Press Conference by Press Secretary
March 2005
29 March
- Recent earthquake in Republic of Indonesia
- Telephone conversation between Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura and Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan
- Dispatch of survey team to Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Areas
- FY2004 yen loan to People's Republic of China
- Japanese assistance to support the African Union's initiative in Darfur
- Yen loan to Republic of Armenia for Yerevan Combined Cycle Co-Generation Power Plant Project
- Debt reduction for yen loan to Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Yen loan to Ukraine for Boryspil State International Airport Development Project
- Grant assistance to Syrian Arab Republic for Development of New Water Resources for Damascus City
- Questions concerning earthquake in Indonesia
- Question concerning possible visit by Foreign Minister Machimura to China
25 March
- Situation in Kyrgyz Republic
- Opening of Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan
- Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Oluyemi Adeniji of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution to establish UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
- Appointment of Special Envoys for UN Reform
- Grant assistance for Afghanistan
- Grant assistance for Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Question concerning upcoming Japan-China directors-general meeting
22 March
- Release of crew members of a Japanese tugboat
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura upon publication of the report of Mr. Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on Pakistan's ballistic missile test
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the situation in the Kyrgyz Republic
- Visit to Japan by Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Visit to Japan by Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Grant aid for conflict prevention and peace building for the financial reform of the Palestinian Authority
- Food assistance for Palestinians
- Food assistance through the World Food Programme (WFP)
- Grant assistance for the Republic of Sierra Leone for Arms for Development (AFD) Programme
- Grant assistance for farmers in Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines
- Question concerning East Asian Summit
18 March
- Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura on Japan-Republic of Korea relations
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the transfer of security control of Jericho in the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority and the Cairo talks between Palestinian factions
- Visit to Japan by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cultural grassroots grant aid for the Iraq Judo Federation
- Grassroots human security grant aid to Iraq
- Question concerning Takeshima Island
- Questions concerning advice for Japanese tourists in the Republic of Korea
- Question concerning Japan's territorial disputes
- Follow-up question concerning Takeshima Island
- Questions concerning visit to Japan by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of the United States of America
- Questions concerning grant assistance for the People's Republic of China
15 March
- Incident in the Malacca Strait
- Upcoming visit to Japan by President Horst Köhler of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Juan Ignacio Siles del Valle of the Republic of Bolivia
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the Anti-Secession Law
- Japan-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) negotiations concerning economic partnership agreement (EPA)
- Visit to Japan by Joint Visiting Groups to Support Reconstruction in Sudan
- Grant assistance for Iraq
- Follow-up questions concerning Malacca Strait incident
- Questions concerning Japan's territorial disputes
11 March
- Visit to Japan by President Jacques Chirac of the French Republic
- Visit to Japan by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Visit to Japan by Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice of the United States of America
- Support for the consolidation of peace in Africa
- Third emergency grant assistance for Liberia by Japan Platform (JPF)
- Question concerning question during Diet session on exhibit in Chinese war memorial museums
- Questions concerning Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan
- Question concerning discussion agenda with US officials
- Question concerning former chess champion, Mr. Bobby Fischer
- Question concerning Okinotorishima Island
8 March
- Japan's assistance for the Palestinians through the UNDP Trust Fund for the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People
- Presentation ceremony of fire engines in Samawah, Iraq
- Question concerning anti-secession bill proposed by the Chinese Parliament
- Questions concerning Official Development Assistance (ODA) to China
- Questions concerning Japan's ODA policy
- Questions concerning possible visit to Japan by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of the United States of America (U.S.)
- Question concerning cancellation or postponement of visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-Moon of the Republic of Korea (ROK)
- Question concerning visit to Japan by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation
- Question concerning situation in the Republic of Lebanon
- Question concerning visa waivers for Taiwan
4 March
- Exchange of diplomatic notes for the entry into force of the Japan-Mexico Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
- Third Japan-Egypt joint medical cooperation for Iraq
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista of the Republic of Honduras
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An of the Kingdom of Cambodia
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Japanese American leaders
- Assistance for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Question concerning situation in the Republic of Lebanon
- Question concerning Japan-Syria relations
- Questions concerning 2005 World Exposition regarding the People's Republic of China
- Question concerning Takeshima Island
- Question concerning visit to Japan by Israeli officials
- Question concerning official development assistance (ODA) to China
1 March
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the bombing incident in Hilla, Iraq
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the situation in Togo
- London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
- Upcoming visit to Japan by United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno
- Upcoming town meeting in Tokyo
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