Press Conferences

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 14, 2022, 2:16 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Emergency Grand Aid for the Philippines
• Passing of Former Prime Minister KAIFU Toshiki
• U.S. Proposal to Strengthen Sanctions Over North Korea
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
• Support Fund for Lebanon
• Northern Territories Issue (Military Exercises by the Russian Military)
• Passing of Former Prime Minister KAIFU Toshiki

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 11, 2022, 4:03 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Cases of Missile Launches by North Korea
• Cases of Missile Launches by North Korea
• Novel Coronavirus Infections Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Review of the Number of Members of the House of Representatives
• Novel Coronavirus (Border Measures)

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 7, 2022, 11:19 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”) (Possession of Enemy Base Strike Capability)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”) (Defense Spending, Taiwan)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (Japan-U.S. “2+2”) (Joint Research, Development, and Production)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee “2+2” (Russia and Ukraine)
• Host Nation Support (HNS) for the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee “2+2”
• Novel Coronavirus Infections among the USFJ
• Ban on Coal Exports from Indonesia
• World Cultural Heritage (Selection of “Sado Kinzan” as Candidate for Domestic Nomination)
• Novel Coronavirus Infections among the USFJ
• Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee “2+2”

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (January 6, 2022, 9:05 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 28, 2021, 11:38 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Provision of Vaccines by Japan
• Novel Coronavirus Infection Cases Among the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• The Situation in Taiwan (Japan-U.S. Joint Operation Plan)
• Annexation of the Golan Heights by Israel
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
• Foreign Policy in 2022

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 24, 2021, 10:45 a.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • (1) Border Measures of the United States Forces in Japan
  • (2) Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Syria and Neighboring Countries and for People in Northern Ethiopia
• Border Measures of the United States Forces in Japan
• Novel Coronavirus (Effects on Foreign Policy)
• Border Measures of the United States Forces in Japan
• Host Nation Support (HNS) for the USFJ
• Asset Disclosure by Ministers
• Speech by Prime Minister Kishida (Realism Diplomacy for a New Age)
• Referral of the Case of the Deputy Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture to Prosecutors

Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 22, 2021, 9:30 a.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Press Secretary YOSHIDA Tomoyuki (December 22, 2021, 3:48 p.m.)

• Drunk Driving by Person Related to the U.S. Forces at Camp Hansen (Japan’s Protest and the Response by the Commander of the U.S. Forces in Japan)
• The Declassification of Diplomatic Documents (The Request made by President Bush to Dispatch the Self-Defense Force (SDF))

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 22, 2021, 6:47 p.m.)

• Opening Remarks
• Question-and-Answer Session

Press Conference by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa (December 21, 2021, 5:34 p.m.) (Link to Movie)

• Opening Remarks
  • Japan-U.S. Agreement on Host Nation Support (HNS) for the U.S. Forces in Japan (USFJ)
• Japan-U.S. Agreement on HNS for the USFJ
• Japan-China Relations (Entry into Force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement)
• Japan-U.S. Agreement on HNS for the USFJ
• Statement by the Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) Relations (Meeting between the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and the ROK Ambassador to Japan)
• The Situation in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Legislative Council Election)