Press Conference by Press Secretary
December 2003
26 December
- Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the assassination attempt by suicide bombing against President Pervez Musharraf of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Statement by Press Secretary on the announcement by President Musharraf to relinquish his position of Chief of the Army Staff
- Statement by Press Secretary on the adoption of the draft resolution entitled "The Illicit Trade in Arms and Light Weapons in All Aspects" submitted by Japan at the United Nations General Assembly
- Dispatch of election monitors from Japan for presidential election in Georgia
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Mr. James A. Baker, Special Presidential Envoy on the issue of Iraqi debt, of the United States of America
19 December
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on Iran's signing of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol
- Emergency humanitarian grant aid for the Palestinians
- Dispatch of election monitors for upcoming presidential election in Republic of Guatemala
- Introduction of ballistic missile defense system (BMDS)
16 December
12 December (Special Press Conference)
- Second day of the Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit Meeting
- Future direction of Japan-ASEAN relations
- Tokyo Declaration for the Dynamic and Enduring Japan-ASEAN Partnership in the New Millennium
- Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Bilateral meetings between Japan and the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Union of Myanmar
- Question on the breakdown of the funds pledged during the summit
- Question on the target date for achieving a regional economic partnership
- Question on whether or not Aung San Suu Kyi was mentioned during the summit meeting
11 December (Special Press Briefing)
- Bilateral meetings of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi
- Start of negotiations on economic partnership agreements (EPA) with ASEAN countries
- Difference between EPA and free trade agreements (FTA)
- Issues discussed at bilateral meetings between Japan and the five countries
- Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF)
- Foreign Ministers meeting
- Question on the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Question on the Asian bond market
- Question on EPA
- Question on Official Development Assistance (ODA)
- Question on bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Koizumi and President Arroyo
- Follow-up question on EPA
- Question concerning Japan's dispatch of the SDF
- Question on trade with Singapore
11 December (Special Press Conference)
- First session of the Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit
- Session of the Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit on 12 December
- Question on statement made during the first session
- Questions on the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Question on whether or not there was mention of agriculture
- Question on whether or not there was mention of efforts to combat terrorism
- Question on whether or not the issue of Aung San Suu Kyi will be raised at the summit
10 December (Special Press Briefing)
- Outline of bilateral meeting between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia
- Outline of bilateral meeting between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- Outline of bilateral meeting between Japan and the Kingdom of Cambodia
- Foreign ministers meeting between Japan and Thailand
- Foreign ministers meeting between Japan and Myanmar
- Question concerning Japan's decision to send the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to Iraq
- Questions concerning the lifting of martial law on Aceh
- Question concerning whether or not there had been bilateral discussions on terrorism
- Question concerning the schedule for the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit Meeting
9 December
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the press statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council on the condemnation of indiscriminate attacks in Iraq on foreign nationals including Japanese nationals
- Adoption of resolution on nuclear disarmament submitted by Japan to the United Nations General Assembly
- Bilateral meetings on the occasion of the upcoming Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit
- Question concerning UN Security Council President's statement
- Questions concerning upcoming Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit
- Question concerning resolution on nuclear disarmament
5 December
- Updated information on murder of two Japanese diplomats in Iraq
- Telephone conversation between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of the two Japanese diplomats
- Posthumous honors conferred upon officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and local staff member of the Embassy of Japan in Iraq
- Pledge and policy statement made by the Government of Japan at the Consultative Group Meeting for Vietnam
- Reaction to US announcement on lifting of special import tariffs on steel
- Upcoming Japan-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Commemorative Summit
- Question concerning Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
- Questions concerning possible dispatch of former Foreign Ministers as Special Envoys of the Prime Minister
- Question concerning upcoming Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit
- Question concerning ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
- Questions concerning possible connection to terrorism
2 December
- Murder of Japanese diplomats in Iraq
- PUpcoming trilateral coordination meeting on North Korea among Japan, United States of America and Republic of Korea
- Questions concerning investigation of incident in Iraq
- Questions concerning murdered diplomats
- Questions concerning nature of incident
- Questions concerning apparent conflicting reports
- Question concerning international reaction to incident
- Questions concerning security at Embassy of Japan in Baghdad
- Question concerning security situation in Iraq
- Questions concerning basic plan for dispatch of Self-Defense Forces to Iraq
- Question concerning weapons embargo on People's Republic of China
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