Iraqi envoy declines to comment

TOKYO, Japan - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, declines to speak to reporters as he leaves the embassy building in Tokyo on March 20. Earlier in the day before the U.S.-led strike began, Shakir said the U.S. should take a more prudent approach and any issue must be solved through peaceful means.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001096034

Registered date
2003/3/20 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2003 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 1713 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
875.01(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Rear Adm. Alexander at press conference in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. John Alexander, commander of U.S. Navy's Battle Force 7th Fleet/Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5, speaks during a press conference at Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 25, 2014, upon the return there of U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington. He said a ceremony will be held at Naval Base San Diego, California, in August 2015 to mark the replacement of the George Washington in Japan by the Ronald Reagan.

Statue symbolizing 'comfort women' stands in California

TOKYO, Japan - A statue symbolizing the issue of Korean women forced to work at Japanese military brothels during World War II erected in Glendale, California, is pictured in March 2014.

Parents of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota meet press

KAWASAKI, Japan - Shigeru (L) and Sakie Yokota, the parents of Megumi who was abducted to North Korea in 1977 when she was 13, give a press conference in Kawasaki, west of Tokyo, on March 31, 2014, after Japan and North Korea agreed to continue discussing the abduction issue.

Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, heads for the second day of a two-day meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 20, 2014. Government officials from the two countries also attended the meeting.

Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, to return home after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies.

Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Photo shows Ryu Song Il (R), chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies. At left is Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society.

Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, heads for the second day of a two-day meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 20, 2014. Government officials from the two countries also attended the meeting.

GSDF troops inspection ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 27, 2013, shows a U.S. amphibious assault vehicle on display at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Asaka in Saitama Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended an inspection ceremony at the camp the same day.

PM Abe heads for Canada, U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie (R) wave as they leave from Tokyo's Haneda airport to embark on a five-day visit to Canada and the United States on Sept. 23, 2013. Abe is scheduled to hold talks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and attend a U.N. General Assembly meeting to pledge Tokyo's humanitarian support in the unfolding Syrian crisis.

Robert King in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (L), a Cabinet minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, shakes hands with Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, ahead of their talks at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013.