Press Conference by Foreign Minister Archives November 2025

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 28, 2025, 5:55 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Possible Chinese Export Regulations on Rare Earths
• Rejection of International Trade Regulation for Eels at the Committee I Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Unilateral Patrols by U.S. Forces Japan
• Social Media Posts by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
• Issue of Taiwan
• Japan-India Relations and QUAD
• Japan-China Joint Communique
• Issue of Taiwan
• Economic Impact of Tensions between Japan and China
• Issue of Taiwan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 25, 2025, 4:46 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Information Posted by the Embassy of China in Japan regarding “Enemy State” Clauses
• U.S.-China Summit Telephone Talk and Japan-U.S. Summit Telephone Talk
• Japan-U.S. Summit Telephone Talk
• Response to China’s Intensifying Criticisms of Japan
• Actions against Cognitive Warfare and Propaganda Warfare
• Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit
• U.S. Attitude on Japan-China Relations

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 21, 2025, 4:58 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Nomination of a Candidate for the Election of International Criminal Court (ICC) Judges
  • (2) AI Policy Officers
• Protection of Japanese Residents in China
• G20 Summit
• Trade Restrictions on Eels under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• The Government of Japan’s Position on Taiwan
• Survival-Threatening Situation
• China’s Imports of Japanese Aquatic Products
• The Government of Japan’s Position on Taiwan
• Survival-Threatening Situation

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 18, 2025, 3:13 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Emergency Grant in Response to Hurricane Disasters in Three Caribbean Countries
  • (2) Dialogue between the Japanese and Chinese Directors-General for Asian Affairs
• Reactions of the U.S., Taiwan, among others on Japan-China Relations
• The Three Non-Nuclear Principles
• Japan-China Relations’ Impact on People-to People Exchanges
• Visit to China by Mr. KANAI, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting (“2+2”)
• Visit to China by Mr. KANAI, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Survival-Threatening Situation
• China’s Request to Its Citizens to Refrain from Travelling to Japan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 14, 2025, 4:59 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-Indonesia Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting (“2+2”)
  • (2) Appointment of Ambassador in charge of Gaza Rebuilding Assistance OKUBO
• Survival-Threatening Situation
• Persona Non Grata (An Undesirable Person)
• Application of Espionage Charges in China
• Survival-Threatening Situation
• 60th Anniversary of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) and Development Cooperation

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 12, 2025, 3:25 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session
  • Discussion on FOIP
  • Discussion on Economic Security and Maritime Security
  • Strengthening Security Cooperation with Europe and Canada
  • Video Communication by the Minister
  • Prime Minister’s Statement on Taiwan Contingency

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 7, 2025, 6:02 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Attendance at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Conferment of Decoration on the Former Chairperson of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office of Taiwan
• China’s Visa Exemption Measure for Short-Term Stays by Japanese Citizens and Visas for Chinese Citizens Visiting Japan
• The Commissioning of the Third Aircraft Carrier of the Chinese Military
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 4, 2025, 11:52 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • ASEAN-related Summit Meetings, President Trump’s Visit to Japan, and APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and Ministerial Meeting
• Diplomacy of the TAKAICHI Administration
• Meeting between Prime Minister TAKAICHI and the Leader’s Representative of Taiwan at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting
• Abductions Issue and the Possibility of a Meeting with North Korea
• U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing and the Draft Resolution on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
• Japan-U.S. Relations
• The Passing of Kim Yong Nam, Former President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea