Press Conference by Press Secretary Archive
August 2005

30 August: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Grant aid to the Republic of Ecuador
  2. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of the Kingdom of Thailand
  3. Meeting between Mr. Motohide Yoshikawa, Director-General of the Middle Eastern and African Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. Fouad Siniora, President of the Council of Minister (Prime Minister), and Mr. Fawzi Salloukh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, of Lebanon
  4. Passing away of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Said Abdella of the State of Eritrea
  5. Global Festa Japan 2005
  6. Grant aid to the Republic of Ghana, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of Cambodia
  7. Questions concerning Six-Party Talks
  8. Questions concerning Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in Iraq
  9. Questions concerning Japan-United Arab Emirates (UAE) relations
  10. Question concerning oil prices

26 August: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. The 21st Meeting of the Japan-ASEAN Forum
  2. Dispatch of Japanese diplomat to the Republic of the Sudan
  3. Public forum on United Nations reform
  4. Press statement by the UN Security Council on Gaza withdrawal
  5. The 11th Japan-China Cooperation Committee on Science and Technology
  6. Grant aid for the Project for HIV/AIDS Control of the United Republic of Tanzania
  7. Guests and national/special days of the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (27 August - 2 September)
  8. Questions concerning comfort women issue
  9. Question concerning interview of President General Pervez Musharraf of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  10. Questions concerning disclosure of government documents regarding comfort women
  11. Question concerning Takeshima Island
  12. Follow-up question concerning Japan-ASEAN Forum
  13. Question concerning terrorist attacks in Japan
  14. Question concerning Group of Four (G4) framework

25 August (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Introduction
  2. Dispatch of Japanese personnel to the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) concerning the Assassination of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri
  3. The 21st Meeting of the Japan-ASEAN Forum
  4. Grant aid for the Project for the Improvement of Hoa Binh General Hospital of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
  5. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of the Kingdom of Thailand
  6. Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations on completion of evacuation of settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the Northern West Bank
  7. Statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan
  8. Non-project grant aid and grant aid to the Republic of Bolivia
  9. Non-project grant aid to the Republic of Ghana
  10. Cultural grant aid to the University of Ghana in the Republic of Ghana
  11. Questions concerning Six-Party Talks
  12. Follow-up question concerning Japan-ASEAN Forum
  13. Question concerning situation in the Union of Myanmar

23 August: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Introduction
  2. Posting of translations of Japanese junior high school history textbooks on Internet website
  3. International symposium on the preservation of Iraqi marshlands
  4. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of the Kingdom of Thailand
  5. Visit to Japan by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Dawei of the People's Republic of China
  6. Submission of Iraqi draft constitution to the National Assembly
  7. Technical cooperation between Japan and the Federated States of Micronesia
  8. Questions concerning translations of history textbooks
  9. Question concerning Six-Party Talks
  10. Question concerning joint military exercise between China and Russia
  11. Follow-up questions concerning Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei's visit

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