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What's New August 2009

August 28

• The APEC Japan 2010 Ministerial Meetings and Other Meetings
• Fourth Meeting of the Japan-China Joint History Research Committee
• Exchange of Notes Concerning the Grant Aid to the Republic of Zambia for the Project for Improvement of Ndola and Kitwe City Roads

August 27

• Regional Promotion Seminar (Hokkaido/Tohoku Bloc)

August 26

• Statement by the Press Secretary/ Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Bomb Attack in Southern Afghanistan

August 25

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (August 25)
  • Situation in Myanmar (Visit to Japan by the H.E. Mr. Htay Oo, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of the Union of Myanmar)
  • Development of Nasiriyah Oil Field in Iraq
  • Activities of a Chinese Vessel in the Shirakaba Gas Field in the East China Sea
  • The North Korean Issues
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Mr. Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy and Mrs. Clio Bittoni Napolitano
• Visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria and Mrs. Margit Fischer
• Meeting Between H.E. Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and H.E. Mr. Htay Oo, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of the Union of Myanmar (Outline)
• Exchange of Diplomatic Notes for the Entry into Force of the Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Uzbekistan for the Liberalisation, Promotion and Protection of Investment
• Exchange of Diplomatic Notes concerning the Entry into Force of the Agreement between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for an Economic Partnership
• Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)

August 24

• Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid (Food Aid) for the Republic of Kenya

August 21

• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Presidential and Provincial Council Elections in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

August 20

• Dispatch of a Special Envoy to the State Funeral of H.E. Mr. Kim Dae-jung, Former President of the Republic of Korea
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the bombings in Baghdad, Iraq

August 19

• Visit to Japan by H.E. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. State Department Coordinator for Implementation of U.N. Sanctions Against North Korea
• Emergency Relief for Damages Caused by Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan

August 18

• Statement by Prime Minister Taro Aso on the Passing of Former President Kim Dae Jung of the Republic of Korea (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Website)
• Message from Foreign Minister Nakasone, to H.E. Mr. Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Concerning the Terrorist attack in the Republic of Ingushetia of the Russian Federation
• Statement by Foreign Minister Nakasone, on the Report Concerning the United States’ Anti-Dumping Procedures (Zeroing) Under WTO Dispute Settlement
• Launch of UN Week 2009

August 17

• Emergency Aid for Typhoon Disaster in Taiwan

August 13

• The 4th ASEAN-Japan Counter-Terrorism Dialogue
• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Situation in the Republic of Madagascar

August 12

• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Referendum on the Adoption of the New Constitution in the Republic of Niger

August 11

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (August 11)
  • Opening Statements
    • Relations with the New Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
    • Dispatch of Japanese Government Electoral Observation Team for the Presidential and the Provincial Council Elections in Afghanistan
  • Visit to Yasukuni Shrine
  • Legislation of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles
  • Japan-US Relations (Visit to Hiroshima and Nagasaki by President Barack Obama of the United States)
  • The North Korean Issues (the Abduction Issue)
  • Project for the Provision of Humanitarian Relief Goods for the Residents of the Northern Territories
  • Media Reports on the Dispatch of a Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Japan to North Korea
• Statement by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the situation in Myanmar (statement and action of house arrest against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)
• First Japan-Cambodia Joint Committee Meeting under the Agreement between Japan and the Kingdom of Cambodia for the Liberalization, Promotion and Protection of Investment, and Japan-Cambodia Public and Private Sector Joint Meeting
• Exchange of Notes on Grant Aid for the Palestinians
• Dispatch of Japanese Government Electoral Observation Team for the Presidential Elections and Provincial Council Elections in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

August 10

• Remarks by H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Opening Ceremony for the exhibition "Against Nuclear Arms"

August 9

• Remarks by H.E. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly, at the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony

August 8

• Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Mr. John Victor Roos as U.S. Ambassador to Japan

August 7

• Visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories by H.E. Mr. Yutaka Iimura, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East
• The 4th ASEAN-Japan Counter-Terrorism Dialogue

August 6

• Remarks by H.E. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

August 4

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (August 4)
  • US-North Korean Relations (Detention of US Journalists in North Korea)
  • Ban on Exports to North Korea
• Dispatch of Self-Defense Force Instructors to the Ecole de Maintien de la Paix in the Republic of Mali

August 3

• Statement by Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Presidential Election in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

August 1

• Statement by Prime Minister Taro Aso on the Passing of Former President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Website)

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