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Japan, U.S., S. Korea security advisors meet in Seoul

Japan's national security advisor Takeo Akiba (C) speaks at a joint press conference with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts -- Jake Sullivan (L) and Cho Tae Yong -- as they hold talks in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea security advisors meet in Seoul

National security advisors from the United States, South Korea and Japan -- (from L) Jake Sullivan, Cho Tae Yong and Takeo Akiba -- pose for a photo as they hold a joint press conference in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2023.

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Groundwork for Kishida-Xi summit

Japan's top national security adviser Takeo Akiba (3rd from L) arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2023, for talks with China's top diplomat Wang Yi to lay the groundwork for a summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the United States in mid-November.

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Groundwork for Kishida-Xi summit

Japan's top national security adviser Takeo Akiba leaves a hotel in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2023, for talks with China's top diplomat Wang Yi to lay the groundwork for a summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the United States in mid-November.

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Experience different cultures and styles at Hainan expo

STORY: Experience different cultures and styles at Hainan expo DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:15 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YUAN RUI, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WEI XUAN, Visitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIN NING, Visitor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN XIAOWEI, Senior Trade Officer of Swiss Business Hub China 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): AKIBA TAKAMITSU, Deputy director-general of Japan External Trade Organization Guangzhou office 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): QIAO XIN, Staff member of Korea Tourism Organization Guangzhou office STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YUAN RUI, Xinhua correspondent "The third China International Consumer Products Expo or Hainan expo is held here in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Here, you can travel around the world within a day, buying fine products and enjoying amazing food worldwide. However, the expo is not just a trading platform, but also offers precious opportunities of cultural exchange among differ

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Japan's reconstruction minister steps down over scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, embroiled in scandals over the use of political funds and his ties with the controversial Unification Church, handed in his resignation.

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Japan's reconstruction minister steps down over scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, embroiled in scandals over the use of political funds and his ties with the controversial Unification Church, handed in his resignation.

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Japan's reconstruction minister steps down over scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, embroiled in scandals over the use of political funds and his ties with the controversial Unification Church, handed in his resignation.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba offered to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, after reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba offered to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, following a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to convey his decision to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister resigns over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022, following a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to convey his decision to step down from his post over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister to step down over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. He is expected to step down from his post later in the day over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister to step down over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. He is expected to step down from his post later in the day over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan's reconstruction minister to step down over string of scandals

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2022. He is expected to step down from his post later in the day over a political funds scandal and his ties with the controversial Unification Church.

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Hiroshima marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba reads out his Peace Declaration during a ceremony to mark the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city toward the end of World War II at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

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Ex-Hiroshima mayor receives German peace award

BERLIN, Germany - Former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) receives the 2013 Otto Hahn Peace Medal, a prominent German honor, from the United Nations Association of Germany at a ceremony in Berlin on April 16, 2013, for his ongoing efforts to abolish nuclear weapons,

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Ex-Hiroshima mayor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba. The United Nations Association of Germany said on Nov. 27, 2012, that Akiba will receive the 2013 Otto Hahn Peace Medal, a prominent German honor, for his continued calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons and promotion of peace while he was a mayor.

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Building housing Akiba culture shops

TOKYO, Japan - Customers are pictured at K-Books in ''Akiba Cultures Zone,'' a building with shops selling goods and services related to the Akihabara (Akiba) subculture in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Dec. 22, 2011.

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Building housing Akiba culture shops

TOKYO, Japan - Shop attendants pose before manikins at casual wear shop ''Akiba Asobi Kan: Jam Gakuen'' in ''Akiba Cultures Zone,'' a building with shops selling goods and services related to the Akihabara (Akiba) subculture in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Dec. 22, 2011.

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Building housing Akiba culture shops

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2011, shows ''Akiba Cultures Zone,'' a building with shops selling goods and services related to the Akihabara (Akiba) subculture in Tokyo's Akihabara district.

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Hibakusha, ex-Hiroshima mayor awarded by NPO

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) and Shigeko Sasamori (L), a victim of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, pose for photos in Santa Barbara, California on Oct. 9, 2011, after receiving the Peace Leadership award and the World Citizenship award, respectively, from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a California-based nonprofit group, for their efforts to abolish nuclear weapons.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front L) visiting the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, escorted by then Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, in February 2010. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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High school hula competition in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Dancers from Kikai High School in Kagoshima Prefecture perform during a hula competition at Akiba Square hall in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sept. 4, 2011. The Kikai High School team won the Hula Girls Koshien competition for high school students. The event had originally been scheduled for late March in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, but was canceled due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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A-bomb exhibition in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) explains a display panel to visitors at a photo exhibition on the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Tribhuvan University in the suburbs of Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 18, 2011. Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav conferred the inaugural Gautam Buddha International Peace Award on Taue and former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba in recognition of their role as leaders of the global Mayors for Peace movement.

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Ex-Hiroshima mayor receives peace award in Nepal

LUMBINI, Nepal - Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav (L) hands the inaugural Gautam Buddha International Peace Award to former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba during a ceremony in Lumbini, Buddha's birthplace in southern Nepal, on May 17, 2011. Akiba received the award together with Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue in recognition of the role they played as leaders of the global Mayors for Peace movement. The two cities were devastated by atomic bombs during World War II.

