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Archives on Speeches and Statements by State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs

2009

• Speech by State Secretary for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Ministerial-level working breakfast with LDC: Seventh Ministerial Conference of WTO (November 30, 2009)
• Courtesy call on Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, by 30 embassy local staff (November 2009)
• Opening Remarks by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the opening ceremony for the Primary Course of the Program for Human Resources Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (November 6, 2009)
• Remarks by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the 2009 UN DAY SYMPOSIUM: The Emergence of Human Security - 15th Anniversary - (October 23, 2009)
• Opening Remarks by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the Opening Ceremony of the U.S.-Japan Global Peace Operations Initiative Senior Mission Leaders Course (October 19, 2009)
• Opening Remark by Mr. Tetsuro Fukuyama, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at UNU/UNESCO 2009 International Conference on Africa and Globalization (September 28, 2009)
• Statement by Mr. Shintaro ITO, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of National Voluntary Presentation of Annual Ministerial Review at ECOSOC (July 7, 2009) (Presentation File [PDF])
• Remarks by Mr. Shintaro ITO, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the Second Global Review Meeting on Aid for Trade (July 6, 2009)
• The script of the statement by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Message to OECD Ministerial Council Meeting) (June 2009)
• The script of the statement by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Agenda 6. Keeping Markets Open for Trade and Investment) (June 2009)
• Opening Remarks by the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Seiko Hashimoto at the Fifth Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF V) (June 15, 2009 Kampala) [English] [French (PDF)]
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Security Council Ministerial Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question (May 11, 2009)
• Statement by Ms. Seiko Hashimoto, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the International Conference in Support of the Somalia Security Institutions and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) (April 23, 2009)
• Statement by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the Haiti Donors Conference 2009 (April 14, 2009)
• Statement by H.E. Seiko Hashimoto, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty (April 6, 2009)
• Statement by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the High-Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (March 12, 2009)
• Keynote Address by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the International Symposium "Revisiting Food Security: Towards the Realization of a Global Partnership" (March 5, 2009)
• Remarks by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Occasion of the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza (March 2, 2009)
• Opening Speech by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the Twelfth Japan-SICA Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (February 26, 2009) (Spanish [PDF])
• Welcome Remarks by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at Welcome Reception of the 7th Japan-Singapore Symposium (February 23, 2009)
• Keynote Address by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at Welcome Reception of the 7th Japan-Singapore Symposium (February 23, 2009) [Full Text] [as delivered "Oral Version"]

2008

• Statement by Mr. Shintaro ITO, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the 16th OSCE Ministerial Council (December 5, 2008)
• Speech by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the Reception on the Occasion of the Symposium "Multilateral Approaches to Peace and Security" (December 1, 2008)
• Speech by Mr Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at a Reception to celebrate 150 Years of Diplomatic Relations between the United Kingdom and Japan (September 16, 2008)
• Address by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the Mont Pelerin Society General Meeting 2008 (September 12, 2008)
• Keynote Speech by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, on the Occasion of the Africa Day Symposium (U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University) (September 9, 2008)
• Address by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Opening Session of UNU/UNESCO International Conference "Globalization and Languages" (August 27, 2008)
• Congratulatory Address by Mr. Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Commencement Ceremony for the FY 2008 Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (August 25, 2008)
• Opening Speech by Mr. Hitoshi KIMURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, at the 5th Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-proliferation (April 25, 2008)

2007

• Statement by Mr. Itsunori ONODERA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Fifteenth Meeting of OSCE Ministerial Council (November 30, 2007)
• Remarks by Mr. Hitoshi KIMURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, at the Reception on the occasion of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Maritime Interdiction Exercise"Pacific Shield 07" (October 12, 2007)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Hitoshi KIMURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the 5th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (September 17, 2007)
• Opening Remarks by Mr. Takeshi IWAYA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan at the TICAD Conference on Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development (March 22, 2007)
• Keynote Speech by Mr. Katsuhito ASANO, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, at the Symposium on Japan and India "Japan-India Strategic Partnership in an Era of Asian Regional Integration" (March 9, 2007)
• Remarks by Mr. Katsuhito ASANO, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, at the 4th Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-proliferation (January 25, 2007)

2006

• Speech by Mr. Takeshi IWAYA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Ministerial Council of the OSCE (December 5, 2006)
• Speech by Mr. Iwaya, the Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the occasion of the ITER Agreement Signature Ceremony (November 21, 2006)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Fifty-ninth Annual DPI/NGO Conference (September 6, 2006)
• Remarks by Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the occasion of the International Conference for Lebanon's Early Recovery (August 31, 2006)
• "30 Years of Japan-Australia Relation: From Trading Partners to Partners of Democracy" by Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, for the Fourth Japan-Australia Conference (June 23, 2006)
• Speech by Mr. Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the OECD Forum: Regional Integration and Development in the Middle East (May 23, 2006)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Public Meeting on Sudan (May 9, 2006)
• Opening Statement by Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the International Symposium on Scientific and Technical Aspects on the Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles (March 6, 2006)
• Opening Remarks by Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan at the TICAD Conference on Consolidation of Peace (February 16, 2006)
• Address of Mr. Katsutoshi KANEDA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Opening Session of the 11th Japan-CARICOM Consultation Meeting (February 16, 2006)
• Opening Remarks by H.E. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the occasion of the Japan Education Forum III (February 9, 2006)
• Speech by Mr. Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy (February 5, 2006)
• Statement by H.E. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the London Conference on Afghanistan (January 31, 2006)
• The International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza
  • Statement by H.E. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (January 18, 2006)
  • Statement by H.E. Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior-Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Pledging Session of the International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza (January 18, 2006)
• Remarks by Mr. Katsutoshi Kaneda, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Japan-WHO Joint Meeting on Early Response to Potential Influenza Pandemic (January 2006)

