Japanese fact-finding mission leaves Beijing for Pyongyang

Japanese fact-finding mission leaves Beijing for Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Akitaka Saiki, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing airport Sept. 28 before departure for Pyongyang at the head of a Japanese fact-finding mission tasked with investigating North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001093342
  • Registered date
  • 2002/9/28 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2002 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 790.11(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan, U.S., S. Korea envoys

    Japan, U.S., S. Korea envoys

    (From L) Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, pose for photos in Seoul on April 7, 2023.
      Japan-U.S.-S. Korea trilateral talks

      Japan-U.S.-S. Korea trilateral talks

      (From R) Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs pose for photos as they meet in Jakarta for trilateral talks on Dec. 13, 2022.
        Trilateral talks on N. Korea

        Trilateral talks on N. Korea

        (From L) U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim, Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, pose for photos as they meet in Tokyo for trilateral talks on Sept. 7, 2022. (Pool photo)
          N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

          N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

          Takehiro Funakoshi (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, are pictured at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2021. They held talks there in response to North Korea's firing of two ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast earlier in the day.
            N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

            N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into waters off east coast

            Takehiro Funakoshi (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, are pictured at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2021. They held talks there in response to North Korea's firing of two ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast earlier in the day.
              Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

              Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

              Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, with Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, and Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs.
                Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

                Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

                Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, with Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, and Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.
                  Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

                  Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

                  Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, with Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs.
                    Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

                    Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss N. Korea issues

                    (From L) Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Noh Kyu Duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, meet in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2021, wearing masks for protection against the coronavirus.
                      China's foreign minister before departure to N. Korea

                      China's foreign minister before departure to N. Korea

                      Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) arrives at Beijing's international airport on Sept. 2, 2019, before leaving for North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo