What's New January 2001
January 31
- Policy Speech by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the 151st Session of the Diet (Main Points) (Full Text)
- Policy Speech by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono to the 151st Session of the Diet
January 30
- Press Conference by the Press Secretary 30 January, 2001
- Emergency Aid for the Earthquake Disaster in India (dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team)
January 29
- Emergency Aid for the Earthquake Disaster in India
- Statement by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on the Release of Members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) of Myanmar
- Myth and Reality: Why Japan Strives For Multilateralism
- "Shaping Japan, Shaping a Global Future" -A Special Message from Yoshiro Mori-
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. José Eduardo dos Santos, President of the Republic of Angola
January 26
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium
- Press Conference by the Press Secretary 26 January, 2001
- Announcement of the attendance of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the Annual Conference of the World Economic Forum in Davos
- Announcement of the visit to the United States of America of Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono
- Remarks on the visit to Japan of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Republic of India
- Announcement of the visit to Japan of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt of the Kingdom of Belgium
- Announcement of the First Formal Negotiations for the Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership
- World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2001
- The First Formal Negotiations for the Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement for a New Age Partnership
- Japan-EU Regulatory Reform Dialogue in Brussels
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola and Mrs. dos Santos
- Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Visit to African Nations (Overview and Evaluation)
- Japan-Russian Federation Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Summary)
January 25
- Profile of Parliamentary Secretaries (added)
- Japan-Chile 21st Century Committee (Spanish)
- Japan-Bulgaria Relations (updated)
- Japan-Macedonia Relations (updated)
- Foreign Minister Yohei Kono's Visit to the United States of America
- Statement by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at Joint Press Conference in Athens
- Summit Meeting Between Japan and Nigeria and Discussion with the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (Summary)
- Japan-Greece Leaders' Meeting
January 24
January 23
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India
- Members of Prime Minister Mori's New Cabinet (updated)
- Japan-United Kingdom Joint Announcement on Global Electronic Commerce
- Japan-Hungary Relations (updated)
- Japan-Slovenia Relations (updated)
January 22
- Statement by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on the Resignation of President Joseph Estrada and the Inauguration of the New President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Philippines
- List of Senior Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (updated)
- Follow up of the Okinawa International Conference on Infectious Diseases
- Visit to Japan by Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Prime Minister's comment at the inauguration of President Bush
- Foreign Minister's comment at the inauguration of President Bush
January 19
- Press Conference by the Press Secretary 19 January, 2001
- Statement on the shooting of President Laurent Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Reaction to a recent missile test conducted by the Republic of India
- Visit to Japan by Director General Mike Moore of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Joint Japan-United Kingdom announcement on cooperation on global e-commerce
- Press Conference by the Press Secretary 16 January, 2001
- Visit to Africa by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori
- Visit to the Gulf States by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yohei Kono
- Emergency assistance for earthquake disaster relief in El Salvado
- The passage of the "Law on the Establishment of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed during the Period of Kampuchea"
- Dispatch of State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Seishiro Eto to the Republic of Palau
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Mike Moore, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Shooting of President Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
January 18
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Missile Launching Experiment by India
- Japan-South Africa Leaders' Meeting
January 17
January 15
- Emergency Assistance for Earthquake Disaster Relief in El Salvador
- Japan's efforts to address global environmental issues
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Passage of the "Law on the Establishment of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed during the Period of Democratic Kampuchea" in the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia
- Speech by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori "Africa and Japan in the New Century", at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Republic of South Africa [Full Text/French] [Summary/French]
- Policy Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. KONO Yohei [Arabic (PDF)]

- Visit to Japan by Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Mrs. Nane Annan
- Informal Meeting for WTO New Round
January 12
- Press Conference by the Press Secretary 12 January, 2001
- Policy Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. KONO Yohei (Subtitle: Toward Multi-layered relations with the Gulf Countries)
January 10
- Negotiating Proposal by Japan on WTO Agricultural Negotiations
- Japan-US Security Arrangements "Host Nation Support"
- Speech by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori "Africa and Japan in the New Century", at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Republic of South Africa [Full Text] [Summary]
January 9
- List of Senior Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (updated)
- Greeting by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the First Meeting of the Digital Opportunity Taskforce (dot force)
- The Okinawa International Conference on Infectious Diseases (Chair's Summary)
- Foreign Minister Yohei Kono's Visit to Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and Russia
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Ghana
January 4
- Prime Minister's Visit to South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Greece
- First Meeting of the Digital Opportunity Taskforce (dot force) (Summary)
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