Press Conference Archives February 2024

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (February 28, 2024, 3:30 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) The Award Ceremony of the 17th Japan International MANGA Award
  • (2) Holding of the 4th Japan Alumni Conference
• Assistance for Ukraine

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 27, 2024, 11:10 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Establishing the “Japan Chair for a world without nuclear weapons”
  • Visit of H.E. Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Japan
  • Emergency Grant Aid for the Gaza Strip
• Establishing the Japan Chair for a world without nuclear weapons
• Negotiations on a Pause in Fighting in the Gaza Strip
• Strengthening Sanctions against Russia
• Disposal of U.S. Forces Japan’s Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Waste
• Foreign Minister’s Attendance at Diet Deliberations
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Diplomatic Posture toward Israel)
• Decline in the Cabinet Approval Rating and Public Expectations

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 23, 2024, 5:03 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 22, 2024, 6:09 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (February 21, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting
• G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 16, 2024, 11:56 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Attendance at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Visit to Panama
• Japan-Brazil Relations
• Attendance at G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction
• Statement by North Korea
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Israeli Military Operation in Rafah)
• U.S. Presidential Election
• Diplomacy toward Russia
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Attacks in the Gaza Strip by Israel)
• Sanctions against Russia

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (February 14, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 12, 2024, 4:04 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 9, 2024, 5:42 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-Jamaica Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean
• G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Water Leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS)
• Northern Territories Issue (Formers Islanders’ Opinions on the Northern Territories Negotiation)
• UNSC Presidency
• Dismissal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (February 7, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Northern Territories Issue (Designation of a Japanese Group as an “Undesirable” Foreign NGO)
• Northern Territories Issue (Orcas in the Waters Near Rausu)
• Buoy Adrift in the East China Sea

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 6, 2024, 5:54 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Emergency Grant Aid for Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya
• Northern Territories Issue
• Northern Territories Issue (Breaking the Stalemate)
• Northern Territories Issue (Visits to the Graves, Framework Agreement Concerning Operations in the Waters Around the Four Northern Islands)
• Cyberattacks by China
• China Coast Guard’s Warning to Withdraw from Japan's Territorial Airspace over the Senkaku Islands
• Situation in Gaza (Establishment of an Independent UNRWA Review Group)
• Situation in Gaza (Condemnation of Israel)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (February 2, 2024, 6:27 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks - Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s visit to the Independent State of Samoa and the Republic of Fiji, and Attendance at the Ministerial Interim Meeting of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM)
• Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM)
• China’s Installment of a Buoy in the East China Sea
• Cross-strait Relations (Civilian Aircraft Route Changes by China)
• Attack on U.S. Forces in Jordan (Retaliation by the U.S. Forces)
• Situation in Gaza (Suspension of Funding to UNRWA)
• Situation in Gaza (ICJ’s Order on Provisional Measures against Israel)
• Situation in Gaza (Damage to Facilities Funded by Japan, Suspension of Funding to UNRWA)
• Remarks by Vice-President Aso of the LDP