Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
February 2007

27 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan by President Nanbaryn Enkhbayar of Mongolia
  2. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nitya Pibulsonggram of the Kingdom of Thailand
  3. Questions concerning the upcoming meeting to be hosted by Japan of representatives from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Israel, and the Palestinian territories
  4. Questions concerning the upcoming working group meeting between Japan and North Korea
  5. Follow-up questions concerning the upcoming meeting to be hosted by Japan of representatives from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Israel, and the Palestinian territories

23 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan by Vice President Richard B. Cheney of the United States of America
  2. Additional Official Development Assistance to the Republic of Iraq
  3. Follow-up questions concerning visit to Japan by Vice President Richard B. Cheney of the United States of America
  4. Questions concerning the Northern Territories issue
  5. Question concerning the possibility of a visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Russian Federation

22 February (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan by Vice President Richard B. Cheney of the US
  2. Visit to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nitya Pibulsonggram of the Kingdom of Thailand
  3. Upcoming speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso on the Middle East
  4. Follow-up questions concerning the speech by Foreign Minister Aso
  5. Follow-up question concerning the visit to Japan by Foreign Minister Nitya of Thailand
  6. Question concerning the visit to Japan by Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor Jack Dyer Crouch II of the US

20 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Mikhail Efimovich Fradkov of the Russian Federation
  2. Visit to Japan by Minister for Industry and Energy Viktor Borisovich Khristenko of Russia
  3. Visit to Japan by President Nambaryn Enkhbayar of Mongolia
  4. Follow-up questions concerning the visit to Japan by Prime Minister Mikhail Efimovich Fradkov of Russia
  5. Questions concerning the visit to Japan by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the Republic of Singapore
  6. Questions concerning remarks by Foreign Minister Aso on the comfort women issue

16 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan of Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing of the People's Republic of China
  2. Approval by the Cabinet of the implementation of measures required by United Nations Resolution Number 1737
  3. Emergency grant aid to Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste for the organization of first Presidential election
  4. Symposium at UN House: "Toward the Arc of Freedom and Prosperity: New Developments in Japan's Foreign Policy for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy"
  5. Questions concerning the symposium to be held at UN House: "Toward the Arc of Freedom and Prosperity"
  6. Questions concerning the implementation of sanctions against Iran as required by United Nations Resolution 1737
  7. Questions concerning the visit to Japan of Vice Minister Richard B. Cheney of the United States of America
  8. Questions concerning items to be discussed during the China-Japan Foreign Ministerial Meeting
  9. Question concerning preparations for the visit to Japan of Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Democratic Republic of China
  10. Questions concerning the possibility of the signing of a joint declaration during the meetings with China
  11. Question concerning international reaction to plans by Israel to undertake construction work on the al Aqsa mosque
  12. Questions concerning the security of airplanes involved in operations in Iraq

13 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan of Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing of the People's Republic of China
  2. Visit to Japan by President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic
  3. Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu of Romania
  4. Visit by former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the Republic of India
  5. Questions concerning the Six-Party Talks
  6. Question concerning the explosion outside Camp Zama

9 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong of the Kingdom of Cambodia
  2. Appointment of Mr. Togi Hideki as a Goodwill Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand
  3. Questions concerning the Six-Party Talks
  4. Questions concerning China's missile test to bring down a satellite
  5. Questions concerning upcoming visits to Japan by Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Zhaoxing and Premier Wen Jiabao of China

8 February (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Attendance of Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masayoshi Hamada at the 4th Africa-Asia Business Forum in Tanzania, and visit to Uganda
  2. Visit to Japan of His Excellency Prof. Ing. Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic and Mrs. Klausova
  3. Emergency Assistance to Bolivia for Torrential Rain Disaster
  4. Questions concerning the existence or otherwise of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and North Korea ahead of the Six-Party Talks
  5. Question concerning any bilateral meeting between Japan and North Korea at the Six-Party Talks in Beijing
  6. Question concerning the expectations for the Six-Party Talks
  7. Question concerning the requirements for Japan to consider granting aid to North Korea
  8. Question concerning the topics on the agenda for the visit to Japan of Chinese Foreign Minister Li

6 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Signing of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
  2. Speech by Vice-Minister Hamada at the Free Children from War Conference in Paris
  3. Visit to Japan by Minister for Foreign Affairs Luis Amado of the Portuguese Republic
  4. Arab-Islamic Journalists Meeting in Tokyo
  5. Emergency assistance to the Republic of Indonesia
  6. Question concerning the Six-Party Talks
  7. Question concerning Japan's value oriented diplomacy

2 February: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso on the WTO Doha round
  2. Courtesy call to Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeshi Iwaya by young members of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
  3. Visit to Japan by Mr. Massimo D'Alema, Deputy Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy
  4. Meeting between Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuhito Asano and Deputy Minister of the Interior in Charge of Counter Narcotics Mohammed Daoud of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  5. Question concerning reports of Chinese oil production in the East China Sea
  6. Follow-up questions concerning the WTO Doha round

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