Press Conference by Foreign Minister Archives February 2021

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (February 26, 2021, 11:19 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Situation in Myanmar
• Border Enforcement Measures Against the Novel Coronavirus and Resumption of Cross-Border Travel
• China’s Coast Guard Law and Intrusions into Japan’s Territorial Waters by Chinese Coast Guard Vessels
• Mountain Forest Fire in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture
• Air Strikes on Iranian-Backed Militant Groups in Syria by the United States

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (February 24, 2021, 10:32 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Signing of the Protocol Amending the Special Measures Agreement (SMA)
• Intrusions by Chinese Coast Guard Vessels into Japan’s Territorial Waters Near the Senkaku Islands (U.S. Request to Stop Intrusions)
• Situation in Myanmar
• Japan-U.S. Relations (Outlook on Visits to Japan by the U.S. President and Secretary of State as well as a Visit to the United States by Foreign Minister Motegi)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (February 16, 2021, 3:37 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Appointment of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the New Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Armenia and Azerbaijan due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
• Peace Treaty Negotiations Between Japan and Russia
• Lawsuit of a Claim for Damages against the Government of Japan Filed by Former Comfort Women and Others
• Intrusions by Chinese Coast Guard Vessels Into Japan’s Territorial Waters Near the Senkaku Islands

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (February 12, 2021, 10:18 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• U.S.-China Summit Telephone Talk
• Launch of the Mars Probe by Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Situation in Myanmar (U.S. Sanctions against Myanmar)
• China’s Coast Guard Law
• Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (Statement by Chairman Mori)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (February 9, 2021, 3:04 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
  • (2) The Passing of Former U.S. Secretary of State Shultz
  • (3) Support for the Reappointment of U.N. Secretary-General Guterres
• Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk (Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Summit Meeting and Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)
• Responses to Human Rights and Environmental Issues
• Peace Treaty Negotiations with Russia
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
• The Senkaku Islands Issue
• Responses to Human Rights and Environmental Issues
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Expectations for the new Foreign Minister)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (February 5, 2021, 5:42 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Negotiations on the Northern Territories
• Situation in Myanmar (Possibility of Sanctions)
• Japanese Version of the Magnitsky Act
• Japan’s Terrorism Countermeasures in North Africa
• Situation in Myanmar (Communication with the Myanmar Military)
• U.S. President Biden’s Foreign Policy Speech
• Selection of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (February 2, 2021, 10:40 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Situation in Myanmar
• Situation in Myanmar
• Novel Coronavirus (Restrictions on Athletes and others Entering Japan)
• Nuclear Development in Iran