What's New January 2009
January 30
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 30)
- The Cancellation of the Provision of Humanitarian Relief Goods for the Residents of the Northern Territories
- North Korean Issues
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
- Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights and the Dispatch of Additional Personnel
- Exchange of Notes concerning the Grant Aid to the Republic of Zambia for the Project for Improvement of Ndola and Kitwe City Roads
- Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the situation in the Gaza Strip
January 29
- Telephone Conversation between Prime Minister Taro Aso and Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States
- Declaration on Establishing a Comprehensive Partnership between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Iraq
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 29 January, 2009
- Foreign Minister Nakasone's Diet speech highlights
- Foreign Minister Nakasone's visit to Okinawa
- Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-general for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Humanitarian Situation in Sri Lanka
January 28
- Policy Speech by Prime Minister Taro Aso to the 171st Session of the Diet (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Official Website)
- Policy Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Hirofumi Nakasone to the 171st Session of the Diet
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Francis Gurry, New Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Dispatch of Election Observation Mission for the Provincial Elections in Iraq
January 27
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 27)
- Opening Statement
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakasone's Visit to Okinawa
- Visit to North Korea by Wang Jiarui, Chief of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
- Opening Statement
- Japan-Bulgaria Joint Press Release
- Why Japan Assists Afghanistan
- Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to visit Okinawa
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by H. E. Ms. Fatima Nagdee Hajaig, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa
- The 9th Japan-South Africa Partnership Forum
January 26
- Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-general for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the National Referendum on the New Constitution in the Republic of Bolivia
- Launch of the Megaports Initiative Pilot Project in Yokohama Port
January 23
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 23)
- Opening Statement
- Telephone Talk between Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States
- Implementation of Assistance in Kind and Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for the Afflicted Palestinians
- Closure of the Detention Facilities at Guantanamo Bay by the New U.S. Administration
- The Issue of the Disposal of Chemical Weapons in China
- Opening Statement
- Telephone Conversation between Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States
- Submission of a report to Foreign Minister Nakasone by the members of “The Advisory Panel for the coming global economy and the Japan-U.S. economic relationship”
- Meeting between Mr. Samareh Hashemi, Senior Advisor to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Japan’s Additional Emergency Assistance to the Gaza Strip
- Assistance in Kind for the Afflicted People in the Gaza Strip
January 22
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 22 January, 2009
- The Inauguration of President Obama as President of the United States of America
- The Re-election of Judge Fumiko Saiga of the International Criminal Court
- Visit by Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of the Government of Japan, to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Visits to Japan by President Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger of Austria on the Occasion of the Japan-Danube Friendship Year 2009
- Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis of the Republic of Latvia
- The ODA General Account Budget Proposal and the ODA Project Budget for FY 2009
- Japan-Latvia Summit Meeting (Outline)
- Meeting between Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Ivars Godmanis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, (Outline)
- The Japan-Malaysia Bilateral Consultations
- The 9th Japan-South Africa Partnership Forum
- Notification of the Entry into Force of the Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by Malaysia
- Courtesy Call on Ms. Seiko Hashimoto, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, by Mr. Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
- The Japan-ROK Meeting Concerning the Reconstruction of Afghanistan
January 21
January 20
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 20)
- Opening Statement
- Reelection of Ms. Fumiko Saiga as a Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Inauguration of the New President of the United States
- Situation in Gaza
- North Korean Issues
- Former Vice Minister Shotaro Yachi Inaugurated as Government Representative
- Opening Statement
- Annual Evaluation Report on Japan's Economic Cooperation 2007
- Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Re-election of Ms. Fumiko Saiga as Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Dispatch of Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of the Government of Japan to Sri Lanka
- Visit to Japan by Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- The Establishment of the Japan-Arab Economic Forum
January 19
- Statement by Foreign Minister Nakasone on the Situation in the Gaza Strip
- Dispatch of a Government Mission on the Cooperation to Establish a new Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad
January 18
January 16
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 16)
- Opening Remarks - Situation in the Gaza Strip
- Statement by United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband
- North Korean Issues
- Measures against Piracy Cases off the Coast of Somalia
- Selection of Secretary-General for the Japan-ASEAN Center
- Senate Confirmation Hearings Held in the U.S. Congress on the Confirmation of Hillary Clinton as the Next Secretary of State
- Media Reports on Deputy Cabinet Secretary Kounoike
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Ivars Godmanis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
- Statement by Foreign Minister Nakasone on the Situation in the Gaza Strip
- Visit to Japan by Hon. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives
- Emergency Assistance for Flood Disaster in the Republic of the Fiji Islands
January 15
- Japan-Republic of Korea Summit Meeting (Overview)
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 15 January, 2009
- Statement on the situation in the Gaza Strip
- Statement on Iraq's ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
- Visit to Japan by Chairman of the Federation Council Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov of the Russian Federation
- Statement on the Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2009
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria
January 14
- Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Iraq’s Accession of the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Regional Promotion Seminar (Kansai Bloc)
January 13
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 13)
- Opening Statement
- Dispatch of Ambassador on Special Mission to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of Palau
- Japan-ROK Summit Meeting
- Opening Statement
- Visit to the Republic of Palau by Mr. Yoshiro Mori, Former Prime Minister of Japan
- Exchange of New Year Congratulatory Messages between Mr. Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan, and the Prime Ministers of Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria (the “Japan-Danube Friendship Year 2009” and the Friendship Year between Japan and the Four Countries)
- Opening Reception for Mekong-Japan Exchange Year
January 12
January 9
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 9)
- Opening Statement
- Report on the Cabinet Meeting
- Dispatch of Civilians to a PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) in Afghanistan
- The Development of Natural Resources in the East China Sea
- Measures against Piracy Cases off the Coast of Somalia
- Opening Statement
- The Situation in the Gaza Strip (December 2008-)
- Statement by Foreign Minister Nakasone on the Adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution concerning the Situation in the Middle East
- Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Georgi Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria and Mrs. Zorka Parvanova
- Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East, to Visit Middle East Countries
- Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project “Realizing Minimum Living Standards for Disadvantaged Communities through Peace Building and Village Based Economic Development” in Indonesia
January 8
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 8 January, 2009
- Statement on the deteriorating situation in and around the Gaza Strip
- Visit by Prime Minister Aso to the Republic of Korea
- Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Cowen of the Republic of Ireland
- Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Kidnapping Incident of a Japanese National in Ethiopia
- Statement by the Press Secretary on Natural Gas from Russia to Ukraine
- Registration as UN Document of a Joint Statement of the 4th Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Ministerial Meeting
- Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to the Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme through UNDP
- Completion of Japan’s Term as Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
- Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Situation in the Gaza Strip
January 7
- Symposium on Refugee Resettlement (International Organization for Migration (IOM) Website)
- Visit to Cambodia and Laos by Foreign Minister Nakasone
- Telephone Conversation between Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
January 6
- Statement by Foreign Minister Nakasone on the Inauguration of Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, New Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
- Launching of Outreach Campaign “Together for the UN”
January 5
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (January 5)
- Opening Statement
- The Development of Natural Resources in the East China Sea
- The Situation in the Gaza Strip
- Statement by Foreign Minister Nakasone on the Presidential Election in Ghana
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Brian Cowen, Prime Minister of Ireland
- Japan-China Strategic Dialogue to be Held
January 4
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