Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
March 2007

Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to the Republic of Korea (ROK)
Visit by Foreign Minister Aso to the Republic of India for the SAARC Summit Meeting
Follow-up questions concerning Foreign Minister Aso's visit to India

Dispatch by Japan of arms monitors to the United Nations Political Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)
Dispatch by Japan of an election observer mission to the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
Japan-Republic of Chile Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China
Questions concerning the issue of gas fields in the East China Sea
Questions concerning Japan-Republic of Korea relations

Visit to Japan by Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi of the Republic of Iraq
Visit to Japan by Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee of the Republic of India
Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Romano Prodi of the Italian Republic

Seminar on Investment Promotion in Central Europe and the V4 Countries
Visit to Japan by Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt of the Kingdom of Sweden
Second bilateral meeting between Japan and Viet Nam on economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations

Announcements available on the MOFA website
The First Round of the Negotiation on the Trilateral Investment Agreement among the People's Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea
Questions concerning the Middle East peace process
Questions concerning the visit to Japan of leaders from the Republic of Iraq
Questions concerning the comfort women issue
Question concerning the possibility of a visit by Prime Minister Abe to the Gulf countries and the Arab Republic of Egypt

Announcements available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Visit to Japan by Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi of the Republic of Iraq
Seminar for Iraqi National Reconciliation
Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Questions concerning the visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao the People's Republic of China
Question concerning the visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the United States (US)

The Four-Party Consultative Unit for the concept of the "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity"
Questions concerning the Six-Party Talks
Follow-up questions concerning the Four-Party Consultative Unit for the concept of the "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity"

Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the Republic of Singapore
Visit to Japan by Prime Minister John Howard of the Commonwealth of Australia
Questions concerning the comfort women issue
Questions concerning the situation in the Republic of Iraq
Question concerning the possibility of a visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to four Arab countries
Question concerning a meeting to be hosted by Japan of representatives from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Israel, and the Palestinian Territories
Questions concerning the strategic dialogue between Japan and the Republic of Korea

Visit to Japan by President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia
Seventh High Level Consultation between Japan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso
Convening of the Japan-North Korea Working Group
Follow-up questions concerning the Japan-North Korea Working Group
Question concerning the possible visit to Japan by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
Questions concerning the Japan-Republic of Korea Strategic Dialogue

Announcements available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Questions concerning the upcoming Japan-North Korea bilateral talks in Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam