Press Conference Archives June 2017

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 30, 2017, 10:19 a.m.)

• Japan-EU EPA Ministerial Discussions
• U.S. Independent Sanctions against North Korea
• Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election
• U.S. Independent Sanctions against North Korea
• Local Ordinance Related to a Comfort Woman Statue
• US-ROK Summit Meeting
• Lack of a Sense of Urgency from a Long-running Administration

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (June 28, 2017, 4:34 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Visits to Africa by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishi, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sonoura, and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei
  • (2) Visits to Georgia and Armenia by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takisawa
  • (3) Program to promote local municipalities by utilizing the Iikura House
• Taiwan’s Participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 27, 2017, 12:22 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Revisions to the Implementation Ordinance for the Act on Special Measures concerning Cargo Inspections etc.
• Visit to the Four Northern Islands By the Joint Public and Private Research Team on the Joint Economic Activities
• Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
• Nearly One Year Since the Terrorist Attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Seventh Round Meeting and Working Group Meetings of Japan-China High-Level Consultation on Maritime Affairs
• Update on Japan-European Union EPA Negotiations

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (June 21, 2017, 4:39 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit and Japan-China Summit
• Special Grave Visit by Plane
• Saudi Arabia

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 20, 2017, 10:40 a.m.)

• Appointment of New ROK Foreign Minister
• Death of US Student Detained by North Korea
• Negotiations on Agreement on fundamental elements for a Japan-EU EPA
• Japan-US-ROK Summit Meeting
• Decline in the Cabinet Approval Rate

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 16, 2017, 9:44 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Location for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development
• Passage of the Bill concerning the amendment of the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds, which will newly criminalize the preparation of acts of terrorism and other organized crime
• Special Grave Visits by Former Island Residents by Plane
• Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• Comments by Russian President Putin on the Northern Territories Issue
• Kake Educational Institution Issue

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (June 14, 2017, 4:33 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Special Grave Visit by Former Island Residents by Plane

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 13, 2017, 9:47 a.m.)

• Visit to the ROK by LDP Secretary-General Nikai
• Dialogue Session with UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Kaye
• 25th Anniversary of the Passage of the Act on Cooperation with United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Other Operations
• Maritime Survey by a Russian Ship in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 9, 2017, 8:48 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Special Grave Visit by Former Island Residents by Plane
  • (2) Additional designation of individuals and entities subject to asset freezing measures based on the UNSC resolution
• North Korea Issue
• Special Grave Visit by Former Island Residents by Plane

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (June 7, 2017, 4:42 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visits to Japan by Prime Minister Phuc of Viet Nam and Prime Minister Thongloun of the Lao PDR
• Shooting Incidents at the Iranian Parliament and Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 6, 2017, 9:13 a.m.)

• North Korea Issue
• Six Middle Eastern Countries Sever Diplomatic Relations with Qatar

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (June 2, 2017, 8:48 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Comment regarding the US announcement of its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
  • (2) Visit to Ishikawa Prefecture
• North Korea Issue
• Comments by Russian President Putin on the deployment of US Forces to the Four Northern Islands
• Agreement Between Japan and the ROK
• Paris Agreement
• Media reports on detention of a Japanese national in Dalian, China
• Replacement of the Busan Consul General
• Paris Agreement