Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
April 2007

Overseas visits by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso
First round of negotiations to conclude a Japan-Russia Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
First Chairperson's Meeting on the Second Phase of the Japan-ROK Joint History Research Meeting in Seoul
Launch of the International Compact with Iraq
Follow-up questions concerning the overseas visits by Prime Minister Abe and Foreign Minister Aso
Question concerning North Korea's normalization of relations with the Union of Myanmar
Follow-up questions concerning the Two Plus Two meeting
Question concerning a visit to Japan by former US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage

The first session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference
Visit to Japan by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco
Announcement of the location for the 2008 Group of Eight (G8) Summit Meeting
Message of condolence for the death of former President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin
Follow-up questions concerning the announcement of the location for the 2008 G8 Summit Meeting
Questions concerning the Six-Party Talks

Visit by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuhito Asano to Mongolia
Terrorist attacks in the Republic of Iraq
The launch of a peace building course
Follow-up questions concerning the launch of a peace building course
Questions concerning the discussion of a Japan-US free trade agreement (FTA) during the visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the US
Questions concerning Japan-Russian Federation relations

Visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China
The Third Meeting of the Joint Committee of the Japan-United Mexican States Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Follow-up questions on the visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China

Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of the Republic of Iraq
Visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China
Follow-up questions concerning the visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China
Question concerning the Six-Party Talks

Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of the Republic of Iraq
Japan-China Consultation Meeting in Beijing
Questions concerning the visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China
Follow-up questions concerning the announcement of a new yen loan to Iraq
Follow-up questions concerning the Japan-China consultation meeting
Questions concerning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Detective Conan pamphlet

Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to the Republic of India for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit Meeting
Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont of the Kingdom of Thailand for the signing of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Questions concerning the visit to Japan by Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China
Questions concerning the reported kidnapping of two Japanese in the Republic of Paraguay
Questions concerning the comfort women issue