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Press Conference by Press Secretary

February 2001

27 February

  1. Statement on an article appearing in the South German Newspaper Magazine (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Magazin)
  2. Visit to Japan by Admiral William J. Fallon as Special Envoy of the Government of the United States of America
  3. The establishment of the Coordination Office for the Ehime Maru Accident
  4. Follow-up questions on the article appearing in the South German Newspaper Magazine
  5. Questions in relation to the situation of former President Alberto Fujimori of the Republic of Peru
  6. Questions on developments in the Ehime Maru case
  7. Follow-up question on Admiral Fallon's visit to Japan
  8. Questions on recent comments by Governor Keiichi Inamine of Okinawa Prefecture and Governor Shintaro Ishihara of Tokyo Prefecture
  9. Question on the state of Japan-US relations

23 February

  1. Introduction
  2. Announcement on the upcoming meeting of the Digital Opportunity Taskforce (DOT Force)
  3. Questions on Japan's assistance package for the earthquake disaster in the Republic of India
  4. Question on the date for the meeting between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
  5. Question on the visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Relations Felipe Ramon Perez Roque of the Republic of Cuba

20 February

  1. Announcement with regard to the salvage of the Ehime Maru
  2. Comment on descriptions of the Ehime Maru appearing in the mass media
  3. Emergency assistance for blizzard disaster relief in Mongolia
  4. Emergency aid for earthquake disaster relief in the Republic of El Salvador
  5. Demands for an apology by the commander of the USS Greeneville
  6. Question on communications between the governments of Japan and the United States of America on the Ehime Maru incident
  7. Question on the salvage of the Ehime Maru

16 February

  1. Introduction
  2. Questions on developments following the Ehime Maru incident
  3. Question on the position of the Government of Japan on incidents in Okinawa and Hawaii involving the US military
  4. The reaction of the Government of Japan to developments in the Middle East
  5. Questions on the case of a Foreign Ministry official under investigation

13 February

  1. Visit to Japan by Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy of the European Commission
  2. Questions on the reaction of the Government of Japan to the Ehime Maru incident
  3. Questions on discussion of the Ehime Maru incident at a Japan-US summit meeting
  4. Questions on the dispatch of salvage experts to the Ehime Maru site
  5. Questions on efforts to support the families of those involved in the Ehime Maru incident
  6. Questions on reportage of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's remarks on the KSD case

6 February

  1. Announcement on the postponement of the visit to Japan by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of the Republic of India
  2. Update on emergency assistance to India
  3. Announcement on the Middle East Counter-terrorism Conference in Tokyo
  4. Upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar of Mongolia
  5. Follow-up questions on the postponement of the visit to Japan by Prime Minister Vajpayee
  6. Follow-up questions on emergency assistance to India
  7. Question on the Middle East Counter-terrorism Conference in Tokyo
  8. Question on the meeting between Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Prime Minister Rariq Hariri of the Republic of Lebanon
  9. Question on messages conveyed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa of the State of Bahrain

2 February

  1. Introduction
  2. Announcement on additional emergency assistance for the Indian earthquake disaster
  3. Announcement on visa issuance for business people of information technology-related enterprises in India
  4. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Goran Svilanovic of Yugoslavia
  5. Announcement on the dispatch of an expert to UNMOVIC
  6. Announcement on Kono Initiative on the Dialogue among Civilizations with the World of Islam
  7. Follow-up questions on the decision to dispatch an expert to UNMOVIC
  8. Question on preparations for meetings between Prime Minister Mori and the leaders of the United States of America and the Russian Federation
  9. Follow-up questions on the announcement of the visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Svilanovic
  10. Questions on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs official under investigation
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