Press Conference Archives March 2025

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (March 25, 2025, 4:39 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by Chair of Intergovernmental Negotiation on Security Council Reform (IGN)
• Situation in the Gaza Strip
• U.S. Tariff Measures
• The Japan-China-Republic of Korea (ROK) Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the Japan-China High-Level Economic Dialogue

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (March 22, 2025, 6:17 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (March 19, 2025, 3:44 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by Leaders and Other Officials of Pacific Island Countries

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (March 18, 2025, 4:51 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Japan-China High-Level Economic Dialogue
  • (2) White Paper on Development Cooperation 2024
  • (3) “Think of Okinawa’s Future in the United States” (TOFU) Program
• Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-China High-Level Economic Dialogue
• Detention of a Japanese National in Belarus
• The Issue of Prime Minister Ishiba’s Distribution of Gift Vouchers
• Political Funds Report

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (March 14, 2025, 10:44 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (March 11, 2025, 1:41 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks:
  • (1) 14 Years since the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • (2) Special Scam Operations Near the Thailand-Myanmar Border
  • (3) International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP)
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-China Relations
• The IGEP
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (U.S. Tariff Measures, etc.)
• Special Scam Operations Near the Thailand-Myanmar Border
• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (March 7, 2025, 1:27 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks:
  • (1) Holding of the Japan-UK Economic 2+2 Ministers’ Meeting (“Economic 2+2”), etc.
  • (2) G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-UK Relations (Japan-UK Economic 2+2, etc.)
• Japan-U.S. Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security (Remarks by U.S. President Trump)
• Lifting of Import Restrictions on Japanese Aquatic Products
• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
• Extended Nuclear Deterrence
• Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (March 5, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by Foreign Dignitaries
• U.S. President Trump’s Address to Congress

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (March 4, 2025, 1:41 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • The Election of Mr. IWASAWA Yuji, Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the President of the ICJ
• Russian Sanctions
• Temporary Suspension of U.S. Military Support for Ukraine, Japan-U.S. Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security
• U.S.-Ukraine Summit Meeting
• U.S. Tariff Measures
• Support for Ukraine
• Proposal for a Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (March First Independence Movement Day Ceremony in the ROK)
• Missing Records of Japan-North Korea Negotiations