What's New May 2007
May 31
- Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary on the Visit to Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the United Kingdom by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan
- G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (May 30, 2007, Potsdam)
- The Eighth ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hamburg (Chair Statement) [PDF]
- Visit to Japan by Dr. Ziad Abu-Amr, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority
- Meeting between Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
- Tokyo African Club (TAC) Meeting
- Mr. Takeshi Iwaya, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Libya
- Japan-China Consultation on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues
May 30
- Press Conference by Deputy Minister Masaharu Kohno and Director General for Global Issues Koji Tsuruoka (May 30)
- Briefing by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaharu Kohno on the 2007 G8 Summit in Heiligendamm
- Briefing by Director-General for Global Issues Koji Tsuruoka on "Cool Earth 50"
- Diplomatic Bluebook 2007 (Summary) [HTML]
[PDF] - Mrs. Midori Matsushima, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the Federal Republic of Germany
- Courtesy Call by Dr. Han Seung-soo, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change
- Announcement on the Schedule of the G8 Ministerial and other Meetings in 2008
May 29
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 29 May, 2007
- Visit by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other European countries
- Recent bilateral foreign ministerial talks
- International meetings to be hosted by the Japanese Government in 2008
- Latest Official Development Aid (ODA) project in the People's Republic of China
- Grant Aid to China for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship
- Start of the “Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Programme” (Japan-China 21st Century Exchange Program: Visit to Japan by Groups of Chinese Senior High School Students)
- Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security project “Protection, Reintegration, and resettlement of IDPs” in Somalia
May 28
- Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to Germany, Poland and Spain
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Continuation of the Detention under House Arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
- Establishment of the International MANGA Award
- 10th Japan-EU High Level Meeting on the Environment
May 25
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 25 May, 2007
- Visit by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso to European countries
- Joint Announcement on United States-Japan GPS Cooperation
- Fifth ASEM Conference on Counter-Terrorism (May 15-16, 2007)
- Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Recent Situation in Lebanon
- Meeting between Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Alberto Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
- Meeting between Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of the Republic of Singapore
May 24
- Press Conference by Director General for Global Issues Koji Tsuruoka (May 24)
- Briefing on the policy speech on climate change to be delivered by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
- Internet Press Chat Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 24 May, 2007
- Meeting between Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Japan and UK
- 10th Japan-EU High Level Meeting on the Environment
- Update of New Japanese ODA projects
- "What the Friends of Human Security aim to achieve -- Measure progress by change in the lives of people" by H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu, Ambassador of Japan in charge of Human Security, on the occasion of 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Human Security Network
- Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for Project for Construction of New Mannar Bridge and Improvement of Causeway
- Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid to the Republic of Palau for Project for the Rehabilitation of Arterial Roads in the Metropolitan Area
May 22
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 22 May, 2007
- Visit by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan to the Kingdom of Sweden, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Visit to Japan by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Republic of the Philippines and Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia
- The Eighth Japan-China Consultations concerning the East China Sea and Other Matters
- Launch of the International MANGA Award
- Cancellation of the Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Fuad Siniora, President of the Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon and Mrs. Siniora
- The Eighth Japan-China Consultations concerning the East China Sea and Other Matters
- Keynote Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso at the 17th Asia Corporate Conference
- Japan-Tanzania Foreign Ministerial Meeting
May 21
- On the Current Situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories(Statement by Press Secretary)
- Measures based on the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law to Freeze the Assets of Persons and Entities Engaged in Iran's Proliferation Sensitive Nuclear and Other Activities and to Prohibit the Import of Arms from Iran
- Visit to Japan by Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
- The 50th Anniversary of the Resumption of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Poland (Letter from Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan)
May 18
