Press Conferences

June 19

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 19, 2018, 8:44 a.m.）
  1. Suspension of the U.S.-ROK joint military exercises
  2. Comfort Women Issue (Statement by Kang Kyung-wha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ROK)
  3. North Korea situation (the potential visit of Chairman Kim Jong-un to China)
  4. Suspension of the U.S.-ROK joint military exercises
  5. Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit

June 15

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 15, 2018, 9:22 a.m.）
  1. Contact with North Korean Officials in Mongolia
  2. Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and U.S.-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  3. Japan-North Korea Summit Meeting

June 14

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 14, 2018, 2:17 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Question-and-Answer Session

June 12

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 12, 2018, 9:40 a.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • Visit of Minister Kono to the Republic of Korea (ROK)
  2. Questions related to the U.S.-North Korea Summit Meeting
  3. Demand from the United States regarding plutonium reduction, etc.
  4. Questions related to the U.S.-North Korea Summit Meeting

June 6

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 6, 2018, 5:55 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Question-and-Answer Session

June 5

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 5, 2018, 8:51 a.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • Minister Kono visits the United States
  2. Minister Kono visits the United States
  3. Question related to the US-North Korea Summit Meeting
  4. North Korea situation (the statement of President Putin)
  5. Minister Kono visits the United States
  6. Question related to the US-North Korea Summit Meeting

June 1

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 1, 2018, 8:43 a.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Safety Measures for Japanese Nationals at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
     • (2) Release of Results from a Survey on the Number of Japanese People Living Abroad and Japanese Companies with Overseas Operations
     • (3) Launch of Procedures to Enable “Application at the Time of Departure” for Registering to Vote While Overseas
  2. U.S. Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
  3. North Korea (U.S.-North Korea Summit Meeting)
  4. North Korea (Announcement by U.S. Research Organization)
  5. Aegis Ashore Introduction Plan
  6. Change of Name of U.S. Pacific Command
  7. Japan-Russia Relations
  8. Removal of a “Statue of a Worker” in Front of the Consulate-General of Japan in Busan