Press Conference Archives May 2024

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 31, 2024, 1:21 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Emergency Grant Aid to Papua New Guinea in Response to the Damages caused by the Landslide in Enga Province
  • (2) Japan-Morocco Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Announcement of New Regulations by the China Coast Guard
• The Flying of Balloons from North Korea to the Republic of Korea (ROK)
• Situation in the Gaza Strip
• Former President Trump’s Guilty Verdict

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (May 29, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Summit on Peace in Ukraine

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 28, 2024, 2:12 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Landslide in Province of Enga of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
• Launch Using Ballistic Missile Technology by North Korea
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Vice Ministers’ Meeting and Japan-U.S.-ROK Summit
• Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit
• Japan-China Summit Meeting
• Situation in the Middle East (ICJ’s Order on Provisional Measures against Israel)
• Election of Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 24, 2024, 4:08 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Exchange of Views with KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
• Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit
• China’s Military Exercises around Taiwan
• Support for Japanese Citizens in French New Caledonia
• Situation in the Middle East (Decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the Issuance of Arrest Warrants)
• Situation in the Middle East (Diplomatic Recognition of Palestine)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (May 22, 2024, 4:00 p.m.)

• Discourse on Ukraine Loan “Take-Over”
• Passage of the European Union (EU) AI Act
• Ishigaki City Mayor Nakayama’s X Post on Taiwan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 21, 2024, 5:37 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Presentation of a Letter of Appointment as Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs to Dr. SEN Genshitsu
• The Passing of the President of Iran and Others Due to a Helicopter Accident
• Applications for Arrest Warrants against the Israeli Prime Minister and Others by an International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor
• End of the Term of President Zelenskyy of Ukraine
• Minister Kamikawa’s Remark in Shizuoka

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 17, 2024, 2:12 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Science and Technology Diplomacy and ODA
• Japan’s New ODA
• Swearing-in Ceremony for the President of Taiwan
• One Year After the G7 Hiroshima Summit
• 50th Anniversary of the JPO Dispatch Program
• Active Cyber Defense
• “Pandemic Agreement”

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (May 15, 2024, 3:54 p.m.)

• Prison Sentence in China of a Hokkaido University of Education Professor
• U.S. Secretary of State Blinken’s Visit to Ukraine
• U.S.-China Dialogue on AI

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 14, 2024, 4:44 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • The Recommendations on Strengthening Cooperation with the Global South from the Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
• Foreign Minister of the ROK visit to China
• Attack on United Nations personnel in Rafah
• Subcritical nuclear testing by the U.S.
• Remarks of U.S. Senator Graham Concerning the Atomic Bombings of Japan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 10, 2024, 3:57 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Establishment of the Secretariat for TICAD and Call for Designs for the Official Logo for TICAD
• Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Northern Territories Issue
• President Putin’s Speech at the Inauguration Ceremony (Strategic Forces)
• Situation surrounding Israel and Palestine (Pause in weapons Shipment by the U.S.)
• Summit on Peace in Ukraine
• Situation surrounding Israel and Palestine (Attack on Rafah, Diplomatic Recognition of Palestine)
• Election of Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
• Remarks of U.S. Senior officials Concerning the Atomic Bombings of Japan

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KOBAYASHI Maki (May 8, 2024, 3:48 p.m.)

• Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit
• Japan-France Summit Meeting and Olympic Truce
• Inauguration Ceremony for Russian President Putin

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (May 5, 2024, 6:52 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session