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Japan-China meeting on maritime issues

Hiroyuki Namazu (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, and his counterpart Hong Liang of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs at China's Foreign Ministry, shake hands as they hold a working-level meeting on maritime issues in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024.

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-ASEAN-SECRETARY-GENERAL-MEETING (CN)

(231016) -- BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Kao Kim Hourn in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-ASEAN-SECRETARY-GENERAL-MEETING (CN)

(231016) -- BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Kao Kim Hourn in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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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.

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CHINA-BEIJING-WANG YI-ASEAN-SECRETARY-GENERAL-MEETING (CN)

(230328) -- BEIJING, March 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, meets with Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Kao Kim Hourn in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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Thriving digital economy in China: Year in Review

STORY: Thriving digital economy in China: Year in Review DATELINE: Dec. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:32 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of highlights of digital sectors in China 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHOU YANG, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EFEM UBI, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Lagos 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TAREK EL-SONOTY, Deputy editor-in-chief of Egypt's Al-Aharm, expert in Asian affairs 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHOU YANG, Xinhua correspondent 6. various of scenes related to digital economy 7. various of Shenyang, Liaoning Province 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIANG HUANHUAN, China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Ltd. 9. various of the site under construction 10. various of smart agriculture 11. various of Guizhou Province 12. various of a tea plantation base in Pu'an County, Guizhou Province 13. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YU DAN, Head of tea plantation project 14. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): BAO GUI, General manager of tea trading company 15. various of

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U.S. envoy Davies

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (L), U.S. special representative for North Korean policy, and Junichi Ihara, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before talks in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Russia agree to hold vice minister-level talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hajime Hayashi (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, and Andrey Tatarinov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third Asian Department, shake hands ahead of talks at the Japanese ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014. The two sides agreed to hold a vice minister-level meeting at an early date as part of efforts to realize a visit to Japan by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015.

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PM Abe receives reports from Ihara about talks with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014, after being briefed by Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry. Ihara returned to Tokyo earlier in the day from North Korea, where he met for two days with North Korean officials about Pyongyang's investigation into the fate of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago.

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PM Abe receives reports from Ihara about talks with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014, after being briefed by Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry. Ihara returned to Tokyo earlier in the day from North Korea, where he met for two days with North Korean officials about Pyongyang's investigation into the fate of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago.

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Foreign Ministry's Ihara returns from N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014, after two-day talks with North Korean officials about Pyongyang's investigation into the fate of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago.

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Japanese mission heads home after talks with N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is seen at Pyongyang's international airport on Oct. 30, 2014, before heading home, wrapping up a four-day visit to North Korea aimed at scrutinizing the country's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals it abducted decades ago.

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Japan, N. Korea hold talks on 2nd day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (C), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, attends talks on the second of two days of discussions with North Korean officials on Oct. 29, 2014, in Pyongyang, to hear about the remains of Japanese who died around the end of World War II in what is now North Korea. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan urges N. Korea to advance probe into abductees

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, meets with reporters in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014, following the first round of talks with North Korean officials. Tokyo demanded that Pyongyang put the highest priority on advancing its investigation into the fates of Japanese abductees. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, N. Korea begin talks on abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and So Tae Ha (C), chairman of North Korea's special investigation committee into the whereabouts of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, head for their meeting in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014, as the two countries launched two days of talks in the North Korean capital on the abduction issue. Ihara leads a Japanese government mission dispatched to North Korea for the first time since November 2004. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, N. Korea begin talks on abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (C), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, holds talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014, on the North's investigation into Japanese nationals abducted decades ago. At the outset of a two-day meeting, Ihara said, "The abduction issue is the most important issue for Japan."

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Japan, N. Korea begin talks on abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (far R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and So Tae Ha (far L), chairman of North Korea's special investigation committee into the whereabouts of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, launch their two days of talks on the abduction issue in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014. Ihara leads a Japanese government mission dispatched to North Korea for the first time since November 2004. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, N. Korea begin talks on abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and So Tae Ha (C), chairman of North Korea's special investigation committee into the whereabouts of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, head for their meeting in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014, as the two countries launched two days of talks in the North Korean capital on the abduction issue. Ihara leads a Japanese government mission dispatched to North Korea for the first time since November 2004. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, N. Korea begin talks on abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, shakes hands with So Tae Ha, chairman of North Korea's special investigation committee into the whereabouts of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014, as the two countries launched two days of talks in the North Korean capital on the abduction issue. Ihara leads a Japanese government mission dispatched to North Korea for the first time since November 2004. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, N. Korea begin talks on abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, holds talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014, on the North's investigation into Japanese nationals abducted decades ago. At the outset of a two-day meeting, Ihara said, "The abduction issue is the most important issue for Japan." (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, N. Korea begin talks on abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Members of a Japanese government delegation led by Junichi Ihara (far R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, hold talks with So Tae Ha (far L), chairman of North Korea's special investigation committee into the whereabouts of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, and other North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014. So, who also serves as vice minister of state security, is expected to explain Pyongyang's investigation during a two-day meeting until the following day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan mission in N. Korea to scrutinize abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is surrounded by reporters after arriving in Pyongyang on Oct. 27, 2014. During its four-day visit, a Japanese delegation led by Ihara aims to assess North Korea's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.

