Press Conference Archives June 2013

28 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Attendance at the ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
     • (2) Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons
  2. Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  3. China-ROK Summit Meeting
  4. Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons
  5. Issue of the recognition of history
  6. Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons
  7. Personnel affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  8. The Senkaku Islands

25 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Attendance at the ASEAN-related Ministers' Meetings
     • (2) Relaxation of visa requirements for ASEAN nationals
  2. Japan-China relations
  3. Act on preservation of secrets
  4. Japan-North Korea negotiations
  5. Abductions issue
  6. Court hearings on research whaling
  7. Japan-North Korea relations
  8. Court hearings on research whaling

21 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Attendance at the Memorial Ceremony to Commemorate the Fallen on the 68th Anniversary of the End of the Battle of Okinawa
  2. Japan-China relations
  3. Court hearings on research whaling
  4. Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation policy of the United States
  5. Postponement of a visit to Japan by the President of Brazil
  6. Japan-Russia relations

20 June

• Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Naoko Saiki
  1. Speech by President Barack Obama of the United States
  2. Announcement concerning the opening of a Qatar office by the Taliban
  3. Japan-US-ROK trilateral working-level meeting on North Korean issues
  4. New inscriptions on UNESCO Memory of the World Register
  5. Second round of the negotiations on a Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement and a Japan-EU Strategic Partnership Agreement
  6. Visit to Japan by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
  7. Questions concerning dialogue between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the President of the PRC
  8. Questions concerning meetings between Japan and Russia over the territorial issue
  9. Questions concerning the export of nuclear technologies
  10. Follow-up questions concerning public support for the export of nuclear technologies

18 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. G8 Summit
  2. Japan-U.S.-ROK trilateral working-level meeting
  3. Japan-Russia Summit Meeting

14 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. Osprey flight training
  2. Landing of ammunition outside the Yausubetsu Maneuver Area
  3. Roles played by Kochi Kai
  4. Remark by Ambassador Hideaki Ueda at the UN Committee against Torture
  5. Landing of ammunition outside the Yausubetsu Maneuver Area and a Japan-Russia Summit Meeting to be held at the G8 Summit
  6. Roles played by Kochi Kai

13 June

• Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Naoko Saiki
  1. Trip by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Europe
  2. Visit by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to New Zealand
  3. Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
  4. Japan's new policy of support within Syria
  5. Series of terrorist attacks in Iraq
  6. Nomination of Judge Shunji Yanai as a candidate for the Election of Judges of ITLOS in 2014

11 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Outcomes of the Minister for Foreign Affair’s Visit to New Zealand
     • (2) Humanitarian Assistance to Syria
     • (3) Ministerial Council on the Promotion of Japan as a Tourism-Oriented Country
  2. Situation in North Korea
  3. Humanitarian assistance to Syria

7 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. Opening Remarks
     • Visit to New Zealand
  2. Approval of observer status in the Arctic Council (AC)
  3. Issue of the recognition of history
  4. U.S.-China summit meeting
  5. Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons
  6. Situation in North Korea
  7. The Senkaku Islands

6 June

• Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Naoko Saiki
  1. Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development
  2. Arms Trade Treaty
  3. 400th Anniversary of Japan-Spain relations
  4. Decision regarding the Construction of housing units for Jewish people in East Jerusalem
  5. Questions concerning the US-China summit meeting
  6. Questions concerning the Senkaku Islands

4 June

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Achievements of the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V)
     • (2) Signing of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
  2. Senkaku Islands
  3. Accepting Osprey flight training
  4. Senkaku Islands