Japanese Foreign Minister Komura addresses Afghan meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Komura addresses Afghan meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) gives an address at the opening of a two-day conference of international donors and the Afghan government at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 5. At left is Afghan Foreign Minister Dadfar Spanta.

Japan Foreign Minister Okada in Kabul

Japan Foreign Minister Okada in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada shakes hands with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta at the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul on Oct. 11, 2009. Okada made an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital the same day.

Afghanistan urges Japan to continue refueling mission

Afghanistan urges Japan to continue refueling mission

NEW YORK, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta shake hands before their talks on Sept. 25, 2009, on the sidelines of a conference in New York on an international treaty to ban nuclear tests. During the meeting, Spanta requested that Japan continue its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

Japanese Foreign Minister Komura addresses Afghan meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Komura addresses Afghan meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) gives an address at the opening of a two-day conference of international donors and the Afghan government at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 5. At left is Afghan Foreign Minister Dadfar Spanta. (Kyodo)

Japan Foreign Minister Okada in Kabul

Japan Foreign Minister Okada in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada shakes hands with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta at the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul on Oct. 11, 2009. Okada made an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital the same day. (Kyodo)

Afghanistan urges Japan to continue refueling mission

Afghanistan urges Japan to continue refueling mission

NEW YORK, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta shake hands before their talks on Sept. 25, 2009, on the sidelines of a conference in New York on an international treaty to ban nuclear tests. During the meeting, Spanta requested that Japan continue its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. (Kyodo)