Press Conferences

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (June 13, 2025, 1:41 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (June 11, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visits to Japan by Foreign Dignitaries
• Protest Activities in Los Angeles, U.S.

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (June 10, 2025, 11:13 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (June 6, 2025, 2:18 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-Brazil Friendship Exchange Year
• Additional Sanction Measures Against International Criminal Court (ICC) Officials by the U.S.
• Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), Japan-Italy Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (June 3, 2025, 3:56 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-Norway Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• The Presidential Election in the Republic of Korea (ROK)
• Passing of Mr. NAGASHIMA Shigeo
• Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth
• Ukraine’s Postponement of Debt Repayment
• The Killing of Japanese Citizens in Dalian City, China

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 30, 2025, 10:56 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) China’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Aquatic Products
  • (2) Diplomacy Toward Southeast Asia
  • (3) Lifting of Sanctions Against Syria
• China’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Aquatic Products
• Lifting of Sanctions Against Syria
• Japan’s Diplomacy Toward Israel
• China’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Aquatic Products
• U.S. Student Visas

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 27, 2025, 1:57 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Meeting with Commissioner-General Phillipe Lazzarini of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
• Japan-U.S. Consultation on U.S. Tariff Measures
• Granting of Nominal Support to Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Japan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 23, 2025, 5:05 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Resolution on the Reinforcement of Diplomatic Capabilities
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Warning Shots Against a Diplomatic Delegation in the West Bank, Sanction Measures Against Israel)
• G7 Summit, Japan-U.S. Consultation on U.S. Tariff Measures
• Termination of Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Certification

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 20, 2025, 4:59 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-Paraguay Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• U.S.-Russia Summit Telephone Meeting
• Thoughts on the Romanian Presidential Election
• Foreign Information Manipulation

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 16, 2025, 4:19 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Ambassador on Special Mission ASO to Attend the Solemn Ceremony of the Inauguration of the Pontificate for His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
  • Foreign Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the Diplomatic Archives
• The Situation in Kashmir
• The Issue of Development of Natural Resources in the East China Sea
• Sanctions Against Syria

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 13, 2025, 4:41 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala
  • Program for Official Chef of Japan's Overseas Mission
• Meeting with WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala
• Tariff Measures by the U.S. (U.S.-China Announcement)
• China Coast Guard’s Intrusion into Japan’s Territorial Waters and Intrusion into Japan’s Territorial Airspace around the Senkaku Islands
• Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers’ Meeting