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Japan-Pacific islands summit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R front) speaks at a press conference after ministers and other officials from Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum hold a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2013.

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Japan-Pacific islands summit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R front) speaks at a press conference after ministers and other officials from Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum hold a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2013.

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Japan-Pacific islands summit

TOKYO, Japan - Ministers and other officials from Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum hold a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2013.

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Japan-Pacific islands summit

TOKYO, Japan - Ministers and other officials from Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum pose for photos in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2013.

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Japan-Pacific islands summit

TOKYO, Japan - Ministers and other officials from Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum hold a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2013.

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IAEA team begins mission in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, a nuclear expert from the International Atomic Energy Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. A 16-member team from the IAEA, headed by Lentijo, began a weeklong mission in Japan the same day to assist in efforts to manage toxic waste caused by the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese visit a site where the ashes of their relatives are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, to hold a Buddhist memorial service. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A Japanese man pours Japanese sake over a site where the ashes of his relative are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasuo Nagashima from Yokohama holds photographs of his deceased sister Yukiko at a site where her ashes are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese nationals held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Masako Takizawa from Nagoya bursts into tears at a site where the ashes of her mother and sister were once buried before relocation to a different site, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang to hold a Buddhist memorial service at the relocation site included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasuo Nagashima from Yokohama offers prayers at a site where the ashes of his deceased sister Yukiko are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese nationals held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese erect a burial marker at a site where the ashes of their relatives are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang to hold a Buddhist memorial service at the site included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese hold a Buddhist memorial service at a site where the ashes of their relatives are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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2 Koreas hold working-level talks on joint industrial complex

PAJU, South Korea - Kim Young Tak, head of South Korea's 16-member delegation, speaks to the media in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom on July 2 before leaving for the North Korean border city of Kaesong for working-level talks with North Korea.

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(3)Japan-S. Pacific summit starts in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the two-day meeting with leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum at the Bankoku Shinryokan conference hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16.

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(1)Japan-S. Pacific summit starts in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C in front) and leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum pose in front of Bankoku Shinryokan conference hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16.

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(2)Japan-S. Pacific summit starts in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses a summit attended by leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum at Bankoku Shinryokan conference hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16 at the outset of the two-day meeting, as Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, who co-chairs the summit, sits next to him.

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Koizumi arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is welcomed May 16 by Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from L) as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, to attend a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum. (Pool photo)

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Qarase arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase (C) shakes hands May 16 with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, for a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum.

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Murayama greeted by

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (C) and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (R) are greeted by Kim Yong Sun (L), secretary of the Workers Party of Korea's central committee secretariat, at the Mansudae assembly hall in Pyongyang on Dec. 1. Murayama flew into Pyongyang earlier in the day at the head of a 16-member parliamentary delegation representing Japan's seven ruling and opposition parties.

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Japanese delegation arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (L) and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (2nd from R) receive flowers on arrival at Pyongyang airport Dec. 1 on a three-day visit aimed to pave the way for resuming talks on normalizing diplomatic ties between Japan and North Korea. Murayama is leading a 16-member parliamentary delegation representing Japan's seven ruling and opposition parties.

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Members of Murayama mission hold 1st meeting

TOKYO, Nov. 25 Kyodo - Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (C) on Nov. 25 addresses members of a nonpartisan group, which is due to visit North Korea from Dec. 1 to 3. Murayama will be leading the 16-member delegation, aimed to lay the ground for resumption of normalization talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang.

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Inaugural meeting of panel on Japan's future held

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) speaks at an inaugural meeting in Tokyo on March 30 of a prime ministerial advisory panel to discuss Japan's goals in the next century. The 16-member panel will eventually compile a report on ways to realize a ''prosperous and virtuous'' nation in the 21st century.

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Advance relief team leaves for Honduras

A 16-member advance Japanese relief team leaves for Honduras on Nov. 9 ahead of the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) on a mission to the flood-devastated Central American country. The team will investigate the extent of damage caused by Hurricane Mitch and will also see whether the SDF can operate effectively in the country.

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Nigerian president inaugurates malaria elimination council

STORY: Nigerian president inaugurates malaria elimination council DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:49 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari unveiling the End Malaria Council (EMC) with officials in Abuja 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated a public-private partnership council for the elimination of malaria, a major public health issue in the most populous African country. Buhari, while inaugurating the 16-member End Malaria Council (EMC) in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, said beyond improving the quality of life, health, and well-being of Nigerians, the concerted strategy to tackle malaria had both public health as well as socio-economic benefits for the country.

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Inaugural meeting of panel on Japan's future held

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) speaks at an inaugural meeting in Tokyo on March 30 of a prime ministerial advisory panel to discuss Japan's goals in the next century. The 16-member panel will eventually compile a report on ways to realize a ''prosperous and virtuous'' nation in the 21st century. ==Kyodo

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(3)Japan-S. Pacific summit starts in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the two-day meeting with leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum at the Bankoku Shinryokan conference hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan-S. Pacific summit starts in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C in front) and leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum pose in front of Bankoku Shinryokan conference hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan-S. Pacific summit starts in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses a summit attended by leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum at Bankoku Shinryokan conference hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 16 at the outset of the two-day meeting, as Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, who co-chairs the summit, sits next to him. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations to meet, eye disaster management

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill (2nd from L) is greeted by children upon his arrival in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22, 2015, to attend the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting. The two-day meeting brings together Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum, including leaders of the 14 Pacific island states and ministers of Australia and New Zealand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Pacific island nations to meet, eye disaster management

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill (L) is greeted by children upon his arrival in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22, 2015, to attend the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting. The two-day meeting brings together Japan and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum, including leaders of the 14 Pacific island states and ministers of Australia and New Zealand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas hold working-level talks on joint industrial complex

PAJU, South Korea - Kim Young Tak, head of South Korea's 16-member delegation, speaks to the media in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom on July 2 before leaving for the North Korean border city of Kaesong for working-level talks with North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Murayama greeted by

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (C) and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (R) are greeted by Kim Yong Sun (L), secretary of the Workers Party of Korea's central committee secretariat, at the Mansudae assembly hall in Pyongyang on Dec. 1. Murayama flew into Pyongyang earlier in the day at the head of a 16-member parliamentary delegation representing Japan's seven ruling and opposition parties.

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Online RCEP conference

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama (2nd from R) attends a ministerial meeting of the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at the ministry headquarters in Tokyo via a video conference system on June 23, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Online RCEP conference

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama attends a ministerial meeting of the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at the ministry headquarters in Tokyo via a videoconference system on June 23, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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16 Asia-Pacific nations to agree to conclude free trade talks soon

Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko (C) attends a ministerial meeting of the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in Hanoi on May 22, 2017. The trade ministers are expected to agree to conclude a regional free trade deal as soon as possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Qarase arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase (C) shakes hands May 16 with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, for a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is welcomed May 16 by Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from L) as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, to attend a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum. (Kyodo)

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Members of Murayama mission hold 1st meeting

TOKYO, Nov. 25 Kyodo - Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (C) on Nov. 25 addresses members of a nonpartisan group, which is due to visit North Korea from Dec. 1 to 3. Murayama will be leading the 16-member delegation, aimed to lay the ground for resumption of normalization talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang.

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Advance relief team leaves for Honduras

A 16-member advance Japanese relief team leaves for Honduras on Nov. 9 ahead of the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) on a mission to the flood-devastated Central American country. The team will investigate the extent of damage caused by Hurricane Mitch and will also see whether the SDF can operate effectively in the country. ==Kyodo