Press Conference by Press Secretary
January 2005
28 January
- Telephone conversation between Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of the United States of America
- Issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals
- Participation in international observation of the national assembly election of Iraq
- Assistance materials for the areas suffering from the disaster caused by the major earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the tsunami in the Indian Ocean
- Deployment of UK Forces to the Governorate of Al Muthanna
- Financial assistance for Mongolia
- Seminar Series to Understand the Middle East and Islam
- Question concerning visa waiver for visitors from Taiwan
25 January
- Japan-Korea Friendship Year 2005
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
- Questions concerning visit to Japan by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
- Questions concerning possible meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura and Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice of the US
21 January
- Assistance for earthquake/tsunami disaster
- Sri Lankan peace process
- Questions concerning deportation of Kurdish persons
- Question concerning press reports on the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
- Question concerning assistance for Sri Lanka
- Question concerning assistance for India
18 January
- Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to the Russian Federation, the Palestinian Autonomous Areas and Israel
- Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa to Turkmenistan
- United Nations (UN) World Conference on Disaster Reduction
- Assistance for the Republic of Indonesia, the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives
- Dispatch of third Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team to Indonesia
- Visits by Parliamentary Secretaries for Foreign Affairs Mr. Itsunori Onodera and Mr. Keishiro Fukushima to Africa and Southeast Asia
- Dispatch of a Special Envoy for the inauguration ceremony of the President of Ukraine
- Upcoming visit to Japan by the Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Thomas Somare, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and Lady Veronica Somare
- Upcoming panel discussion on role of localities
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura on a "Millennium Project" report
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the demise of Mr. Zhao Ziyang, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
- Questions concerning East China Sea
- Follow-up questions concerning upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Somare of Papua New Guinea
14 January
- Itinerary of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shuzen Tanigawa
- Formulation of the initiative for disaster reduction cooperation
- Grant assistance for the Kyrgyz Republic
- Third Meeting of the Japan Arab Dialogue Forum in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Economic cooperation projects for the reconstruction of Iraq
- Ceremony to present television equipment and provision of television programs to Samawah, Iraq
- Upcoming visit by Ambassador in Charge of Conflict and Refugee-related Issues in Africa Keitaro Sato to Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria
- Visit to Japan by Chairman of the Council of Ministers Marek Belka of the Republic of Poland
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Nikkei leaders from Latin American countries
- Question concerning 60th anniversary of the end of World War II (WWII)
11 January
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura on the election of Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as New Ra'ees of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority
- Upcoming visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to the Russian Federation, Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Areas
- Congratulatory messages from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, New President (Ra'ees) of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority, and from Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to Dr. Nabeel Sha'ath, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the Signing Ceremony of a North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan
- Dispatch of a second Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team in response to the disaster in Indonesia caused by the major Earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean
- Emergency assistance for the disaster in Thailand caused by the major Earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada
- Follow-up questions concerning upcoming visit by Foreign Minister Machimura to Russia
- Follow-up questions concerning upcoming visit to Japan by Canadian Prime Minister Martin
7 January
- Outcomes of the Special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders' Meeting on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia
- Upcoming ministerial meeting on humanitarian assistance to tsunami affected communities
- Questions concerning upcoming United Nations (UN) World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe
- Question concerning grant assistance for earthquake/tsunami disaster
4 January
- Japanese victims of the earthquake/tsunami disaster
- Assistance for the earthquake/tsunami disaster
- Upcoming emergency leaders' meeting in Jakarta
- Question concerning non-Japanese casualties
- Questions concerning assistance for earthquake/tsunami disaster
- Question concerning Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura's itinerary
- Questions concerning upcoming emergency leaders' meeting in Jakarta
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