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December 12

• Signing of Tax Convention between Japan and Jamaica
• Outbreak of Measles in the Independent State of Samoa: Dispatch of the 2nd Batch of Japan Disaster Relief Infectious Diseases Response Team

December 11

• Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Masato Otaka (December 11, 2019, 4:30 p.m.)
• The 1st Annual Meeting on Japan-Turkey Disaster Risk Reduction Cooperation
• Message of condolences following the volcanic eruption on White Island in New Zealand from Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters
• The 13th Japan International MANGA Award Winner Announcement
• Paralysis of the WTO’s Appellate Body and WTO Reform(Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)

December 10

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 10, 2019, 10:50 a.m.)
• Foreign Minister Motegi Visits India (YouTube Video)
• The Prime Minister of Jamaica to Visit Japan
• Emergency Grant Aid in response to the humanitarian crisis in North-eastern Syria
• Adoption of the Olympic Truce Resolution for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)

December 9

• The 29th Japan-Canada Joint Economic Committee
• Japan-U.S. Extended Deterrence Dialogue
• MIRAI・2019　3rd Group (Economics and Business)

December 6

• Japan-Hungary Summit Meeting
• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 6, 2019, 9:58 a.m.)
• 9th Meeting of the Japan-Philippines High Level Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation
• Agreement in principle on Tax Convention between Japan and Serbia
• Africa Business Seminar in Nagoya Highlighting the Potential of African Students

December 5

• Terrorist shooting in Afghanistan which killed six people including Dr. NAKAMURA Tetsu (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)
• The 5th Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the EU and Japan

December 4

• Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Masato Otaka (December 4, 2019, 4:30 p.m.)
• Approval of the conclusion of the Japan-United States Trade Agreement and the Japan-United States Digital Trade Agreement at the Diet (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)
• The 4th Japan- the UK Counter-Terrorism Dialogue

December 3

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (December 3, 2019, 2:32 p.m.)
• Prime Minister of Hungary to Visit Japan
• FY2019 Local Staff Training Program in Japan

December 2

• The 1st Tokyo Global Dialogue and Reception Hosted by Foreign Minister Motegi
• Japan-Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministers’ Summit Meeting
• Japan-EU Summit Telephone Talk
• The First Japan-AALCO Training Course on Public International Law
• Foreign Policy Speech by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu on the occasion of The 1st Tokyo Global Dialogue(provisional translation)
• Meeting between Mrs. Abe Akie, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan and First Lady Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele of El Salvador

December 1

• Congratulatory Message from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to H.E.Mr. Charles Michel and H.E.Dr. Ursula von der Leyen (Appointment of the new President of the European Council and the new President of the European Commission)

November 30

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 30, 2019, 8:53 p.m.)

November 29

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 29, 2019, 9:51 a.m.)
• Sixteenth Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement among Japan, China and the Republic of Korea
• Outbreak of Measles in the Independent State of Samoa: Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief Infectious Diseases Response Team
• President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Mrs. Mirziyoyeva to Visit Japan
• Entry into force of the Tax Convention between Japan and Ecuador

November 28

• Emergency Assistance to the Republic of Albania in Response to the Earthquake

November 27

• Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Masato Otaka (November 27, 2019, 4:30 p.m.)
• The President of the Republic of El Salvador to Visit Japan

November 26

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 26, 2019, 3:30 p.m.)
• Dispatch of the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team (Japan Self-Defense Force Units) in Response to the Heavy Rain and Flood Disaster in Djibouti
• Emergency Assistance to Djibouti in Response to the Heavy Rain and Flood Disaster
• Sixteenth Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement among Japan, China and the Republic of Korea
• Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by MU BONG 1, North Korean-flagged tanker, and small vessels of unknown nationality

November 25

• First Japan-China High-Level People-to-People and Cultural Exchange Dialogue
• Japan-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Working Lunch
• Meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and His Holiness Pope Francis
• Revised Information sheet in English on the situation of ALPS-treated water at the TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS)
• MIRAI ・ 2019 2nd Group : Politics and National Security

November 23

• 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative
• Japan-Germany Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Foreign Minister Motegi held a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Senegal

November 22

• Japan-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 22, 2019, 6:14 p.m.)
• Japan-Netherlands Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, to Visit Japan
• Japan-Indonesia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Chile Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Argentina Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Japan-Singapore Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Announcement of the Appointment of the next Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato)
• Commencement of negotiations for the tax convention with the Republic of Serbia

November 21

• Briefing Session on the current status of Multi-nuclide removal equipment (ALPS) - Treated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister Nakayama received a courtesy call from President of the Business Council of Canada(BCC) HYDER

November 20

• Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Masato Otaka (November 20, 2019, 4:53 p.m.)
• The 3rd Japan-Russia Cyber Policy Consultation

November 19

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 19, 2019, 10:34 a.m.)
• Meeting between Foreign Minister Motegi and Mr. Rasmussen, Chairman of Rasmussen Global (former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), former Prime Minister of Denmark)
• The Presidential Election in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)
• Signing of Tax Convention between Japan and Peru

November 18

• Message of condolence following the wildfires in eastern Australia from Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu to Foreign Minister Marise Payne
• Congratulatory Message from Prime Minister ABE Shinzo to H. E. Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (Appointment of new President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
• The 4th Trilateral Cyber Policy Consultation

November 15

• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 15, 2019, 4:40 p.m.)
• Meeting between Mrs. Abe Akie, the spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan and First Lady Patricia Edwin of the Federated States of Micronesia

November 14

• Japan-Federated States of Micronesia Summit Meeting
• International Transport Security Symposium

November 13

• Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary Masato Otaka (November 13, 2019, 5:15 p.m.)
• The Recent Situation in Gaza (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato)

November 12

• Prime Minister Abe Attends Reception for Cerebrating 25 years of Independence of the Republic of Palau and 25 Years of Diplomatic Relations with Japan
• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 12, 2019, 4:05 p.m.)
• Situation in Bolivia (Statement by Press Secretary (OHTAKA Masato)
• Iran’s announcement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato)
• The Opening Ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor between India and Pakistan (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato)
• Seminar on the 1980 Hague Convention for Diplomatic Missions in Tokyo -Unravelling International Family Disputes in Japan-
• Revision of the Implementation Plan for the International Peace Cooperation Assignments in Sinai Peninsula

November 11

• Prime Minister Abe Receives a Courtesy Call from the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria
• MIRAI・2019 1st Group (Peacebuilding)

November 9

• The continued large-scale demonstrations in the Republic of Iraq (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato)

November 8

• Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu (November 8, 2019, 4:18 p.m.)
• Advancing of the plans of settlement construction by Israel (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato)
• Message by Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu
• Seminar on the 1980 Hague Convention for Diplomatic Missions in Tokyo ・ Unravelling International Family Disputes in Japan

November 7

• Signing of the Riyadh Agreement between the Government of Yemen and the South Transitional Council (Statement by Press Secretary OHTAKA Masato)
• Study Tour to Kagoshima Prefecture by the Diplomatic Corps in Japan
• Call for Applications:“The 2nd Symposium on Science and Technology Diplomacy”