Press Conferences

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 7, 2025, 6:02 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 4, 2025, 11:52 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 30, 2025, 4:49 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 28, 2025, 5:22 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting, Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and Meeting with Secretary of Commerce Lutnick
  • (2) Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
  • (3) Attendance at the APEC Ministerial Meeting
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Outcomes of the Meeting, etc.)
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting (Reinforcing Defense Capabilities)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Meeting with Secretary of Commerce Lutnick (Outcomes of the Meetings, Okinawa Issue)
• Japan-China Relations
• Possibility of Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 27, 2025, 7:09 p.m.)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 24, 2025, 5:52 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks: Minister MOTEGI’s Attendance at ASEAN-related Summit Meetings
• ASEAN-related Summit Meetings
• Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)
• Abductions Issue
• The Three Non-Nuclear Principles
• North Korea, Russia, and the Middle East
• Japan-China Summit Meeting
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations
• Policy Speech by Prime Minister TAKAICHI and the Cabinet Approval Rating
• The Three Non-Nuclear Principles

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 22, 2025, 11:39 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • On Taking Office as Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Diplomatic Goals
• Diplomacy with Neighboring Countries
• Visit to Japan by U.S. President Trump
• Situation in Ukraine and Japan’s Diplomacy toward Russia
• Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
• Diplomacy toward China
• Diplomacy of the New Coalition Government
• Situation in North Korea (Abductions Issue)
• Diplomacy with Neighboring Countries
• Visit to Japan by U.S. President Trump (Defense)
• ASEAN-related Meetings

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (October 21, 2025, 11:55 p.m.)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 17, 2025, 3:24 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • A Look Back at the Duties Fulfilled as Foreign Minister
• Energy Imports from Russia
• Visa Relaxation Measures for Chinese Citizens Visiting Japan
• The Raising of Visa Fees
• The Passing Away of Former Prime Minister MURAYAMA Tomiichi
• Reporting Restrictions of the U.S. Department of Defense
• Chinese Maritime Survey in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
• Policy Talks Toward a Coalition Government

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (October 15, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Temporary Suspension of Innocent Passage in Territorial Waters around the Northern Territories

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 14, 2025, 11:30 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Situation in the Gaza Strip (Implementation of the Gaza Ceasefire Agreement)
  • (2) Japan-Sweden Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  • (3) Use of Reconstruction and Recycled Soil in Fukushima
• U.S.-China Relations (U.S. Tariff Measures against China, China’s Rare Earth Export Controls)
• Impact on Diplomacy of Komeito’s Withdrawal from the Ruling Coalition
• Situation in North Korea (Military Parade Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea)
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Signing Ceremony for the Gaza Ceasefire Agreement, Japan’s Role in Gaza Reconstruction)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 10, 2025, 3:12 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Summary of Expo Diplomacy
• Summary of Expo Diplomacy
• Ukraine Mine Action Conference
• Domestic Politics and Diplomacy

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (October 8, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks:

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (October 7, 2025, 2:31 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Situation in Gaza
• The Significance of Japan’s Grant Aid for Palestine
• Next Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Mutual Defence Treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea
• Election of New Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President (Impact on Foreign Diplomacy)
• Situation in the Middle East