Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
September 2007

25 September: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Questions concerning the current situation in the Union of Myanmar
  2. Questions concerning the Six-Party Talks
  3. Question concerning the next Minister for Foreign Affairs

21 September: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Statement concerning the act of terrorism in Beirut on 19 September
  2. Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1776 on the Extension of the International Security Assistance Force dispatched to the Islamic State of Afghanistan
  3. Visits to the State of Bahrain and the United States of America by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera
  4. Emergency assistance in kind to the Republic of Uganda for flood damage
  5. Questions concerning Japan-Russia relations
  6. Question concerning the schedule of the Six-Party Talks

18 September: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Official launch of the "Terakoya" Pilot Program for Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding
  2. 51st IAEA General Conference in Vienna
  3. Question concerning the rescheduling of the Six-Party Talks
  4. Question concerning the effect of the forthcoming change in Prime Minister upon the Japanese Government policy on the abduction issue
  5. Question concerning the rescheduling of the Tenth Japan-China Consultations on the East China Sea
  6. Follow up question concerning the rescheduling of the Six-Party Talks

14 September: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Visit by Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Osamu Uno to the People's Republic of China
  2. Emergency assistance to the Union of Myanmar to prevent the spread of polio
  3. Intra-governmental meeting to propose the nomination of the National Museum of Western Art for inclusion in the World Heritage List
  4. Question concerning the schedule of the next round of Six-Party Talks
  5. Questions concerning possible impacts on the Six-Party Talks and on the abduction issue due to the decision by Prime Minister Abe to step down
  6. Questions concerning the details of discussions expected at the upcoming Six-Party Talks

13 September (Internet Press Chat Conference): Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Tokyo African Club (TAC) meeting in preparation for the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV)
  2. Questions concerning the next plenary session of the Six-Party Talks
  3. Question concerning the visit to Japan by Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Jia Qinglin

11 September: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. 6th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
  2. Visit to Japan by ROK junior high school students under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Program
  3. Follow-up questions concerning the JENESYS Program
  4. Questions concerning the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law
  5. Questions concerning Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura

7 September: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting
  2. Meetings of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Hitoshi Kimura
  3. Visit to Japan by Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee Jia Qinglin
  4. Question concerning recent events in the Republic of Lebanon
  5. Question concerning the visit to Japan by Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Jia Qinglin
  6. Question concerning a possible meeting between Mr. Jia Qinglin and Prime Minister Abe, Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Taro Aso, and Foreign Minister Machimura
  7. Question concerning the attendance of Prime Minister Abe at the upcoming World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention to be held in Kobe

4 September: Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi

  1. Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting
  2. 7th Meeting of the Japan-China Joint Committee on Environmental Protection and Cooperation
  3. Dispatch of Election Monitoring Mission for Presidential and General Elections in Guatemala
  4. Telephone conferences held by Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura
  5. Location of the International Media Center of the Hokkaido-Toyako Summit
  6. China's return to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and participation in the United Nations Military Expenditure Account System
  7. Questions concerning the APEC Meetings
  8. Questions concerning climate change policies
  9. Questions concerning North Korea
  10. Question concerning Japan's intentions regarding investment and APEC
  11. Questions concerning North Korea and the Six-Party Talks

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