2005

• Speech by Mr. Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Ministerial Council of the OSCE (December 6, 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Donors Conference on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Earthquake Affected Areas (November 19, 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan "Ministerial Meeting on Community Assistance to Areas Affected by the South Asia Earthquake" (October 26, 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Ichiro Aisawa, Vice Minister of Japan - Round Table 1: Domestic Resources for Development and High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development - (June 28, 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development (June 27, 2005)
• Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the High-level Forum on Health MDGs in Asia and the Pacific (June 21, 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the occasion of the Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan 2005 (April 11, 2005)
• Key-Note Speech by H.E. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs "United Nations as Peacekeeper and Nation-Builder: Continuity and Change- What Lies Ahead" (March 28, 2005)
• Opening Address by Mr. Shuzen Tanigawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Tokyo Seminar on the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons "Toward the 2005 Review Conference" (February 7, 2005)
• Address by Mr. Shuzen Tanigawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements (January 29, 2005)
• Address by Mr. Shuzen Tanigawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (January 20, 2005)
• Statement by Mr. Shuzen TANIGAWA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Ministerial Meeting on Humanitarian Assistance to Tsunami Affected Countries (January 11, 2005)

2004

• Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, at the Seminar on the Promotion of Accession to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (December 2, 2004)
• Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Masatoshi Abe, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at a Prime Mover Project in the Asia Cooperation Dialogue of Japan/Environmental Education (June 8, 2004)
• Speech by H.E. Mr.Masatoshi Abe, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Head of the Japanese Delegation, at the 60th Session of ESCAP in Shanghai (April 26, 2004)
• Closing Remarks by Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Ceremony Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Japan-US Relationship (April 3, 2004)
• Keynote Speech by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masatoshi ABE, at the Second OSCE-Japan Conference "Search for Effective Conflict Prevention under New Security Circumstances" (March 2004)
• Comments on the adoption of the Manila Plan of Action by Senior Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Masatoshi ABE (January 31, 2004)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, at the Bali Regional Ministerial Meeting on Counter-Terrorism (February 2004)

2003

• Speech by H.E. Mr. Masatoshi Abe, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the occasion of Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-proliferation (November 13, 2003)
• Speech by H.E. Mr. Tetsuro Yano, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Fifth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (September 15, 2003)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Tetsuro Yano, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (September 10, 2003)
• Remarks of Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr. Tetsuro YANO on the Launching Ceremony of the UNIDO project "Assistance for Revitalization of Agricultural Productive Capacities in Sudan through the Trust Fund for Human Security" (September 3, 2003)
• Statement of Mr. Tetsuro Yano, Senior Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the occasion of visit to Jaffna, Sri Lanka (August 3, 2003)
• Address by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Tetsuro YANO, at the Opening of the ABAC Plenary Meeting (May 14, 2003)
• Address by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tetsuro YANO, at the Symposium on Movement of Natural Persons (March 19, 2003)
• Address by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Yano at the Tokyo International Conference on Investment to Africa (February 26, 2003)
• Speech by Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan at the Munich Conference on Security Policy "The Global Challenge of International Terrorism" (February 8, 2003)

2002

• Speech by Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan "United Nations Consolidated Appeals and Japan" (November 20, 2002)
• Keynote Address by Mr. Tetsuro Yano, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Australia-Japan Conference for a Creative Partnership (November 2002)
• Speech by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Shigeru UETAKE at the Reception Hosted by Ambassador TANAKA (Papua New Guinea, August 24, 2002)
• Opening Statement by Mr. Shigeo Uetake, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the 14th Post-Forum Dialogue (August 20, 2002)
• Policy Statement by H.E. Mr. Seiken SUGIURA, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the 58th Commission Session of the United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (May 21, 2002)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Shigeo Uetake, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the International Conference on Financing for Development (March 22, 2002)

2001

• Statement by H.E. Mr. Seiken Sugiura, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (July 2001)
• Address by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Seiken Sugiura, at "Future of Asia" Conference hosted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun (June 7, 2001)
• Keynote Address by Mr. Shigeo UETAKE, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan) at The G8 Government/Private Sector High-Level Meeting on High-Tech Crime (May 2001)
• Policy Statement by H.E. Mr. Kiyohiro Araki, Senior Vice- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the 57th Commission Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (April 23, 2001)
• General Statement by Mr. Shigeo UETAKE, Head of the Japanese Delegation to The Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (May 2001)
• Opening Address by Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kiyohiro Araki, at the Seminar on Education & Protection of Cultural Heritage in South Eastern Europe (March 22, 2001)
• Opening remarks by Mr. Kiyohiro ARAKI, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the "Seminar on Safety of UN Peacekeepers and Associated Personnel Working in Conflict Zones" (March 15, 2001)
• Seminar on Energy Security in Asia -Opening Address by Seishiro Eto, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs- "Asian Energy Security and Japan's Foreign Policy" (March 6, 2001)

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