Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
April 2010

22 April: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Foreign Minister Okada's visit to New York to chair the Open Debate of the United Nations Security Council on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
  2. Japan-Malaysia Joint Leaders' Statement
  3. Election of Mr. Ryuichiro Yamazaki as Director General of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO)
  4. InterAction Council meetings in Hiroshima
  5. Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the general elections in Sudan
  6. Close approach flights by military helicopters of China toward Japan's escort ship Asayuki
  7. VIP Visits
  8. Questions concerning the Japan-EU Summit
  9. Questions concerning relocation of Futenma Air Base‎
  10. Questions concerning the visit of Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Russian President to the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation Mr. Viktor Ishayev

15 April: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Japan extends condolences to China in the wake of the recent earthquake disaster
  2. The Washington Nuclear Security Summit
  3. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada to visit New York to chair the UN Security Council open debate
  4. The 19th EU-Japan Summit to take place in Tokyo
  5. Questions concerning Japan’s response to the recent earthquake disaster in China
  6. Questions concerning a recent Washington Post article
  7. Questions concerning the Japan-EU Summit
  8. Questions concerning the planned Integrated Support Center for Strengthening of Nuclear Security in Asia
  9. Questions concerning the NPT review conference
  10. Questions concerning Foreign Minister Okada’s schedule
  11. Further questions concerning the Washington Post article

8 April: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Destabilization of the situation in the Kyrgyz Republic
  2. Statement by Foreign Minister Okada on the release of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)
  3. Establishment of an investigation group on the suggested lack of documents relating to the so-called secret agreements
  4. Diplomatic Bluebook 2010
  5. Dispatch of a Japanese Election Observation Team for the General Elections in Sudan
  6. The Fourth International Manga Award
  7. VIP Visits
  8. Question concerning the Japanese and U.S. Agriculture Ministers agreement to resume talks on the issue of trade in beef
  9. Questions concerning the members of the investigation group related to the "so-called" secret agreements

1 April: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
  2. International Conference towards a New Future for Haiti
  3. 12th International Energy Forum Ministerial Meeting
  4. VIP Visits

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