Press Conference Archives February 2018

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 28, 2018, 4:35 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Syria Situation
• (2) Japan’s Friendship Ties Program
• Press Coverage of the European Ambassadors’ Meeting
• Submission of Proposed Amendment for the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China to the National People’s Congress
• North Korea Situation (Ship-to-Ship Transfers)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 27, 2018, 8:45 a.m.)

• Comments by ROK Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the United Nations Human Rights Committee
• North Korea Situation (Ship to ship transfers)
• North Korea Situation (U.S.-North Korea Relations)
• North Korea Situation (Ship to ship transfers)
• Submission to the National People’s Congress of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 23, 2018, 8:48 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Comments on the Comfort Women Issue by the ROK Delegate at the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• (2) ICJ Special Election (Nomination of University of Tokyo Professor Yuji Iwasawa as Candidate)
• (3) Release of the 2017 White Paper on Development Cooperation
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• Contact Between the U.S. and North Korea at the PyeongChang Olympic Games

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 21, 2018, 4:33 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-Finland Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  • (2) Informal Meeting on Further Actions Against Climate Change
• North Korea Situation (Contact Between the U.S. and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea at the PyeongChang Olympic Games)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 20, 2018, 8:38 a.m.)

• The Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change
• Foreign Minister’s visit to foreign countries
• U.S. Army helicopter exercises off the coast of Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture
• Munich Security Conference
• Advisory Panel on Climate Change

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 17, 2018, 3:40 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-answer session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 14, 2018, 4:43 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-Norway Summit Meeting
  • (2) Japan’s Friendship Ties Program
• Japan-ROK Agreement
• PyeongChang Olympics
• Ship-to-ship Transfers

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 13, 2018, 8:35 a.m.)

• North Korea Issue (Comments by U.S. Vice President Pence)
• Establishment of Office for UN Sanctions (tentative)
• North Korea Issue (Comments by U.S. Vice President Pence)
• Northern Territories Issue (Comments by Foreign Minister Lavrov)
• Japan-ROK Summit Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 9, 2018, 8:49 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Visits to Brunei and Singapore by Foreign Minister Kono
• PyeongChang Olympics
• US-ROK Military Exercises
• Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)
• Reaction to North-South Reconciliation in South Korea

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 7, 2018, 4:32 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Messages of Condolences from Foreign Minister Kono to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan Regarding the Earthquake in Eastern Taiwan
• (2) Northern Territories Issue
• (3) Conclusion of the Implementation Duration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 6, 2018, 8:39 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • U.S. Vice President Pence to Visit Japan
• U.S. Vice President Pence to Visit Japan
• Japan-Russia Vice-Ministerial-Level Meeting
• Release of the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)
• Media Report on Resignation of International Court of Justice Judge

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 2, 2018, 8:35 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Ms. Mami Mizutori Appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • U. S. Vice President Pence to Visit Japan
  • Minister Kono’s Twitter Posts