Press Conferences

June 20

• Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama（June 20, 2018, 4:32 p.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
     • (1) Visit by Mr. Aurélien Agbenonci, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Benin to Japan
     • (2) Japan-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
     • (3) The Opening of Japan House London
  2. North Korea Situation (Questions related to the Abductions Issue)
  3. Announcement of the launch of the “Action with Women and Peace” initiative by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (ROK)
  4. Declaration by the U.S. of its Withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council
• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono（June 20, 2018, 8:53 a.m.）
  1. Opening Remarks
  2. Question-and-Answer Session

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