Press Conference by Press Secretary
December 2004
28 December
- Assistance for earthquake/tsunami disaster
- Prime Minister Koizumi and Foreign Minister Machimura send messages to the leaders of the countries hit by the disasters caused by the large-scale earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, and the tsunami in neighboring countries
- Statement by Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the presidential runoff revote in Ukraine
- Dispatch of a Japanese delegation to the international observation mission for the election of the Ra'ees of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority
- Economic cooperation projects for the reconstruction of Iraq
- Follow-up questions concerning earthquake/tsunami disaster
- Questions concerning possible damages from earthquake/tsunami disaster
- Question concerning tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean
- Questions concerning Japanese convoys
- Question concerning Japanese satellites
- Question concerning possible dispatch of helicopter(s) for the Government of Thailand
- Questions concerning possible dispatch of Japanese officials to areas affected by the earthquake/tsunami
24 December
- Upcoming visit to Japan by His Excellency Mr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, President of the Republic of Zambia and Mrs. Mwanawasa
- Grassroots human security grant aid to Afghanistan
- Report of the Council on the Movement of People across Borders
- Questions concerning abduction issue
- Questions concerning visit to Japan by Mr. Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan
21 December
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the series of terrorist bombing attacks in Karbala and Najaf, Iraq
- Assistance for the presidential runoff re-election in Ukraine
- Additional support for the Middle East peace process financed by the FY2004 supplementary budget
- Assistance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for supporting communities in southern Sudan through a fishery project
- Questions concerning entry visa issued to Mr. Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan
17 December
- Upcoming visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa to New York, United States of America
- The Third Japan-China Economic Partnership Consultation
- Japan-Korea Friendship Year 2005
- Question concerning possible visit to the Russian Federation by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura
- Questions concerning visit to Japan by former "President" Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan
14 December
- Defense cooperation between Japan and the United States of America
- Grassroots human security grant aid to Iraq
- Assistance through the Trust Fund for Human Security for enhancing basic education in Timor-Leste
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the presidential election in Ghana
- Question concerning attack on the US Consulate-General in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia
- Questions concerning debt reductions for recipients of Japanese aid
- Question concerning debt of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Question concerning visit to Japan by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan
- Questions concerning security situation in Iraq
- Follow-up questions concerning defense cooperation between Japan and the US
- Questions concerning test firings of ballistic missiles by India and Pakistan
- Question concerning official development assistance (ODA) to China
- Questions concerning Ms. Megumi Yokota
- Question concerning possible economic sanctions on North Korea
10 December
- Upcoming visit by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan to the Kingdom of Norway and Ireland
- Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Their Majesties' visit to European countries
- Presidential election in Ukraine
- Grant assistance to the Republic of the Philippines
- Questions concerning lifting of arms export embargo by the European Union (EU)
- Question concerning recent visit by Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi to the Republic of Bulgaria
- Question concerning Six-Party Talks
- Question concerning visit to Japan by Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Joseph R. DeTrani of the United States of America
7 December
- Upcoming visit to Japan by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Grant assistance for Jordan
- Emergency assistance for the election of the Ra'ees of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the adoption of the draft resolution entitled "The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects" submitted by Japan at the United Nations General Assembly
- Dispatch of election observers for the presidential and parliamentary elections in the Republic of Ghana
- Question concerning upcoming visit to Japan by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Questions concerning name of Taiwan's overseas offices
3 December
- Attendance by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa at inauguration ceremony of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan
- Procedures for visa waiver for Taiwanese tourists
- Emergency assistance to the Republic of the Philippines for torrential rain disaster
- Emergency assistance to the Republic of Papua New Guinea for volcanic disaster
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura on the presidential election in Ukraine
- Questions concerning upcoming visit to Japan by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Questions concerning possible visa waiver for Taiwanese tourists
- Question concerning recent Japan-People's Republic of China Summit Meeting in Vientiane
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