What's New August 2013

August 30

• Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Courtesy Call on Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs by Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates
  • Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security to the Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

August 29

• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Middle East, Republic of Djibouti
• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Koichi Mizushima

August 28

• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Visit to Qatar (August 28)
• Brief overview of contaminated water leakage at the TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and countermeasures
• Press Release
  • Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Kishida by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

August 27

• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Visit to the Republic of Djibouti (August 27)
• Information regarding contaminated water leakage at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Press Release
  • Message by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Wakabayashi on the Terrorist Bombing in Lebanon

August 26

• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Visit to the State of Kuwait (August 26)
• Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Kishida by GUAM Secretary General Chechelashvili
• Japan-Ukraine Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Press Release
  • Dispatch of Self-Defense Force Instructors to the International Peace Support Training Centre in Kenya

August 25

• Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe’s Visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain (August 25)
• Visit by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to Chernobyl

August 24

• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Visit to Bahrain (August 24)

August 23

• Foreign Minister Kishida's Courtesy Call on Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán
• Japan-Hungary Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Press Release
  • Courtesy Call on Mr. Masaji Matsuyama, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Ambassador Enrique Roman-Morey, Chairman of the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Situation in the Republic of Madagascar

August 22

• Press Release
  • Visit to Japan of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Presidential Election in the Republic of Mali
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Reports of Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria
  • Policy Dialogue on Climate Change in Asian Countries

August 21

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOV, President of Turkmenistan
  • Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Norov ALTANKHUYAG, Prime Minister of Mongolia, and Mrs. Khonichin SELENGE
  • Telephone Talk between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi of Egypt

August 20

• Press Release
  • Meeting between Dr. Miyagawa, Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau and H.E. Mr. El-Zimaity, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt

August 19

• Press Release
  • Foreign Minister Kishida’s meeting with USTR Froman
  • First Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting

August 16

• Press Release
  • Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida’s Visit to Hungary and Ukraine
  • First Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting

August 14

• Press Release
  • Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Situation in Egypt

August 13

• Press Release
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the decision regarding the construction of housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem

August 12

• The Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the “Minamata Convention on Mercury”
• Foreign Minister Kishida's Visit to the Middle East (Israel, Palestine and Jordan) (YouTube Video)
• Press Release
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan on the recent security situation in Iraq
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 35th Anniversary of Signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People’s Republic of China

August 8

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Emergency Assistance to the Republic of the Sudan in Response to the Floods Disaster

August 6

• Press Release
  • Emergency Assistance to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Response to the Floods Disaster
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Presidential Election in the Republic of Mali

August 5

• Press Release
  • Ratification of the "Maritime Labour Convention, 2006" by Japan
  • Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Elections in the Republic of Zimbabwe

August 2

• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida
• Press Release
  • Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Resumption of Direct Negotiations between Israel and Palestine
  • Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
  • Courtesy Call on Mr. Fumio Kishida, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by H.E. Mr. To Huy Rua, President of the Viet Nam-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association
  • Second Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) among Japan, China and the ROK
  • Emergency grant aid to the Federal Republic of Somalia in response to the polio outbreak

August 1

• Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kenta Wakabayashi by Representatives of Countries Participating in the World Cosplay Summit 2013
• Press Conference
  • Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary / Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy Koichi Mizushima
• Press Release
  • Entry into Force of the Tax Agreement with Jersey