Press Conferences

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 18, 2020, 11:13 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 16, 2020, 11:27 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Peace Treaty Negotiations Between Japan and Russia
• Lowering of the Warning on Infectious Disease Levels
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 15, 2020, 11:35 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Reflections as Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Selection of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretary-General

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 11, 2020, 4:23 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 11, 2020, 11:14 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Status of Negotiations on the Japan-U.K. Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
  • (2) Resumption of Cross-Border Travel (Launch of the “Business Track” with Singapore)
• Resumption of Cross-Border Travel (Launch of the “Business Track” with Singapore)
• New Security Measures
• Verbal Exchange Between Minister Motegi and the Japan Times Journalist
• Japan-China Relations (Appointment of the Ambassador of Japan to China)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 9, 2020, 8:58 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (September 9, 2020, 3:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Number of Japanese Staff Members at International Organizations
• Number of Japanese Staff Members at International Organizations
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Poisoning of Alexei Navalny

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 8, 2020, 12:14 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Phased Relaxation of Restrictions on Cross-Border Travel (“Residence Track”)
• Outlook on Relaxation of Restrictions on Entry into Japan Going Forward
• Germany’s Involvement in the Indo-Pacific Region
• Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential Election
• ASEAN-Related Foreign Ministers’ Teleconference Meetings
• Senkaku Islands (10 Years Since the Collision Incident Involving a Chinese Fishing Boat)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 7, 2020, 4:03 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 4, 2020, 11:20 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Issuance of a Passport to Mr. YASUDA Junpei
• Detention of a Japanese Journalist in Hong Kong
• Japan-Russia Relations
• Question from the Journalist from the Japan Times on August 28 (MOFA’s Accountability/Response to the Foreign Journalist)
• Diplomacy Issues for the Next Administration
• Question from the Journalist from the Japan Times on August 28
• Japan-Russia Relations (The Northern Territories Issue with Regard to the Amendment of the Russian Constitution)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (September 2, 2020, 3:47 p.m.)

• Japan-Russia Relations (Japan-Russia Summit Meeting)
• Dispatch of the Third Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team in Response to the Oil Spill Off the Coast of Mauritius

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (September 1, 2020, 10:46 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• Resumption of Cross-Border Travel
• Resumption of Cross-Border Travel
• Status of Negotiations on the Japan-U.K. Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
• LDP Presidential Election

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (August 28, 2020, 11:37 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Launch of Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles by China into the South China Sea
• Re-entry into Japan by Foreign People with Status of Residence in Japan
• Status of Negotiations Regarding the Japan-U.K. Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
• Launch of Medium-Range Ballistic Missiles by China into the South China Sea

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (August 26, 2020, 3:47 p.m.)

• Re-entry Into Japan by People with Status of Residence in Japan
• Incident Involving the Oil Leak from a Japan-Related Ship in Mauritius
• Japan-U.K. Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
• Situation in Belarus
• Entry Into Japan by Foreign Exchange Students with Status of Residence in Japan