Press Conference by the Press Secretary Archives January 2021

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (January 27, 2021, 3:47 p.m.)

• ​Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
• Tightening Visa Restriction Measures
• ​Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Telephone Talk
• ​Agreement to Extend the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) Between the United States and Russia

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (January 20, 2021, 3:45 p.m.)

• Situation in the United States (Assessment of the Trump Administration)
• Negotiations on Host Nation Support (HNS) for the U.S. Forces Japan
• Situation in East Asia (Japan-U.S. Cooperation)
• Situation in the United States (Assessment of President Trump)
• Relations with the Republic of Korea (ROK) (Lawsuit of a Claim for Damages against the Government of Japan filed by Former Comfort Women and others)
• Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
• Japan-U.S. Relations (Post-Novel Coronavirus International Order, Climate Change)
• China’s Coast Guard Law
• Personnel Change for the Foreign Minister in the ROK

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (January 13, 2021, 3:46 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks - New Year’s Greeting
• Republic of Korea (ROK) (Lawsuit of a claim for damages against the Government of Japan filed by former Comfort Women and others)
• Situation in the United States (Occupation of the U.S. Capitol Building by Supporters of President Trump)
• Situation in the United States (Expectations for the New Biden Administration)