Press Conference by Foreign Minister Archives March 2018

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 30, 2018, 8:49 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 30, 2018, 8:43 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Administrative Streamlining at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Administrative Streamlining at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• ROK-North Korea Summit Meeting
• China-North Korea Summit Meeting
• Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency to Visit Japan

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 29, 2018, 3:54 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-answer session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 27, 2018, 9:26 a.m.)

• North Korea Situation (Possible Visit by a Top North Korean Official to Beijing)
• Second Meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament
• Attack on a Former Russian Intelligence Officer in the United Kingdom

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 23, 2018, 8:28 a.m.)

• Replacement of U.S. National Security Advisor McMaster
• U.S. Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports
• Replacement of U.S. National Security Advisor McMaster
• Foreign Minister Kono to Visit Hong Kong
• Second Meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 20, 2018, 5:16 p.m.)

• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 17, 2018, 10:37 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-answer session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 13, 2018, 8:46 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • TOFU program (visit to the United States by high school students and university students from Okinawa)
• Meeting of Foreign Minister Kono and Mr. Suh Hoon, Director of the National Intelligence Service of the Republic of Korea (ROK)
• The Moritomo Gakuen issue

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 12, 2018, 9:04 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 9, 2018, 4:05 p.m.)

• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 9, 2018, 8:46 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
• (2) US Decision on Import Restriction Measures for Steel and Aluminum
• (3) Decision on Refugee Resettlement Locations
• (4) Streamlining Operations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 6, 2018, 8:48 a.m.)

• Dispatch of a delegation of special envoys to North Korea by the ROK
• Joint economic activities on the four Northern Islands
• Questions related to nuclear posture review (NPR)
• Twitter posts by Minister Kono

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (March 2, 2018, 8:39 a.m.)

• U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Summit Telephone Talk
• Statement by President Trump about imports of steel and aluminum
• Annual address to the Federal Assembly by President Putin
• Questions related to the Northern Territories