Press Conference Archives May 2020

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 29, 2020, 11:05 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where International Flights Etc. are Suspended and Returning to Japan
• Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
• Japan-Russia Relations (Ceremony for the 75th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany)
• Situation in Hong Kong (Decision by the National People's Congress)
• Super City Bill

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 26, 2020, 2:50 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where International Flights Etc. are Suspended and Returning to Japan
• Joint Economic Activities on the Four Northern Islands (Shelving the Issue of Jurisdiction)
• G7 Summit
• Novel Coronavirus (MOFA’s Work System)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 22, 2020, 3:06 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Raising of Warning on Infectious Diseases Levels
• (2) Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where International Flights Etc. are Suspended and Returning to Japan
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Review of the Export Control Implementation, Issue of the Former Civilian Workers from the Korean Peninsula)
• Beginning of the Session of the National People's Congress of China (National Defense Budget)
• Novel Coronavirus (Raising of Warning on Infectious Diseases Levels, Extension of the Measures to Suspend the Validity of Visas)
• Beginning of the Session of the National People's Congress of China (Situation in Hong Kong)
• Novel Coronavirus (Relaxation of Immigration Restrictions)
• Diplomatic Bluebook (Statement by the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia)
• Novel Coronavirus (Re-entry into Japan by Foreign Residents of Japan)
• Diplomatic Bluebook (Japan-Russia Relations)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 19, 2020, 3:00 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Diplomatic Bluebook 2020
  • (2) Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where International Flights Etc. are Suspended and Returning to Japan
• The World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) (Taiwan’s Non-participation)
• Novel Coronavirus (Public Communication by the Government of Japan)
• ROK Situation (Diplomatic Bluebook, Comfort Women Issue)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 15, 2020, 2:19 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where International Flights Etc. are Suspended and Returning to Japan
• Novel Coronavirus (Possibility of Relaxation of Immigration Restrictions, “Fast Track”)
• Novel Coronavirus (Taiwan’s Participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO))
• Novel Coronavirus (Latest Status of Coordination for Free Provision of Avigan)
• Novel Coronavirus (Investigation Regarding the Initial Response By the WHO)
• Novel Coronavirus (Taiwan’s Participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO))

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato (May 14, 2020, 4:30 p.m.)

• Novel Coronavirus (Request for Relaxation of Immigration Restrictions from China and the Republic of Korea (ROK))
• Novel Coronavirus (Discussions at the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO))
• Building a New Economic Partnership between Japan and the United Kingdom

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 12, 2020, 3:35 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Raising of Warning on Infectious Diseases Levels
  • (2) Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where Flights Etc. are Suspended and Returning to Japan
• Novel Coronavirus (Meeting on the Novel Coronavirus Disease among Foreign Ministers of Interested Countries, Hosted by the United States)
• Novel Coronavirus (Participation by Taiwan as an Observer in the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the WHO
• Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia Ishii’s Communication with Foreign Minister Retno
• Novel Coronavirus (Raising of Warning on Infectious Diseases Levels)
• Pursuit of a Japanese Fishing Boat by Chinese Government Vessels around the Senkaku Islands

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 8, 2020, 2:23 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Passing of Mr. OKAMOTO Yukio
• (2) Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where Flights Etc. are Suspended and Returning to Japan
• Novel Coronavirus (Free Provision of Avigan, Latest Status of Coordination)
• Situation in North Korea (Movements of Chairman Kim Jong-un, New Missile-Related Facility)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (May 1, 2020, 11:46 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• Japanese Nationals Leaving Foreign Countries Where Flights etc. are Suspended, and Returning to Japan
• Novel Coronavirus (Repatriation of Crew Members Aboard the Cruise Ship Docked in Nagasaki)
• First Cabinet Meeting Held in the Teleconference Format
• Novel Coronavirus (Status of Coordination for Provision of Avigan)
• Novel Coronavirus (Request to the Republic of Korea (ROK) for Support and Cooperation)