Press Conference Archives December 2021

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 28, 2021, 11:38 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Provision of Vaccines by Japan
• Novel Coronavirus Infection Cases Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• The Situation in Taiwan (Japan-U.S. Joint Operation Plan)
• Annexation of the Golan Heights by Israel
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
• Foreign Policy in 2022

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 24, 2021, 10:45 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Border Measures of the United States Forces in Japan
  • (2) Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Syria and Neighboring Countries and for People in Northern Ethiopia
• Border Measures of the United States Forces in Japan
• Novel Coronavirus (Effects on Foreign Policy)
• Border Measures of the United States Forces in Japan
• Host Nation Support (HNS) for the USFJ
• Asset Disclosure by Ministers
• Speech by Prime Minister Kishida (Realism Diplomacy for a New Age)
• Referral of the Case of the Deputy Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture to Prosecutors

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 22, 2021, 9:30 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (December 22, 2021, 3:48 p.m.)

• Drunk Driving by Person Related to the U.S. Forces at Camp Hansen (Japan’s Protest and the Response by the Commander of the U.S. Forces in Japan)
• The Declassification of Diplomatic Documents (The Request made by President Bush to Dispatch the Self-Defense Force (SDF))

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 22, 2021, 6:47 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 21, 2021, 5:34 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-U.S. Agreement on Host Nation Support (HNS) for the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Japan-U.S. Agreement on HNS for the USFJ
• Japan-China Relations (Entry into Force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement)
• Japan-U.S. Agreement on HNS for the USFJ
• Statement by the Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Meeting between the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and the ROK Ambassador to Japan)
• The Situation in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Legislative Council Election)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 17, 2021, 5:55 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• FY2022 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Structural Request (Placement of a Senior Coordinator for Maritime and Taiwan Affairs)
• Border Measures (Omicron Variant: Suspension of New Entry of Foreign Nationals)
• Discussions Over the Emergency Clause of the Japanese Constitution

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (December 15, 2021, 3:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • The 15th Japan International MANGA Award Winner Announcement
• G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting (Informal Conversation between the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK))
• G7 Foreign and Development Ministers' Meeting (Diplomacy Using Music)
• The Summit for Democracy (Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 14, 2021, 6:24 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • WTO Joint Statement Initiative on E-commerce
• The Summit for Democracy (Joint Statement on Export Control)
• Consideration on Improvement of the Self-Defense Forces Act
• Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Diplomatic Boycott)
• The G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting
• Situation in Taiwan
• Northern Territories Issue (Four-Island Exchange Program)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
• Novel Coronavirus (Effects on In-Person Diplomacy)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 12, 2021, 7:32 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 10, 2021, 5:07 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to the United Kingdom by Foreign Minister Hayashi
• Visit to the United Kingdom by Foreign Minister Hayashi / Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Diplomatic Boycott)
• No First Use (NFU) of Nuclear Weapons

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (December 8, 2021, 3:45 p.m.)

• U.S.-Russia Summit Teleconference Meeting (Situation in Ukraine)
• Beijing Winter Olympic Games (Diplomatic Boycott)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 7, 2021, 10:43 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Diplomatic Boycott)
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)
• 80 Years Since the Outbreak of War between Japan and the United States
• Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Diplomatic Boycott)
• The Situation in Myanmar (Guilty Verdict for Ms. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)
• Northern Territories Issue (Introduction of a Preferential Treatment System by Russia)
• Issue of Abductions by North Korea
• Negotiations on Host Nation Support (HNS)
• Novel Coronavirus (Significance of In-Person Diplomacy)
• Novel Coronavirus (Effects on Foreign Exchange Students)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 3, 2021, 11:07 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021
• Establishment of a Senior Coordinator for Human Rights
• Remarks by Former Prime Minister Abe on a Taiwan Emergency
• Novel Coronavirus (Request to Suspend All Inbound International Flight Bookings)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (December 1, 2021, 3:48 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-U.S. Exchange Project
• Dropping of Fuel Tanks by an Aircraft from the U.S. Air Force’s Misawa Air Base
• Announcement of the Global Posture Review (GRP) by the U.S. Military