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Japanese, Russian vice foreign ministers

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai (L) and his Russian counterpart Andrey Denisov are pictured ahead of their talks in Moscow on Feb. 4, 2013.

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Japan, China senior diplomats secretly meet in Shanghai

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai (L) and his Chinese counterpart, Zhang Zhijun. Kawai and his Chinese counterpart, who is believed to have been Zhang, have secretly met in Shanghai to seek ways to improve bilateral relations that have soured over competing claims to the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, Japanese government officials said Oct. 24, 2012.

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Japan, China at odds over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai leaves after talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun in Beijing on Sept. 25, 2012. Japan and China remained at odds in a dispute over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan, China officials meet over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai (2nd from R) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun (far L) hold talks in Beijing on Sept. 25, 2012. They met in a bid to ease heightened tensions between the two countries over Tokyo's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands, which are claimed by Beijing. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China officials meet over Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photos show Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun. They met on Sept. 25, 2012, in Beijing in a bid to ease heightened tensions between the two countries over Tokyo's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands, which are claimed by Beijing.

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Japan, China to hold talks

BEIJING, China - Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai arrives at Beijing airport on Sept. 24, 2012, for vice ministerial talks between Japan and China in the Chinese capital, in a bid to mend bilateral ties following Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands claimed by China.

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Funeral held for Yazaki employee killed in Colombia

SUSONO, Japan - Autoparts maker Yazaki Corp. holds a funeral service Dec. 2 for Chikao Muramatsu, 55, an employee who was recently killed in Colombia after being held captive since February 2001. The ceremony was held at its facility in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture

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DNA tests confirm body as that of kidnapped Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Yazaki (R), president of Yazaki Corp., bites his lips in vexation at a news conference he gave in Tokyo on Nov. 26 after the body found near Bogota, Colombia on Nov. 24 was confirmed as that of his company's employee Chikao Muramatsu. The Colombian military said DNA testing, dental records and fingerprints helped to identify the bullet-ridden body as that of the kidnapped Japanese business executive.

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Yazaki identifies body as kidnapped Japanese man

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp.'s public relations chief Junichi Yanagisawa tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 26 that a man's body recently recovered on the outskirts of the Colombian capital Bogota was that of kidnapped Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki-Ciemel Ltd., a local joint venture.

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(2)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an advertisement put on the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo by the family of Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu appealing the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for his immediate release. The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be the body of Muramatsu, who was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group and later handed over to FARC.

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(3)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2001 shows a street in Bogota, Colombia, where Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group, which later handed him over to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be Muramatsu's body.

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Kyodo News obtains photos of FARC camp after gov't raid

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Colombian soldiers are seen in photo obtained by Kyodo News investigating a camp believed to be the site where the leftist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were holding captive Chikao Muramatsu, a Japanese company executive. The camp is about 40 minutes by helicopter from San Jose del Guaviare, which is located some 280 kilometers southeast of the Colombian capital Bogota.

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FARC leader admits guerrillas holding Japanese hostage

LOS POZOS, Colombia - A female member of the the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) checks a car at an entrance to the FARC-controlled area on Aug. 13. The leftist guerrilla group leader, who asked for anonymity, said in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News that FARC is holding Chikao Muramatsu, 52, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp., who was kidnapped in February.

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Kidnapped Japanese said moved to southern Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - File photo shows a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia near Chuscales in Cundinamarca Province, northeast of Bogota, where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., had been held after being kidnapped in February. Security authorities said July 25 that Muramatsu may have been moved to Meta Province in southern Colombia.

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Japanese executive was abducted in daylight, sources say

BOGOTA, Colombia - Photo shows the road in northern Bogota where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a locally based joint venture of Yazaki Corp., a Japanese auto parts maker, was kidnapped Feb. 22. Sources close to the local police said March 11 the abduction was carried out in broad daylight.

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Yazaki officials meet press on kidnapping in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. meet the press at its head office in Tokyo on March 10 on the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.

