What's New December 2017
- December 30
- December 28
- December 27
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- Meeting and Working Lunch between Minister Kono and Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of Oman Alawi
- Minister Kono pays a Courtesy Call on Deputy Prime Minister of Oman Fahad
- The Announcement of the Results of the Assessment by the Taskforce to Review the Agreement on Comfort Women Issue reached between the Governments of Japan and the ROK (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Minister of Royal Office of Oman Sultan bin Mohammed Al Numani
- December 26
- December 25
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- Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Palestine
- Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Israel
- Lunch hosted by Regional Cooperation Minister Hanegbi
- Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Israel
- Presidential Election in the Republic of Honduras (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- Telephone Talk between Prime Minister Abe and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Messages of Condolences from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following the damages caused by the typhoon that hit the Southern Philippines and the fire incident in Davao City
- December 24
- December 23
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- Comment by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the Adoption of a Resolution by the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Launch and Other Activities
- The Adoption of a Resolution by the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Launch (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono)
- December 22
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- Foreign Minister Kono to visit Middle East
- Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities in South Sudan (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- Japan-Viet Nam Summit Telephone Talk
- Contribution to the CBIT Fund（Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency Fund）
- The 3rd Meeting of the Japan-Pakistan Counter-Terrorism Consultaions
- December 21
- December 20
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- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (December 20 4:36 PM)
- Opinion Poll: U.S. Image of Japan
- The U.S. Statement on North Korea’s Cyberattacks (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- The 2nd Regional Promotion Seminar in fiscal year 2017
- The Adoption of the Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the Plenary Meeting of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Release of diplomatic records
- December 19
- December 18
- December 15
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- Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the President of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the United Nations Security Council Briefing on Non-proliferation / Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 15 3:02 PM)
- Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-Sweden Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-Ukraine Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- The Second Joint Committee on Cooperation between Japan and the Republic of Bulgaria in the field of Science and Technology
- Relaxation of Visa Requirements for Nationals of the Republic of Belarus
- December 14
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- Third Japan-UK Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting (“2+2”)
- Prime Minister Abe Meets with the Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Meets with the President of Myanmar
- Hosting the “UHC Forum 2017”
- The Eleventh Japan International MANGA Award Winner Announcement
- Joint Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by Leaders of International Organizations Attending the UHC Forum 2017
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank
- MIRAI Program・2017 2nd Group (December Invitation) Courtesy Call
- December 13
- December 12
- December 11
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- Meeting between Foreign Minister Kono and Mr. Bloomberg (Former NY mayor)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Manabu Horii Receives a Courtesy Call from the Delegation of the Returned and Services League of Australia, invited under the Japan-Australia Grassroots Exchange Programme
- Telephone Conversation between Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi
- Tokyo Seminar on the 1980 Hague Convention in Asia Pacific
- December 10
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- Japan-UAE Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Declaration by the Prime Minister of Iraq (regarding the Liberation of all Iraqi territories from ISIL) (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono)
- Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono)
- Attack on peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono)
- December 9
- December 8
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- Telephone Talk between Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Dr. Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 8 9:48 AM)
- Japan-EU Summit Telephone Talk
- Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with CNN Amanpour (U.S.)
- India’s Participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement
- Japan-Australia-India Trilateral Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting
- The Fifth Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum
- Announcement of Pledge in the ICT Field, including E-Commerce at the Eleventh World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference
- President of the Republic of Union of Myanmar to Visit Japan
- The Elections of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies in Nepal (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- December 7
- December 6
- December 5
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- Japan-Madagascar Summit Meeting
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 5 8:49 AM)
- Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aids to Madagascar
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Foreign Minister Kono Visits Russia (YouTube Video)
- FY 2017 Japan-Australia Grassroots Exchange Programme Invitation to Those who are Associated with the Australian Former Prisoners of War (POWs) to Japan
- Prime Minister Abe to attend UHC Forum 2017, The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Republic of Senegal to visit Japan
- The Election of Ms. Tomoko Akane, Ambassador for International Judicial Cooperation and Public Prosecutor of Supreme Public Prosecutors Office of Japan as Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono)
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updated the pamphlet of "Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects" [3.4MB]
- December 4
- December 1
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- Japan’s Assumption to the Security Council Presidency
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (December 1 8:46 AM)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Abe, by Rt. Hon. Mr. Win Myint, Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw
- MIRAI Program・2017 2nd Group (December Invitation)
- Call for Designs Japan - Iran 90th Anniversary Logo