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What's New October 2009

October 31

• Statement by Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the recent situation in East Jerusalem
• Adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Resolution by the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

October 30

• Visit to Japan by His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Brunei Darussalam
• Adoption of the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament Submitted by Japan to the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Resettlement of Internally-Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka

October 29

• Japan-New Zealand Prime Ministers' Meeting (Summary)
• Japan-New Zealand Joint Press Statement
• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 29 October, 2009
  • Condemnation of the bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan
  • Meeting between Foreign Minister Okada members of the African Diplomatic Corps
  • Meeting between Minister Okada and Foreign Minister Murray McCully of New Zealand
  • Visit to Japan by Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic of Serbia
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the terrorist Attack in Kabul, Afghanistan

October 28

• Japan-New Zealand Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Signing of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of New Zealand on Cooperation in Science and Technology
• Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Bombing in Pakistan
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project “Promoting and Developing the Concept of Human Security in Latin America" in the Latin American region

October 27

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (October 27)
  • Opening Statements
    • Launching of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Economic Partnership Agreements and the World Trade Organization Negotiations
    • Meeting of the Council of the Three-level Political Appointees
  • Headquarters for the Promotion of Economic Partnership Agreements and the World Trade Organization Negotiations
  • Convening of a Nuclear Security Summit
  • The Issue of Replenishment Activities in the Indian Ocean
  • The Issue of the Realignment of the US Forces in Japan
  • Reports on the Belongings of Kenji Nagai
  • Testimony by Bunroku Yoshino, Former Director of the Former American Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • The Investigation into the Issue of the so-called Secret Agreements
  • Japan-Russia Vice-Ministers' Meeting
  • Perceptions of History by Japan and the Republic of Korea
• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Alexander Stubb, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland
• Meeting between Mr. Tetsuro Fukuyama, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and H.E. Mr. Pagan Amum Okiech, Secretary General of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
• Launching and First Meeting of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Negotiations
• Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of Mozambique (the Project for Construction of Secondary Schools)

October 26

• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremic, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Serbia
• Meeting between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and The Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade of Australia
• Exchange of Opinions between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the African Diplomatic Corps
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the bombings in Baghdad, Iraq
• Japanese ODA Loan to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

October 25

• Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Visit to Thailand and Attendance at the ASEAN-related Meetings
  • Chairman's Statement of the 4th East Asia Summit [PDF]
  • Cha-am Hua Hin Statement on EAS Disaster Management [PDF]
  • Joint Press Statement of the 4th East Asia Summit on the Revival of Nalanda University Cha-am Hua Hin [PDF]
  • Chairman's Statement of the 12th ASEAN-Japan Summit [PDF]
  • Chairman's Statement of the 12th ASEAN Plus Three Summit [PDF]
  • Cha-am Hua Hin Statement on ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation on Food Security and Bio-Energy Development [PDF]
  • ASEAN+3 Disaster Management Cooperation - Japan's Contribution [PDF]

October 23

• Visit to Japan of Hon. John Key Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Courtesy Call on Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States (Outline)

October 22

• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 22 October, 2009
  • US Defense Secretary Gates' visit to Japan
  • Afghan presidential election
  • Visits to Japan by foreign dignitaries
  • Japan through Diplomats' Eyes

October 21

• Courtesy Call on Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Dr. William J. Perry, Former United States Secretary of Defense
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Presidential Election in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

October 20

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (October 20)
  • Opening Statements
    • Meeting of the Council of the Three Political-level Appointees
  • Issue of the Realignment of the US Forces in Japan
  • Visit to Japan by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates of the United States
  • Disclosure of Information regarding Diplomatic Documents
  • Policy on North Korea (Act for Special Measures on Cargo Inspection of North Korean Ships, etc.)
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  • Assistance to Afghanistan
  • The Hague Convention
  • Policies to implement ODA
  • Issue of the Northern Territories
  • International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
• Meeting Between Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuya Okada and Secretary of Defense of the United States Robert Gates
• Japanese ODA Loan to Bosnia and Herzegovina

