Press Conference Archives December 2023

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 26, 2023, 11:17 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Kanji of the Year and Next Year’s Resolution
  • (2) 17th Japan International MANGA Award Winner Announcement
• Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Reconstruction
• Official Security Assistance (OSA)
• Japan International MANGA Award’s Gold Award-Winning Work
• Safe Operations around the Four Northern Islands
• Arctic LNG 2 Project
• Situation surrounding Israel and Palestine (Egypt’s Ceasefire Proposal)
• Situation surrounding Israel and Palestine (Japan’s Position)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 22, 2023, 2:18 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Thoughts on the 100th Day as Foreign Minister
  • Luncheon between Minister Kamikawa and the Ambassadors of Nordic Countries to Japan
• Japan-U.S.-Australia Joint Command Post Exercise in Hokkaido
• Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC)’s Acquisition of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel)
• United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Reform

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (December 20, 2023, 3:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Online Availability of Certificates Handled by Diplomatic Missions Overseas
• Futenma Air Station Relocation (Proxy Execution Trial)
• U.S.-led Operation Prosperity Guardian (Maritime Security Operations in the Red Sea)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 20, 2023, 10:05 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 19, 2023, 7:40 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 18, 2023, 11:40 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (December 13, 2023, 3:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation (Tokyo Tower Illuminations)
  • (2) ALPS Treated Water
• Russia’s One-sided Argument on Japan
• ALPS Treated Water

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 12, 2023, 9:38 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Second Global Refugee Forum
• Political Funds Issue

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 8, 2023, 11:13 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Second Global Refugee Forum
• Japan’s Refugee Policy
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Lawsuit Filed by Former Comfort Women)
• Foreign Information Manipulation including Disinformation
• The Government of Japan’s Response to Hamas
• Political Funds Issue

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (December 6, 2023, 3:45 p.m.)

• Japan-U.S. Consultation on Countering Foreign Information Manipulation
• Safeguarding Commercial Vessels with a Multinational Force

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 5, 2023, 5:01 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks - Meeting with Ambassadors of the EU Member States (Outreach Diplomacy)
• Situation surrounding Israel and Palestine (Resumption of Attacks by the Israeli Military)
• Situation surrounding Israel and Palestine (Approach to Israel)
• Situation surrounding Israel and Palestine (Humanitarian Pauses and Call for a Ceasefire)
• Ten Years since the Establishment of Japan’s National Security Council (NSC)
• Japan-U.S. Extended Deterrence Dialogue (EDD)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (December 1, 2023, 11:14 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Additional Sanctions against North Korea
  • (2) Courtesy Call by the Ambassadors of Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) Countries to Japan and by the SADC (Southern African Development Community) Diplomatic Missions to Japan (Outreach Diplomacy)
• Crash of U.S. Military Osprey Aircraft
• Diplomatic Recognition of Palestine
• Possibility of a Meeting between Prime Minister Kishida and President Abbas of Palestine
• Crash of U.S. Military Osprey Aircraft
• Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Plans to Visit LAC and Outreach Diplomacy