Press Conference Archives March 2017

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 31, 2017, 8:53 a.m.)

• Arrest of Former President Park Geun-hye
• Violation of Rules on Re-employment
• “Central Asia plus Japan” Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Russia Joint Economic Activity
• Murder of Kim Jong-nam
• Japan-US Economic Dialogue

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (March 29, 2017, 4:42 p.m.)

• United Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the EU

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 28, 2017, 8:35 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons
• Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons
• State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Visits Taiwan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 24, 2017, 8:43 a.m.)

• Japan-Republic of Korea Relations
• Moritomo Gakuen Situation
• Negotiation of a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons

Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (March 22, 2017, 4:37 p.m.)

• Opening remarks
  • (1) Reception Co-hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture
  • (2) Creation of the “Golgo 13 Overseas Safety Manual for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises”
• Missile launch by North Korea
• Press conference by the Press Secretary and Deputy Press Secretary, MOFA
• Support for regional revitalization: Promotional program utilizing Iikura House

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 21, 2017, 8:51 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Release of the White Paper on Development Cooperation 2016
• Cabinet Decision on the Bill concerning Tero-to-Junbi-Zai (the Offence to Criminalize an Act in Furtherance of Planning to Commit Terrorism and Other Serious Crimes)
• Japan-Russia Relationship
• Indications of a Ballistic Missile Launch by North Korea
• Cabinet Decision on the Bill concerning Tero-to-Junbi Zai
• Job Arrangement for a Former Diplomat

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 17, 2017, 8:49 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Japan-Russia Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”)
• Japan-Russia “2+2”
• Japan-US Foreign Minsters’ Meeting
• Moritomo Gakuen

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (March 15, 2017, 4:30 p.m.)

• Opening remarks
  • (1) Public opinion survey on foreign policy
• (2) Promoting campaign of registration on “Tabi-Regi” in the “Spring Safety Campaign for Overseas Traveling”
• Public opinion survey on foreign policy
• Japan-Russia “2+2”

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 14, 2017, 8:45 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Assistance in Response to the Famine Disaster in the Middle East and Africa
• Japan-US Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-US Economic Dialogue
• US-China Summit Meeting
• Assistance in Response to the Famine Disaster in the Middle East and Africa
• Japan-ROK Relations

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 10, 2017, 8:20 a.m.)

• Impeachment of ROK President Park Geun-hye and Return of Ambassador Nagamine
• Japan-ROK Relationship
• Japan-US Economic Dialogue (Visit by Vice-Minister-Level Officials to the US)
• Resignation of Parliamentary Vice-Minister Mutai

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (March 8, 2017, 4:51 p.m.)

• Visit to Japan by the King of Saudi Arabia

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 7, 2017, 8:53 a.m.)

• Ballistic Missile Launches by North Korea
• Japan-US Summit Telephone Talk
• Japan-ROK Relations

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 6, 2017, 12:20 p.m.)

• Opening remarks
• Q&A

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 6, 2017, 9:55 a.m.)

• Q&A

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (March 3, 2017, 8:46 a.m.)

• Comment by Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation Trutnev
• Killing of Kim Jong-nam
• Moritomo Gakuen
• Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (March 1, 2017, 4:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Spring Safety Campaign for Overseas Traveling