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Press Conference by Press Secretary

December 1998

22 December

1. Comment by Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura concerning the end of the use of military force against the Republic of Iraq by the United Kingdom and the United States of America
2. Position of the Government of Japan concerning the actions against the Republic of Iraq
3. Reported relationship between the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and in the Middle East
4. Relations between Japan and Arab countries
5. Anticipated Defense Agency Report on North Korea
6. Cabinet announcement concerning possible Japanese information-gathering satellite
7. Calendar of Japanese diplomatic activities in 1999

18 December

1. Comment by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi concerning the use of military forces against the Republic of Iraq by the United States of America and the United Kingdom
2. Japanese support of the military action against the Republic of Iraq
3. Possible reaction on the part of the Republic of Iraq to the military action
4. Support by the Government of Japan to enforce United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions
5. Comment on the announcement by the Republic of Iraq of civilian casualties
6. The Government of Japan's knowledge of the military action against the Republic of Iraq by the Government of the United States of America
7. Possible further support by the Government of Japan for the military action against the Republic of Iraq
8. Possible effects of the military action against the Republic of Iraq on dialogues on security issues in Northeast Asia
9. Comment of the state of military alertness by the Defense Agency
10. State of relations between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Iraq
11. Possible meetings between officials from the Government of Japan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran

15 December

1. Visit of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to Hanoi for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit Meeting
2. The Government of Japan's commendation of progress in the Middle East peace process
3. Assistance from the Japanese Government to support the Middle East peace process and development in the Palestinian territory
4. Possible consultations between the Governments of Japan and the United States regarding rice tariffs
5. Response to reports of Middle Eastern military officers being present at the North Korean missile launch

11 December

1. Announcement of emergency aid to Cambodian refugees and others by the Government of Japan
2. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's attendance at the upcoming Summit Meeting in Hanoi of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders and the Leaders of Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea
   1. Significance of the goals of the ASEAN Summit Meeting
   2. Japan's financial assistance to Asian countries to overcome current economic difficulties
   3. Recent focus and discussions on the concept of human security
3. The goal of Japan and the United States of America to prevent North Korea's development of nuclear weapons
4. Negotiations between the Russian Federation and Japan regarding the conclusion of a peace treaty
5. Sub-critical nuclear testing being conducted by the Russian Federation and the United States of America

8 December

1. Vice-ministerial consultation between Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Tanba and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin of the Russian Federation
2. Response of the Government of Japan to the elections in Taiwan
3. Participants in the fourth meeting of the Afghanistan Suppport Group
4. Reports on alleged underground North Korean missile launch sites

4 December

1. Response of the Government of Japan to the decision of the Cabinet of the State of Israel concerning the implementation of the Wye River Agreement
2. Support by the Government of Japan for the Middle East peace process
3. Possibility of high-level visits from the Republic of India
4. Loans from international financial institutions to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Republic of India

1 December

1. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China
2. Meeting between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil of the Republic of Korea under the Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration
3. Formation of a new Government in the Kingdom of Cambodia and possible meeting of the International Conference on the Reconstruction of Cambodia (ICRC)
4. Fourth meeting of the Afghanistan Support Group in Tokyo from 7 to 8 December in Tokyo
5. Comparison between the Japanese text and Chinese text of the Joint Declaration between Japan and the People's Republic of China
6. Comments by President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China at Waseda University
7. Possibility of the establishment by Japan and the Republic of Korea of a free trade zone
8. Topics to be raised at the fourth meeting of the Afghanistan Support Group in Tokyo
9. Response of the Government of Japan to the trial of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia
10. Possible visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura to the Middle East
11. Quote from Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil of the Republic of Korea about the leadership of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi

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