Press Conference by Press Secretary

February 2002

26 February

  1. Establishment of the preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
  2. Commencement of the 9th Asian Export Control Seminar
  3. Announcement of the Seminar on Energy Security in Asia
  4. Question concerning the popularity of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
  5. Questions concerning North Korea
  6. Question on the name change of Bahrain

22 February

  1. Statement on the situation in the Middle East
  2. Comment regarding assistance for vaccination against measles

19 February

  1. Announcement regarding emergency assistance of US$5 billion to Afghanistan for the prevention of infectious diseases
  2. Announcement on the re-opening of the Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan
  3. Statement concerning the trip to Japan by President George Walker Bush of the United States of America
  4. Questions regarding Charges d'Affaires ad interim Kinichi Komano
  5. Questions concerning travel advisories
  6. Questions on the supply of a measles vaccine for Afghanistan

15 February

  1. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the announcement of climate change policy by the Government of the United States of America
  2. Dispatch of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Engineer Unit and others to peacekeeping operations in East Timor
  3. Questions concerning the agenda of the upcoming Japan-US Summit Meeting
  4. Question on the significance of the upcoming Japan-US Summit Meeting
  5. Questions regarding arrangements for press coverage of the Japan-US Summit Meeting
  6. Question concerning a report on the situation in Afghanistan

12 February

  1. Announcement regarding phone calls by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to the foreign ministers of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom
  2. Question concerning telephone calls by Minister Kawaguchi to counterparts in other countries
  3. Questions regarding deterioration in relations between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority
  4. Questions on the upcoming visit to Japan by President George W. Bush of the United States of America
  5. Question regarding the view of the Japanese Government on relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America

8 February

  1. Announcement concerning emergency assistance for earthquake disaster in Turkey
  2. Questions on a visit to Japan by President of the United States His Excellency George Walker Bush
  3. Question concerning reaction to advice regarding the state of the Japanese economy
  4. Questions on the Japanese Government view of President Bush's classification of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Iraq, and North Korea

5 February

  1. Announcement on emergency assistance to East Timor
  2. Announcement regarding emergency assistance to West Timor
  3. Announcement concerning the visit to Japan by His Excellency Mr. Constantinos Simitis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
  4. Announcement regarding the visit to Japan by His Excellency George W. Bush, President of the United States of America
  5. Statement on a press release concerning an article written by Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority
  6. Questions concerning travel advisories
  7. Question on the reaction of the Japanese Government to President George W. Bush of the United States of America's State of the Union Speech

1 February

  1. Grant aid to the Azerbaijani Republic
  2. Grant aid to the Republic of Gambia
  3. Assistance to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  4. Question concerning the State of the Union address by President George W. Bush of the United States of America
  5. Questions on the appointment of a new Minister for Foreign Affairs
  6. Questions on women working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  7. Questions concerning former Minister for Foreign Affairs Makiko Tanaka
  8. Questions regarding the visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sergeevich Ivanov of the Russian Federation
  9. Question concerning the appointment of a Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

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