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October 2005

28 October: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs MACHIMURA Nobutaka and National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Steven Hadley at the 2+2 Meeting
  2. Decommissioning of the Aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk
  3. First meeting of joint study for enhancing economic relations between Japan and Australia
  4. Grant aid to the Republic of Guatemala in response to tropical depression "Stan"
  5. Grant aid to Iraq
  6. Grant aid to the Republic of Nicaragua
  7. Grant aid to the Republic of Djibouti
  8. Follow-up questions concerning the schedule of Foreign Minister MACHIMURA at the 2+2 Meeting
  9. Follow-up question concerning the decommissioning of the Aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk

27 October (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Governmental consultations between Japan and DPRK, and 2 plus 2 meeting in USA
  2. Suicide bombing in Hadera in Central Israel
  3. Approval of the draft constitution of Iraq by the national referendum
  4. Airplane accident in the Federal Republic of Nigeria
  5. Adoption of Japan's Draft Resolution on Small Arms and Light Weapons at the First Committee and the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament Submitted by Japan to the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
  6. Adoption of the statement of the President of the UN Security Council concerning the start of status talks on Kosovo
  7. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of the Hellenic Republic
  8. Ninth meeting and workshop of the Japanese-Austrian Committee for the 21st Century
  9. First meeting of the Joint Governmental Study for Strengthening Economic Relations between Japan and Switzerland
  10. Emergency assistance in response to the avian influenza epidemic in Indonesia
  11. Debt relief measures concerning the method of debt payment moratorium for Indonesia
  12. Dispatch of Japan's election observers for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the United Republic of Tanzania
  13. Questions concerning visit to Japan by Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-Moon of the Republic of Korea (ROK)
  14. Question concerning visit to Japan by Minister of Public Works Nasreen Mustafa Sadiq Barwari of Iraq
  15. Question concerning Japan-People's Republic of China summit meetings

25 October: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-Moon of the Republic of Korea
  2. Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa to Switzerland, Kenya and Rwanda
  3. Selection of next Secretary-General of the OECD: Outcome of the first stage of consultations
  4. Japan-Arab Islamic Journalists Meeting
  5. "Iftar" (fast-breaking during Holy Ramadan Month) at the Prime Minister's Official Residence
  6. Visit to Japan by Minister of Public Works Nasreen Mustafa Sadiq Barwari of Iraq
  7. Capacity Building for African Union Forces in Darfur: A project in Sudan
  8. Negotiations for the Conclusion of the Social Security Agreement (tentative name) between Japan and the Netherlands
  9. Follow-up questions concerning visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-Moon
  10. Question concerning celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of the return of Taiwan to the People's Republic of China
  11. Questions concerning Japan-US negotiations on realignment of US Forces
  12. Questions concerning Japan-North Korea talks
  13. Questions concerning Food Safety Commission

21 October: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Japan-US-Australia Strategic Dialogue and the Japan-US Strategic Dialogue
  2. Dispatch of a second Disaster Relief Medical Team to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  3. The Fourth Japan-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Summit Meeting
  4. Visit to Japan by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Antonio Guterres
  5. Visit to Japan by Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) James Morris
  6. The International Convention against Doping in Sports
  7. Trust Fund for Human Security
  8. Japan's official development assistance (ODA) to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
  9. Cultural grant aid to the Republic of Lebanon
  10. Questions concerning remarks made by Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson of the United States regarding North Korea
  11. Questions concerning proposed Six-Party Talks
  12. Questions concerning the diplomatic ramifications of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine
  13. Question concerning the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting and the East Asia Summit
  14. Question concerning ongoing negotiations between Japan and the US over the issue of military bases
  15. Question concerning the scheduled upcoming visit to Japan by President George W. Bush of the US
  16. Follow-up question concerning the Japan-US-Australia Security Dialogue
  17. Questions concerning case involving Russian trade official

18 October: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Upcoming visit to Japan by President George W. Bush of the United States of America
  2. Presentation of Foreign Minister's Commendation to Mr. Hitoshi Arayashiki, Representative of the East Timor Office, OISCA International
  3. National referendum on the draft constitution of Iraq
  4. Emergency grant aid in response to large-scale earthquake disaster in Pakistan
  5. Japan's election as a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations
  6. Adoption of the Protocol for the Amendment to the "International Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988" and to the "Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988"
  7. Second Japan-EU Talks on Counter-Terrorism
  8. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki of the Kingdom of Lesotho
  9. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of Saint Christopher and Nevis
  10. Cancellation of visit to Japan by President of the Council of Ministers Silvio Berlusconi of the Republic of Italy
  11. Cultural grant aid to the Republic of Niger
  12. Question concerning visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs MACHIMURA Nobutaka to the People's Republic of China
  13. Questions concerning visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the Yasukuni Shrine
  14. Follow-up question concerning visit by President Bush
  15. Question concerning Japan-China meeting on the sideline of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting in Pusan, ROK
  16. Question concerning visit to Japan by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of the US
  17. Questions concerning realignment of US forces

