Press Conference Archives March 2023

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 31, 2023, 10:45 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Visit to China by Foreign Minister Hayashi
  • (2) Foreign Minister Hayashi to Attend the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs
• Visit to China by Foreign Minister Hayashi
• Japan-ROK relations (Moves Towards Improving the Relations)
• Former President of the United States Donald Trump Indictment

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 28, 2023, 1:29 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Japan-U.S. Critical Minerals Agreement (CMA)
• Russia’s Decision to Deploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons to Belarus
• Detainment of a Japanese National in China
• Russia’s Drill with Firing of Cruise Missiles in the Sea of Japan
• Start of Online Applications for Passports

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 24, 2023, 4:55 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Digitalization of Consular Services
• Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Ukraine (Gifts)
• The Contrast between Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Ukraine and President Xi Jinping’s Visit to Russia
• Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Kwon Youngse, Minister of Unification of the Republic of Korea (ROK)
• Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Ukraine (Views of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia)
• Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Ukraine (China-Russia Summit Meeting)
• Honduras Seeking to End Diplomatic Ties with Taiwan and Establish New Ones with China

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (March 22, 2023, 4:00 p.m.)

• Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Ukraine
• Visit to Russia by President Xi Jinping of China
• Non-Lethal Defense Equipment Assistance for Ukraine
• Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to Ukraine (Information Management)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 20, 2023, 2:57 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 17, 2023, 4:42 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Visit to the Solomon Islands and Cook Islands
  • (2) Further Measures Taken by the Government of Japan Against North Korea
• Foreign Minister Hayashi’s Visit to the Solomon Islands and Cook Islands
• Japan-ROK Relations
• Chancellor of Germany Scholz’s Visit to Japan

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (March 15, 2023, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Implementation of the FY2022 “Think of Okinawa’s Future in the United States” Program
• Situation in Honduras (President’s Instructions to Establish Diplomatic Relations with China)
• Announcement of the New Plan for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 14, 2023, 3:51 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • （1）Decision on the Date of the Second Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a “World without Nuclear Weapons” and Provision of Funding to the United Nations （UN) for the “Youth Leader Fund for a world without nuclear weapons”
  • （2）Release of the White Paper on Development Cooperation 2022
  • （3）Earthquake in Türkiye （Dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces （SDF) Aircraft for NATO’s Support Activities)
  • （4）Joint Leaders Statement on AUKUS
• Missile Launches by North Korea
• Grave Visits on the Four Northern Islands
• Suspension of Visa Exemption by Brazil
• China’s Diplomacy
• Japan-India Relations （Visit to India by Prime Minister Kishida)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 10, 2023, 3:21 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Participation in the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA)
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Summit Meeting
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Response to the Short-Range Ballistic Missile Launches by North Korea
• Japan-ROK Relations (Issue of Former Civilian Workers from the Korean Peninsula (CWKs), Radar Irradiation)
• Visits to Foreign Countries by Ministers During Diet Sessions
• Statement by Former LDP Secretary-General KOGA Makoto
• Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) Treated Water
• Japan-ROK Shuttle Diplomacy
• Election of President Xi Jinping at the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (March 8, 2023, 3:45 p.m.)

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Qin Gang of China
• Visits to Foreign Countries by Ministers During Diet Sessions
• Reports of Establishment of a New Consultative Body on Japan-U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Nuclear Deterrence

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 7, 2023, 3:20 p.m.)

• Issue of Former Civilian Workers from the Korean Peninsula
• House of Representatives By-Election in the Yamaguchi 4th Constituency
• National People’s Congress (NPC) of China (Press Conference by Foreign Minister Qin Gang)
• NPC of China (China’s National Defense Budget)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 6, 2023, 12:30 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (March 3, 2023, 2:17 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary ONO Hikariko (March 1, 2023, 3:47 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Dr. Tshilidzi Marwala’s Assumption of Office as the Rector of the United Nations University
  • (2) The 16th Japan International MANGA Award
  • (3) Japan Alumni Conference
• Arrangements for the Schedule of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Conference
• Japan-Australia-India-U.S. (Quad) Foreign Ministers' Meeting
• Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol of the ROK at the March First Independence Movement Day Ceremony