U.S. envoy pick stresses "ironclad" commitment to Japan alliance

U.S. Ambassador to Japan-designate William Hagerty attends a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington on May 18, 2017. Hagerty underscored Washington's "ironclad" commitment to its alliance with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000108993

Registered date
2017/5/18 23:13:40

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2017 Kyodo News

Media size
3968 × 2656 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
940.27(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

U.S. envoy meets abductees' kin

U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty (2nd from L) talks with Sakie Yokota (R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who was abducted to North Korea when she was 13, at his official residence in Tokyo on April 10, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. envoy meets abductees' kin

U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty (far R) talks with Shigeo Iizuka (far L), head of a group representing families of Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, at his official residence in Tokyo on April 10, 2018. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea official to meet with ex-U.S. envoy to S. Korea in Finland

Choe Kang Il, deputy director general for North American affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, is pictured at Beijing International Airport on March 18. Choe left Beijing the same day for Finland, where he is expected to participate in a meeting that Kathleen Stephens, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, is also to attend. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korean envoy visits Trump

Chung Eui Yong (R), head of the South Korean presidential National Security Office, arrives at the White House in Washington on March 8, 2018. Chung said later in the day that U.S. President Donald Trump would meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan decorates ex-U.S. officials Gates, Hadley for boosting alliance

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley (R) pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kenichiro Sasae during a decoration ceremony at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Washington on Jan. 25, 2018. Gates and Hadley received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun for their contributions to a strengthening of the Japan-U.S. alliance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. envoy Haley warns N. Korea

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says at U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 2, 2018 that Washington will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. ambassador, Okinawa governor meet

U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty (L) and Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga hold their first meeting at the prefectural government office in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2017. Onaga expressed his frustration over the heavy local U.S. military presence and said an ongoing plan to move a key U.S. air base within Okinawa amounted to "discrimination" against the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Foreign relations, Japan studies expert Smith

Sheila A. Smith, a senior Japan studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, seen in this file photo, said in an opinion piece published on Nov. 7, 2017, that working to ensure the U.S. president is neither isolated nor uninterested in Asia is in Japan's best interest and it seems like Japan's prime minister is quite willing to work at helping the U.S. president navigate the difficult currents ahead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hagerty stresses importance of Japan-U.S. alliance

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty speaks during an event in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2017. Hagerty emphasized that the Japan-U.S. alliance is important for security not only in Asia but also around the world amid the increased threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S.-Japan ties at "highest point" amid N. Korea woes

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty gives an interview to Kyodo News on Sept. 12, 2017, in Tokyo. Hagerty emphasized that relations between the two countries are "at the highest point," pledging Washington would protect Japan against any contingencies involving North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo