Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archive
July 2010

29 July: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Message of condolences from Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuya Okada in response to the plane crash disaster in Pakistan
  2. ASEAN-related foreign ministers' meetings and Foreign Minister Okada's visit to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic
  3. Sixth meeting of the Japanese Working Group for the Forum for Promotion of Public-Private Cooperation in the Mekong region
  4. Dispatch of Election Observers to the General Election in the Solomon Islands
  5. Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC)
  6. Visit to Japan by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  7. VIP Visits
  8. Question concerning Japan-Mekong cooperation
  9. Questions concerning Japan-Viet Nam cooperation
  10. Questions concerning the delay of publication of the Defense of Japan White Paper
  11. Questions concerning the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910
  12. Question concerning the Japanese response to the air crash disaster in Pakistan
  13. Questions concerning negotiations with Mongolia on natural resources development and an Economic Partnership Agreement
  14. Question concerning UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to Japan

22 July: Assistant Press Secretary Takeshi Akamatsu

  1. Visit to Afghanistan by Foreign Minister Okada to attend the Kabul International Conference on Afghanistan
  2. Visit to Vietnam by Foreign Minister Okada to attend the ASEAN-related meetings
  3. Question concerning the East Asian Community initiative
  4. Questions concerning the return of Korean cultural assets
  5. Question concerning Japan's position on the sinking of the Cheonan
  6. Question concerning joint military exercises

15 July: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Statement by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Issuance of the Statement of the President of the United Nations Security Council concerning the sinking of a military patrol vessel
  2. The Symposium on Human Security
  3. Visit to Japan by Mr. Francois Fillon, Prime Minister of the French Republic
  4. Visit to Japan by Mr. William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom
  5. Visit to the United States by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan
  6. Visit to Sudan and Uganda by Ms. Chinami Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
  7. Questions concerning the sinking of an ROK military patrol vessel
  8. Questions concerning Japan’s support to Sudan

8 July: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. Meeting between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ms. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
  2. Establishment of an "Advisory Panel of Experts on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation"
  3. Declassification of diplomatic records
  4. "Election Visits Program" to be Conducted in Japan Under the Framework of the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF)
  5. Earth Return of the HAYABUSA
  6. Question concerning the holding of a nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation meeting
  7. Questions concerning the Northern Territories
  8. Questions concerning Japan's cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy
  9. Questions concerning Japan's cooperation for climate change

1 July: Deputy Press Secretary Hidenobu Sobashima

  1. G8 and G20 Summit Meetings
  2. Resolutions passed in the US Congress recognizing the importance of the US-Japan alliance
  3. Negotiations on a Japan-India Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
  4. Fifth Meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND)
  5. Official Development Assistance (ODA) Review
  6. Question concerning Japan's position on international non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
  7. Question concerning Official Development Assistance
  8. Questions concerning the G8 and G20 Summit Meetings

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