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Press Conference by Press Secretary

October 1999

29 October

  1. On the shooting incident in the Parliament in Armenia
  2. World Trade Organization (WTO) Informal Ministerial Meeting in Lausanne
  3. Visit by State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto to the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  4. Other issues concerning India

26 October

  1. Results of the Japan-Republic of Korea Ministerial Meeting
  2. Release of the Japanese mining engineers taken hostage in the Republic of Kyrgyz
  3. Japan's position on the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET)
  4. Issues concerning the release of the Japanese hostages in Kyrgyz
  5. Current position of Japan in regard to North Korea following the Japan-Republic of Korea Ministerial Meeting
  6. Legal aspects of the Constitution of Japan in terms of nuclear weapons
  7. Visit to Japan of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai of the Kingdom of Thailand
  8. Regarding the possible visit of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress to the Republic of Korea

22 October

  1. Selection of the new President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia
  2. Cooperation in kind for East Timorese displaced persons
  3. Letter from Secretary of State Madeleine Albright of the United States to Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
  4. State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto's visit to the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  5. Nomination of Japanese Ambassador to France Koichiro Matsuura as candidate of the next Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  6. Japan's position in regard to sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  7. Points concerning the UNESCO Director-General election and the nomination of Ambassador Matsuura
  8. Concerning reports of nuclear weapons stored in Okinawa by the United States military until 1972
  9. Other issues

19 October

  1. Japan's position regarding the statement made by Army Chief of Staff General Pervez Musharraf on the current situation in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  2. Moves made by Japan in response to the United States Senate's refusal to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
  3. In regard to the Japan-Republic of Korea Ministerial Meeting
  4. Visit to Japan by Secretary General Kofi Annan of the United Nations
  5. Further issues concerning the situation in Pakistan
  6. Visit to Japan of First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Dr. Hasan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  7. Japan's position on the next round of World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations conveyed by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to Director-General Mike Moore of the WTO

15 October

  1. Announcement on the changing political scene in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  2. Japan's position on the United States' refusal to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
  3. Dispatch of United States fact-finding team to the nuclear accident site at Tokaimura

12 October

  1. Announcement on the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) held in Vienna
  2. Announcement on the dispatch of international fact-finding teams to the fuel conversion facility where the nuclear accident occured in Tokaimura
  3. The goals of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting on Assistance for the Palestinians
  4. The upcoming ministerial-level meeting between Japan and the Republic of Korea
  5. The visit of President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias of the Republic of Venezuela to Japan

8 October

  1. Announcements on the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) Meeting on Assistance for the Palestinians to be held in Tokyo
  2. Announcements on the Joint Invitation Program for Young Leaders of Israel and Palestine
  3. Announcement on the joint TV invitation program to cover the Joint Program for the Young Leaders of Israel and Palestine
  4. Confirmation of main participants at the Ad Hoc Committee Meeting on Assistance for the Palestinians
  5. Japan's position on the return to power in the Republic of India of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
  6. Current status of the hostage situation in the Republic of Kyrgyz
  7. Regarding the possible visit to Japan of President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation

5 October

  1. Accident at the uranium processing plant in Tokaimura
  2. The Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in Vienna
  3. Financial assistance to the United Nations multinational force in East Timor
  4. International assistance to the Government of Japan in regard to the nuclear accident in Tokaimura
  5. Japan's foreign policy stance after the formation of the new coalition
  6. Regarding participation in the ad hoc conference in Tokyo on the Palestinians

1 October

  1. Announcements on emergency assistance to Kosovo
  2. Emergency grant assistance for Taiwan
  3. Visit to Japan by Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Somsavat Lengsavad of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
  4. Assistance from other countries for the nuclear accident in Tokaimura
  5. The Headquarters created after the nuclear accident in Tokaimura
  6. The role of Japan in East Timor
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