Press Conference by Press Secretary Archive
November 2005

29 November: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

Upcoming visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to the United States of America (US)
Two year anniversary of the deaths of two Japanese diplomats in Iraq
Continuation of the detention under house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
Presidential election in Burkina Faso
Reopening of the Rafah Border Crossing of the Gaza Strip
The fourth meeting of the Japan-China Economic Partnership Consultations
Grant aid to the Kingdom of Morocco
Grant aid to Afghanistan
Grant aid to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Follow-up questions concerning visit by Foreign Minister Aso to the US
Follow-up questions concerning Japan-China Economic Partnership Consultations
Follow-up question concerning house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

25 November: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

Japan's assuming chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1636 (2005) concerning the suspects of assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister
The 3rd Japan-ROK Meeting concerning the Issue of the Remains of Former Military Personnel, Civilian Employees and Others
The second meeting of negotiations for the "Agreement between Japan and Australia on Social Security (provisional name)"
Debt relief measures for the Republic of Honduras
Questions concerning visit of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhisa Shiozaki to Beijing, People's Republic of China
Questions concerning visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Mahmoud Zebari of Iraq
Question concerning possible visit to the Middle East by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Questions concerning Japan-China relations
Questions concerning visit to Okinawa by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso
Questions concerning Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in Iraq

24 November (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

Presidential election in the Republic of Liberia (confirmation of the election results)
Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Consultation on Disarmament and Non-proliferation
Visit of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhisa Shiozaki to Beijing, People's Republic of China
Seminar Series to Understand the Middle East
Seminar on Crisis Management (provisional name)
The 25th Board on Comprehensive ODA Strategy
Debt relief measures for the Republic of Iraq
Grant aid to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for the Project for Infectious Disease Prevention for Children in the Republic of Sierra Leone
Grant aid (food aid) to the Republic of Guinea
Grant aid for the Project for Reinforcement of the Immunization Program in the Republic of Haiti
Follow-up questions concerning debt relief measures for Iraq
Question concerning meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Mahmoud Zebari of Iraq
Follow-up question concerning the 25th Board on Comprehensive ODA Strategy
Question concerning gas fields in the East China Sea

22 November: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

Adoption of the resolution on the "Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" at the Third Committee, United Nations General Assembly
Sri Lankan presidential election
Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to Okinawa
Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihal-Razvan Ungureanu of Romania
Visit to Japan by a delegation of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
Visit by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
FY2005 Japan-EU Regulatory Reform Dialogue Tokyo Meeting
Cultural grant aid to the Republic of Estonia
Humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Guatemala through the World Food Programme (WFP)
First meeting of the Japan-Brazil Council for the 21st Century
Grant aid to the Republic of Malawi
Questions concerning visit to Japan by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
Questions concerning oil pipeline issue
Question concerning courtesy call by President Putin to Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
Follow-up question concerning visit by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yabunaka to Viet Nam

15 November: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

Telephone conversation between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Pervez Musharaff of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Telephone conversation between Prime Minister Koizumi and King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Visit to Japan by President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of the Russian Federation and Mrs. Putina
Japan's observer status to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Visit to Japan by First Vice Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Grant aid to the Republic of Djibouti
Visit to Japan by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of Morocco
Questions on the state of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Republic of Peru following arrest of former President of the Republic of Peru Alberto Fujimori
Question regarding denuclearization of North Korea
Questions concerning upcoming diplomatic meetings between Japan and Russia
Questions concerning request by the Ainus given to the Governments of Japan and Russia
Questions on diplomatic meetings during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit Meeting
Announcement concerning Japan's avian influenza countermeasures package to be announced at the APEC Summit Meeting
Follow-up questions concerning Japanese and international avian influenza countermeasures

11 November: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

Death of Mr. Masashi Ito, Second Secretary of the Japanese Embassy in the Republic of Peru
The Task Force on Avian and Pandemic Influenza at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Visit to Japan by Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Susana Malcorra
Grant aid to the Republic of Bolivia
Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to Busan, Republic of Korea to attend the 17th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting
Upcoming visit to Japan by President George W. Bush of the United States of America
Detention of former President of the Republic of Peru Alberto Fujimori in the Republic of Chile
Questions concerning termination of the functions of the Peruvian Ambassador to Japan
Questions concerning statement by President Ricardo Lagos of the Republic of Chile
Question concerning nationality of former President of Peru Fujimori
Questions concerning consular visit to Mr. Fujimori
Questions concerning Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in Iraq
Follow-up question concerning President Bush's upcoming visit

10 November (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the serial explosions that occurred at Amman in Jordan
Former President of the Republic of Peru Alberto Fujimori
Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) summit meeting
Japan-Arab-Islamic Journalists Meeting
European Autumn Festival in Hibiya
Dr. Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan, to Attend the State Memorial Ceremony for the 10th Anniversary of the Demise of Mr. Yitzhak Rabin, Late Prime Minister of the State of Israel
Assistance to Small Arms Database Project
Grant Aid for the Interim Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme (IDDRP) for the Republic of Sudan
Grant Aid to the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Follow-up question on former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori
Follow-up questions on Japan-North Korea talks
Question on the nuclear disarmament of North Korea
Follow-up question on the Japan-Arab-Islamic Journalists Meeting
Question on the relocation of Futenma Air Base

8 November: Assistant Press Secretary Akira Chiba

Additional contribution to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)
Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsutoshi Kaneda to the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary and the Kingdom of Bahrain
Questions concerning former President of the Republic of Peru Alberto Fujimori
Question concerning visit to Japan by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
Question concerning dissolution of committee on human trafficking

4 November: Assistant Press Secretary Akira Chiba

Remarks by new Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso
2005 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals
Telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Aso and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of the United States of America
Meeting of the Ambassador, Consuls-General of Japan and Japanese American Leaders
Japan-Iran Consultation on Disarmament and Non-proliferation
Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt of the Kingdom of Belgium
Grant aid to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Cultural grant aid to Ukraine
Questions concerning talks between Japan and North Korea
Questions concerning remarks made by Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe
Question concerning seizure of a Japanese boat by the Russian Federation
Question concerning the upcoming visit of President George W. Bush of the US
Question concerning remarks by State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan of the People's Republic of China regarding the Yasukuni Shrine issue

1 November: Assistant Press Secretary Akira Chiba

5th Japan-China-Republic of Korea (ROK) Economic Directors-General Consultations
Visit to Japan by President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the Republic of Yemen
Japan-Hungary Cooperation Forum
Assistance for "Support for Community Empowerment through Training and Food-for-Work to School Infrastructure in Afghanistan"
Assistance for "Support to the Livelihood Rehabilitation for Conflict Affected People Engaged in Agriculture in North and East Sri-Lanka"
Assistance for "Cassava multiplication, distribution and enhanced coordination of agricultural emergency operations in the Rwenzori region of Western Uganda"
Non-project grant aid to the Republic of Rwanda
Postponement of dispatch of Japan's election observers for the United Republic of Tanzania's presidential and parliamentary elections
Questions concerning upcoming plans of newly-appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs ASO Taro
Questions concerning the course of foreign policy and diplomacy under Foreign Minister ASO

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Press Conference by Press Secretary Archive November 2005

Press Conference by Press Secretary Archive
November 2005