Alaska Japanese Speech Contest
The Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage and the Alaska Association of Teachers of Japanese Alaska will hold the 9th annual Alaska Japanese Speech Contest. The contest will be held on March 3rd at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Rasmuson Hall. During the day there will be an opportunity for the public to try origami, calligraphy and Go (the board game of Japan). There will also be a Taiko, Karate and Kendo performances. We look forward to seeing you there. |
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| Press Conference by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
January 13, 2012
Today I reshuffled my Cabinet, and this afternoon I attended the attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace for the new Cabinet members.
One thing that I would like everyone to understand related to the background of this reshuffle is that we will be inaugurating the Reconstruction Agency at an early date in February. With the inauguration of the Reconstruction Agency, I will be able to appoint a Minister, Vice-minister and Parliamentary Secretaries to be in charge of this issue. Focusing on that point, i wanted to be thoroughly prepared for every possibility with regard to reconstruction. In addition, the ordinary session of the Diet is about to start, and there are many matter which we must work on, which we cannot turn away from, which we cannot put off. These include the...
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Policy Speech by Prime Minister Noda to the 180th Diet
 | Prime Minister Noda addresses the Diet
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-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
January 24, 2012
On the occasion of the opening of the 180th session of the Diet I would like to present the various challenges facing Japan and the basic policies of the Noda Cabinet.
The Noda Cabinet was inaugurated in September last year, entrusted with the mission of resolving one by one the issues facing us immediately. As this year should be "the First Year for the Rebirth of Japan", I will aim, above everything else, to break away from...
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Press Conference by Foreign Minister Gemba
 | Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba
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-Ministry of Foreign Affairs
January 20, 2012
Foreign Minister Gemba held a press conference on Friday January 20th to answer questions about the realignment of US forces in Japan, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, sanctions on Iran and more.
Minister Gemba: Relevant Ministries' officials dispatched from Japan held consultations with their counterparts of Vietnam and Brunei in charge of TPP negotiations towards Japan's partisipation in TPP negotiations. The consultations were held in Vietnam and Brunei on Tuesday, January 17 and Thursday, January 19, respectively. furthermore, the officials collected information on TPP negotiations.
I heard that the result of the over consultations with both countries this time was very positive. Both Vietnamese government and Brunei government have...
For more recent press conferences by Foreign Minister Gemba:
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Watch the Video: Foreign Minister Gemba's visit to the US
 | Foreign Minister Gemba with Secretary of State Clinton
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-Ministry of Foreign Affairs
January 23, 2012
In our last issue, Japan Now featured a press conference from Foreign Minister Gemba's US visit. Now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has posted a video of his visit.
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