Press Conference Archives April 2025

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 25, 2025, 11:00 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (April 23, 2025, 4:00 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks:
  • (1) Prime Minister Ishiba’s Visit to Viet Nam and the Philippines
  • (2) Application for the 19th Japan International MANGA Award
• Announcement of Reorganization Plan by U.S. Department of State

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 22, 2025, 4:43 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Demise of His Holiness Pope Francis
  • (2) Foreign Ministers’ Meetings with Switzerland, Denmark, and Costa Rica
• Courtesy Call on Minister Iwaya by Ambassador-Designate George Glass
• Report on Replacing U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
• Japan’s Diplomacy Toward Southeast Asia
• Killing of a Japanese School Student in Shenzhen, China

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 18, 2025, 4:36 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Arrival of Mr. George Glass, Ambassador-Designate of the United States
• Japan-U.S. Consultation on U.S. Tariff Measures (First Consultation and the Way Forward)
• Japan-U.S. Consultation on Tariff Measures (Significance of Japan Serving as a Precedent)
• Japan-U.S. Consultation on Tariff Measures (Courtesy Call on President Trump by Minister Akazawa)
• Japan-U.S. Consultation on Tariff Measures (Host Nation Support)
• Annual Spring Rites of Yasukuni Shrine
• Increasing Number of Chinese Visitors to Japan
• Northern Territories Issue (Shooting Drill by Russia)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (April 16, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan’s Support for Thailand and Myanmar in Response to the Earthquake in Central Myanmar

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 15, 2025, 5:00 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Japan
• Passing of Former Deputy Secretary Armitage
• Expo Diplomacy
• Port Call by Maritime Self-Defense Force Vessels in Cambodia (Ream Naval Base)
• Tariff Measures by the U.S.
• Construction of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma
• Passing of Former Deputy Secretary Armitage

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 11, 2025, 3:18 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks:
  • (1) The Opening of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
  • (2) Assistance for the Earthquake in Myanmar, etc.
• Diplomatic Opportunities During the Expo
• Tariff Measures by the U.S. (Headquarters for the Japan-U.S. Economic Consultation)
• President Trump’s Remark on the Japan-U.S. Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security
• Tariff Measures by the U.S. (Policy of the Japan-U.S. Negotiations)
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
• Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the NPT Review Conference
• Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro (April 9, 2025, 3:45 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), H.E. Mr. Mark Rutte to Visit Japan
  • (2) Diplomatic Archives Special Exhibition “Portrait of Yoshida Shigeru: Through Precious Historical Documents”
• Temporary Suspension of ICPO Notice for Suspect Paul Watson

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 8, 2025, 5:55 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Diplomatic Bluebook 2025
• Tariff Measures by the U.S.
• Tariff Measures by the U.S.
• Assistance for the Earthquake in Myanmar
• China’s Military Drills around Taiwan
• Resumption of Israeli Attacks on Gaza

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 3, 2025, 6:51 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (April 1, 2025, 3:54 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Foreign Minister Iwaya’s Attendance at the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Other Meetings
  • (2) Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team to Myanmar
• Japan-NATO Cooperation
• International Group of Eminent Persons for a World Without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP)
• Japan-U.S.-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting