Press Conference by Foreign Minister Archives December 2020

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 25, 2020, 2:49 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Conclusion of the Negotiations on the Future Relationship Between the EU and the United Kingdom
  • (2) Visits to the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region as well as Africa by Foreign Minister Motegi
  • (3) Appointment of Japanese Ambassador to the United States TOMITA Koji
  • (4) Maiden Names in Passports
• Conclusion of the Negotiations on the Future Relationship Between the EU and the United Kingdom
• Timing of Foreign Minister Motegi’s Visit to the United States
• Situation in the Middle East (Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit)
• Fifth Anniversary of the Japan-ROK Agreement on the Comfort Women Issue
• Special Declassification of Diplomatic Records (The Tiananmen Square Incident)
• Resumption of Cross-Border Travel (Effects of the Variant of the Novel Coronavirus)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 21, 2020, 1:52 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Resumption of Cross-Border Travel (Effects of the New Strain of the Novel Coronavirus)
• Host Nation Support (HNS) for the U.S. Forces Japan
• Diplomatic Recognition of Palestine

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 18, 2020, 11:11 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Cabinet Decision on Documents Related to Missile Defense
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 17, 2020, 11:07 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 15, 2020, 11:26 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Open Remarks
  • Visit to Africa by Foreign Minister Motegi
• Visit to Africa by Foreign Minister Motegi
• TPP (Statements about Participation by Various Economies)
• Overseas Visits by Foreign Minister Motegi during the Beginning of the New Year
• The Electoral College Vote in the U.S. Presidential Election (Affirmation of Mr. Biden’s Win)
• Foreign Minister Motegi’s Kanji (Chinese Character) of the Year

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 8, 2020, 10:47 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Africa by Foreign Minister Motegi
• Objectives of Foreign Minister Motegi’s Overseas Visits
• Japan-China-Republic of Korea (ROK) Trilateral Summit
• Reaction to the Fifth Armitage-Nye Report
• The Adoption of the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament Submitted by Japan in the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly
• Japan’s Initiatives towards Stabilization in the Middle East

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 4, 2020, 10:48 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Africa by Foreign Minister Motegi
• Japan-U.K. Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
• Situation in Hong Kong
• Importance of In-Person Diplomacy
• “Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems” in the House of Representatives (Request for Questions by the Opposition Parties)
• Visit to Africa by Foreign Minister Motegi
• Situation in Hong Kong
• Comfort Woman Statue in Berlin

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 1, 2020, 3:02 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)'s Decision to Only Use the Name "Sea of Japan"
• Entry Into Force of China's Export Control Law