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Press Conference by Press Secretary

June 2000

30 June

  1. Schedule of Kyushu-Okinawa Summit events
  2. The establishment of the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit NGO Center
  3. Announcement by the Republic of Korea relaxing restrictions on cultural imports from Japan
  4. Fact-finding mission to Cambodia on the issue of small arms and light weapons
  5. Parliamentary election in the Republic of Zimbabwe
  6. Questions on the schedule of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono
  7. Questions on topics for discussion at the Kyushu-Okinawa G8 Summit
  8. Question on official development assistance (ODA) to Myanmar
  9. Developments in the foreign policy of North Korea
  10. Other issues

27 June

  1. Announcement on the Japanese elections with regard to those voting overseas
  2. Announcement on the Ambassadors' Conference of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Countries
  3. Remarks on the dispatch of observers to the National referendum in the Republic of Uganda
  4. Comment on the Council Meeting at Ministerial level of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  5. Japan's performance in untied aid
  6. Emergency assistance to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for rehabilitation of and the reconstruction process for the Palestinians
  7. Announcement on the formation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' band, "The Diplomats," and the production of their first compact disc

23 June

  1. Vice-Ministerial Subcommittee Meeting of the Japanese-Russian Joint Committee on the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty
  2. Announcement on the meeting of the Japan, United States of America and Republic of Korea Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group on North Korea
  3. Comment on the signing of the border demarcation agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Yemen
  4. Emergency assistance to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for drought disaster
  5. Dispatch of election observers for the parliamentary election in the Republic of Zimbabwe
  6. Questions on the decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to raise output
  7. Follow-up questions on the Subcommittee Meeting of the Japanese-Russian Joint Committee on the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty
  8. Questions on the holding of bilateral meetings prior to the G8 Summit
  9. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's remarks on the summit meeting with Secretary-General of the Workers' Party Kim Jong Il of North Korea
  10. Question on the visit to the People's Republic of China by President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  11. Other issues

20 June

  1. Announcement on the funeral ceremony of Her Majesty The Empress Dowager
  2. Announcement on the start of "Overseas Travel Safety Week"
  3. Debriefing on the North-South Korea Summit Meeting by the Republic of Korea's Special Envoy
  4. The 7th Japan-China Security Dialogue Meeting
  5. Vice-Ministerial Subcommittee Meeting of the Japanese-Russian Joint Committee on the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty
  6. Comment on the Ministerial level Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Council Meeting
  7. The World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world
  8. Follow-up questions to the 7th Japan-China Security Dialogue Meeting
  9. Follow-up questions on the North-South Korea Summit
  10. Other issues

16 June

  1. Announcement on the North-South Joint Declaration
  2. Acceptance by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) proposal for the cessation of hostilities
  3. Japan's concerns over the current situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  4. Japan's position with respect to the situation in the Solomon Islands and the Republic of Fiji
  5. Questions pertaining to the North-South Korea Summit Meeting and future relations between Japan, the Republic of Korea and North Korea
  6. Japan's position on the Middle East peace process following the demise of President Hafez al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic

13 June

  1. Announcement on the evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Solomon Islands
  2. Remarks upon the demise of late President Hafez al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic
  3. Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono and Head of the Presidential Office Mohammad Ali Abtahi of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  4. Announcement on the Japan-Republic of Korea Cultural Exchange Conference
  5. Announcement on the results of the Women's 2000 Council in New York
  6. Announcement on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministers' Meeting
  7. Summit meeting between North Korea and the Republic of Korea
  8. Follow-up question concerning Japan's bilateral relations with Iran

8 June

  1. The bilateral talks on the occasion of the funeral service for former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  2. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's bilateral meeting with President Joseph Ejercito Estrada of the Republic of the Philippines
  3. Prime Minister Mori's bilateral meeting with President Abdurrahman Wahid of the Republic of Indonesia
  4. Prime Minister Mori's bilateral meeting with Prime Minister John Howard of Australia
  5. Prime Minister Mori's bilateral meeting with President Kim Dae Jung of the Republic of Korea
  6. Prime Minister Mori's bilateral meeting with President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America
  7. Questions

6 June

  1. Announcement on the funeral service for former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  2. Announcement on the address by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the Discussion Group on the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit
  3. Dispatch of a Japanese survey team to the earthquake center of Bengkulu in the Republic of Indonesia
  4. Comment on the summit meeting between President William Jefferson Clinton of the United States of America and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
  5. Announcement on the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP6) Meeting
  6. Questions on Japan's refusal of an entry visa to Presidential Secretary-General Chang Chun-hsiung of Taiwan
  7. Question concerning bilateral meetings to be held with Prime Minister Mori around the funeral of former Prime Minister Obuchi
  8. Question on the meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono and Minister of Defense George Fernandes of the Republic of India
  9. Question on the upcoming General Election

2 June

  1. Comment on the visit to the People's Republic of China by Secretary-General Kim Jong Il of the Workers' Party of North Korea
  2. Meetings between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono and Minister for Foreign Affairs Youcef Yousfi of the Democratic People's Republic of Algeria
  3. Hosting of the Young Leaders Summit 2000 in Okinawa
  4. Announcement on and questions relating to the list of attendees at the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  5. Follow-up questions on the Young Leaders Summit
  6. Follow-up questions on the meetings with Algerian Foreign Minister Yousfi
  7. Japan's position on possible sanctions against Ethiopia
  8. Issues relating to the North Korean visit to China
  9. New initiative by Japan regarding the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
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