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Japan mission in N. Korea to scrutinize abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is welcomed by a senior North Korean official as he arrives in Pyongyang on Oct. 27, 2014. During its four-day visit, a Japanese delegation led by Ihara aims to assess North Korea's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.

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Japanese diplomat en route to Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, leaves a Beijing hotel to head for Pyongyang on Oct. 27, 2014. Ihara leads a delegation of Japanese officials who will make a four-day visit to the North Korean capital aimed at assessing the North's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.

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Japan protests S. Korea's indictment of Japanese journalist

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kim Won Jin, minister at the South Korean Embassy in Japan, leaves Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014, after Junichi Ihara, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, lodged a protest over South Korea's indictment of the former Seoul bureau chief of a Japanese newspaper. Seoul prosecutors the previous day indicted Tatsuya Kato, 48, of the Sankei Shimbun, for allegedly defaming President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts on the day of a deadly ferry accident in April.

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Hwang Pyong So (center front row), director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae (2nd from R front row) and Kim Yang Gon (far R front row), secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November.

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3 senior N. Korean officials attend closing ceremony

INCHEON, South Korea - Three senior North Korean officials -- (from L to R) Hwang Pyong So, director of the North Korean's military's General Political Bureau, and Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Yang Gon, secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea -- attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. They agreed with South Korean officials to hold another round of high-level talks in late October or early November.

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Senior N. Korea officials arrive in S. Korea

INCHEON, South Korea - Kim Yang Gon (R), secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, arrives in South Korea on Oct. 4, 2014, to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon. Other than Kim, Choe Ryong Hae, another secretary, and Hwang Pyong So, newly appointed director of the military's General Political Bureau, also arrived in the South.

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Japan, U.S. affirm tie-ups in Tokyo's dealings with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (L), United States special representative for North Korea policy, and Junichi Ihara, director general of Japan's Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands prior to their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2014. They agreed to continue coordination over Tokyo's dealings with North Korea. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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Japan, S. Korea discuss possible foreign ministerial talks in N.Y.

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Sang Deok (C), director general of the Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, meets the press after holding talks with his Japanese counterpart, Junichi Ihara, at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Lee and Ihara discussed a possible foreign ministerial meeting between the two countries on the sidelines of annual gatherings of the U.N. General Assembly in New York the following week, according to a Japanese official.

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Top diplomats from Japan, S. Korea hold meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, enters the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 23, 2014, for a new round of talks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Deok.

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S. Korea, Japan to hold talks on wartime sexual slavery

SEOUL, South Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at Seoul's Gimpo airport on July 23, 2014, for talks with Lee Sang Deok, director general of the Northeast Asian affairs bureau of South Korea's Foreign Ministry, on bilateral issues such as Korean women forced to serve at brothels for the wartime Japanese military.

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Japan, S. Korea vow cooperation on N. Korea nuclear programs

TOKYO, Japan - Hwang Joon Kook (L), South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, prior to their talks. They agreed to strengthen bilateral and trilateral coordination with the United States on reining in North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)

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Japan-North Korea talks

NARITA AIRPORT, Japan - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is pictured at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 30, 2014, before leaving for Beijing to attend Japan-North Korea intergovernmental talks the following day.

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Japan, N. Korea envoys mull abduction issue in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (extreme R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho (L), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, meet in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014, to discuss the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents.

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Japan, N. Korea envoys exchange views at Stockholm meet

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, exchange views during their meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japanese diplomat Ihara

NARITA, Japan - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 29, 2014, after returning from Sweden where he held talks with North Korean officials.

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Japan, N. Korea fail to reach accord on abduction issue

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speaks to reporters in Stockholm on May 28, 2014, after the end of three-day talks with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry. The two countries failed to reach agreement on the reinvestigation of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea but agreed to continue talks on the abductions and other issues of interest.

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Japan, N. Korea delegates meet reporters after 3-day talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speak to reporters separately in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 28, 2014, after three days of negotiations.

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Japan, N. Korea fail to reach accord on abduction issue

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speaks to reporters in Stockholm on May 28, 2014, after the end of three-day talks with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry. The two countries failed to reach agreement on the reinvestigation of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea but agreed to continue talks on the abductions and other issues of interest.

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Japan, N. Korea fail to reach accord on abduction issue

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (standing), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters in Stockholm on May 28, 2014, after the end of three-day talks with Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan. The two countries failed to reach agreement on the reinvestigation of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea but agreed to continue talks on the abductions and other issues of interest.

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Japan, N. Korea fail to reach accord on abduction issue

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters in Stockholm on May 28, 2014, after the end of three-day talks with Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan. The two countries failed to reach agreement on the reinvestigation of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea but agreed to continue talks on the abductions and other issues of interest.

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Japan, N. Korea fail to reach accord on abduction issue

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters in Stockholm on May 28, 2014, after the end of three-day talks with Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan. The two countries failed to reach agreement on the reinvestigation of the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea but agreed to continue talks on the abductions and other issues of interest.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, meets reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, after the second day of talks with North Korea on May 27, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, after the second day of talks with North Korea on May 27, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, answers reporters' questions in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014, after the first day of negotiations with North Korea.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (far R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho (far L), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, hold a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Combined photo shows Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, during their meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, head for their meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 26, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 25, 2014, for talks with North Korea.