Press Conference by Press Secretary

November 2002

29 November

  1. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the terrorist attack in Kenya
  2. International Conference on Wider Adherence to Strengthened International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards
  3. Upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  4. Joint Press Conference on the Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh
  5. Question concerning Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Taro Nakayama to the Islamic Republic of Iran
  6. Question concerning the recommendation by the Prime Minister's Task Force on Foreign Relations
  7. Question concerning the abductees to North Korea
  8. Question concerning issuance of a travel advisory

26 November

  1. Mini-Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be held in Tokyo in February 2003
  2. Meeting of ambassadors stationed in Middle Eastern countries to be held regarding the situation in the Republic of Iraq
  3. Statement on the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC)
  4. Statement on the attack on Hindu temples in Kashmir
  5. Question concerning the meeting of ambassadors stationed in Middle Eastern countries
  6. Question concerning a document concerning the abductees published under the name of "Ministry of Foreign Affairs Staff Union"
  7. Question concerning on-site inspections in North Korea by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  8. Question concerning talks between Japan and the Russian Federation
  9. Question concerning the upcoming Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh

22 November

  1. Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the Suicide Bombing in Israel
  2. Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Lansana Conte, President of the Republic of Guinea
  3. Result of the Fifth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
  4. Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh
  5. Question concerning meeting of former students to Japan from Southwest Asia
  6. Question concerning luncheon speech by Minister of Unification Jeong Se-Hyun of the Republic of Korea

19 November

  1. Extension of the term of the overseas operations of the Self-Defense Forces
  2. Announcement of the Eighth Asia-Pacific Journalists Meeting
  3. Question concerning the dissemination of press information by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  4. Question concerning the status of normalization talks between Japan and North Korea
  5. Question concerning the statement on refugees by Mrs. Sadako Ogata

15 November

  1. Statement on the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) Executive Board
  2. Upcoming negotiations on an economic partnership agreement between Japan and the United Mexican States
  3. Question concerning the Japanese defense attache in Beijing

12 November

  1. Establishment of the headquarters for the promotion of free trade agreements (FTA) and economic partnership agreements (EPA)
  2. Aid assistance to Afghanistan
  3. Question concerning the visa application by Mr. Lee Teng-hui
  4. Question concerning the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)
  5. Question concerning the newly established headquarters for the promotion of free trade agreements (FTA) and economic partnership agreements (EPA)
  6. Question concerning Japanese vessels in the Indian Ocean
  7. Follow-up questions concerning the visa application by Mr. Lee Teng-hui
  8. Follow-up questions concerning KEDO
  9. Question concerning Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP)
  10. Question concerning the confirmation of the remains of Mr. Kaoru Matsuki
  11. Question concerning the second round of normalization talks between Japan and North Korea

8 November

  1. Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to meet with Minister for Foreign Affairs Tyronne Fernando of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  2. Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to meet with Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Soledad Alvear Valenzuela of the Republic of Chile
  3. Minister for Foreign Affairs to attend the Second Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies in Seoul
  4. Question concerning the theater missile defense system
  5. Question concerning the Japanese national who had been detained in China
  6. Question concerning oil supply to North Korea by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)
  7. Question concerning the two representatives from the North Korea Red Cross Society

5 November

  1. Upcoming visit of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Republic of the Philippines to Japan
  2. Questions on the ASEAN+3 Summit Meeting
  3. Questions regarding a possible visit by former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to Japan
  4. Question about news updates from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on weekends and holidays
  5. Follow-up question on the ASEAN+3 Summit Meeting
  6. Question concerning the diplomatic talks between Japan and North Korea

1 November

  1. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to attend ASEAN+3 Summit Meeting in the Republic of Cambodia
  2. Japan to extend grant aid for governance reform to the Republic of Indonesia
  3. Japan's assistance for Palestinian reforms
  4. Statement on the election for the House of Representatives in the Kingdom of Bahrain
  5. Question concerning possible terrorist attacks in Phuket
  6. Question regarding the resumption of talks of normalization of relations with North Korea
  7. Question concerning the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)

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