Press Conference Archives September 2017

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (September 29, 2017, 10:15 a.m.)

• 45th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and China
• House of Representatives Election
• 45th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and China
• House of Representatives Election

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (September 27, 2017, 4:39 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Global Festa Japan 2017
• (2) Reconstruction Support Event for the Great East Japan Earthquake
• Attendance by Foreign Minister Kono at a Reception Hosted by the Chinese Embassy

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (September 26, 2017, 10:51 a.m.)

• Dissolution of the House of Representatives
• Japan-U.S. Nuclear Energy Agreement

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (September 15, 2017, 12:20 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Attendance at the United Nations General Assembly
  • (2) Special Grave Visit by Former Island Residents by Plane
  • (3) Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
• North Korea
• Special Grave Visit by Former Island Residents by Plane
• Asset Disclosure for New Cabinet Members
• North Korea
  • Attendance at the United Nations General Assembly
• Special Grave Visit by Former Island Residents by Plane

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (September 15, 2017, 10:05 a.m.)

• Opening remarks
• Question-and-answer session

Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (September 13, 2017, 4:42 p.m.)

• Foreign Minister Kono’s Attendance at the United Nations General Assembly

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (September 8, 2017, 10:49 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visits to Five Middle Eastern Countries
• Japan-Russia Summit Meeting
• Three Non-Nuclear Principles
• Joint Economic Activity
• Comments by Mr. Soichiro Tahara
• North Korea’s Day of the Foundation of the Republic

Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (September 6, 2017, 4:40 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan’s Contribution on Climate Change through G7
• Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Report on Climate Change and Vulnerabilities

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (September 5, 2017, 10:22 a.m.)

• Opening remarks
  • Participation in the Eastern Economic Forum and Telephone Talk with the Foreign Minister of Uruguay
• In Relation to the Emergency Meeting of the UNSC

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (September 1, 2017, 9:29 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) An Eminent Persons Group for a Substantial Progress of Nuclear Disarmament to be held in Hiroshima
  • (2) Director Ishizawa of the Sophia Asia Center for Research and Human Development receives the Ramon Magsaysay Award for FY2017
• Japan-UK Summit Meeting
• First Month as Foreign Minister
• An Eminent Persons Group in Hiroshima
• UNSC Sanctions Resolution