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What's New July 2012

July 31

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 31)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Disclosure of Diplomatic Records
  • Deployment of the Ospreys in Japan

July 29

• Exchange of Notes concerning Non-Project Grant Aid to the Palestinian Authority

July 28

• Foreign Minister Gemba's Visit to Russia (Overview)

July 27

• Prime Minister Noda to host an "Iftar" (fast-breaking dinner during the Holy Month of Ramadan)
• Meeting between Mr. Ryuji Yamane, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Deputy Minister to the President of the Republic of Cyprus for European Affairs
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 27)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Russia
  • Reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Deployment of MV-22 Ospreys to Japan
  • The visit to Russia
  • The deployment of MV-22 Ospreys in Japan
• United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) - Overview and Assessment -

July 26

• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda by National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Thomas E. Donilon
• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary(July 26)
  • Courtesy Call on Prime Minister of Japan by National Security Advisor to the President of the United States
  • Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and National Security Advisor to the President of the United States
  • Passing of President of the Republic of Ghana,More...

July 25

• Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan on the Passing of H.E. Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, President of the Republic of Ghana, and the Inauguration of H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama, Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, as the New President
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 25)
  • Deployment of Ospreys in Japan
  • The Northern Territories
• Dispatch of a Self-Defense Force Instructor to the International Peace Support Training Centre in Kenya

July 24

• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 24)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba to Russia
  • The deployment of Osprey helicopters to Japan
  • The visit to Russia,More...

July 23

• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq
• Election Visit Program under the Framework of the Bali Democracy Forum

July 20

• Japan-Georgia Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 20)
  • Deployment of Ospreys in Japan
  • Visit to Russia
  • Deployment of Ospreys in Japan,More...
• Track II Meeting on Northeast Asian Cooperation
• 15th Japan-Central America Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation
• 7th ASEAN-Japan Counter-Terrorism Dialogue

July 19

• Japan-Zimbabwe Summit Meeting
• Dinner Meeting hosted in honour of the Right Honourable Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Signing on the "Memorandum on Establishing a Framework for Cooperation in Economic Relations between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey" by Minister for Foreign Affairs Gemba, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Edano, and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Turkey Caglayan on the First Japan-Turkey Trade and Investment Summit
• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary(July 19)
  • ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ Meetings
  • Emergency Grant Aid for Sudanese Refugees fled to the Republic of South Sudan
  • Visit to Japan by Minister of Economy of the Republic of Turkey,More...
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Terrorist Bombing in Burgas Airport in Bulgaria
• The First Meeting of the Japan Ukraine Joint Committee for the cooperation to advance aftermath response to accidents at nuclear power stations

July 18

• Foreign Minister's Movies (Foreign Minister Gemba's attendance at Rio+20)
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 18)
  • The Senkaku Islands
  • North Korea
  • Visits by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to Foreign Countries,More...

July 17

• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Grigol Vashadze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
• Visit to Japan by The Right Honorable Utoni Nujoma, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Namibia
• Meeting between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mr. Jejomar C. Binay, Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 17)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Attendance at ASEAN-related foreign ministers' meetings
  • Visit to Viet Nam
  • The Dispatch of Ospreys to Okinawa
  • PKO Activity in Haiti,More...
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Election of a Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission
• The 2nd Japan-China-ROK Counter-Terrorism Consultations, the 2nd Japan-China Counter-Terrorism Consultations and the 6th Japan-ROK Counter-Terrorism Consultations

July 14

• Visit to Viet Nam by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba (Overview)

July 13

• G20 Los Cabos Summit Meeting (Summary)
• Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project in Nicaragua
• Emergency Grant Aid for Sudanese Refugees Fled to the Republic of South Sudan

July 12

• Mr. Kenichiro Sasae, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, lodges a protest against Mr. Cheng Yonghua, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Japan
• Foreign Minister's Commendations for FY 2012

July 11

• Japan-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Overview)
• Mr. Kenichiro Sasae, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, lodges a protest against Mr. Cheng Yonghua, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Japan

July 10

• Visit to Japan by the Right Honorable. Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe
• Second Friends of the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting - Overview
• Attendance by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at ASEAN-related foreign ministers’ meetings, etc.
• Fifth Japan-Mekong Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Overview)
• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba(July 10)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Cabinet decision on policy regarding “Regulation and System Reform”
  • Attendance at ASEAN-related foreign ministers’ meetings
  • Questions concerning the TPP
  • Questions concerning low-altitude Osprey training drills,More...
• Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution on the Situation in Mali

July 9

• Japan-Afghanistan Summit Meeting
• Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on Libya's Constitutional Assembly election
• Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakano and Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence Alexander - Japan-Canada Counternarcotics Assistance in Afghanistan -

July 8

• Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan
  • Summary and Evaluation
  • Remarks by H.E. Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
  • The Tokyo Declaration
    • ANNEX
• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda by French Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius
• Courtesy Call on Mr. Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister, by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary)
• Japan-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Japan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Meeting and Dinner Meeting between Foreign Minister Gemba and Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Overview)
• Meeting between Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba and UK Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell
• Meeting between Mr. Katsuya Okada, Deputy Prime Minister, and H.E. Mr. Guido Westerwelle, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany

July 7

• Japan-France Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Japan-Germany Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Outline)

July 6

• Attendance of Mr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers' Meetings
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 6)
  • Opening Remarks
  • Attendance at ASEAN-related foreign ministers’ meetings
  • Sanctions against Syria
  • Questions concerning Japan-Russia relations
  • Questions concerning the right to collective self-defense,More...
• Study Tour to Niigata Prefecture by a Diplomatic Corps in Japan
• Addition of lists for the measures to freeze the assets of President Bashar Al-Assad and his related individuals and entities in Syria and the prohibition of services to Japan for charter flights using Syrian aircrafts
• Signing of the Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein

July 5

• Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary(July 5)
  • World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku
  • Visit to Japan by the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Visit to Japan by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam,More...

July 4

• World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku
  • Overview and Evaluation
  • Chair’s Summary
  • Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Opening Ceremony
  • Remarks by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Reception
  • Remarks by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan At the Fukushima Breakout Session
  • Closing Remarks by Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Closing Ceremony
• Japan-Solomon Islands Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Japan-Niger Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Visit to Japan of H.E. Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic
• Japan-Nigeria Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba(July 4)
  • World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku
• On the Deposit of the Instrument of Acceptance of the "Convention on Cybercrime"

July 3

• Visit to Japan by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Noda by Miss Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Meeting and Dinner between Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Miss Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Visit to Japan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
• Mr. Kenichiro Sasae, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, summons Mr. Evgeny Vladimirovich Afanasiev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Japan, on the visit of Russian Prime Minister Medvedev to the Northern Territories
• Holding of the World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku

July 2

• Meeting between Foreign Minister Gemba and H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
• Japan-Myanmar Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Holding of the World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku

July 1

• Courtesy call on Prime Minister Noda by H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

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