Press Conference Archives november 2024

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 29, 2024, 1:27 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
  • (2) Conference of the Ambassadors to African Countries and TICAD
  • (3) Opening of the 216th Extraordinary Session of the Diet
• Opening of the Extraordinary Session of the Diet
• Japan-China Relations (Minister Iwaya’s Visit to China)
• Japan-China Relations (Visa Exemption for Short-Term Stays in China for Japanese Nationals)
• TICAD 9
• Japan-China Relations (Trial of a Guangming Daily Reporter)
• Special Mission Committee on Asian Security of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Integrated Resort (IR) Related Bribery Incident

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (November 27, 2024, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 26, 2024, 4:56 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 22, 2024, 1:46 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Attendance at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Situation in Ukraine (Attacks by Russian Forces)
• Situation in Ukraine (U.S. Approval for the Provision of Anti-personnel Mines to Ukraine)
• Situation in Ukraine (Russia’s Indication of the Use of Nuclear Weapons)
• “Sado Island Gold Mines” (Memorial Ceremony for All the Workers)
• Japan-China Relations (Visa Exemption for Short-Term Stays in China)
• APEC Leaders’ Meeting
• Disclosure of Cabinet Members’ Assets
• Japan-China Relations (Intrusion into Japan’s Territorial Airspace by a Chinese Military Aircraft)
• Situation in the Middle East (Gaza Ceasefire Draft Resolution at the United Nations Security Council)
• Situation in Ukraine (Discussion at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 19, 2024, 2:36 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• Attendance at the APEC Ministerial Meeting and Visit to Ukraine
• Situation in Ukraine (Sanctions Against Russia and North Korea)
• Situation in Ukraine (Authorization of Long-Range Attacks in Russian Territory)
• Relationship With the Incoming Trump Administration
• Review of Japan by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Diplomatic Recognition of Palestine
• “Sado Island Gold Mines” (Memorial Event for All the Workers)
• APEC Leaders’ Meeting (Absence from the Group Photo)
• Japan-China Relations (Mutual Visits by the Japanese and Chinese Foreign Ministers)
• Japan-China Relations (Exemption for Short-Term Stays in China)
• Situation in China (Incident in Hunan and Efforts to Ensure the Safety of Japanese Nationals)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 12, 2024, 2:21 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks:
  • Attendance at the APEC Ministerial Meeting and Appointment of Officials in Charge of Cross-border Economic Affairs
• APEC Ministerial Meeting
• Diplomatic Challenges of the Second Ishiba Administration
• The Foreign Minister’s Role in the Ishiba Administration
• Japan-Russia Relations (Remarks by Russian President Putin)
• Russia-North Korea Relations (Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, Deployment of North Korean Troops to Russia)
• Next U.S. Secretary of State

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 8, 2024, 3:06 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • U.S. Presidential Election
• U.S. Presidential Election (Impact on Multilateral Frameworks)
• U.S. Presidential Election (In-person Meeting and Relationship Building)
• Resolution Calling for the Ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
• JICA Information Leakage Incident
• Support for Ukraine and Sanctions against Russia
• Diplomatic Recognition of Palestine
• Review of Japan by Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Situation regarding North Korea (North Korea’s Condemnation of Joint Training by Japan, the U.S., the ROK, and Others)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (November 6, 2024, 3:15 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Statement by the Foreign Ministers on the deployment of DPRK troops to Russia
• U.S. Presidential Election

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 5, 2024, 3:58 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) by the DPRK, U.S. Presidential Election
• U.S. Presidential Election, Impact of the Results of the General Election of the House of Representatives on Diplomacy
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (Adoption of Legislation in the Israeli Parliament [Knesset])

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (November 1, 2024, 2:41 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • One Month as Foreign Minister
• Deployment of North Korean Troops to Russia
• Review of Japan by Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Japan’s Policy toward North Korea