Press Conference Archives December 2019

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 27, 2019, 11:18 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Reflection on the Year 2019 and Outlook for the New Year
• (2) Government Initiatives to Ensure the Security of Ships Related to Japan in the Middle East
• (3) Minister MOTEGI’s visits to Viet Nam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia
• Entry into Force of the Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement and the Japan-U.S. Digital Trade Agreement
• Overseas Visits in 2019
• Japan-ROK Relations
• Hague Convention
• Possibilities of Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to the Middle East
• Overseas Visits by Minister MOTEGI Next Year
• Japan-ROK Relations (Comfort Women Issue)
• 60 Years since the Amendment of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States (Japan-U.S. Security Treaty)
• North Korea Situation
• Minister MOTEGI’s Schedule during the New Year Period
• Situation in Iran (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA))
• Minister MOTEGI’s Visit to Southeast Asia (TPP11)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 19, 2019, 4:30 p.m.)

• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (December 18, 2019, 4:30 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Timing of Beginning Issuance of 2020 Passports
• “Escort ” of Five Japanese Fishing Boats to Hurukamappu Port on Kunashiri Island

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 17, 2019, 3:15 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 13, 2019, 5:43 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (December 11, 2019, 4:30 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Adoption of the Olympic Truce Resolution
  • (2) Achievement of “Sport for Tomorrow” for 10 Million People
  • (3) Decision on the Winners of the 13th Japan International MANGA Award

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 10, 2019, 10:50 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Notification of the Entry into Force of the Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement and the Japan-U.S. Digital Trade Agreement
  • (2) Visits to Sri Lanka, Spain, and Russia by Minister MOTEGI
• Volcano Eruption on White Island in New Zealand
• Shooting of a Japanese National in Jalalabad
• Visit to Russia by Minister MOTEGI
• Stationing Cost for the U.S. Forces Japan
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Japan-ROK Director-General Level Policy Dialogue)
• Tweet Concerning the Rising Sun Flag by the Government of the ROK
• Japan-Russia Relations (Negotiations for Concluding a Peace Treaty)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 6, 2019, 9:58 a.m.)

• Shooting of a Japanese National in Jalalabad
• Visit to Japan by President Rouhani of Iran
• Overseas Visits by Minister MOTEGI
• Visit to Japan as a State Guest by President Xi Jinping of China (Significance)
• President Trump’s Statement Regarding Japan Taking on More of the Cost Burden for the U.S. Forces Japan

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (December 4, 2019, 4:30 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • The Olympic Truce Resolution and the Attendance at the United Nations General Assembly by Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games President MORI Yoshiro
• Olympic Truce Resolution (Co-Sponsoring Countries)
• Shooting of a Japanese National in Jalalabad

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 3, 2019, 2:32 p.m.)

• The Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement and the Japan-U.S. Digital Trade Agreement
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Report in Shukan Bunshun)
• The Passing Away of Former Prime Minister NAKASONE Yasuhiro
• Holding a Japan-ROK Summit Meeting
• Situation in Iran (Meeting with Foreign Minister Araghchi)
• Minister MOTEGI’s Policy on Overseas Visits
• Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit
• State of Conservation Report on the “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution”
• Dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to the Middle East