Press Conference Archives December 2018

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 23, 2018, 1:30 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 21, 2018, 5:49 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Minister Kono to Visit Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria
  • (2) Fifth WAW!
• Japan-ROK Relations (Visit to the ROK by Director-General Kanasugi of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau)
• MOFA’s Budget for the Next Fiscal Year
• Resignation of U.S. Secretary of Defense Mattis
• Kanji (Chinese Character) of the Year
• Japan-ROK Relations (Former “Requisitioned Civilian Workers” from the Korean Peninsula)
• Cyberattack Group APT10 Based in China
• Japan-ROK Relations (Japan-ROK Agreement)
• Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and Situation in Syria

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga (December 19, 2018, 4:30 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Release of Diplomatic Records
  • (2) Invitation Project by the Government of Egypt for the Three Prefectures Affected by the Heavy Rain Damage in Western Japan
• Japan-China Foreign Press Officials Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 18, 2018, 1:43 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Statement at the Press Conference on December 11
• (2) Winter Safety Campaign for Overseas Traveling
• (3) Decision on the Winners of the Twelfth Japan International Manga Award
• (4) Young Politics-Oriented Cambodians to Visit Japan
• Statements at the Press Conference on December 11
• Future Japan-U.S. Relations
• Japan-Russia Relations
• Meeting of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues
• Statements at the Press Conference on December 11

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 17, 2018, 3:27 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 15, 2018, 6:00 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga (December 12, 2018, 4:31 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Launch of the G20 Osaka Summit Official Website
• (2) Prime Minister Khurelsukh of Mongolia to Visit Japan
• Statements by Foreign Minister Kono in a Press Conference

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 11, 2018, 1:39 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Search Service for the Historical Documents in the Collection of the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Postponement of the Vote in the United Kingdom on the Agreement for Withdrawal from the European Union
• The United States’ Independent Sanctions on North Korea
• MOFA’s Budget for the Next Fiscal Year
• Japan-Russia Relations
• MOFA’s System for Golden Week with 10 Consecutive Holidays
• Japan-Russia Relations

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 7, 2018, 11:57 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Adoption by a Majority Vote of the Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament Submitted by Japan to the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly
• Reports Regarding Products from Huawei and ZTE
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Judgment by the Supreme Court of the ROK)
• Request for a Courtesy Call by Ms. Setsuko Thurlow
• Measures Against Taiwan’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Food Products
• Reports Regarding Products from Huawei and ZTE
• U.S.-Russia Relations (INF Treaty)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Takeshi Osuga (December 5, 2018, 4:32 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Secretary of State Pompeo’s Announcement Regarding the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty)
  • (2) Visit to Japan by Vice President and Minister for Foreign Affairs Meriton of the Republic of Seychelles
• Courtesy Call by Ms. Setsuko Thurlow to Government Officials

Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 4, 2018, 2:38 p.m.)

• Japan-Russia Summit Meeting
• G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Recent Events Near the Kerch Strait
• Japan-Russia Summit Meeting
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Judgment by the Supreme Court of the ROK Regarding Former Workers from the Korean Peninsula)
• Japan-ROK Relations (Statement by President Moon Jae-in at a Meeting on a Plane)
• Reports Regarding the Construction Plan for the Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey
• Continuation of Taiwan’s Import Restrictions on Food Products from Five Prefectures Including Fukushima
• Evaluation of the Trump Administration