Japanese coach instructs Jordanian women's soccer team

Japanese coach instructs Jordanian women's soccer team

AMMAN, Jordan - Masahiko Okiyama, a Japanese who coaches the Jordanian women's national soccer team, gives instructions to team members during practice in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 15, 2014.

Japanese foreign minister in Jordan

Japanese foreign minister in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) holds talks with Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour in Amman, Jordan, on July 25, 2013.

Japan's Gemba, Palestine's Abbas

Japan's Gemba, Palestine's Abbas

AMMAN, Jordan - Mahmoud Abbas (R), president of the Palestinian National Authority, holds talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba in Amman, Jordan on May 2, 2012.

Pro-Syria rally in Jordan

Pro-Syria rally in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan - About 200 Syrians stage a pro-Syrian government demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on March 16, 2012.

Pro-Syria rally in Jordan

Pro-Syria rally in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan - About 200 Syrians stage a pro-Syrian government demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on March 16, 2012.

Unrest in Jordan

Unrest in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan - People walk beside a street stall displaying pictures of King Abdullah II in Amman, Jordan, on March 27, 2011. The capital city appears to have regained some normalcy after a recent clash between demonstrators and pro-government supporters.

2 ASDF C-130 aircraft arrive in Amman for aid to Iraq

2 ASDF C-130 aircraft arrive in Amman for aid to Iraq

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese advance party members welcome one of the two C-130 transport planes of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) arriving at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, on July 14 in the first dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) aircraft to assist in the reconstruction of postwar Iraq.