Press Conference Archives May 2025

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 30, 2025, 10:56 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) China’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Aquatic Products
  • (2) Diplomacy Toward Southeast Asia
  • (3) Lifting of Sanctions Against Syria
• China’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Aquatic Products
• Lifting of Sanctions Against Syria
• Japan’s Diplomacy Toward Israel
• China’s Import Restrictions on Japanese Aquatic Products
• U.S. Student Visas

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 27, 2025, 1:57 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Meeting with Commissioner-General Phillipe Lazzarini of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
• Japan-U.S. Consultation on U.S. Tariff Measures
• Granting of Nominal Support to Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Japan

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 23, 2025, 5:05 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Resolution on the Reinforcement of Diplomatic Capabilities
• Situation in the Gaza Strip (Warning Shots Against a Diplomatic Delegation in the West Bank, Sanction Measures Against Israel)
• G7 Summit, Japan-U.S. Consultation on U.S. Tariff Measures
• Termination of Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Certification

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 20, 2025, 4:59 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-Paraguay Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• U.S.-Russia Summit Telephone Meeting
• Thoughts on the Romanian Presidential Election
• Foreign Information Manipulation

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 16, 2025, 4:19 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Ambassador on Special Mission ASO to Attend the Solemn Ceremony of the Inauguration of the Pontificate for His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
  • Foreign Minister Iwaya’s Visit to the Diplomatic Archives
• The Situation in Kashmir
• The Issue of Development of Natural Resources in the East China Sea
• Sanctions Against Syria

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 13, 2025, 4:41 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Visit to Japan by WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala
  • Program for Official Chef of Japan's Overseas Mission
• Meeting with WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala
• Tariff Measures by the U.S. (U.S.-China Announcement)
• China Coast Guard’s Intrusion into Japan’s Territorial Waters and Intrusion into Japan’s Territorial Airspace around the Senkaku Islands
• Japan-Israel Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Press Conference by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi (May 9, 2025, 5:01 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks:
  • (1) The Election of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
  • (2) Japan-India, Japan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talks
  • (3) Japan-Jordan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• U.S.-UK Trade Agreement on Tariff Measures by the U.S. (the Policy of Japan)
• China’s Military Coercion
• The Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the NPT Review Conference
• Visit to Indonesia by Mr. Kishida, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister
• Japan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
• The Passing of Professor Joseph S. Nye, the Use of Soft Power