Lower house committee calls for review of SOFA

Lower house committee calls for review of SOFA

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on July 10 unanimously adopted a resolution saying the Japanese government should promptly consider a review of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The resolution was made in the wake of a recent rape allegedly involving a U.S. serviceman stationed in Okinawa Prefecture. At left in the background is Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001085073
  • Registered date
  • 2001/7/10 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2001 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.14(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

    Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

    Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as he protests to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.
      Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

      Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

      Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) visits the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as he protests to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.
        Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

        Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

        Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) meets Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as he protests to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.
          Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

          Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

          Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets reporters after holding talks with Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. The governor protested to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.
            Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

            Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

            Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) hands a protest statement to Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.
              Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

              Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

              Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets reporters after holding talks with Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. The governor protested to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.
                Government Statement Followed By Debate At The National Assembly

                Government Statement Followed By Debate At The National Assembly

                In Paris, France, on March 12, 2024, the French government is discussing the Franco-Ukrainian security agreement and the situation in Ukraine, followed by a debate and a vote. Pictured from left to right are Gabriel Attal, the French Prime Minister, Marie Lebec, the Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament, Sebastien Lecornu, the Minister of the Armed Forces, and Stephane Sejourne, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs. (Photo by Telmo Pinto/NurPhoto)
                  U.S. House Speaker Pelosi in Japan

                  U.S. House Speaker Pelosi in Japan

                  U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R) is greeted by Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Kiyoshi Odawara upon her arrival at the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base on the outskirt of Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2022.
                    Japan's lower house urges gov't to ease Okinawa's base-hosting burden

                    Japan's lower house urges gov't to ease Okinawa's base-hosting burden

                    Japan's House of Representatives adopts a resolution at a plenary session in Tokyo on April 28, 2022, urging the central government to reduce the burden on Okinawa from hosting the bulk of U.S. forces in the country -- ahead of the 50th anniversary on May 15 of the southern island prefecture's reversion to Japanese rule.
                      Japan's lower house urges gov't to ease Okinawa's base-hosting burden

                      Japan's lower house urges gov't to ease Okinawa's base-hosting burden

                      Japan's House of Representatives adopts a resolution at a plenary session in Tokyo on April 28, 2022, urging the central government to reduce the burden on Okinawa from hosting the bulk of U.S. forces in the country -- ahead of the 50th anniversary on May 15 of the southern island prefecture's reversion to Japanese rule.