Press Conferences

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 14, 2026, 4:18 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 10, 2026, 5:27 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 7, 2026, 6:09 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Situation in Iran (Japan-Iran Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Call, etc.)
• Use of the Official Security Assistance (OSA)
• Arrangements for the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 3, 2026, 2:23 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• The Report on Sending an Economic Delegation to Russia
• Situation in Iran (Reaction to President Trump’s Address and Other Related Matters)
• Situation in Iran (Outreach to International Partners)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (April 1, 2026, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Mid-Career Recruitment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
  • (2) Appointment of SAKANA-KUN as “Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Oceans and Fish”

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (March 31, 2026, 4:05 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) The Eighth Japan-France Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting (“2+2”)
  • (2) Establishment of the Japan-India Economic Affairs Division
• Japan-France Summit Meeting (Situation in the Middle East)
• Establishment of the Japan-India Economic Affairs Division
• Situation in the Middle East (Media Report on President Trump’s Statement)
• Foreign Cognitive Warfare and Countermeasures
• The Nuclear Policy of France (References Made at the Japan-France Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (March 27, 2026, 6:31 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• The Outcomes of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Evolution of FOIP
• Situation in Iran
• Strengthening Economic Security

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (March 24, 2026, 4:28 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Statements on Japan-China Relations)
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Discussion on Ensuring Safe Passage through the Strait of Hormuz)
• Situation in North Korea (North Korea’s Declaration of its “Position as a Nuclear State”)
• Situation in North Korea (Kim Yo Jong’s Statement on a Japan-North Korea Summit Meeting)
• Significance of Fact-finding Surveys on Cognitive Warfare
• Situation in the Middle East (Impact on the Japanese Economy)
• The Closure of the Strait of Hormuz (The Possibility of Talks with Iran)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (March 17, 2026, 5:33 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Establishment of the International Peace Mediation Unit
• Establishment of the International Peace Mediation Unit
• President Trump’s Statements on the Dispatch of Vessels to the Strait of Hormuz and Other Related Matters
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting
• Situation in Iran (Intentions for Mediation among Iran, the U.S., and Israel)
• Situation in Iran (Oil Suppliers Outside the Middle East)
• Establishment of the International Peace Mediation Unit