Official Statements: Japan

2007

"Second Phase of the Japan-ROK Joint History Research Committee" First Meeting of Chairpersons (04.27.07)

Press Conference on Wen Jiabao's Visit to Japan (04.10.07)

Press Conference (Questions concerning the comfort women issue) (03.09.07)

Press Conference By the Press Secretary, MOFA, Questions Concerning Remarks by Foreign Minister Aso on Comfort Women  (02.20.07)

2006

Remarks by H.E. Foreign Minister Taro Aso on the Occasion of Friendship Day, Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations Between Japan and the Philippines (07.23.06)

"Working Together for a Stable and Prosperous East Asia"
- Lessons of the Past, a Vision for the Freedom to Dream - Address by Foreign Minister Taro Aso, CSIS, Washington D.C.
(05.03.06)

Press Conference by Deputy Press Secretary Tomohiko Taniguchi (re: questions concerning yen loans to the People's Republic of China) (03.24.06)

Japan-China Comprehensive Policy Dialogue (02.06.06)

2005

Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the 40th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Ties between Japan and the Republic of Korea (12.19.05)

Press Conference by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Following the ASEAN+3, Japan-ASEAN and EAS Summit Meetings (12.14.05)

Asian Strategy As I See It: Japan as the "Thought Leader" of Asia
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
(12.07.05)

Basic Position of the Government of Japan Regarding Prime Minister Koizumi's Visits to Yasukuni Shrine (10.01.05)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the 60th Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead (08.15.05)

Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on 60th Anniversary of the End of the War (08.15.05)

Resolution of Japan’s pledge to contribute further to the building of International peace on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations, the end of World War II, and the atomic bombing (08.04.05)

Statement by Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Special Meeting of the General Assembly on Commemoration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the End of the Second World War (05.09.05)

Statement by the Press Secretary / Director-General for Press and Public Relations (MOFA) on the Enactment of the Law concerning the 'sustainable use' of Takeshima Island by the National Assembly of the ROK (05.02.05)

Speech by Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Japan's Global Strategy and the Japan-US Global Partnership on the 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II (04.29.05)

Speech by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, at the Africa-Asian Summit 2005 (04.22.05)

Statement by the Press Secretary / Director-General for Press and Public Relations (MOFA) on the Activities Concerning Japan by Demonstrators on the 16th in Shanghai and elsewhere in China (04.16.05)

Statement by the Press Secretary / Director-General for Press and Public Relations (MOFA) on the Statement by the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China concerning the Anti-Japan Demonstrations in China (04.13.05)

Statement by Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on the Statement of the Standing Committee of the National Security Council of the Republic of Korea (03.18.05)

Statement by UN Ambassador Kenzo Oshima (Permanent Representative of Japan at the UN) at the Special Session of the General Assembly on the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camps (01.24.05)

2004
Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the 59th Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead (08.15.04)

Recent Policy of the Government of Japan on the Issue Known as "Wartime Comfort Women" (May 2004)

Japan's Position Regarding the Issue of Takeshima Island (March 2004)

Prime Minister Attends 2004 National Rally to Demand the Return of the Northern Territories (02.07.04)

2003
Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the 58th Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead (08.15.03)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Nagasaki Memorial Service for the Nagasaki Peace Ceremony (08.09.03)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Hiroshima Memorial Service for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (08.06.03)

Recent Policy of the Government of Japan on the Issues Known as "Wartime Comfort Women (01.03)

2002

Statement by President Tomiichi Murayama regarding the Asian Women’s Fund atonement projects (October 2002)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the 57th Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead (08.15.02)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Nagasaki Memorial Service for the 57th Nagasaki Peace Ceremony (08.09.02)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Hiroshima Memorial Service for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (08.06.02)

Observation by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Visit to Yasukuni Shrine (04.21.02)

2001
Letter from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the former comfort women (2001)

Recent Policy of the Government of Japan on the Issue Known as "Wartime Comfort Women" (11.01)

Ceremony to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty (09.08.01)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (at the 56th Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead) (08.15.01)

Statement of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi  on the Visit to Yasukuni Shrine (08.13.01)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Nagasaki Memorial Service for the 56th Nagasaki Peace Ceremony (08.09.01)

Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Hiroshima Memorial Service for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (08.06.01)

On the Completion of the Atonement Project of the Asian Women's Fund (AWF) in the Netherlands (07.13.01)

Press Secretary's Statement on the Completion of the "Atonement Project" of the Asian Women's Fund (AWF) in the Netherlands (07.13.01)

The contents of the letter of the Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka sent to the Project Implementation Committee in the Netherlands (PICN) (07.06.01)

Comment by Minister for Foreign Affairs Makiko Tanaka on the Official Stance Conveyed by the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Decision to Authorize Japanese History Textbooks (05.08.01)

Comments by the Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yasuo Fukuda
on the history textbooks to be used in junior high schools from 2002
(04.03.01)

2000

Press Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa on the Asian Women's Fund (09.01.00)

"Letter written in response to the article 'Miffed Chinese Sue Japan Companies' in New York Times on 7 August 2000" (08.30.00)

Statement by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori regarding Shinto (05.26.00)

1998
Japan's war apology expressed in "Japan-China Joint Declaration On Building a Partnership of Friendship and Cooperation for Peace and Development" (11.26.98)

"The contents of the letter of the then Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto sent to the Netherlands Prime Minister Willem Kok on July 15, 1998" (07.15.98)

"Statement by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on World War II prisoners of war" (01.13.98)

1997
War apology by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto during his speech, "Seeking a New Foreign Policy Toward China" (08.28.97)

1996
War apology by Emperor Heisei during his speech at dinner with President Kim Dae Jung of the Republic of Korea (in Japanese)(10.08.96)

1995
Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama
"On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the war's end"
(08.15.95)

An Appeal for Donations for the Asian Women's Fund (07.18.95)

Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama
on the occasion of the establishment of the "Asian Women's Fund"
(07.95)

Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary regarding "Asian Peace and Friendship Foundation for Women" (06.14.95)

Resolution to Renew the Determination for Peace on the Basis of Lessons Learned from History, House of Representatives, National Diet of Japan (06.09.95)

1994
Statement by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama
on the "Peace, Friendship, and Exchange Initiative"
(08.31.94)

Outline of the" Peace, Friendship, and Exchange Initiative"

1993
War Apology by Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (08.23.93)

Statement from Cabinet of Councillor's Office on External Affairs on the Issue of Wartime Comfort Women (08.04.93)

"Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono
on the result of the study on the issue of 'comfort women'"
(08.04.93)

1992
"Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Kato on the Issue of the so-called "Wartime Comfort Women" from the Korean Peninsula." (07.06.92)

War apology by Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa during his speech at dinner with President Roh Tae Woo (in Japanese)(01.16.92)

1990
War apology by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu during the summit meeting with President Roh Tae Woo (in Japanese)(05.25.90)

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