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Nagasaki mayor receives peace award in Nepal

LUMBINI, Nepal - Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav (R) hands the inaugural Gautam Buddha International Peace Award to Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue during a ceremony in Lumbini, Buddha's birthplace in southern Nepal, on May 17, 2011. Taue received the award together with former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba in recognition of the role they played as leaders of the global Mayors for Peace movement. The two cities were devastated by atomic bombs during World War II.

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Hiroshima Mayor Akiba not to seek 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (C) attends a New Year party in Hiroshima on Jan. 4, 2011. The 68-year-old advocate of global nuclear disarmament said he will not seek a fourth term in the mayoral election slated for April 10.

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Hiroshima Mayor Akiba not to seek 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (C) attends a New Year party in Hiroshima on Jan. 4, 2011. The 68-year-old advocate of global nuclear disarmament said he will not seek a fourth term in the mayoral election slated for April 10.

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Hiroshima Mayor Akiba not to seek 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba. The 68-year-old advocate of global nuclear disarmament said Jan. 4, 2011, that he will not run for his fourth term in the mayoral election slated for April 10.

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Hiroshima Mayor receives Magsaysay Award

MANILA, Philippines - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) chats with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a ceremony for the Ramon Magsaysay Award in Manila on Aug. 31, 2010. Akiba received the prestigious award for his role in the global campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima Mayor receives Magsaysay Award

MANILA, Philippines - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba delivers a speech during a ceremony for the Ramon Magsaysay Award in Manila on Aug. 31, 2010. Akiba received the prestigious award for his role in the global campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima Mayor receives Magsaysay Award

MANILA, Philippines - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) receives a medal for the Ramon Magsaysay Award from Philippine President Benigno Aquino III in Manila on Aug. 31, 2010. Akiba received the prestigious award for his role in the global campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima mayor at Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation

MANILA, Philippines - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba delivers a speech at the head office of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in Manila on Aug. 26, 2010. Akiba, one of the winners of the annual award, called for action to abolish nuclear weapons.

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Hiroshima mayor at Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation

MANILA, Philippines - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba delivers a speech at the head office of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in Manila on Aug. 26, 2010. Akiba, one of the winners of the annual award, called for action to abolish nuclear weapons.

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U.N. chief Ban in Hiroshima for A-bomb ceremony

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C, front) poses with Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) and high school students at Funairi High School in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2010. Ban urged the teenagers to work hard for achieving a world free of nuclear weapons after attending a ceremony the same day to mark the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.

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Hiroshima 65th A-bomb anniversary

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (R) dedicates a list of victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing to a cenotaph during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in the city on Aug. 6, 2010. The list contained the names of 5,501 people newly recognized in the past year as victims of the bombing.

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U.N. chief Ban in Hiroshima for A-bomb ceremony

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) views an exhibit at the city's Peace Memorial Museum with Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) and Steven Leeper (R), the head of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, on Aug. 6, 2010. Ban attended a ceremony the same day to mark the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.

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Hiroshima Peace Declaration

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba presents the Hiroshima Peace Declaration during a ceremony on Aug. 6, 2010, to mark the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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U.S. envoy in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) shakes hands with Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) as they attend a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Aug. 6, 2010. Roos became the first U.S. representative to take part in the event.

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Hiroshima mayor wins Ramon Magsaysay Award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroshima City Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, who was announced as one of the recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay awards, known as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, on Aug. 2, 2010.

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Hiroshima to urge Japan to withdraw from U.S. nuclear umbrella

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba unveils in Hiroshima on Aug. 2, 2010, an outline of the peace declaration he will deliver in an upcoming annual ceremony to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6.

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Hiroshima's call for nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speaks at a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. Akiba called for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons within the lifetime of the hibakusha atomic-bomb survivors, whose average age is now over 75.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors seek nuclear-free world

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (L) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue speak to reporters after delivering speeches at a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010.

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Japanese A-bomb survivors, mayors march for nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba join a march from Times Square in downtown New York to the U.N. headquarters calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons on May 2, 2010, a day before the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.

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Hiroshima assembly kills budget for 2020 Olympics bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (C) watches members of the Hiroshima City Council stand to approve a motion to omit a 25.69 million yen request for formulating a basic bid plan for the 2020 Summer Olympics from the city's fiscal 2010 budget bill during a plenary session on March 26, 2010.

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Hiroshima assembly rejects 2020 Olympic budget

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba attends a special committee of the city assembly on March 25, 2010. The committee rejected a city office-proposed budget for its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Hiroshima assembly rejects budgets for 2020 Olympics bid

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba attends a special committee of the City Council on March 25, 2010. The committee rejected city office budgets for its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Palestinian President Abbas visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R), accompanied by Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, visits the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Feb. 7, 2010. Abbas arrived in Japan earlier in the day for a four-day visit.

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Obama shows willingness to visit Hiroshima: Akiba

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba speaks at a news conference in Washington on Jan. 21, 2010, after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House with around 230 members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Akiba said Obama showed willingness to visit the atomic-bombed city during the meeting.