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Press Conference by Press Secretary

June 1998

30 June

1. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko of the Russian Federation from 12 to 14 July
2. Visit to the People's Republic of China by President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America in relation to the trilateral relationship with Japan
3. Summit Meeting between Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America in Washington D.C.
4. Possible visit to Japan by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright of the United States of America

26 June

1. Release of the summary of the sixteenth Annual Evaluation Report on Japan's Economic Cooperation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
2. Value of the yen in relation to the Asian financial situation
3. Visit by leaders of Latin American countries to Japan for seminar on Latin American development
4. Possible visit by Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Japan
5. Relationship between Japan and the Islamic Republic of Iran
6. Assistance from the Government of Japan to the Republic of Indonesia

23 June

1. Position of the Government of Japan concerning the Kingdom of Cambodia
2. Sixteenth meeting of the Japan-ASEAN Forum
3. Emergency aid from the Government of Japan to the Republic of Indonesia
4. Response of the Government of Japan to announcement by the Government of Israel
5. De-mining assistance by Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
6. Receipt of announcement of the Government of Japan by the Government of Israel
7. Possible visit by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright of the United States of America to Japan
8. Agenda of the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum
9. Release of certain documents by the Government of Japan

19 June

1. Intervention by the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America regarding the exchange rate of the Japanese yen
2. Report of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on official development assistance disbursements in 1997
3. Announcement of the High-level Open Symposium on Development Cooperation on 22 June at the United Nations University Headquarters in Tokyo
4. Support of the Government of Japan for the national elections in the Kingdom of Cambodia on 26 July 1998
5. Possible future interventions by the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States regarding the exchange rate of the Japanese yen
6. Possible visit by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright of the United States of America to Japan
7. Position of the Government of Japan for meeting of finance officials
8. Policy of the Government of Japan regarding development in Africa
9. Situation regarding the Japanese financial system

16 June

1. Communique of the Group of Eight Foreign Ministers on the nuclear tests conducted by the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2. Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Keizo Obuchi of Japan to the Federative Republic of Brazil from 20 to 21 June and to New York for talks with Secretary General Kofi Annan of the United Nations
3. Position of the Government of Japan regarding the situation in Kosovo
4. Relations between the Republic of Korea and North Korea
5. Elections in Australia

12 June

1. Announcement by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at the session of the Foreign Relations and Defense Committee of the House of Councillors on 11 June
2. Letter from Minister for Foreign Affairs Keizo Obuchi to the foreign ministers of 30 non-nuclear weapons states
3. Possibility of talks between Japan and the People's Republic of China concerning the nuclear tests conducted by the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
4. Response of the Government of Japan to the currency exchange rate of the Japanese yen
5. Possibility of a visit by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan to the Republic of Korea

9 June

1. Unanimous adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution co-sponsored by the Government of Japan against nuclear testing by the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2. Response of the Government of Japan to the situation in the province of Kosovo in the Republic of Serbia of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
3. Visit by Mrs. Kumiko Hashimoto to the Russian Federation to attend photographic exhibition of her husband, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
4. Position of the Government of Japan to announcement of North Korea regarding Japanese wives and suspected abduction cases
5. Position of the Government of Japan concerning the Japanese yen exchange rate
6. Response of the Government of Japan to the bombing of 2 June in Teheran in the Islamic Republic of Iran
7. Position of the Government of Japan concerning global nuclear disarmament
8. Proposal by the Government of Japan for an Emergency Action Forum on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation

5 June

1. Condolences of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Minister for Foreign Affairs Keizo Obuchi for railway tragedy in the Federal Republic of Germany
2. Delivery of policy speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Keizo Obuchi entitled "Japan's Active Role Toward the Future of Asia" at the Future of Asia conference
3. Communique announced by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (P5) concerning the nuclear tests conducted by the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
4. Role of Japan in the India-Pakistan situation
5. Purpose of the Emergency Action Forum proposed by the Government of Japan

2 June

1. Introductory Training Program for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization International Monitoring System
2. Response of the Government of Japan to the second round of nuclear testing conducted by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
3. Possible initiative by the Government of Japan to host a meeting regarding the situation in South Asia
4. Possible participation of the People's Republic of China in the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
5. Response of the Government of Japan to the nuclear testing conducted by the Republic of India
6. Admission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum
7. Role of Japan in promoting peace and stability in South Asia
8. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty International Monitoring System

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