Press Conference by Foreign Minister

16 April

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（April 16, 2019, 3:17 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Minister Kono’s Visit to the United States
     • (2) Issuance of a Message of Condolences for the Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France
  2. Japan-U.S. 2+2 andChina
  3. Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  4. Case Concerning Former Ambassador to Iran Kinichi Komano
  5. Malaysia’s Continued Railway Project with China
  6. Minister Kono’s Visit to the United States
  7. Situation in the Middle East
  8. Submission of the “Kyoto Appeal” by Professor Takashi Shiraishi, Chairman of the Meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament
  9. Japan-U.K. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

14 April

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（April 14, 2019, 9:38 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Question-and-Answer Session

12 April

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（April 12, 2019, 3:00 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Announcement of the Report of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Regarding the WTO Dispute Resolution on the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Fishery Products and Other Products
  2. (2) Minister Kono’s Visit to China
  3. Announcement of the Report of the Appellate Body of the WTO Regarding the WTO Dispute Resolution on the ROK’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Fishery Products and Other Products
  4. Comparison Between the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and SOFA Between Other Countries (Announcement of the Report (Europe Edition) by Okinawa Prefecture)
  5. Announcement of the Report of the Appellate Body of the WTO Regarding the WTO Dispute Resolution on the ROK’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Fishery Products and Other Products
  6. U.S.-ROK Summit Meeting
  7. Minister Kono’s Visit to China

9 April

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（April 9, 2019, 3:38 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Cooperation Grant Assistance for Japanese NGOs (Increase for General Administrative Expenses)
     • (2) Extension of Measures on North Korea (Ban on Entry into Japanese Ports and Ban on Imports and Exports)
  2. Extension of Measures on North Korea (Ban on Entry into Japanese Ports and Ban on Imports and Exports)
  3. Cooperation Grant Assistance for Japanese NGOs (Increase for General Administrative Expenses)
  4. Deployment of a Surveillance Drone by the Russian Ministry of Defense to the Northern Territories
  5. Holding of the Japan-Russia Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultation (2+2 Ministerial Meeting)
  6. Extension of Measures on North Korea (Ban on Entry into Japanese Ports and Ban on Imports and Exports)
  7. Classification by the Government of the United States of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Group, Situation in Algeria and Libya
  8. Funding Cooperation for Infrastructure
  9. Classification by the Government of the United States of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Group, Situation in Algeria and Libya

6 April

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（April 6, 2019, 2:33 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Question-and-Answer Session

2 April

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（April 2, 2019, 3:48 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Visit to France by Minister Kono
     • (2) Dispatch of Self Defense Force (SDF) Personnel to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO)
     • (3) TICAD7 Public-Private Roundtable Meeting (Presentation of the Proposals Document to Prime Minister Abe from the Private Sector)
  2. Writing the New Era Name on MOFA Documents
  3. G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  4. Situation in Myanmar
  5. Golan Heights

1 April

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（April 1, 2019, 0:30 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Question-and-Answer Session