Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
June 2010

24 June: Assistant Press Secretary Takeshi Akamatsu

  1. Upcoming G8 and G20 Summits in Canada
  2. Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  3. Extension of the Dispatch of Self-Defense Forces Personnel to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
  4. Decision of Israel regarding the easing of the blockade on the Gaza Strip
  5. Visit to Japan by Mr. Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  6. Exchange of Notes for Japanese ODA Loan to the Republic of Indonesia (Climate Change Program Loan (III))
  7. Questions concerning the Dispatch of Self-Defense Forces Personnel to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
  8. Questions concerning the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Japan
  9. Question concerning the visit to Japan by Mr. Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  10. Questions concerning Japan's ODA Loan to the Republic of Indonesia
  11. Question concerning the resignation announcement of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
  12. Questions concerning investigation of the confrontation between the Israeli defense forces and boats carrying supplies to the Gaza Strip
  13. Question concerning the upcoming G8 and G20 Summits in Canada
  14. Question concerning Japan's position on the sinking of the Korean naval vessel, Cheonan
  15. Question concerning the outcome of the IWC meeting in Agadir

17 June: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic
  2. Telephone Conversation between Mr. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, and Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  3. Telephone conversation between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and The Right Honorable Stephen Joseph Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
  4. OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) peer review
  5. Meeting between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Omar Zakhilwal, Minister of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  6. Questions concerning the proposal of a "bank tax" by France and Germany
  7. Question concerning discussion of the sinking of the Cheonan at the UN Security Council
  8. Question concerning the Visit to Japan by Mr. Kurt M. Campbell, U.S. Assistant Secretary for State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

10 June: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Adoption of Resolution 1929 on Iran by the United Nations Security Council
  2. Telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Okada and Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation
  3. Statement by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on the Presidential Election of the Republic of the Philippines
  4. The 24th Joint Meeting of the United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON)
  5. Japan to provide cultural assets for display at 'A Passage to Asia' art exhibition, to be held as a parallel event for the Eighth Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM 8)
  6. APEC related meetings
  7. VIP Visits
  8. Questions concerning relations with the Russian Federation
  9. Question concerning the 24th Joint Meeting of the United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON)
  10. Questions concerning the visit to Japan of President of Afghanistan Mr. Karzai
  11. Follow-up questions concerning relations with the Russian Federation
  12. Question concerning the appointment of Minister Renho in the new administration
  13. Questions concerning the discussions with the US side on the relocation of the Futenma airbase

3 June: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Japan-Australia Joint Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the 2010 NPT Review Conference
  2. The Oslo Climate and Forest Conference
  3. Statement by the Press Secretary on the certification of the results of the Iraqi election
  4. Visit to Japan by the Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait
  5. Five priority areas of 2010 Official Development Assistance
  6. Pakistan
  7. VIP visits
  8. Question concerning the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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