Press Conferences

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (December 10, 2024, 5:28 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (December 6, 2024, 5:56 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (December 4, 2024, 3:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Exhibition on “Relations between Greece and Japan through Diplomatic Documents”
  • (2) Court Case of Guangming Daily Reporter in China
• Court Case of Guangming Daily Reporter in China

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (December 3, 2024, 1:16 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Diet Discussions and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Resolution on the Reinforcement of Diplomatic Capabilities
• Election of Non-permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
• U.S. Extended Deterrence
• Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC)’s Acquisition of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) (Opposition from Mr. Trump)
• Relations between Japan and Ukraine
• Japan’s Support for Ukraine
• Japan-China Relations (Visa Exemption for Short-Term Stays in China for Japanese Nationals)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 29, 2024, 1:27 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  • (2) Conference of the Ambassadors to African Countries and TICAD
  • (3) Opening of the 216th Extraordinary Session of the Diet
• Opening of the Extraordinary Session of the Diet
• Japan-China Relations (Minister Iwaya’s Visit to China)
• Japan-China Relations (Visa Exemption for Short-Term Stays in China for Japanese Nationals)
• TICAD 9
• Japan-China Relations (Trial of a Guangming Daily Reporter)
• Special Mission Committee on Asian Security of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Integrated Resort (IR) Related Bribery Incident

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (November 27, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 26, 2024, 4:56 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 22, 2024, 1:46 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Attendance at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Situation in Ukraine (Attacks by Russian Forces)
• Situation in Ukraine (U.S. Approval for the Provision of Anti-personnel Mines to Ukraine)
• Situation in Ukraine (Russia’s Indication of the Use of Nuclear Weapons)
• “Sado Island Gold Mines” (Memorial Ceremony for All the Workers)
• Japan-China Relations (Visa Exemption for Short-Term Stays in China)
• APEC Leaders’ Meeting
• Disclosure of Cabinet Members’ Assets
• Japan-China Relations (Intrusion into Japan’s Territorial Airspace by a Chinese Military Aircraft)
• Situation in the Middle East (Gaza Ceasefire Draft Resolution at the United Nations Security Council)
• Situation in Ukraine (Discussion at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 19, 2024, 2:36 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• Attendance at the APEC Ministerial Meeting and Visit to Ukraine
• Situation in Ukraine (Sanctions Against Russia and North Korea)
• Situation in Ukraine (Authorization of Long-Range Attacks in Russian Territory)
• Relationship With the Incoming Trump Administration
• Review of Japan by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Diplomatic Recognition of Palestine
• “Sado Island Gold Mines” (Memorial Event for All the Workers)
• APEC Leaders’ Meeting (Absence from the Group Photo)
• Japan-China Relations (Mutual Visits by the Japanese and Chinese Foreign Ministers)
• Japan-China Relations (Exemption for Short-Term Stays in China)
• Situation in China (Incident in Hunan and Efforts to Ensure the Safety of Japanese Nationals)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 12, 2024, 2:21 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks:
  • Attendance at the APEC Ministerial Meeting and Appointment of Officials in Charge of Cross-border Economic Affairs
• APEC Ministerial Meeting
• Diplomatic Challenges of the Second Ishiba Administration
• The Foreign Minister’s Role in the Ishiba Administration
• Japan-Russia Relations (Remarks by Russian President Putin)
• Russia-North Korea Relations (Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, Deployment of North Korean Troops to Russia)
• Next U.S. Secretary of State