Press Conference Archives January 2025

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 31, 2025, 5:25 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Focal Points Network Tokyo Meeting
• Recommendation to Japan by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Incident Involving an Intruder at the Dormitory for House of Representatives Members
• Timing of the Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (January 29, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
• Recommendation to Japan by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 28, 2025, 12:23 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Philemon YANG, President of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
• Visa Relaxation Measures for Chinese Citizens Visiting Japan
• Publicity and Public Awareness Activities Involving Fuji Television Network, Inc. (Fuji TV)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 24, 2025, 5:50 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Foreign Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the U.S., Opening of the 217th Ordinary Session of the Diet, and Meeting with the Vice President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya
• North Korea (President Trump’s Statements)
• Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting
• Statement by the Prime Minister on the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II
• Protection of Japanese People in China
• Visa Relaxation Measures for Chinese Citizens Visiting Japan
• China’s Resumption of Japanese Aquatic Product and Beef Imports and Expansion of Japanese Rice Imports

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 21, 2025, 6:53 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 20, 2025, 3:09 p.m.)

• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 17, 2025, 11:28 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
• Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK), the Philippines, and Palau, and Visit to the U.S.
• Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the U.S. (Objectives, Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP))
• Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the U.S. (Relationship with the Incoming U.S. Administration)
• Contact with Officials from Taiwan in Palau
• Japan’s Future Diplomacy
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Ceasefire Agreement)
• Remarks by President-elect Trump

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 15, 2025, 2:02 p.m.)

• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (January 15, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Assistance for the Damage of Wildfires in California, U.S.
  • (2) 18th Japan International MANGA Award Winner Announcement
• Assistance for the Damage of Wildfires in California, U.S.

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 14, 2025, 2:08 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 10, 2025, 10:51 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Foreign Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK), the Philippines, and Palau
  • (2) Summary of Japan’s Term as a Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
  • (3) Personnel Decisions on Senior MOFA Officials
• Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the ROK
• Trade Policy of the Incoming U.S. Administration
• Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the Philippines
• Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the ROK
• Minister Iwaya’s Visit to Palau
• Summary of Japan’s Term as a Non-Permanent Member of the UNSC

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (January 7, 2025, 5:14 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • New Year’s Resolution
• Acquisition of United States Steel Corporation by Nippon Steel Corporation
• Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s Resignation Announcement and G7 Unity
• Initiatives for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
• Strengthening Discipline within U.S. Forces Japan
• Situation in Syria
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Situation in the ROK, Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the ROK)
• Japan-China Relations
• Preemptive Strikes in Cyber Warfare
• Japan-ROK Relations (60th Anniversary of the Normalization of the Japan-ROK Relations)
• Support for Ukraine
• Japan-ROK Relations (60th Anniversary of the Normalization of the Japan-ROK Relations)
• U.S. Secretary Blinken’s Visit to Japan