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2011


Statement by Prime Minister Naoto Kan upon the General Resignation of the Kan Cabinet (30 August 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (26 August 2011)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Sixty-Sixth Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead (15 August 2011)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Nagasaki Peace Ceremony
(9 August 2011)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
(6 August 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (29 July 2011)
Message of Condolence from Prime Minister Naoto Kan to Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Norway (23 July 2011)
Message from Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the occasion of “Marine Day” on July 18 (15 July 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (13 July 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (27 June 2011)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Memorial Ceremony to Commemorate the Fallen on the 66th Anniversary of the End of the Battle of Okinawa
(23 June 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2 June 2011)
OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. MR NAOTO KAN PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN AT THE MDGS FOLLOW-UP MEETING (2 June 2011)
G8 DECLARATION RENEWED COMMITMENT FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
(27 May 2011)
Address by H.E. Mr. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, at the Commemoration Ceremony of the 50th Anniversary of the OECD (25 May 2011)
Summit Declaration (22 May 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (18 May 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (10 May 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (6 May 2011)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Japan, on the death of Usama Bin Laden
(2 May 2011)
Tornado damage in the Southeastern states of the US: Messages of sympathy from Prime Minister Kan
(28 April 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (22 April 2011)
Joint Statement by the Prime Ministers of Japan and Australia (21 April 2011)
Japan's Road to Recovery and Rebirth (Op-ed by Prime Minister Kan to International Herald Tribune) (15 April 2011)
Japan's Road to Recovery and Rebirth (Op-ed by Prime Minister Kan to Washington Post) (15 April 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (12 April 2011)
Kizuna - The Bonds of Friendship - (11 April 2011)
Message from Prime Minister Naoto Kan and the Minister of MEXT To all Elementary School Students (6 April 2011)
Message from Prime Minister Naoto Kan and the Minister of MEXT To all Junior High and High School Students (6 April 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (1 April 2011)
Japan-France Summit Meeting (31 March 2011)
Message from Prime Minister Naoto Kan Regarding Assistance Received from Overseas (22 March 2011)
Message from the Prime Minister (18 March 2011)
Telephone Conference Between Prime Minister Kan and US President Obama (17 March 2011)
Message from the Prime Minister (15 March 2011)
Message from the Prime Minister (13 March 2011)
Telephone Conversation with President Barack Obama of the United States of America (12 March 2011)
Statement by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tohoku district - off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake (11 March 2011)
Japan-Serbia Joint Statement (8 March 2011)
A message from the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan to southern California's JBA on its 50th Anniversary (4 March 2011)
Prime Minister Kan's instruction at the ministerial meeting to respond to the earthquake in New Zealand (22 February 2011)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Handover Ceremony for the Remains of the War Dead in Ioto (15 February 2011)
Joint Statement between Japan and the Republic of Uzbekistan (9 February 2011)
Prime Minister's Address to the National Rally to Demand the Return of the Northern Territories (7 February 2011)
Policy Speech by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the 177th Session of the Diet
(24 January 2011)
"Japanese Diplomacy at a Historic Watershed" Lecture Presentation on Foreign Policy by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (20 January 2011)
Joint Statement on Japan-Ukraine Global Partnership (18 January 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (14 January 2011)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (4 January 2011)
New Year's Reflection by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (1 January 2011)



2010


Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Memorial Service for the War Dead in Ioto (14 December 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (6 December 2010)
Toward a Solution to the Abduction Issue (29 November 2010)
Japan-Bangladesh Joint Statement Enhancement of a Strong Partnership towards Peace and Prosperity in the International Community and the South Asian Region (29 November 2010)
Joint Statement on the Conclusion of Negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and Peru (14 November 2010)
CANADA-JAPAN JOINT DECLARATION ON POLITICAL, PEACE AND SECURITY COOPERATION (14 November 2010)
Remarks by H.E. Mr. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, at the Seoul G20 Business Summit Trade and Investment Session (“Revitalizing Trade”) (11 November 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan Following the ASEAN Summit in Vietnam (30 October 2010)
Address by H.E. Mr. Naoto Kan Prime Minister of Japan at the Opening of the High Level Segment of the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (27 October 2010)
Interventions made by Mr. Naoto KAN, Prime Minister of Japan at the Session I of the ASEM8 Summit (4 October 2010)
Policy Speech by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the 176th Extraordinary Session of the Diet (1 October 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan Following His Visit to the United States (24 September 2010)
ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. NAOTO KAN PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN AT THE SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (24 September 2010)
ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. NAOTO KAN PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN AT THE MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AT THE LEVEL OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT (23 September 2010)
ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. NAOTO KAN PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN AT THE HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS PROMISE TO THE NEXT GENERATION (22 September 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (17 September 2010)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Sixty-Fifth Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead (15 August 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (10 August 2010)
Statement by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (10 August 2010)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Nagasaki Peace Ceremony
(9 August 2010)
Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
(6 August 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (30 July 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan Following His Attendance at the Muskoka G8 Summit and the Toronto G20 Summit Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (27 June 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (21 June 2010)
Policy Speech by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the 174th Session of the Diet
(11 June 2010)
Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan (8 June 2010)



[Speeches and Statements by Successive Prime Ministers]
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (93rd)
Prime Minister Taro Aso (92nd)
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (91st)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (90th)
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (87th, 88th, and 89th)
Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (85th and 86th)
Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (84th)
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (82nd and 83rd)