Press Conference by Foreign Minister
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 28, 2025, 5:22 p.m.) (Link to Movie
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 24, 2025, 5:52 p.m.) (Link to Movie
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- Opening Remarks: Minister MOTEGI’s Attendance at ASEAN-related Summit Meetings
- ASEAN-related Summit Meetings
- Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)
- Abductions Issue
- The Three Non-Nuclear Principles
- North Korea, Russia, and the Middle East
- Japan-China Summit Meeting
- Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations
- Policy Speech by Prime Minister TAKAICHI and the Cabinet Approval Rating
- The Three Non-Nuclear Principles
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 22, 2025, 11:39 a.m.) (Link to Movie
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Opening Remarks
- On Taking Office as Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Goals
- Diplomacy with Neighboring Countries
- Visit to Japan by U.S. President Trump
- Situation in Ukraine and Japan’s Diplomacy toward Russia
- Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
- Diplomacy toward China
- Diplomacy of the New Coalition Government
- Situation in North Korea (Abductions Issue)
- Diplomacy with Neighboring Countries
- Visit to Japan by U.S. President Trump (Defense)
- ASEAN-related Meetings
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Opening Remarks
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 17, 2025, 3:24 p.m.) (Link to Movie
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Opening Remarks
- A Look Back at the Duties Fulfilled as Foreign Minister
- Energy Imports from Russia
- Visa Relaxation Measures for Chinese Citizens Visiting Japan
- The Raising of Visa Fees
- The Passing Away of Former Prime Minister MURAYAMA Tomiichi
- Reporting Restrictions of the U.S. Department of Defense
- Chinese Maritime Survey in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
- Policy Talks Toward a Coalition Government
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Opening Remarks
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 14, 2025, 11:30 a.m.) (Link to Movie
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Opening Remarks
- (1) Situation in the Gaza Strip (Implementation of the Gaza Ceasefire Agreement)
- (2) Japan-Sweden Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- (3) Use of Reconstruction and Recycled Soil in Fukushima
- U.S.-China Relations (U.S. Tariff Measures against China, China’s Rare Earth Export Controls)
- Impact on Diplomacy of Komeito’s Withdrawal from the Ruling Coalition
- Situation in North Korea (Military Parade Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea)
- Situation in the Gaza Strip (Signing Ceremony for the Gaza Ceasefire Agreement, Japan’s Role in Gaza Reconstruction)
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Opening Remarks
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 10, 2025, 3:12 p.m.) (Link to Movie
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Opening Remarks
- Summary of Expo Diplomacy
- Summary of Expo Diplomacy
- Ukraine Mine Action Conference
- Domestic Politics and Diplomacy
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Opening Remarks
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 7, 2025, 2:31 p.m.) (Link to Movie
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Opening Remarks
- Situation in Gaza
- The Significance of Japan’s Grant Aid for Palestine
- Next Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Mutual Defence Treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea
- Election of New Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President (Impact on Foreign Diplomacy)
- Situation in the Middle East
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Opening Remarks
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 3, 2025, 1:25 p.m.) (Link to Movie
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Opening Remarks
- Typhoon Damage in Vietnam, and Earthquake Offshore of Northern Cebu Island, the Philippines
- The Impact of the Shutdown of U.S. Government Agencies
- Japan-U.S. Joint Community Safety Patrol in Okinawa
- Message on the 80th Year Since the End of World War II
- Presidential Election of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
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Opening Remarks
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (September 30, 2025, 4:10 p.m.) (Link to Movie
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Opening Remarks
- (1) Japan-Antigua and Barbuda Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- (2) Japan-Sri Lanka Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Diplomacy toward Iran
- Japan-U.S. Joint Patrols in Okinawa
- Japan’s Position on Taiwan (Remark by LDP Supreme Advisor ASO)
- The ISHIBA Administration and Diplomacy toward the Republic of Korea (ROK)
- Presidential Election of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
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