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December 2005

22 December (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Governmental Consultations between Japan and North Korea
  2. Establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission
  3. Presidential elections in the United Republic of Tanzania
  4. General elections including a presidential election in the Republic of Bolivia
  5. Visit by Dr. Kiyohiko Toyama, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Cambodia
  6. Assistance for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  7. Hand-over ceremony of solid waste management equipment to the Department of Samawah Municipality
  8. Grant aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Project for Improvement of Medical Equipment in Primary Health Care Institutions (Phase III)
  9. Debt-relief measure in the form of cancellation for the Republic of Zambia
  10. Visit to Japan by Russian junior judo team
  11. Japan-People's Republic of China Consultations concerning UN reform
  12. Question concerning Japan-China relations
  13. Follow-up question concerning Japan-China Consultations concerning UN reform

20 December: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to Kanagawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima Prefectures
  2. Emergency grant aid for the Palestinian Legislative Council elections
  3. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso on the opening of the National Assembly and the completion of the political process in Afghanistan
  4. Statement by Foreign Minister Aso on the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and the Republic of Korea
  5. Official development assistance (ODA) budget for FY2006
  6. Food aid to the African countries through the World Food Programme (WFP)
  7. Grant aid to the Republic of Palau
  8. Questions concerning light water reactors and the so-called graphite moderated reactors in North Korea
  9. Questions concerning Six-Party Talks
  10. Follow-up question concerning FY2006 ODA budget
  11. Question concerning the Middle East
  12. Questions concerning this year's foreign diplomacy and the prospects for next year
  13. Question concerning message to SDF in Iraq

16 December: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Assistance to the Tsunami-hit areas in the Republic of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives
  2. Message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari and President Jalal Talabani of the Iraqi Transitional Government on the National Assembly Election of Iraq
  3. Visit of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsutoshi Kaneda to Hong Kong to attend the 6th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference
  4. Tokyo Donor Conference in support of the peace process in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  5. Car bombing in the Republic of Lebanon
  6. Youth Invitation Program from Israel and the Palestinian Territories
  7. Japan-ROK Director-General Level Consultation on Middle East Policy
  8. Visit to Japan by Mr. Angelo Gnaedinger, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  9. Follow-up questions concerning Japan-ROK Director-General Level Consultation on Middle East Policy
  10. Follow-up question concerning Tokyo Donor Conference in support of the peace process in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  11. Questions concerning East Asia Summit

13 December: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to attend the 6th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference
  2. National Awareness Workshop on the Chemical Weapons Convention
  3. Japans Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Iraq grassroots cultural aid
  4. Emergency grant aid for the Iraq Reconstruction and Employment Program III
  5. Questions concerning the meetings and talks between the Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, President Roh Moo-Hyun of the Republic of Korea and Premier Wen Jiabao of the Peoples Republic of China on 12 December
  6. Questions concerning the details of a senior level military meeting
  7. Questions concerning Japan-China bilateral relations
  8. Remarks concerning this week's political calendar
  9. Follow-up question concerning Foreign Minister Aso's trip to Hong Kong
  10. Final remarks by Deputy Press Secretary Mr. Taniguchi

9 December: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Malaysia by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to attend the ASEAN+3, Japan-ASEAN and EAS Summit Meetings
  2. Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Malaysia for an Economic Partnership
  3. Adoption of Japan's draft resolution on small arms and light weapons at the United Nations
  4. Adoption of the draft resolution on nuclear disarmament at the United Nations
  5. Dispatch of election observers for the general elections of the Republic of Bolivia
  6. The exchange of recommendations for Japan-US Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative
  7. Signing of the Agreement on the Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Republic of Uganda
  8. Questions concerning Japan's relations with the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea
  9. Question concerning bilateral meetings on the occasion of Prime Minister Koizumi's visit to Malaysia
  10. Questions concerning possible visit to South Asia by Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Aso
  11. Questions concerning extension of dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to Iraq
  12. Questions concerning security in Iraq

8 December (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Speech of Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
  2. Visit by Foreign Minister Aso to Malaysia
  3. Appointment of Ms. Fumiko Saiga as Japan's Ambassador in charge of Human Rights
  4. Appointment of the Prime Minister in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
  5. Reception hosted by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for those concerned with the "2005 EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchanges"
  6. Japan-China Consultations on Disarmament and Non-proliferation
  7. FY 2005 Orientation Program for United States Forces Japan
  8. Grant aid to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Kingdom of Nepal
  9. Follow-up question concerning Mr. Fumiko Saiga's appointment
  10. Question concerning visit to Japan by H.M. King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  11. Question concerning extension of dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to Iraq
  12. Follow-up question concerning Mr. Fumiko Saiga's appointment

6 December: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Upcoming appearances of Foreign Minister Aso at the Japan National Press Club and the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
  2. Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the suicide bombing in Netanya in Central Israel
  3. Appointment of Ms. Kuniko Ozaki as a Director of Division for Treaty Affairs of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  4. Visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the Middle East
  5. Visit by Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of the Government of Japan, to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  6. Visit to Japan by H.M. King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  7. Cultural grant aid to the Kingdom of Swaziland
  8. Follow-up question concerning Prime Minister Koizumi's visit to the Middle East
  9. Question concerning overseas visits by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso
  10. Questions concerning appointment of Japanese ambassador for human rights
  11. Follow-up question concerning H.M. King Abdullah's visit

2 December: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to the United States of America (US)
  2. Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhisa Shiozaki to Europe
  3. Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsutoshi Kaneda to the Republic of Korea (ROK)
  4. Visit by Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Kiyohiko Toyama to the Republic of Indonesia
  5. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Ja'fari Al Eshaiker of Iraq
  6. Grassroots human security grant aid to Samawah, Iraq
  7. Postponement of visit to Japan by Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Kofi Annan
  8. Presidential election in Gabon
  9. Dispatch of Japanese election observers to the presidential election of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  10. FY2005 Reunion of Former Students in Japan from Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern and Central Asian Countries
  11. Grant aid to the Republic of Mali
  12. Provision of yen loans to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
  13. Signing of Agreement on Technical Cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro
  14. Grant aid to the Republic of Benin
  15. Upcoming appearances of Foreign Minister Aso at the Japan National Press Club and the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
  16. Follow-up questions concerning postponement of UN Secretary-General Annan's visit
  17. Follow-up question concerning grassroots human security grant aid to Samawah
  18. Follow-up question concerning visit of Iraqi Prime Minister
  19. Question concerning dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to Iraq
  20. Question concerning Japan's stance on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions
  21. Follow-up questions concerning Foreign Minister Aso's visit to the US
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