Press Conference by Press Secretary
November 2004
30 November
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the acceptance by the Ethiopian Government of the decision of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission
- Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
- Questions concerning possible United Nations (UN) Security Council reform
26 November
- Upcoming visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic to attend the Japan-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting
- Question concerning information on Chinese nuclear submarine
- Question concerning possible visa waiver for Taiwanese people
- Follow-up question concerning ASEAN+3 (Japan, China and ROK) Summit Meeting
16 November
- Visit to Japan of Mr. Gerhard Schroeder, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Questions concerning possible simulations with regard to North Korea
- Question concerning Japan-North Korea working-level talks
- Questions concerning possible meeting between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China
- Question concerning Northern Territories issue
- Questions concerning security situation in Iraq
- Follow-up question concerning possible meeting between Prime Minister Koizumi and Chinese President Hu Jintao
- Question concerning Chinese response to submarine issue
- Question concerning possible change of Secretary of State of the United States of America
- Questions concerning Japan-North Korea dialogue on Six-Party Talks
- Questions concerning peace treaty with Russia
12 November
- Dispatch of Ambassador on Special Mission to offer condolences to the Palestinian people on the death of Mr. Yasser Arafat, Ra'ees of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
- Adoption of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Prevention and Suppression of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia
- Questions concerning Japan-North Korea working-level talks in Pyongyang, North Korea
- Question concerning the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Republic of Korea's nuclear program
- Questions concerning unidentified submarine
9 November
- Assistance for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- Questions concerning Japan-North Korea working-level talks in Pyongyang, North Korea
- Questions concerning attacks in Fallujah, Iraq
- Question concerning telephone conversation between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President George W. Bush of the United States of America
- Questions concerning Japanese assistance in Iraq
- Question concerning US Ambassador to Japan Howard H. Baker's statement regarding Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in Iraq
- Questions concerning Iran's nuclear activities
- Question concerning definition of "international community"
- Questions concerning upcoming 12th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Santiago, Republic of Chile
5 November
- Visit to Japan by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of the People's Republic of Algeria
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the presidential election in Afghanistan
- Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to the Republic of Korea
- Question concerning resumption of Six-Party Talks on North Korea
- Question concerning court-martial sentence of Mr. Charles Jenkins
2 November
- Hostage incident in Iraq
- Upcoming high-level working group meeting between Japan and North Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea
- Presidential election in Ukraine
- Assistance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for tackling obstetric fistula
- Follow-up questions concerning hostage incident
- Question concerning police investigation of hostage incident
- Follow-up questions concerning Japan-North Korea high-level working group meeting
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