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What's New January 2000

January 31

• Policy Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono to the 147th Session of the Diet
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 28 January, 2000
  • The Ministerial Steering Committee of Multilateral Consultation of the Middle East Peace Process
  • The letters received by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi from Acting President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

January 28

• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Adoption of the Panel Report on the 1974 U.S. Trade Act

January 26

• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 25 January, 2000
  • Announcement on the change of Government in Ecuador
  • Announcement on the visit to Japan of Foreign Minister Ivanov of Russia

January 25

• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Change of Government in Ecuador
• Statement of G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

January 24

• Overview and Evaluation of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's Visit to Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 21 January, 2000
  • Visit of Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shozo Azuma to East Timor and Indonesia
  • Telephone conversation between Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Jung Bin of the Republic of Korea

January 20

• 2000 Global Youth Exchange Program
• Grant Aid to Jordan for the Project for Construction of the King Hussein Bridge

January 18

• Policy Speech by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on Seeking a Millennium Partnership: New Dimensions in Japan-Europe Cooperation
• Visit to Japan of H.E. Dr. Leonel Antonio Fernandez Reyna, President of the Dominican Republic
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 14 January, 2000
  • Announcement on the visit to Southeast Asia of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi
  • Announcement on the visit to Europe of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono

January 17

• Asia-Pacific Symposium on Trafficking in Persons

January 14

• Dispatch of an Ambassador on Special Mission to the inaugural ceremony of the President of Mozambique

January 13

• Grant Aid to Laos for Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship and Two Other Projects
• Press Conference by the Press Secretary 12 January, 2000
  • Announcement on the launching of the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 homepage
  • Visit to Southeast Asia by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and details of his meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia
  • Details of the visit to Europe by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono
• EU-Japan Joint Statement on the WTO

January 12

• Consulate General of Japan in Toronto Web Site is now online!

January 11

• Statement by the Press Secretary on the Normalization of Qatar-Bahrain Relations
• Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to Visit Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
• Foreign Minister Yohei Kono to Visit Europe
• Embassy of Japan in The Netherlands Web Site is now on line!

January 7

• G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Official Website is now on line!

January 6

• ODA Budget for MOFA for FY1999 Budget and for FY2000

January 4

• Statement by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on the Hijacking of the Indian Airlines Airplane

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