Press Conference Archives August 2024

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (August 30, 2024, 12:07 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Typhoon No. 10
  • (2) Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Attendance at Japan-Australia “2+2”
• Intrusion of a Chinese Military Aircraft into Japan’s Territorial Airspace
• Situation in Ukraine (President Zelenskyy’s Proposal for Ending the War)
• President Putin’s Visit to Mongolia
• TICAD Ministerial Meeting (Issue of the Western Sahara’s Participation)
• Presidential Election of the Liberal Democratic Party (Foreign Policy)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (August 28, 2024, 3:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Situation in Afghanistan
  • (2) Situation in the Middle East
• Response to Unilateral Transmissions by Russia concerning History
• Remarks by President Zelensky

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

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Situation in the Middle East
  • (2) Two and a Half Years Since the Start of Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine
• Situation in Ukraine
• Intrusion of a Chinese Military Aircraft into Japan’s Territorial Airspace
• Minister Kamikawa’s Attendance at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly
• Presidential Election of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (August 25, 2024, 1:44 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (August 20, 2024, 9:52 p.m.)

• 1. Opening Remarks
• 2. Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (August 8, 2024, 5:13 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Visit to India
  • (2) TICAD Ministerial Meeting
  • (3) Illustration Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue
  • (4) Video Featuring Pasupo-kun and Minister Kamikawa
  • (5) Personnel Decisions on Senior MOFA Officials
• Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony (Absence of G7 Ambassadors)
• Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony (Invited Countries)
• Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony (Invited Countries)
• Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony (MOFA’s Response)
• Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony (Impact on Efforts toward the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons)
• Situation in the Middle East (View on Iran’s Retaliation against Israel)
• Collection of the Remains of Japanese Who Died in World War II in Russia

Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (August 2, 2024, 4:50 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) “Central Asia plus Japan” Dialogue Summit
  • (2) Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Kamikawa by Diplomatic Missions of the 10 East African Countries to Japan (Outreach Diplomacy)
• Japan-Central Asia Relations
• Minister Kamikawa’s Remarks at the Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Visits to the Graves in the Northern Territories by Former Island Residents
• Situation in the Middle East (Japan’s Response to an Increasingly Tense Situation)
• Japan-China Relations (Senkaku Islands)
• Japan-U.S. “2+2” (Deterrence and Response Capabilities)