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Press Conference by Press Secretary

November 1998

27 November

  1. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China
  2. Holding of seminar on policy-based financing in the Russian Federation
  3. Comparison of the Japanese-language text and the Chinese-language text of the Joint Declaration
  4. Relationship between the question of history and the Joint Declaration
  5. Response of President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China to the Joint Declaration

26 November

  1. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China
  2. Content of the Declaration between Japan and the People's Republic of China
  3. Comparison of the contents of the documents between Japan and the Republic of Korea and Japan and the People's Republic of China
  4. Treatment of the Declaration by the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China
  5. Future prospects for the Asia-Pacific region
  6. Possible discussion of other defense-related topics
  7. Extension of 390 billion yen loan to the People's Republic of China
  8. Announcement of final judgment in case brought by a group of prisoners of war of the United Kingdom

24 November

  1. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America
  2. Possible statement of apology by the Government of Japan to the Government of the People's Republic of China
  3. Position of the Government of Japan on the status of Taiwan
  4. Response of the Government of Japan to the final judgment in the case brought by prisoners of war of the United Kingdom
  5. Release of the East-Asian Strategy Report (EASR) for 1998 by the Department of Defense of the United States of America
  6. Response of the People's Republic of China to Japan-US security cooperation
  7. Possibility of discussion of enhancement of security dialogue between Japan and China
  8. Support of the Government of Japan to the Middle East peace process
  9. The People's Republic of China and North Korea

20 November

  1. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America
  2. Tone of the Summit Meeting
  3. Response of President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America to the Japanese economic package
  4. Discussion concerning a reduction in the consumption tax
  5. Discussion concerning the domestic political situation in Japan
  6. Discussion concerning North Korea
  7. Discussion concerning the theater missile defense and the Japanese multi-purpose satellite
  8. Discussion concerning the visit of President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China to Japan

20 November

  1. Gathering of ministers from Japan and the Republic of Korea from 28 to 29 November in Kagoshima
  2. Support of the Government of Japan for the Middle East peace process
  3. Visit by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  4. Visit of President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China to Japan
  5. Japanese trade surplus with the United States

17 November

  1. Announcement of Japan's cooperation with Australia to call for the early ratification and entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
  2. Itinerary for the upcoming visit to Japan of President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America
  3. Joint announcement by Japan and the United States of America regarding cooperation for a new US$10 billion fund for Asia
  4. The recently announced New Miyazawa Initiative
  5. Japan's total contribution to the bailout of Asian economies
  6. Upcoming visit to Japan of President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China
  7. Moody's Investors Service downgrading of Japan's credit rating

13 November

  1. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation
  2. Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Team of Japanese Self-Defense Forces to the Republic of Honduras
  3. Legal basis for dispatch of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to the Republic of Honduras
  4. Agenda of visit by President William Clinton of the United States to Japan
  5. Possibility of the issuing of an apology by the Government of Japan during the visit by President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China to Japan

10 November

  1. Emergency aid to the Republic of Honduras for hurricane disaster relief operations and the dispatch of officials of the Government of Japan and others for preparatory research
  2. Visit by Foreign Minister Sardaj Aziz of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Japan from 17 to 20 November
  3. "JAPAN SCOPE" --new television programs by the Government of Japan via international television broadcasting satellite for the Asia-Pacific region
  4. Visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura to the Republic of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from 2 to 7 November
  5. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation
  6. Response of the Government of Japan to recent announcements by the Government of the United States concerning sanctions against the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  7. Announcement of extension of untied loans by the Government of Japan to the Russian Federation

6 November

  1. Unanimous adoption by the United Nations Security Council of Resolution1205 co-sponsored by Japan regarding cooperation between the Republic of Iraq and the United Nations Special Commission
  2. The 22nd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Kyoto, Japan from 30 November to 5 December 1998
  3. Emergency aid to Central American countries by the Government of Japan in response to damage caused by Hurricane Mitch
  4. Possible introduction of a Japanese satellite
  5. Visit of President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China to Japan
  6. Possible discussion of the food situation in the Russian Federation at the Summit meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation
  7. Discussion of the Northern Territories issue at the Summit meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation
  8. Reported negotiations between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Japan concerning a new loan to the Russian Federation
  9. Possible adoption of a joint statement and topics for discussion at the APEC Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  10. The active diplomatic calendar of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in the month of November
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