Press Conference Archives October 2017

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (October 27, 2017, 10:42 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by the NATO Secretary General
• National Congress of the Communist Party of China
• UNESCO
• Initiative to Designate “Nanjing Massacre” Commemorative Day in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• UNESCO
• Draft Resolution on Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
• North Korea Situation

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (October 25, 2017, 4:35 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan's Friendship Ties Program
• Additional Dispatch of Public Private Research Team on Joint Economic Activities
• National Congress of the Communist Party of China
• Resolution on Improvement of the UNESCO Program

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (October 24, 2017, 9:36 a.m.)

• House of Representatives Election
• North Korea Situation
• Foreign Policy Outlook
• Draft Resolution on Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
• Assistance for Afghanistan
• House of Representatives Election
• First Cabinet Meeting following the Election

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (October 20, 2017, 10:43 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Dispatch of the public and private research team on joint economic activities
• House of Representatives Election
• Submission of a draft resolution for the elimination of nuclear weapons
• Establishment of a Takeshima defense unit by the Republic of Korea
• UNESCO
• International meeting on nuclear non-proliferation in Moscow
• President Trump to Visit Japan
• Noble Peace Prize Awarded to ICAN

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (October 18, 2017, 4:35 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan's Friendship Ties Program
  • (2) The Japan House Advisory Board
• Announcement of the Liberation of Raqqa, the Main Base of ISIL
• UNESCO
• National Congress of the Communist Party of China

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (October 11, 2017, 4:33 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Voting in the Lower House Election via Overseas Consulates
• UNESCO
• Nobel Peace Prize

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (October 6, 2017, 10:25 a.m.)

• The Trump Administration in the United States
• House of Representatives Election

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

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Holding of the Third Forum of Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons
  • (2) Japan’s Friendship Ties Program – “MIRAI Program”
• Third Forum of Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (October 3, 2017, 10:23 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Shooting Incident in Las Vegas, United States
• Shooting Incident in Las Vegas, United States
• North Korea Situation
• House of Representatives Election Campaign
• East China Sea Situation
• North Korea Situation