Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
September 2006

Telephone conversation between Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso and Mr. Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia
Japan's recent official development assistance (ODA) activities
Questions concerning bilateral meetings between Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK)
Questions concerning the Japan-US economic relationship
Questions concerning Japan-People's Republic of China relations
Questions concerning the Azadegan oil fields
Follow-up question concerning the Japan-Australia FTA

Acceptance of a patient from Etorofu Island
Visit to Japan by Mr. James T. Morris, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Questions concerning the arrangement of summit meetings with the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the People's Republic of China
Question concerning Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's measures regarding the abduction issue
Question concerning the Northern Territories

Invitation of participants of the United Nations Programme of Fellowship on Disarmament
Questions concerning the Vice-Ministerial Level Meeting between Japan and the People's Republic of China

Announcements and documents available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Japan's official development assistance (ODA) to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Arrival of 200 Chinese high school students to Japan as part of the Japan-China 21st Century Exchange Program
New column on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Questions concerning the Vice-Ministerial Level Meeting between Japan and China
Question concerning revelations of over-billing for ODA
Follow-up questions concerning the Japan-Chile Economic Partnership Agreement

First FTA Negotiation Meeting between the Government of Japan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Visit by Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito to the United States
Fifth Meeting on the Joint Study for Enhancing Economic Relations between Japan and Australia
Questions concerning the Financial Sanctions Imposed against North Korea
Questions concerning Japan-Russian Federation Relations
Questions concerning Japan's Role in the United Nations
Question concerning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website

Security Dialogue between Japan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Meeting on Maritime Security in Kuala Lumpur
Text of Speeches by Foreign Minister Taro Aso and other Senior Vice-Ministers Available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website
Questions concerning the Possibility of Financial Sanctions against North Korea
Question concerning Japan's Speech in the UN General Assembly
Questions concerning Japan's Potential Deployment of Peacekeeping Troops

Entry into force of the Japan-UK Tax Treaty
Japanese official development assistance (ODA)
Question concerning North Korea
Question concerning the meeting on the joint radioactivity survey between Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK)
Question concerning Japan's representative at the UN General Assembly
Follow-up questions concerning North Korea

Announcements and Documents Available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website
Appointment of the First Representative of the Government of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Visit by Dr. Kiyohiko Toyama, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to New York, Havana, and Irkutsk
Japan's Non-project Grant Aid to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Question concerning the Reports of a Proposal by Mr. Christopher Hill, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to Proceed with Discussion of the Nuclear Issue with or without North Korea

Birth of a Baby Boy in the Japanese Royal Family on 6 September 2006
Visit by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Helsinki, Finland to Take Part in the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
The Arrival of 32 Chinese High School Students to Japan as part of the Japan-China 21st Century Exchange Program
The Signing of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)
Japan-US Review Meeting on North Korea's Launch of Missiles
Meetings between Japan and the Republic of Korea regarding Maritime Research, EEZ, and North Korean Issues
Visit of Ms. Sheila Sisulu, Deputy Executive Director in charge of Policy and External Affairs of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to Professor Shintaro Ito, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Visit by Professor Ito to the Far Eastern Region of the Russian Federation
25th Meeting of States Parties to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Grant Aid to Burkina Faso, the Project for the Construction of Primary Schools
Follow-up Questions concerning the Visit by Prime Minister Koizumi to Helsinki, Finland
Follow-up Questions concerning the Signing of the JPEPA
Follow-up Questions concerning the 25th Meeting of States Parties to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Question concerning the visit to Japan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Visit to Japan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Visit by Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to New York
Entry into force of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)
Visit of Mr. Shotaro Yachi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Seoul
Creation of the Office for Coordination with Hokkaido (provisional name)
Official Development Assistance to the Republic of Tajikistan
Question concerning the visit to Japan of Mr. Christopher Hill, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Follow-up question concerning the creation of the Office for Coordination with Hokkaido (provisional name)
Questions concerning negotiations over the Azadegan oil fields in Iran
Follow-up questions concerning the visit by Mr. Yachi to Seoul
Question concerning the possibility of a nuclear test by North Korea
Follow-up question concerning the entry into force of ReCAAP

Announcements
Visit to Japan by Mr. Christopher Hill, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
The Sixth Round of Negotiations between Japan and the Republic of Korea on the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone
Talks between Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Yu Myung-hwan, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ROK
Discussion between Mr. Tsuneo Nishida, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Dr. Abbas Araghchi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran
First "Gaimusho Open House"
Follow-up questions concerning the Gaimusho Open House
Follow-up questions concerning talks between Mr. Nishida and Dr. Araghchi
Follow-up question concerning the visit by Mr. Hill to Japan
Follow-up question concerning the EEZ talks