Press Conference by Press Secretary

May 2003

27 May

  1. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the acceptance of the "roadmap" by both parties
  2. Emergency aid for earthquake disaster in the Democratic People's Republic of Algeria
  3. Assistance for rehabilitation of schools in Mongolia by the Trust Fund for Human Security
  4. Summary of recent three-nation visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
  5. Questions concerning Prime Minister Koizumi's visit to the Middle East
  6. Question concerning Prime Minister Koizumi's summit talks with President Bush

20 May

  1. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi on the situation in Aceh, Indonesia
  2. Statement by Foreign Minister Kawaguchi on suicide bombing in Israel
  3. Emergency aid to the Republic of Madagascar
  4. Japan's reaction to the World Trade Organization (WTO) draft of modalities on non-agricultural market access
  5. Question concerning upcoming visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the United States
  6. Question concerning Group of Eight (G8) Foreign Ministers' Meeting
  7. Questions concerning severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
  8. Question concerning possibility of sanctions on North Korea
  9. Question concerning possible discussion on economic situation in Japan
  10. Question concerning conference "Towards Stable Coexistence of Mutually Interdependent States of Israel and Palestine"

13 May

  1. Terrorist incident in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  2. Message from Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sergeevich Ivanov of the Russian Federation on the terrorist incident in the Republic of Chechnya
  3. Upcoming Conference "Towards Stable Coexistence of Mutually Interdependent States of Israel and Palestine" to build confidence between the Israelis and the Palestinians
  4. Question concerning terrorist incident in Saudi Arabia
  5. Question concerning upcoming Group of Seven/Eight (G7/G8) Finance Ministers' Meeting in Deauville, French Republic
  6. Questions concerning announcement by North Korea
  7. Question concerning upcoming conference in Tokyo on Middle East peace
  8. Question concerning reports of possible activity on the Sekanku Islands
  9. Question concerning the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA)

9 May

  1. Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Expert Team to the People's Republic of China to cope with spreading of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
  2. Reopening of the Embassy of Japan in Baghdad, Iraq
  3. Third Japan-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Summit Meeting (PALM 2003)
  4. Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Timor-Leste Accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
  5. Question concerning upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President George W. Bush of the United States of America
  6. Question concerning possible assistance to Taiwan to cope with SARS
  7. Question concerning Japanese policy toward North Korea
  8. Question concerning police raid on Japanese trading company exporting nuclear material to North Korea

6 May

  1. Questions concerning nuclear situation in North Korea
  2. Question concerning information-gathering satellites
  3. Questions concerning visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to the Middle East
  4. Question concerning incident involving Japanese journalist in Amman airport

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