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Press Conference by Press Secretary

July 1999

23 July

1. Attendance of Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahiko Koumura at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference (PMC)
2. Visit of Foreign Minister Koumura to the Republic of Indonesia
3. Letter from Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to the United States of America, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China
4. Situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and possibility of a visit by Foreign Minister Koumura
5. Position of Government of Japan in regard to the response of China toward the Falun Gong organization
6. Significance of the Tokyo Forum on Nuclear Disarmament
7. Content of meeting between Foreign Minister Koumura and Commissioner-General Peter Hansen of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
8. Japan's position on accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

16 July

1. Visit to Japan of the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Jenny Shipley of New Zealand
2. Provision of additional assistance for Kosovar refugees
3. Japan's position concerning the fighting in Kashmir
4. Japan's position concerning developments between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China
5. Security issues concerning reports of the development of a neutron bomb by China and infiltration of Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by Chinese warships

13 July

1. Announcement on the withdrawal of armed elements from Kashmir
2. Results of the visit to the People's Republic of China and Mongolia by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
3. Japan's position in regard to Taiwan
4. Japan's response in the case of conflict between the United States and China in accordance with defense policy
5. Response to reports of violence against a Chinese woman by Japanese court authorities
6. Position of Japan, China and Mongolia in regard to the Korean Peninsula issue
7. Contact between Japan and Middle Eastern countries concerning reports of Middle Eastern military officials being present at the launching of the North Korean missile last year
8. Issue of shipping routes for nuclear waste between the French Republic and Japan passing through the Caribbean
9. Japan-China cooperation in regard to international issues
10. Contact between officials from Japan and the Republic of Iraq

9 July

1. Announcement on the Visit to Japan of Prime Minister John Howard of the Commonwealth of Australia and Mrs. Janette Howard
2. Japan-Australia agricultural issues within the context of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations
3. Other specific proposals for the WTO outlined in the Japan-Australia Summit Meeting
4. Japan-Australia cooperation in East Timor
5. Objectives of Japan in regard to the visit of Prime Minister Howard
6. Objectives of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's visit to the People's Republic of China
7. Japan-People's Republic of China relations concerning the Korean Peninsula issue

6 July

1. Visit to the People's Republic of China and Mongolia by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi from 8 to 11 July
2. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister John Howard of the Commonwealth of Australia
3. First Plenary Meeting of the New Japan-Mexico Commission for the 21st Century and the Japan-Mexico High-Level Economic Consultation
4. Agenda of discussions for meetings between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Prime Minister Zhu Rongji and President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China
5. Position of the Government of Japan on accession of the People's Republic of China to the World Trade Organization
6. Hostilities between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan over Kashmir

2 July

1. Introduction of new Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Relations Chikahito Harada
2. Response of the Government of Japan to reported attack on the regional office of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET)
3. Japan-Commonwealth of Australia bilateral relations