Press Conference by Press Secretary
May 2005
31 May
- Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Ichiro Aisawa to the Republic of Korea
- Japanese grant assistance to the Republic of Mozambique, the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Cancellation of visit to Japan by Minister of External Trade Chantal Ngalula Mulumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Questions concerning upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Roh Moo Hyun of the Republic of Korea
- Questions concerning Japan-China consultations on the East China Sea
- Questions concerning proposed Asian Partnership Fund
- Questions concerning Chinese submarine accident
- Question concerning visit to Japan by President Traian Basescu of Romania
27 May
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation
- Japan-China Consultations on the East China Sea
- Economic cooperation project for the reconstruction of Iraq (Project for construction of diesel power station in Samawah)
- Grant assistance to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Grant assistance to the Republic of Estonia
- Guests and national/special days of the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (28 May - 3 June)
- Question concerning two former Japanese soldiers in the Republic of the Philippines
- Question concerning North Korean nuclear issue
24 May
- Japanese grant assistance in FY2004
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the completion of term of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the adoption of a draft constitution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Grant assistance to the People's Republic of Bangladesh for the Project for Human Resources Development Scholarship
- Questions concerning cancellation of the meeting between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Vice Premier Wu Yi of the People's Republic of China
- Question concerning Yasukuni Shrine issue
- Question concerning bilateral meetings between Japan and the People's Republic of China
- Question concerning five principles stated by President Hu Jintao of China
20 May
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on the agreement on the immediate cessation of hostilities between the Government of the Republic of Burundi and the National Liberation Forces (FNL)
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Lee Hsien-Loong of the Republic of Singapore
- Upcoming visit to Japan by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia
- Upcoming visit to Japan by board representatives of the Japanese American National Museum
- Guests and National/Special Days of the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi Japan (21-27 May)
- Questions concerning upcoming visit by Vice Premier Wu Yi of the People's Republic of China
- Question concerning non-interference principle in Japan-China Joint Statement
- Question concerning interview with Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura in Nihon Keizai Shimbun
- Question concerning possible visit to Japan by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of the State of Israel
- Question concerning end of term of Japanese Ambassador to China Koreshige Anami
- Question concerning monetary donation for repair works of Japanese diplomatic installations damaged by demonstrations in China
17 May
- Talks between Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority
- Situation in the Republic of Uzbekistan
- Second election management training for the independent electoral commission of Iraq
- Question concerning Japan-Palestinian Authority ministerial meeting
- Question concerning situation in Uzbekistan
- Question concerning situation in the Kingdom of Nepal
- Question concerning Mr. Akihiko Saito
13 May
- Dispatch of election observers for the elections of the autonomous Bougainville government
- Visit to Japan by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, and Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Nasser Abdullah Al Misnad, the Consort of the Amir
- Japan-People's Republic of China comprehensive policy dialogue in Beijing
- Guests and national/special days of the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (14-20 May)
- Question concerning possibility of five-party talks
- Question concerning Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America with respect to Taiwan
- Question concerning mercenaries in Iraq
- Question concerning possible hostage incident in Iraq
- Questions concerning Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura's interview with Al-Jazeera
- Question concerning upcoming visit to Japan by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority
10 May
- Possible hostage incident in Iraq
- Visit to Japan by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority
- Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Abdullah of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Visit by Representative of the Government of Japan Yasushi Akashi to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Japanese grant assistance
- Follow-up questions concerning hostage incident
- Question concerning Taiwan issue
6 May
- Upcoming visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the Russian Federation
- Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kyoto, Japan
- Exchange of notes between Japan and the Republic of Bulgaria concerning visa exemption
- Exhibition commemorating the Japan-Central America Year 2005
- Guests and national/special days of the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (7 - 13 May)
- Questions concerning Japan's policy towards Taiwan
- Follow-up question concerning Seventh ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting
- Question concerning election in the United Kingdom (UK)
- Question concerning report on possible nuclear experiments in North Korea
- Question concerning International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) site
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