14 October: Assistant Press Secretary Akira Chiba

  1. Terrorist attacks in the Kabardino-Balkariya region of southern Russia
  2. Japan's response to the disaster caused by the earthquake in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  3. Grant aid to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) for material cooperation
  4. Second Meeting of the Joint Study Group for Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Talks
  5. Questions concerning the Government of Japan's assistance to Pakistan
  6. Question concerning possible visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs MACHIMURA Nobutaka to the People's Republic of China to discuss the Joint Action Program between Japan and China

13 October (Internet Press Chat Conference): Assistant Press Secretary Akira Chiba

  1. Japan's response to the disaster caused by the earthquake in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  2. Emergency aid to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for typhoon disaster
  3. Reelection of Mr. Koichiro Matsuura as Director-General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  4. Submission of Japan's Draft Resolution on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects to the UN General Assembly
  5. Submission of Japan's Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament to the UN General Assembly
  6. The Second Japan-Thailand Political Partnership Consultation
  7. Japan-ROK Sub-Cabinet Strategic Dialogue and Japan-China Comprehensive Policy Dialogue
  8. The Second Meeting of the Joint Study Group for Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Talks
  9. Grant aid to Iraq for "Program for the Police Training and Mentoring in the governorate of Al Muthanna"
  10. Signing of the Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  11. Question concerning dispatch of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shuzen Tanigawa to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  12. Follow-up questions concerning Japan-ROK Sub-Cabinet Strategic Dialogue and Japan-China Comprehensive Policy Dialogue
  13. Question concerning visit to Japan by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless of the US
  14. Follow-up question concerning grant aid to Iraq
  15. Question concerning news report on visit to North Korea by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi

11 October: Assistant Press Secretary Akira Chiba

  1. Japan's response to the disaster caused by the earthquake in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  2. Emergency aid to the Republic of Guatemala for torrential rain disaster from tropical depression "Stan"
  3. Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei
  4. Third meeting of the government consultations on the legal framework and improvement of business environment concerning investment among Japan, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea (ROK)
  5. Question concerning meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs MACHIMURA Nobutaka and President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz
  6. Question concerning dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Team

7 October: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. ODA On-Demand-Delivery Lecture
  2. Meeting of Heads of Japanese Diplomatic Offices in the US and Canada, Meeting of Honorary Consuls-General of Japan in the US and Canada, Japan-US Economic Review Forum and Japan-Canada Economic Review Forum in the fiscal year of 2005
  3. Emergency assistance from the Government of Japan to the Republic of El Salvador following damage caused by tropical depression "Stan"
  4. Statement issued by the UN Security Council on the terrorist attacks in Bali
  5. Visit to Japan by Minister of Justice and Human Rights Takkari Bechir of the Republic of Tunisia
  6. Visit to Japan by Minister for Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht of the Kingdom of Belgium
  7. "3rd Meeting of Subcommittee on the Trade and Investment of the Japan-Russian Inter-Governmental Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs"
  8. Third Negotiations for the Conclusion of the "Social Security Agreement between Japan and Canada"
  9. Second Meeting of the Joint Study Group for Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement Talks
  10. Recent visit by Representative of the Government of Japan Tatsuo Arima to the State of Israel
  11. Candidacy of Dr. Sawako Takeuchi for the position of Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  12. Questions concerning ODA
  13. Questions concerning the East China Sea
  14. Question concerning the possible visit to Japan of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

4 October: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Invitation to Japan of ex-students from the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Mongolia
  2. Series of bombs in Bali, the Republic of Indonesia
  3. Election of Chief of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  4. Invitation Program for Columbian Small and Medium Enterprises
  5. Tenth consultations between the consular authorities of Japan and the Russian Federation
  6. Cultural grant aid to the Republic of Turkey
  7. Cultural grant aid to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  8. Grant aid to Iraq
  9. Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Director Generals
  10. Counterterrorism measures of the Government of Japan
  11. Question concerning assistance to Indonesia
  12. Questions concerning Japan-China Consultations concerning the East China Sea and Other Matters
  13. Question concerning recent collision of Japanese and Israeli ships
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