Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
December 2006

10th Japan-China Working Group Meeting concerning Chemical Weapons in China
Declaration of the UN International Year of Sanitation
First Negotiation Meeting for Conclusion of the Treaty between Japan and the Russian Federation on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Republic of Montenegro, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of El Salvador
Questions concerning the Progress of the Six-Party Talks
Questions concerning Negotiations for a Japan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
Question concerning Japan's Response to Floods in Malaysia

Statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Their Majesties' Visits to European Countries
Press Release on a Statement Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Ireland
Visit to Japan by King and Queen Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Official Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Principality of Monaco
Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations
Visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulit of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Talks between Japan and the ROK
Question concerning the Six-Party Talks
Questions concerning the Budget for Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Questions concerning Expectations for Diplomatic Relations in the Coming Year
Follow-up questions concerning Japan-ROK Relations

Statement by the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Elections for the Heads of Local Governments in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, the Republic of Indonesia
Statement by the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Appointment of Mr. Nobuo Tanaka as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulit of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Questions concerning Japan-India Relations
Question concerning the Rescheduling of the ASEAN/EAS Summit
Question concerning the Six-Party Talks

Events Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Japan's Admission to the United Nations
2007 Japan-China Culture and Sports Exchange Year
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Republic of the Philippines and the Arab Republic of Egypt
Questions concerning the Rescheduling of the East Asia Summit
Questions concerning the Upcoming Visit to Japan of the Prime Minister of the Republic of India
Questions concerning the Six-Party Talks

Announcements and press releases available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Official development assistance (ODA) to UNRWA and the Republic of Benin
Election of Professor Akira Mayama to the Board of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
Visit to Japan of Secretary of Energy Samuel Wright Bodman of the US
Deployment of a fact-finding mission to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Selection of Mr. Fujio Mitarai as the Chairman of the steering committee of 2007 Japan-China Culture and Sport Exchange Year
Cancellation of the ASEAN+3 Summit meetings
Follow-up questions concerning the cancellation of the ASEAN+3 Leader's Summit
Question concerning the possibility that former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will travel to North Korea
Questions concerning the upcoming visit to Japan by the Prime Minister of the Republic of India

Emergency Assistance for the Mudslides Disaster in Southern Luzon Island, the Republic of the Philippines
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Conflict between the Government and the Military Forces in the Republic of the Fiji Islands
The Sixth Meeting of the Trilateral Consultations on the Possible Trilateral Investment Agreement between Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea
Non-Project Grant Aid of 100 million yen to the Republic of Nauru
Question concerning Diplomatic Schedules with Chinese Government Officials
Question concerning the Report of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Question concerning the Possibility of Statements regarding North Korea at the ASEAN Summit

Visit to Japan of Minister for Foreign Affairs Valgerdour Sverrisdottir of the Republic of Iceland
Visit to Japan of Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Russian Federation Svetlana Orlova
Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya to Attend the 14th Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council
Japanese Observers in the Presidential Election in the Republic of Madagascar
Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Republic of the Sudan, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of Rwanda, and the Republic of Honduras
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website
Questions concerning the Trilateral Meeting among Japan, the People's Republic of China and Republic of Korea (ROK)
Questions concerning the North Korea Issues and the Six-Party Talks
Questions concerning Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oversight of ODA Projects