Press Conference by Foreign Minister

13 November

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（November 13, 2018, 4:20 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Foreign Minister Taro Kono’s Attendance at the APEC Ministerial Meeting in Papua New Guinea
     • (2) 3rd Meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament
  2. Vice President of the United States to Visit Japan
  3. China’s Movements Regarding Pacific Island Countries
  4. Situation in Ukraine
  5. Japan-Russia Summit Meeting

9 November

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（November 9, 2018, 3:29 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • Judgment by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Regarding Former Workers from the Korean Peninsula (Trend of Cancelling Regional Exchanges)
  2. The ROK Supreme Court’s Judgment Regarding Former Workers from the Korean Peninsula
  3. Visit to Japan by Vice President Pence of the United States
  4. Midterm Elections in the United States
  5. The ROK Supreme Court’s Judgment Regarding Former Workers from the Korean Peninsula
  6. Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament

6 November

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（November 6, 2018, 2:50 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Levying of Sanctions on Iran by the United States (Announcement of Exemption from Levying Sanctions)
  3. Levying of Sanctions on Iran by the United States
  4. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s Judgment in Regard to a Japanese Company
  5. Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
  6. U.S.-North Korea Relations (Holding of a U.S.-North Korea High Level Officials’ Meeting in New York)
  7. Levying of Sanctions on Iran by the United States
  8. Consultation Request Based on the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Arrangement Regarding the ROK Shipbuilding Industry
  9. Adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations
  10. The Supreme Court of the ROK’s Judgment in Regard to a Japanese Company

2 November

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（November 2, 2018, 6:26 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • Adoption by a Majority Vote of the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament Submitted by Japan
  2. Adoption by a Majority Vote of the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament Submitted by Japan
  3. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s Judgment in Regard to a Japanese Company
  4. The United States’ Sanctions on Iran
  5. The Supreme Court of the ROK’s Judgment in Regard to a Japanese Company
  6. Case Involving the Detention of a Japanese Journalist in Syria