Territorial and Historical Issues
Territorial Issues
Historical Issues
Historical Issues Q&A (January 2006)
Path of 60 Years as a Nation Striving for Peace
- Japan: Path of 60 Years as a Nation Striving for Peace (Fact Sheet) (July 2005)
- 60 Years: The Path of a Nation Striving for Global Peace (Pamphlet) [PDF]
History Recognition
- Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (August 15, 2005)
- Statement by Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Special Meeting of the General Assembly on Commemoration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the End of the Second World War (May 9, 2005)
- Speech by Foreign Minister of Japan Nobutaka Machimura on the Japan's Global Strategy and the Japan-US Global Partnership on the 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II (April 29, 2005)
- Speech by H.E. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan at the Asian-African Summit (April 22, 2005)
- Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the War's End (August 15, 1995)
The Peace, Friendship, and Exchange Initiative
- Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on the "Peace, Friendship, and Exchange Initiative" (August 31, 1994)
- Outline of the "Peace, Friendship, and Exchange Initiative"
Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead
- Prime Minister Attends Memorial Service for the War Dead (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site)
Bilateral Relations
- Statement by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (Japan-Korea Relationship) (August 2010) [English/Japanese/Korean [PDF]] (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Website)
- First Assistance Committee for the "Second Phase of the Japan-ROK Joint History Research" and the First Regular Consultation Meeting for the Joint History Research (June 2007)
- Second Phase of the Japan-ROK Joint History Research Committee First Meeting of Chairpersons (April 2007)
- Japan-China Joint History Research Committee Members Pay Courtesy Call on Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs (March 2007)
- Second Meeting of the Japan-China Joint History Research Committee (March 2007)
- Disclosure of the Report by the Japan-ROK Joint History Research Committee (June 2005)
- Japan-China Joint Declaration on Building a Partnership of Friendship and Cooperation for Peace and Development (November 26, 1998)
- Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China (September 29, 1972)
- Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration--A New Japan-Republic of Korea Partnership towards the Twenty-first Century (October 8, 1998)
Issue known as "Wartime Comfort Women"
- Foreign Policy Q&A (Policy of the Japanese Government on the issue known as "Wartime Comfort Women")
- Recent Policy of the Government of Japan on the Issues Known as "Comfort Women" (April 2007)
- Letter from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the former comfort women (The Year of 2001)
- "Atonement Project" in the Netherlands
- On the Completion of the "Atonement Project" of the Asian Women's Fund (AWF) in the Netherlands (July 13, 2001)
- Press Secretary's Statement on the Completion of the "Atonement Project" of the Asian Women's Fund (AWF) in the Netherlands (July 13, 2001)
- The contents of the letter of the Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka sent to the Project Implementation Committee in the Netherlands (PICN) (July 6, 2001)
- Press Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa on the Asian Women's Fund (September 1, 2000)
- An Appeal for Donations for the Asian Women's Fund (July 18, 1995)
- Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on the occasion of the establishment of the "Asian Women's Fund" (July 1995)
- Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary (June 14, 1995)
- Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono on the result of the study on the issue of "comfort women" (August 4, 1993)
- On the Issue of Wartime "Comfort Women" (August 4, 1993)
- Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Kato on the Issue of the so-called "Wartime Comfort Women" from the Korean Peninsula (July 6, 1992)
Issue on the history textbooks
- Japan's School Textbook Examination Procedure (June 2005)
- Comments by the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda on the history textbooks to be used in junior high schools from 2002 (April 3, 2001)
- Comment by Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. Makiko Tanaka on the Official Stance Conveyed by the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Decision to Authorize Japanese History Textbooks (May 8, 2001)
- Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Kiichi Miyazawa on History Textbooks (August 26, 1982)
Issue on the Visit to Yasukuni Shrine
- Basic Position of the Government of Japan Regarding Prime Minister Koizumi's Visits to Yasukuni Shrine (October, 2005)
- Observation by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Visit to Yasukuni Shrine (April 21, 2002)
- Statement of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Visit of Yasukuni Shrine (August 13, 2001)
- Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Masaharu Gotoda on Official Visits to Yasukuni Shrine by the Prime Minister and Other State Ministers on August 15 of this year (August 14, 1986)
Press Secretary's Press Conference/Media FAQ on Historical Issues
| Year | Month | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | November | 16, 30 |
| May | 22 | |
| April | 3 | |
| March | 9, 20 | |
| February | 20 | |
| 2006 | January | 17 |
| 2005 | November | 4 |
| October | 18, 21 | |
| September | 30 | |
| August | 26 | |
| July | 1 | |
| June | 17 | |
| May | 24 | |
| April | 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22 |
Related Links
- Japan Center for Asian Historical Records Web Site
- Asian Women's Fund Web Site (disbanded, March 2007)
- For the issue of the name of the Sea of Japan, click here. (The issue of the name of the Sea of Japan is not a territorial issue．)
- For the basic view on the Senkaku Islands and related Q&A, click here. (There exists no issue of territorial sovereignty to be solved concerning the Senkaku Islands.)
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