Press Conference by Press Secretary
October 2004
29 October
- Hostage situation in Iraq
- Adoption of the draft resolution on nuclear disarmament at the first committee of the United Nations General Assembly
- Dispatch of monitoring team to North Korea
- Questions concerning press reports alleging body of Asian person found in Tikrit, Iraq
- Question concerning Japanese officials dispatched to Jordan and Iraq
- Follow-up questions concerning monitoring team
- Follow-up question concerning hostage situation
- Questions concerning family members of Mr. Shosei Koda
- Follow-up question concerning press reports
- Questions concerning international cooperation with hostage situation
26 October
- Extension of Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) operation in the Indian Ocean
- Emergency assistance for improvement of the humanitarian situation in the Darfur region in the western part of Sudan
- Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Maritime Interdiction Exercise
- Upcoming visits to Japan by President Mwai Kibaki of the Republic of Kenya and President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Follow-up question concerning MSDF operation in the Indian Ocean
- Follow-up question concerning upcoming visit by President Obasanjo of Nigeria
- Questions concerning recent Japan-People's Republic of China talks on the East China Sea
22 October
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the ballistic missile testing by the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Upcoming fourth Japan-People's Republic of China-Republic of Korea economic meeting
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany of the Republic of Hungary
- Upcoming eighth Japan-Central America Forum on Dialogue and Cooperation
- Debt relief for yen loan to Republic of Niger
- Question concerning upcoming visit to Japan by Secretary of State Colin Powell of the United States of America
19 October
- Dispatch of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda to the Republic of Indonesia
- Questions concerning possible disturbance in the Union of Myanmar
15 October
- Congratulatory message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Kingdom of Cambodia on the selection of the new king
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the ballistic missile testing by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- TICAD Asia-Africa Trade and Investment Conference (AATIC)
- Question concerning upcoming TICAD Trade and Development Conference
- Questions concerning recent incidents in Okinawa
- Questions concerning possible selection of Japan as a non-permanent member to the United Nations Security Council
12 October
- International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) Donor Committee Meeting and Expanded Meeting
- Japanese assistance to Iraq
- Question concerning investigation of helicopter accident
- Question concerning permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council
5 October
- Assistance in kind for Sudanese refugees in Chad
- Upcoming visits by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- Upcoming strategic dialogue between Japan and the US
- Questions concerning Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines
- Question concerning possibility of foreign ministers' meeting between Japan and the People's Republic of China
1 October
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura on the decision of the Government of Russia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Dr. Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU)
- Grant assistance to Iraq
- Dispatch of election observation team to Afghanista
- Question concerning possible visit by Foreign Minister Machimura to the US
- Question concerning possible meeting between Prime Minister Koizumi and Chinese leaders
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