Press Conference Archives February 2022

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 26, 2022, 9:18 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 25, 2022, 7:49 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • The Situation in Ukraine and Sanction Measures against Russia
• The Situation in Ukraine (Cooperation among the G7 Countries)
• Japan-Russia Relations (Sanction against Russia)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Implications on the Deterrence and the Military Presence of the U.S. Forces)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Protection of Japanese Nationals in Ukraine)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 24, 2022, 7:42 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 22, 2022, 11:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 22, 2022, 10:55 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) The Situation in Ukraine (Russia’s Recognition of the “Independence” of the “Donetsk People's Republic” and “Luhansk People's Republic”)
  • (2) Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Attendance at the Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
• The Situation in Ukraine

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 19, 2022, 10:16 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 18, 2022, 6:08 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Germany by Foreign Minister Hayashi
• Minister Hayashi’s Attendance at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (February 16, 2022, 3:44 p.m.)

• The Situation in Ukraine (Co-Chairs’ Meeting of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 15, 2022, 9:55 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks　
  • Provision of Vaccines by Japan
• The Situation in Ukraine (Japan’s Response)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Co-Chairs’ Meeting of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Sanctions Against Russia)
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Sanctions Against Russia)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Co-Chairs’ Meeting of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Japan’s Response: High-Level Dialogue)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 12, 2022, 6:25 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks　
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 11, 2022, 10:52 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 10, 2022, 10:20 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Foreign Minister Hayashi Attends the Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• The Situation in Ukraine (Diversion of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe)
• Japan-ROK Relations
• Northern Territories Issues and the Situation in Ukraine (Remarks by U.S. Ambassador-designate to Japan)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (February 9, 2022, 3:55 p.m.)

• The Situation in Ukraine (Diversion of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe)
• Novel Coronavirus Infections Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Diversion of LNG to Europe)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 8, 2022, 9:29 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Humanitarian Assistance to the People of Myanmar
• Foreign Visits by Foreign Minister Hayashi (Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Japan-Australia-India-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Statements by the Russian Ambassador to Japan and the Next U.S. Ambassador to Japan)
• Additional Tariff Measures on Steel and Aluminum by the United States (Results of the Japan-U.S. Negotiations)
• The Situation in Ukraine (Sanctions Against Russia)
• Relaxation of Taiwan’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Food Products
• The Situation in Ukraine (Effects on the Situation in the Taiwan Strait)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 4, 2022, 11:25 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami in the Kingdom of Tonga
• Future Development of Japan-China Relations
• Measures against Novel Coronavirus Infections among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Japan-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
• The Situation in Ukraine

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 2, 2022, 8:13 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (February 2, 2022, 3:44 p.m.)

• The Situation in Ukraine
• Novel Coronavirus Infections Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (February 1, 2022, 11:12 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • One Year Since the Coup D’état in Myanmar
• Missile Launches by North Korea
• Recommendation of Sado Island Gold Mines as a World Heritage Site
• Novel Coronavirus Infections Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• The Situation in Ukraine
• Attacks on the UAE
• Novel Coronavirus Infections Among the USFJ
• The Situation in Ukraine