Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
November 2006

Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuhito Asano to Attend the Third Forum for the Future
Grant Aid to the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Press Occasion by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of the Republic of Indonesia
Speech on "A Broadening Diplomatic Horizon" by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso on 30 November
Follow-up questions concerning Japan-Indonesia Relations
Questions concerning North Korea Issues
Questions concerning International Tuna Fishing Quotas

Statement by the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Rapprochement between the Republic of Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic
6th Japan-China-ROK Economic Director-General Consultations
The International Symposium on Human Security and Commemoration of Japan's 50 Years in the United Nations
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Union of Myanmar, Mongolia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Republic of El Salvador
Questions concerning the Visit to Japan of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of the Republic of Indonesia
Questions concerning the Timeline for Resumption of the Six-Party Talks
Question concerning a Recent Visit by Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to Taiwan
Questions concerning to Visit to Japan of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Documents available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website
Election of Mr. Takekazu Kawamura as Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference
Question concerning the United States Position with regard to North Korea
Questions concerning Progress toward the Next Round of Six-Party Talks
Question concerning the Extraordinary Meeting of the Co-chairs of the Tokyo Donors' Conference on Sri Lanka
Question concerning the Visit to the Russian Federation of the Leader of the New Komeito Party

Welcome Reception for Chinese Cultural Festival 2006
Agreement on the Establishment of the International Fusion Energy Organization
Grant Aids to the Republic of Costa Rica and UNICEF
Documents available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website
Question concerning the Agreement between Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Accelerate Deployment of a Missile Defense System
Question concerning a Media report on North Korean Chemical Weapons Smuggled into Japan
Questions concerning the Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to Implement a Worldwide Certification System for Japanese Food
Questions concerning the Possibility of a Visit to Japan by the Prime Minister and President of China

Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso at the 43rd Japan-US Business Conference
Launch of Economic Information Sharing Mechanism of the Asia-Pacific (EiSMAP)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to Attend the 18th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Announcements available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Republic of Lebanon and the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Follow-up question concerning EiSMAP
Questions concerning the International Response to North Korea's Alleged Nuclear Tests

Statement on the Situation in the State of Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Visit to Japan of Mr. Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
Visit to Japan of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Official development assistance (ODA) to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the Republic of Zimbabwe, and the Republic of Ghana
Report of the New United Nations' (UN) High-Level Panel on System-Wide Coherence
Follow-up question concerning the Situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Follow-up question concerning the Visit to Japan of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei
Question concerning the results of the US midterm Elections
Question concerning the Seminar on Strengthening Nuclear Security in Asian Countries

Reunion of Former Students in Japan from the Southwest Asian, Middle Eastern, Central Asian Countries and Mongolia 2006
Submission of Japan's Second Proposal on the Methodology for the United Nations Scale of Assessments for the Next Three-Year Term
Visit to Japan by Dignitaries from Overseas
Questions concerning the role of Japan's Pop Culture in Japanese Cultural Diplomacy
Question concerning the Summit Meeting between President George W. Bush of the United States of America and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Question concerning the Iranian Nuclear Issue

Visit to Japan of Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana
Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuhito Asano to Attend a Special Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO)
Visit by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima to the State of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the Syrian Arab Republic
Launch of negotiations for Conventions for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income with the United Arab Emirates and the State of Kuwait
Grant Aid to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Arrival of 200 Chinese High School Students to Japan as Part of the Japan-China 21st Century Exchange Program
Questions concerning the Importing of Beef from the United States (US)
Questions concerning the Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso and US Treasury Deputy Secretary Mr. Robert Kimmitt
Questions concerning the Visit to Japan by the Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Sudan