Press Conference Archives January 2022

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 28, 2022, 8:49 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 28, 2022, 12:09 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Emergency Grand Aid for the Displaced Persons in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
• Recommendation of Sado Island Gold Mines as a World Heritage Site
• Easing of Import Restrictions on Japanese Food Products by Taiwan
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
• The Situation in Ukraine

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (January 26, 2022, 4:18 p.m.)

• Recommendation of Sado Island Gold Mines as a World Heritage Site
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)
• Foreign National Technical Intern Training Program

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 25, 2022, 5:49 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Provision of Vaccines by Japan
• The Situation in Ukraine
• Support Regarding the Damage Caused by the Volcanic Eruption in the Ocean near Tonga
• Relations with Pacific Island Countries
• Novel Coronavirus Infections among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• The Situation in Ukraine
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)
• Recommendation of Sado Island Gold Mines as a World Heritage Site
• The Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Environmental Pollution Issue of the Facilities and Areas Used by the U.S. Forces
• Reopening of the Japanese Embassy in Afghanistan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 21, 2022, 12:18 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-U.S. Joint Statement on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
• Measures against Novel Coronavirus Infections among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Recommendation of Sado Island Gold Mines as a World Heritage Site
• Japan-U.S. Foreign and Economic Ministers’ Meeting
• The Situation in Ukraine
• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and “International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons”

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (January 19, 2022, 3:45 p.m.)

• Support Regarding the Damage Caused by the Volcano Eruption in the Ocean Near Tonga
• Sixth Japan-France Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting (“2+2”)
• Authority of Ambassadors
• Support Regarding the Damage Caused by the Volcano Eruption in the Ocean Near Tonga

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 18, 2022, 10:37 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Sixth Japan-France Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting (“2+2”)
• Sixth Japan-France Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting (“2+2”)
• Japan-Russia Relations (Statement by Foreign Minister Lavrov)
• Underwater Volcano Eruption in the Ocean near Tonga
• World Cultural Heritage (Sado Complex of Heritage Mines, Primarily Gold Mines (Sado Mines))
• Underwater Volcano Eruption in the Ocean near Tonga
• International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons
• World Cultural Heritage (Sado Mines)
• Japan-U.S. Alliance
• Issue of Abductions by North Korea

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 14, 2022, 2:16 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Emergency Grand Aid for the Philippines
• Passing of Former Prime Minister KAIFU Toshiki
• U.S. Proposal to Strengthen Sanctions Over North Korea
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
• Support Fund for Lebanon
• Northern Territories Issue (Military Exercises by the Russian Military)
• Passing of Former Prime Minister KAIFU Toshiki

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (January 12, 2022, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Greeting by the New Press Secretary
  • (2) Lowering of the Age Eligible to Apply for Issuance of a Passport Valid for 10 Years
• World Cultural Heritage (Selection of the “Sado Complex of Heritage Mines, Primarily Gold Mines” (Sado Mines) for Candidacy Recommended by Japan)
• Novel Coronavirus Cases Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Japan-China Relations (50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Japan-China Relations)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 11, 2022, 4:03 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Cases of Missile Launches by North Korea
• Cases of Missile Launches by North Korea
• Novel Coronavirus Infections Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Review of the Number of Members of the House of Representatives
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 7, 2022, 11:19 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”) (Possession of Enemy Base Strike Capability)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”) (Defense Spending, Taiwan)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”) (Joint Research, Development, and Production)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee “2+2” (Russia and Ukraine)
• Host Nation Support (HNS) for the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee “2+2”
• Novel Coronavirus Infections among the USFJ
• Ban on Coal Exports from Indonesia
• World Cultural Heritage (Selection of “Sado Kinzan” as Candidate for Domestic Nomination)
• Novel Coronavirus Infections among the USFJ
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee “2+2”

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 6, 2022, 9:05 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session