Press Conference by Press Secretary

April 2002

26 April

  1. Visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Asia-Pacific countries
  2. Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to countries in Europe and the Middle East
  3. Emergency assistance for the Emergency Loya Jirga in Afghanistan
  4. Telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Kawaguchi and Minister for Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres of the State of Israel
  5. Questions on the meeting between Prime Minister Koizumi and President Romano Prodi of the European Commission

23 April

  1. Announcement on changes to the travel advisory and warnings system
  2. Question on Japanese assistance to Palestinians
  3. Follow-up question on changes to the travel advisory system
  4. Question on upcoming visit to Japan by President Romano Prodi of the European Commission
  5. Question concerning a discussion on public relations strategies

19 April

  1. Symposium on Japan's assistance to Afghanistan
  2. Telephone conversation between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nabil Sha'ath of the Palestinian Authority

16 April

  1. Questions on Japan's efforts on the Middle East situation
  2. Question concerning reactions to US efforts on the Middle East situation
  3. Question regarding Jenin camp
  4. Questions in relation to an East Asian free trade area (FTA)

12 April

  1. Speech by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Boao Forum for Asia
  2. Efforts regarding the Middle East
  3. Visit to Japan by Minister of Education Abdul Raoul Amin of the Afghan Interim Authority
  4. Follow-up questions on the visit by Education Minister Amin

9 April

  1. Question on the visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to the Islamic Republic of Iran

5 April

  1. Dispatch of the second Afghanistan assistance survey mission
  2. Meeting between Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiken Sugiura and Israeli Ambassador to Japan Yitzhak Lior
  3. Message conveyed to Chairman Arafat
  4. Follow-up question on the survey mission to Afghanistan
  5. Questions concerning the visit of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to Afghanistan
  6. Question regarding a conference on Middle East peace

2 April

  1. Statement on Japan's initiatives for the solution of the conflict in the Middle East
  2. Statement on the signing of a ceasefire memorandum between the Angolan National Armed Forces and the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) Forces
  3. Questions on the dispatch of former Ambassador to the State of Israel Hiroshi Shigeta to the Middle East
  4. Follow-up questions on the situation in the Middle East

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