Press Conference Archives March 2024

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 29, 2024, 12:27 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Digitalization of APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC)
• Rejection of the Draft United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution on the Mandate of the Panel of Experts for the UNSC 1718 Sanctions Committee
• Outlook on Resumption of Funding to UNRWA
• ICJ’s Order on Provisional Measures against Israel
• Complementarity between the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and NPT
• Similarity between the Situation in the Gaza Strip and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
• Complementarity between the TPNW and NPT

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (March 27, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Meeting with UNRWA Commissioner General

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 26, 2024, 11:45 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Exchange of Views between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and the Female Ambassadors in Tokyo
• Terrorist Attack in Russia
• Statement by Vice Department Director Kim Yo-jong of North Korea
• Interim Report on UNRWA
• Travel Advice and Warnings during the Ramadan Period
• Pandemic Treaty and Revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR)
• Suitable Politicians for the Next President of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
• Political Funds Issue

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 22, 2024, 3:28 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Dates of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) and the TICAD Ministerial Meeting
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Approach to Israel)
• Visit to Japan by Commissioner General of UNRWA
• President-elect of Indonesia
• Holding of Presidential Election in the Northern Territories by Russia
• Japan vs North Korea Football Match (Dispatch of MOFA Personnel)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 18, 2024, 7:20 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 15, 2024, 3:00 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Visit to the U.S.
  • (2) Diplomacy toward the Middle East
  • (3) “Golgo 13’s Security Guidelines for Japanese SMEs Abroad”
• UNSC Ministerial Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (Role and Outcomes)
• UNSC Ministerial Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (Outcome Document)
• Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC)’s Acquisition of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel)
• Russia Presidential Election
• Diplomacy toward the Middle East (Funding to UNRWA)
• Japan-U.S.-Philippines Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Grant Aid to Ukraine
• “Golgo 13’s Security Guidelines for Japanese SMEs Abroad”
• Diplomacy toward the Middle East (Participation in the Cyprus Maritime Humanitarian Corridor)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (March 13, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • FY2023 “Think of Okinawa’s Future in the United States” (TOFU) program
• FIFA World Cup 26™ Preliminary Qualification (Match with North Korea in Pyongyang)
• Review of Implementation Guidelines for the Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology
• The Election of Ms. Akane, Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the President of the ICC, and Strengthening of Security

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 12, 2024, 6:02 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) White Paper on Development Cooperation 2023
  • (2) Participation in the Cyprus Maritime Humanitarian Corridor
• The Election of Ms. AKANE Tomoko, Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the President of the ICC
• Funding to UNRWA
• Responding to Extremist Israeli Settlers
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Call for a Ceasefire)
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Responding to Israel)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 8, 2024, 11:03 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Humanitarian Assistance to the People of Myanmar Affected by the Coup d'État
• Import Restriction Measures on Japanese Food Products
• China’s Actions in the East China Sea
• Funding to UNRWA
• Resumption of Osprey Operations
• Prime Minister Kishida’s Official Visit to the U.S.
• Political Funds Issue and the Resumption of Osprey Operations

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (March 6, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Collision Incident between Chinese and Filipino Ships in the South China Sea
• U.S. Presidential Election (Super Tuesday)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 5, 2024, 5:58 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by H.E. Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India
• Japan-Russia Relations (Arrival of the New Russian Ambassador to Japan)
• U.S. Presidential Election
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Assessment of the Past Year)
• Situation in the Middle East (Bombing to Syria)
• Situation in Ukraine (Support from Japan)
• Australia-UK-US Trilateral Security Partnership (AUKUS)
• Visit to Japan by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan
• Situation in Ukraine (Sanctions against Russia)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (March 1, 2024, 11:30 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• Public Understanding of ODA
• Outlook on Resumption of Funding to UNRWA
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Humanitarian Crisis)
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Condemnation of Israel)
• UNSC Ministerial Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
• Japan’s Death Penalty System
• Deliberative Council on Political Ethics
• Additional Sanctions against Russia