- Keynote Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso "Global Management and the Mission for Japanese Diplomacy" at the 17th Asia Corporate Conference "Coming Together, Moving Ahead: Asian Economies Leading through Integration and Innovation"
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 18 May, 2007
- Visit to Japan by Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Pham Gia Khiem of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- First Round of the Japan-People's Republic of China-Republic of Korea Senior Foreign Affairs Officials' Consultation
- Visit to Japan by Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Margaret Beckett of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 10th Japan-EU High Level Meeting on the Environment
- Dispatch of Special Mission from Japan to the Independent State of Samoa following the death of H.H. Malietoa Tanumafili II
- Visit to Japan of Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Fuad Siniora, President of the Council of Ministers, Republic of Lebanon
- First Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement
- Dispatch of Ambassador on Special Mission to State Funeral of His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, Head of the Independent State of Samoa
May 17
- First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Aso (May 15)
- Visit to Japan of H.E. Dr. Pham Gia Khiem, Deputy Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
- 10th Japan-EU High Level Meeting on the Environment
- Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Election of the New President of Timor-Leste
- First Round of Japan-China-ROK Senior Foreign Affairs Officials’ Consultation
May 16
- Handling of Visas by the Japanese Embassy and Consulates-General in China for Chinese Group Tourists to Japan
- First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)(Statement by Press Secretary)
May 15
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 15 May, 2007
- Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
- The issuance by Japan of visas for Chinese group tourists in the People's Republic of China
- Assistance by the United Nations (UN) Trust Fund for Human Security project "Sustainable Integration and Recovery in North Ossetia-Alania" in the Russian Federation
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Y. Bakayoko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire
- Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security project “Sustainable Integration and Recovery in North Ossetia-Alania” in the Russian Federation
- Japan’s Financial Assistance through the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
May 14
- Joint Press Statement on Japan-Lao PDR Summit Meeting
- Mr. Katsuhito Asano, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Attend IEA Biennial Ministerial-level Meeting and OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM)
- The 6th Japan-R.O.K. Politico-Military Talks
- Monitoring of the Presidential Election in Timor-Leste (Preliminary Assessment by the Japanese Election Observation Mission)
- Emergency Assistance to Uruguay for Torrential Rain Disaster
May 11
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 11 May, 2007
- The 6th Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Politico-Military Talks
- The 5th ASEM Conference on Counter-Terrorism
- Japan-R.O.K. Director-General Level Consultation on Middle East and African Policies
- Fifth ASEM Conference on Counter-Terrorism
- Comments of the Government of Japan on the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report
May 10
- Internet Press Chat Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 10 May, 2007
- First Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement
- Visit to Japan by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine
- "Diplomatic Forum in Sendai - 120-minute Discussions with Foreign Minister Taro Aso"
- Announcement of the Next Rector of the United Nations University
- Visit to Japan by Hon. Anura Bandaranaike, Minister of National Heritage of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Holding of the “GAIKO Forum in Sendai – 120-minute Discussions with Foreign Minister Taro Aso”
- Statement by Press Secretary on Decision Announcement of Next Rector of UN University
- Second Meeting of the Advisory Council on International Cooperation
May 9
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Aso (May 8)
- Visit to Japan by Mr. Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Visit to Japan by Hon. Bernard Kamillius Membe, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the United Republic of Tanzania
- End of the Deployment of U.S. Air Force F-22s at Kadena Air Base
- First Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland Economic Partnership Agreement
- Mr. Shotaro Yachi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit India and Turkey
May 8
- Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 8 May, 2007
- Updates and downloads available on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
- African Festa 2007 in Tokyo
- Declaration of the 3rd ASEM Environment Ministers' Meeting [PDF]
May 4
May 2
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to the Middle East Countries
- Foreign Minister Taro Aso's Visit to the United States of America, Russia and Egypt
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Aso (April 27)
May 1
- JAPAN in the UN Security Council - Our Viewpoint (Pamphlet) [PDF]
- Visit to Japan by H.E. Mr. Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 2007 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals
- 13th Annual Meeting of the Japan-Russia Agreement on Incidents Prevention at Sea
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