What's New February 2018
February 28
- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 28, 2018, 4:35 p.m.)
- The 20th meeting of the Committee for the Promotion of the Declassification of Diplomatic Records
February 27
- Statement by Mr. Manabu Horii, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the High-Level Segment of the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council
- Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by Chon Ma San, North Korean-flagged tanker, and Xin Yuan 18, Maldivian-flagged tanker
- Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Kono Met with the Minister of Defence of Latvia
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 27, 2018, 8:45 a.m.)
- IAEA Governors Invited to Japan
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits Austria and Germany (YouTube Video)
- Emergency Grant Aid for two countries in Africa affected by conflict and drought
February 26
- Terrorist Attack in Somalia (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- Diplomats' Study Tour to Asakusa District
February 23
- Japan-Chile Summit Meeting
- Japan-Chile Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-South Africa Summit Telephone Talk
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 23, 2018, 8:48 a.m.)
- The 12th Japan-Iran Director-General Consultation / The Steering Committee of the 2nd Japan-Iran Cooperation Council
- 16th Informal Meeting on Further Actions Against Climate Change
- Cyber Workshop UK and Japan with ASEAN in Brunei
- The Selection of Professor Yuji Iwasawa as a Candidate for the Election of a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- 8th Japan-Israel Joint Committee Meeting on Cooperation in Science and Technology
- Japan’s Position with regard to the consideration of the ROK at the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- Issurance of panel report on “Korea - Import bans, and testing and certification requirements for radionuclides” in the WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings
February 22
- Japan-Mongolia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- International Workshop on Acceptance of Foreign Nationals and Their Integration into Japan “Advancing Vitalization of Local Communities with Foreign Nationals”
February 21
- Japan-Finland Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 21, 2018, 4:33 p.m.)
- Intensification of Tension in Syria (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- Provision of Japanese-made Ballot Boxes and other Election equipment to Cambodia (“The Economic and Social Development Programme” Grant Aid)
- Agreement in principle on New Tax Convention between Japan and Spain
February 20
- Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by Yu Jong 2, North Korean-flagged tanker, and 「闽宁德油078」
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 20, 2018, 8:38 a.m.)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s interview with Channel News Asia (Singapore)
- Foreign Minister Kono Receives a Courtesy Call from the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits Brunei and Singapore (YouTube Video)
February 19
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Mitsunari Okamoto Receives a Courtesy Call from International Atomic Energy Agency Governors
- The President of Chile to Visit Japan
- The second meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change with the attendance of Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs
February 17
- Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 17, 2018, 3:40 p.m.)
- Japan-Armenia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-Albania Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the First Vice President of South Sudan
February 16
- Japan-Georgia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Japan-EU Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talk
- Foreign Minister Kono Pays a Courtesy Call on the President of Burkina Faso
- Emergency Assistance to Tonga in Response to the Damage caused by Cyclone
- Extension of the Dispatch Term of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in South Sudan
February 15
- Signing of the Practical Arrangements between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency on Cooperation in the Area of Support to the Implementation of Nuclear Security Measures on the Occasion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- 16th Informal Meeting on Further Actions Against Climate Change
- Speech by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii at the 2030 Agenda for Children: End Violence Solutions Summit
- The seventh meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change
- Signing of the Japan-Armenia Investment Agreement
February 14
- Japan-U.S. Summit Telephone Talk
- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 14, 2018, 4:43 p.m.)
- Foreign Minister Kono to Visit Austria and Germany
- Outline of the 5th Green Mekong Forum
- Study Tour to Asakusa District by the Diplomatic Corps in Japan
- Emergency Assistance to Mozambique to the Torrential Rainfall Disaster
February 13
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 13, 2018, 8:35 a.m.)
- Ceasefire Agreement Signed with Ethnic Armed Groups in Myanmar Statement by Mr. Yohei Sasagawa, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar
- Ceasefire Agreement Signed with Ethnic Armed Groups in Myanmar (Statement by Foreign Minister Taro Kono)
- Reception co-hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Governor of Kochi Prefecture
February 12
- Japan-Singapore Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
February 11
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits the Muara Commercial Port in Brunei and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Overseas Training Cruise Crew
- Japan-Brunei Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
February 9
- Japan-ROK Summit Meeting
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 9, 2018, 8:49 a.m.)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s interview with BBC (UK)
- Foreign Minister Kono to Visit Brunei and Singapore
February 8
- Message of condolences by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, following the earthquake in eastern Taiwan
- Dispatch of the Expert Team in response to the Damages caused by the Earthquake in Eastern Coast of Taiwan
- Meeting between Mrs. Akie Abe, the spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan, and Mrs. Karen Pence, the spouse of the Vice President of the United States of America
- The sixth meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change
February 7
- Prime Minister Abe Receives a Courtesy Call from U.S. Vice President Pence
- Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama (February 7, 2018, 4:32 p.m.)
- Deputy Prime Minister Aso Speaks with Vice President Pence of the United States of America
- Messages of Condolences from Foreign Minister Kono to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan Regarding the Earthquake in Taiwan
- The Fifth Japan-Myanmar Human Rights Dialogue
February 6
- Japan-Comoros Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 6, 2018, 8:39 a.m.)
- Japan-Germany Summit Meeting
- Declaration of State of Emergency in the Maldives Following a Decision by the Supreme Court (Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- The New START Treaty (Statement by Press Secretary Norio Maruyama)
- 5th Green Mekong Forum to be Held in Bangkok
February 5
- The fifth meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change
- Foreign Minister Kono Visits China (YouTube Video)
February 3
February 2
- Japan-U.S. Summit Telephone Talk
- Press Conference by Foreign Minister Taro Kono (February 2, 2018, 8:35 a.m.)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Okamoto Attends ‘International Symposium on Food Loss and Waste - Let’s change it today! - ’
- Summary of the Eighth Round of the Negotiations for a Japan-Turkey Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)