Press Conference Archives April 2020

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 28, 2020, 2:47 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• (1) Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries and Returning to Japan
• (2) Border Enforcement Measures
• (3) Latest Status of Coordination for Provision of Avigan
• Novel Coronavirus (Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries and Returning to Japan)
• Novel Coronavirus (Evaluation of China’s Transparency)
• Novel Coronavirus (Resumption of Official Duties by Prime Minister Johnson of the United Kingdom)
• Japan-U.S. Trade Negotiations
• Novel Coronavirus (Crisis Management Response Issues)
• Situation in North Korea (Movements of Chairman Kim Jong-un)
• Japan-Russia Relations (Change of the Date of Victory Day)
• Novel Coronavirus (Latest Status of Coordination for Provision of Avigan)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 24, 2020, 2:44 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Raising of Warning on Infectious Diseases Levels
  • (2) Situation of Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries and Returning to Japan
• Raising of Warning on Infectious Diseases Levels
• Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma (Leak of Firefighting Foam)
• Situation in North Korea (Reports that Chairman Kim Jong-un is Seriously Ill)
• Situation in the Middle East (Recognition of the Situation and Japan’s Role)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (April 23, 2020, 3:45 p.m.)

• Emergency Economic Measures (Supplementary Budget)
• Current Situation of the Novel Coronavirus

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 21, 2020, 3:04 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Current Situation of the Novel Coronavirus
• Novel Coronavirus (Taiwan’s Free of Charge Provision of Masks to Japan)
• Reports that Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Workers’ Party of Korea is Seriously Ill
• China’s Announcement of the Establishment of New Administrative Districts in the South China Sea

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 17, 2020, 3:35 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Livestream of Press Conferences
  • (2) Number of Infected People in Japan
  • (3) Protecting Japanese Nationals in Regions Where Flights Have Been Suspended
• Novel Coronavirus (Status of Coordination for Provision of Avigan)
• Novel Coronavirus (Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Cooperation))
• Japan-Russia Relations (Announcement of the Postponement of the Ceremony for the 75th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany)
• Livestream of Press Conferences
• G7 Summit Video Teleconference Meeting (WHO Reform)
• Japan-Russia Relations (Negotiations Concerning the Northern Territories)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (April 16, 2020, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Domestic Opinion Survey on Japan’s Diplomacy
• Domestic Opinion Survey on Japan’s Diplomacy (“Diplomacy that Takes a Panoramic Perspective of the World Map,” Middle East Diplomacy)
• Republic of Korea (ROK) Legislative Election
• Domestic Opinion Survey on Japan’s Diplomacy (Japan-U.S. Relations, Japan-U.S. Security Treaty)
• Emergency Economic Measures (Supplementary Budget)
• Domestic Opinion Survey on Japan’s Diplomacy (Middle East Situation)
• Streaming of Minister Motegi’s Press Conferences

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 14, 2020, 10:52 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Novel Coronavirus (Support for Japanese Nationals to Depart from Foreign Countries and Return to Japan)
• Novel Coronavirus (Novel Coronavirus Measures at MOFA and Diplomatic Missions)
• Novel Coronavirus (Special ASEAN Plus Three Summit Teleconference)
• Novel Coronavirus (Diplomatic Visas for Diplomats from Countries Subject to Japan’s Immigration Restrictions)
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations
• Novel Coronavirus (Support for Pacific Island Countries)
• Novel Coronavirus (Japan’s Role in the Post-Novel Coronavirus Global Economy)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (April 9, 2020, 4:39 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Novel Coronavirus (System of Work of Diplomatic Missions)
• Novel Coronavirus (System of Work at MOFA)
• Novel Coronavirus (ASEAN Summit)
• Novel Coronavirus (President Trump’s Criticism of the World Health Organization (WHO))
• Novel Coronavirus (Emergency Economic Measures and the Supplementary Budget)
• Novel Coronavirus (Repatriation Support for Japanese Nationals Residing in Foreign Countries)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 7, 2020, 11:15 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Emergency Grant Aid to Provide Avigan to Countries Where There Are People Infected With the Novel Coronavirus
  • (2) MOFA’s Structure and Efforts in the Case of the Declaration of a State of Emergency
  • (3) Departure from Foreign Countries and Repatriation of Japanese Nationals Aboard Special Commercial Flights and Private Chartered Planes Implemented Through Support from Diplomatic Missions
• Novel Coronavirus (Declaration of a State of Emergency, MOFA’s Response)
• Novel Coronavirus (Alert Issued to U.S. Nationals by the U.S. Embassy Tokyo)
• Novel Coronavirus (Provision of Avigan)
• Novel Coronavirus (Information Provision Related to the Declaration of a State of Emergency)
• Novel Coronavirus (Concerns About Global Food Shortages)
• Novel Coronavirus (Effects on Diplomacy)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (April 3, 2020, 5:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-Poland Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
  • (2) Postponement of the Japan-Russia Year of Regional Exchanges Opening Ceremony
• Novel Coronavirus (Utilization of Teleconferences)
• Ballistic Missile Launches By North Korea
• Novel Coronavirus (Protection of Japanese Nationals in Regions where Flights and Other Forms of Travel have Been Suspended)
• Novel Coronavirus (Visit to Russia By Prime Minister Abe)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (April 1, 2020, 4:42 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Start of Solicitation of Works for the 14th Japan International MANGA Award
• Novel Coronavirus (MOFA Entrance Ceremony for New Personnel)