The survey ships are Japanese government ships, not private ships, and Japan has jurisdiction over them.

Japan fully understands the distress felt by the Muslims at the publication of the caricatures.

I am not sure if we should take (them) to mean his expression of disapproval.

We have still not received any response from North Korea.

We have not received any reply from Chile yet and we don't know when we will receive it.

It is extremely regrettable that Iran restarted uranium enrichment activities despite calls (not to do so) from the international community, including Japan.