Press Conference by Foreign Minister

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

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

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

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

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 30, 2025, 4:49 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 28, 2025, 5:22 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting, Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and Meeting with Secretary of Commerce Lutnick
  • (2) Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
  • (3) Attendance at the APEC Ministerial Meeting
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Outcomes of the Meeting, etc.)
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Reinforcing Defense Capabilities)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Meeting with Secretary of Commerce Lutnick (Outcomes of the Meetings, Okinawa Issue)
• Japan-China Relations
• Possibility of Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 27, 2025, 7:09 p.m.)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 24, 2025, 5:52 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• 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

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 22, 2025, 11:39 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• 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