Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
May 2007

Visit by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other European countries
Recent bilateral foreign ministerial talks
International meetings to be hosted by the Japanese Government in 2008
Latest Official Development Aid (ODA) project in the People's Republic of China

Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to European countries
Follow-up questions concerning the visit by Foreign Minister Aso to the Kingdom of Spain
Questions concerning Japan's stance on cluster bombs
Follow-up questions concerning the G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
Question concerning Prime Minister Abe's climate change initiative

Visit by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan to the Kingdom of Sweden, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Visit to Japan by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Republic of the Philippines and Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia
The Eighth Japan-China Consultations concerning the East China Sea and Other Matters
Launch of the International MANGA Award
Questions concerning the Eighth Japan-China Consultations concerning the East China Sea and Other Matters
Questions concerning North Korea
Question concerning extrajudicial killing in the Philippines
Question concerning the comfort women issue

Visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Pham Gia Khiem of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
First Round of the Japan-People's Republic of China-Republic of Korea Senior Foreign Affairs Officials' Consultation
Visit to Japan by Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Margaret Beckett of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10th Japan-EU High Level Meeting on the Environment
Dispatch of Special Mission from Japan to the Independent State of Samoa following the death of H.H. Malietoa Tanumafili II

Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
The issuance by Japan of visas for Chinese group tourists in the People's Republic of China
Assistance by the United Nations (UN) Trust Fund for Human Security project "Sustainable Integration and Recovery in North Ossetia-Alania" in the Russian Federation
Question concerning the possible visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Russian Federation
Question concerning the upcoming Russia-Japan Strategic Dialogue
Questions concerning Japan's assistance to the Palestinian Authority
Question concerning the situation of the President of the World Bank, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz
Questions concerning the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) foreign ministers' meeting
Question concerning the possible visit to Japan by Ministers from the Russian Federation

The 6th Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Politico-Military Talks
The 5th ASEM Conference on Counter-Terrorism
Questions concerning the issuance of a visa to former President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan
Questions concerning Taiwan's status at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Follow-up questions concerning the issuance of a visa to former President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan
Question concerning the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
Question concerning the Japanese Government's knowledge about the action taken by Taiwan when it sent delegates to the United States (US)
Follow-up questions concerning Taiwan's status at the World Health Organization

First Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement
Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine
"Diplomatic Forum in Sendai - 120-minute Discussions with Foreign Minister Taro Aso"
Announcement of the Next Rector of the United Nations University

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African Festa 2007 in Tokyo
Questions concerning the security dialogue between Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK)
Questions concerning the Six-Party Talks