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Yazaki exec kidnapped in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials with major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. answer phones at its head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward March 10 after the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia, was reported. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.

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Colombian rebels want $27 mil. ransom for Japan exec

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Guerrillas in Colombia are demanding $27 million in ransom for Chikao Muramatsu (file photo), who was kidnapped in Bogota in February last year, a Colombian magazine reported Jan. 6. Muramatsu, the 53-year-old vice president of a local joint venture involving Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., is being held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

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Kawai to replace Kawashima as emperor's top aide in May

Undated combined photo shows Yutaka Kawashima (L) and Chikao Kawai. Japan's Cabinet approved on April 24, 2015 the appointment of Kawai, the Imperial Household Agency's grand master of ceremonies and a former vice foreign minister, as the agency's grand chamberlain. Current grand chamberlain Kawashima is set to retire May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an advertisement put on the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo by the family of Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu appealing the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for his immediate release. The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be the body of Muramatsu, who was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group and later handed over to FARC. (Kyodo)

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Emperor Naruhito's enthronement

Japanese Emperor Naruhito appoints previous grand chamberlain, Chikao Kawai, as former Emperor Akihito's top aide official at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo following the emperor's accession to the throne on May 1, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral held for Yazaki employee killed in Colombia

SUSONO, Japan - Autoparts maker Yazaki Corp. holds a funeral service Dec. 2 for Chikao Muramatsu, 55, an employee who was recently killed in Colombia after being held captive since February 2001. The ceremony was held at its facility in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture (Kyodo)

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Yazaki identifies body as kidnapped Japanese man

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp.'s public relations chief Junichi Yanagisawa tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 26 that a man's body recently recovered on the outskirts of the Colombian capital Bogota was that of kidnapped Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki-Ciemel Ltd., a local joint venture.

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Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - A body, believed to be that of Chikao Muramatsu (file photo), was found 70 kilometers northwest of Bogota, central Colombia, Nov. 24. Muramatsu, 55, was kidnapped Feb. 22, 2001, and held by the left-wing guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. (Kyodo)

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(3)Body found in Colombia believed to be abducted Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2001 shows a street in Bogota, Colombia, where Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu was kidnapped in 2001 by a gang group, which later handed him over to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Colombian military found on Nov. 24 what is believed to be Muramatsu's body. (Kyodo)

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Kyodo News obtains photos of FARC camp after gov't raid

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Colombian soldiers are seen in photo obtained by Kyodo News investigating a camp believed to be the site where the leftist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were holding captive Chikao Muramatsu, a Japanese company executive. The camp is about 40 minutes by helicopter from San Jose del Guaviare, which is located some 280 kilometers southeast of the Colombian capital Bogota.

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FARC leader admits guerrillas holding Japanese hostage

LOS POZOS, Colombia - A female member of the the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) checks a car at an entrance to the FARC-controlled area on Aug. 13. The leftist guerrilla group leader, who asked for anonymity, said in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News that FARC is holding Chikao Muramatsu, 52, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp., who was kidnapped in February.

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Kidnapped Japanese said moved to southern Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - File photo shows a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia near Chuscales in Cundinamarca Province, northeast of Bogota, where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., had been held after being kidnapped in February. Security authorities said July 25 that Muramatsu may have been moved to Meta Province in southern Colombia.

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Japanese executive was abducted in daylight, sources say

BOGOTA, Colombia - Photo shows the road in northern Bogota where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a locally based joint venture of Yazaki Corp., a Japanese auto parts maker, was kidnapped Feb. 22. Sources close to the local police said March 11 the abduction was carried out in broad daylight.

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Yazaki officials meet press on kidnapping in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. meet the press at its head office in Tokyo on March 10 on the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.

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Yazaki exec kidnapped in Colombia

TOKYO, Japan - Officials with major Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp. answer phones at its head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward March 10 after the kidnapping of Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of Yazaki's joint venture in Colombia, was reported. Muramatsu, 52, was kidnapped Feb. 22 on the outskirts of Bogota. A local radio report said the kidnappers have demanded some $8 million in ransom money for his release.