
2. Statement by the Spokesperson
3. Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization Agreement
4. Discussion on the economic situation in East Asia
5. Approach of the Republic of Korea
6. Situation of the Japanese economy
7. Scheduling of the APEC Finance Ministers Meeting
8. Leaders' discussion of the financial crisis in Asia
9. Earlier Japanese proposal of an ASEAN monetary
10. Follow-up to the Manila arrangement and the Canadian proposal for emergency preparedness
11. Japan's position on EVSL timetables
12. Forestry and fisheries EVSL
13. Deforestation
14. Building consensus on global warming
15. Haze problem
16. Japan's concessions on fish and forest products
17. New membership

21 November

1. Opening Statement by the Spokesperson
2. Nine agreed sectors for early voluntary sectoral liberalization
3. Japan's position entering the Informal Leaders Meeting
4. Japan-Republic of Korea bilateral foreign ministers' meeting
5. Japan-People's Republic of China bilateral meetings
6. Friends of Cambodia meeting
7. Possible discussion of the Manila new arrangements
8. Japan's trade surplus
9. Bank failures in Japan
10. The "A+ list" for EVSL

21 November

1. Introduction of speaker and briefing status
2. Statement by the Spokesman
3. Financial crisis in the Republic of Korea
4. Sectors for early voluntary sectoral liberalization
5. Financial crises in Southeast Asia
6. IMF assistance for the Republic of Korea
7. Four-party Talks
8. Republic of Korea economy
9. Currency crisis in the Republic of Korea
10. Bilateral assistance to the Republic of Korea
11. Japanese investment in the Republic of Korea
12. Agreement on sectors for early voluntary sectoral
13. Closing of the Yamaichi brokerage house
14. APEC decision-making process
15. Asian economic situation
16. Financial services sector

21 November

1. Press conference announcements
   1. Situation in the Republic of Iraq
2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) issues
3. Anti-personnel landmines

18 November

1. Press conference announcements
   1. Terrorist attack in the Arab Republic of Egypt
   2. Japan-Islamic Republic of Iran vice-ministerial level political consultations
2. Situation in Egypt

14 November

1. Press conference announcements
   1. Confidence-building in the Asia-Pacific region
   2. Situation in the Republic of Iraq
2. Japan-Russian Federation relations
3. North Korean issues
4. Northern Territories issue
5. COP3 and greenhouse gas emissions
6. Japan-Russian Federation issues

11 November

1. Press conference announcements
   1. Situation in the Republic of Iraq
   2. Informal Ministerial-level Meeting on Climate Change
   3. Visit to Japan by Premier Li Peng of the People's Republic of China
   4. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgenii Maksimovich Primakov of the Russian Federation
2. Situation in the Republic of Iraq
3. People's Republic of China-Russian Federation Summit
4. Japan-Russian Federation territorial issues
5. Agenda for the visit to Japan by Premier Li Peng of the People's Republic of China
6. Preliminary overseas meetings of Japanese officials prior to COP3
7. Japan-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia relations
8. Russian Federation issues
9. Japan-People's Republic of China relations

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