October 19

• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Terrorist Attack in the Southeastern Part of the Islamic Republic of Iran

October 16

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (October 16)
  • Opening Statements
    • Emergency Grant Aid for the Electoral Process in the Republic of the Sudan
    • Meeting of the Council of the Three Political-level Appointees
    • Visit to the US by State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Takemasa
  • The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
  • UN Peacekeeping Operations
  • Assistance to Afghanistan
  • East Asian Community
  • The United Nations Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament
  • North Korean Issues (The Bill on Inspections of North Korean Cargo and the Abduction Issue)
  • Dolphin Hunting in Taiji-cho, Wakayama Prefecture
  • Impressions One Month after Taking Office
  • The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
  • The Opening of Press Conferences
  • Realignment of the US Forces in Japan
  • Japan-China Joint History Research
• Communiqué of the 2009 Meeting of the IEA Governing Board at Ministerial Level
• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Sven Alkalaj, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Statement by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the appointment of Ms. Bokova as next Director-General to UNESCO
• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. M.K. Narayanan, National Security Advisor of India
• Japan Submits Nuclear Disarmament Resolution to UN General Assembly
• Emergency Grant Aid for the Electoral Process in the Republic of the Sudan

October 15

• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 15 October, 2009
  • Foreign Minister Okada's trip to Asia
• Launch of UN Week 2009
• U.S.-Japan Global Peace Operations Initiative Senior Mission Leaders Course

October 14

• Emergency Aid to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for the Typhoon Disaster
• Emergency Assistance to the Kingdom of Bhutan for the Earthquake Disaster

October 13

• Meeting between Mr. Tetsuro Fukuyama, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and H.E. Dr. Mutrif Siddiq, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan
• Ms. Chinami Nishimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Official Signature on the Two Protocols Between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia
• The 1st Meeting of Japan-Kosovo Economic Cooperation Policy Consultation
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the project “UN Joint Programme on Integrated Highland Livelihood Development in Mae Hong Son” in Thailand

October 11

• Visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Visit to the Republic of Indonesia by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs

October 10

• The Second Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting
  • Joint Press Conference by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan, Premier Wen Jiabao of the People's Republic of China and President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea follwoing the Second Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit Meeting (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Website)
  • Joint Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of Trilateral Cooperation among the People's Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea [PDF]
  • Joint Statement on Sustainable Development among the People's Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea [PDF]

October 9

• Joint Press Conference by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan and President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Website)
• Comment by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on the Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
• Visit to Japan of Hon. John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan
• Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Bombing in Pakistan
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (The 6th Round of Negotiation)
• Typhoon Disaster in the Republic of the Philippines (Emergency Grant Aid from Japan)

October 8

• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 8 October, 2009
  • Announcement of visit to Japan by US President Barack Obama
• The Fourth Meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
• Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of Moldova (Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers)

October 7

• The Government of Japan’ participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Maritime Interdiction Exercise “Deep Sabre II” hosted by the Republic of Singapore

October 6

• Visit to the People's Republic of China by Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• The 4th Round of Negotiations for Japan-Peru Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

October 4

• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore and Mdm. Ho Ching

October 3

• Chair's Statement of the Second Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Earthquake Disaster off the Coast of Padang, West Sumatera in Indonesia (Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Team [Japan Self-Defense Forces])
• Emergency Assistance to the Independent State of Samoa for the Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
• Emergency Aid to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for the Typhoon Disaster

October 2

• Emergency Assistance to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea for Disastrous Cholera Outbreak

October 1

• Earthquake Disaster off the Coast of Padang, West Sumatera in Indonesia(Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Team and Messages of Sympathy)
• Summary of the 12th Round of Negotiations on the Japan - India Economic Partnership Agreement
• Establishment of the Center for Consular Services
• Joint Press Statement on the Occasion of the First Joint Committee on the Agreement between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for an Economic Partnership

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