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Press Conference by Press Secretary

August 2004

31 August

  1. Invitation of Iraqi athletes to Japan
  2. Invitation of young Iraqi diplomats to Japan
  3. Invitation of trainees of the Muthanna TV Station to Japan
  4. Message from Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi concerning presidential election in Chechnya
  5. Upcoming visit to Japan by local administrative officials from the Russian Far East
  6. Japan's accession to Protocols I and II of Geneva Conventions
  7. Campaign period for 50th anniversary of Colombo Plan
  8. Question concerning recent visit by members of Defense Agency to the US Department of Defense
  9. Questions concerning planned inspection by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the Northern Territories
  10. Questions concerning "Central Asia plus Japan" Dialogue
  11. Questions concerning security situation in Iraq
  12. Follow-up questions concerning Northern Territories
  13. Question concerning reported death of the wife of Chairman Kim Jong-Il

27 August

  1. Opening remarks by Assistant Press Secretary Akira Chiba
  2. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail of the Republic of the Sudan
  3. Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masatoshi Abe to Kingdom of Thailand, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Kingdom of Cambodia
  4. Visit by Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Kazunori Tanaka to Republic of Uganda, Republic of Malawi and Republic of Madagascar
  5. Message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and from Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation concerning crashes of two commercial aircraft in Russia
  6. Proposed budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  7. Press release of the meeting of the Unusual Occurrences Subcommittee of the Joint Committee concerning accident in Ginowan, Okinawa
  8. Question concerning possible visa application by Mr. Lee Teng-hui
  9. Question concerning possible reform of the United Nations Security Council

24 August

  1. Upcoming visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to Central Asia and Mongolia
  2. Visit to Japan by Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ong Keng Yong
  3. Telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Kawaguchi and US Secretary of State Colin Powell
  4. Question concerning helicopter crash in Okinawa
  5. Question concerning Japan and United Nations Security Council
  6. Questions concerning Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
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