Press Conferences

October 15

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi（October 15, 2019, 6:40 p.m.）
  1. Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement (Elimination of Automobile Tariff)
  2. Annual Autumn Festival at Yasukuni Shrine
  3. Japan’s Protest Regarding the Sinking of North Korean Fishing Boats and the Issue of Boundary Delimitation of the EEZ
  4. Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Director General-Level Meeting
  5. Outlook of the Meeting Between Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Prime Minister Abe
  6. Japan-ROK Director General-Level Meeting
  7. Explosion of an Iranian Oil Tanker in the Red Sea

October 11

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi（October 11, 2019, 5:29 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • Military Operation by the Turkish Military Forces in Northeast Syria
  2. Military Operation by the Turkish Military in Northeast Syria
  3. Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Consultation based on the WTO Agreement)
  4. Situation in Hong Kong
  5. Rescheduling of the Sightseeing Pilot Tour Related to the Joint Economic Activities on the Four Northern Islands
  6. Explosion of an Iranian Oil Tanker in the Red Sea

October 8

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi（October 8, 2019, 5:10 p.m.）
  1. Japan-U.S. Trade Agreements
  2. Situation in Hong Kong
  3. Attendance by the Republic of Korea (ROK) at the Ceremonies of the Accession to the Throne
  4. Deployment of Intermediate-Range Missiles

October 7

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi（October 7, 2019, 6:42 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Question-and-Answer Session

October 4

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi（October 4, 2019, 10:37 a.m.）
  1. Situation in Hong Kong
  2. Japan-Russia Relations (Joint Economic Activities)
  3. U.S.-North Korea Consultations
  4. Plan of the United States to Deploy New Intermediate-range Ballistic Missiles in Okinawa
  5. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Consultations
  6. Situation in the Middle East
  7. North Korea's Ballistic Missiles
  8. The United States’ New Ground-Launched Intermediate-Range Missiles

October 1

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi（October 1, 2019, 11:09 a.m.）
  1. Situation in Hong Kong
  2. Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement
  3. Situation in Iran
  4. Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  5. Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement