Press Conference by Foreign Minister

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 11, 2021, 5:02 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • COVAX AMC Summit
• G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting
• COVAX AMC Summit
• Situation in Myanmar (Detainment of a Japanese National)
• Situation in Israel and Palestine

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 27, 2021, 4:17 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Visit to Europe by Foreign Minister Motegi
  • (2) ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting
  • (3) Diplomatic Bluebook 2021
  • (4) “Last One Mile Support” for Developing Countries
  • (5) Port Visit in Japan by the U.K. Carrier Strike Group
• Water Treated by the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) (Tweet by the Spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Diplomatic Bluebook 2021 (Reaction by the Republic of Korea (ROK))
• Situation in Palestine

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 23, 2021, 3:40 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Initiatives Related to “Business and Human Rights”
• Situation in Myanmar (ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting)
• COVAX Vaccine Summit
• Lawsuit of a Claim for Damages against the Government of Japan Filed by Former Comfort Women and Others
• Leaders’ Summit on Climate (Assessment of Japan’s New Goals)
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Enforcement Measures)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 20, 2021, 4:04 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • The EU’s “Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific”
• Passing of Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Mondale
• The EU’s “Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific”
• Situation in Myanmar (Detainment of a Japanese Journalist)
• Iran Nuclear Issue
• Situation in Myanmar (Detainment of a Japanese Journalist)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 16, 2021, 2:44 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Reference to Taiwan in the Joint Statement)
• Water Treated by the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Reference to Taiwan in the Joint Statement)
• COVAX Vaccine Summit
• Organizational Improvements to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Supply Chain Cooperation)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 13, 2021, 11:22 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Holding of the Japan-Germany Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting (“2+2”)
• Japan-Germany “2+2”
• Water Treated by the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Concerns of Neighboring Countries)
• Situation in Myanmar (ODA for Myanmar)
• Import Restrictions on Japanese Foods
• Situation in Myanmar (ODA for Myanmar)