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Japan foreign minister in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu meet in Ankara on Jan. 6, 2012. Gemba is on the first leg of a tour of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to discuss regional and energy issues.

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Japan, Belarus ink pact

KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and Vladimir Vashchenko, minister of emergency situations from Belarus, shake hands after signing an agreement to gather data on the effects of low-dose radiation on human health, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012.

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Nuclear safety conference starts in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (L) attend a high-level international conference on nuclear safety that started in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 15, 2012. The three-day event is organized by the Japanese government and the IAEA.

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N. Korea launches rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2012, after North Korea launched a rocket. The rocket apparently flew over Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Multilateral talks on sanctions against Syria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (back R) speaks at a meeting of the Friends of the Syrian People International Working Group on Sanctions in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, which was held among countries to discuss the effectiveness of measures taken against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to stop attacks on civilians in Syria.

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Multilateral talks on sanctions against Syria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (back R) speaks at a meeting of the Friends of the Syrian People International Working Group on Sanctions in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, which was held among countries to discuss the effectiveness of measures taken against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to stop attacks on civilians in Syria.

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Gemba, Shuvalov

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov shake hands as officials from the two countries gather in Tokyo for the 10th session of the Japan-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Issues on Nov. 20, 2012.

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Japan and five Central Asian countries

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (C) speaks during a meeting with his counterparts from five Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2012.

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Japan and five Central Asian countries

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba holds a press conference after a meeting with his counterparts from five Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2012.

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Foreign minister thanks Fukushima Hula girls

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) shakes hands with a Hula girl from a spa resort in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Gemba thanked the Hula girls for their role as a goodwill ambassador at a Pacific island summit in Okinawa in May 2012.

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Putin's aide in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev (L), who is an aide to President Vladimir Putin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2012.

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Japan's Gemba in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) attends a joint press conference with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle (R) at the Germany Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Oct. 19, 2012.

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FM Gemba in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and German counterpart Guido Westerwelle hold a joint press conference after talks in Berlin on Oct. 19, 2012.

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FM Gemba in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and German counterpart Guido Westerwelle shake hands in Berlin on Oct. 19, 2012.

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FM Gemba in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (far L) and German counterpart Guido Westerwelle (far R) hold talks in Berlin on Oct. 19, 2012.

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Japanese foreign minister in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and British Foreign Secretary William Hague meet in London on Oct. 18, 2012.

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Japanese foreign minister in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) meet in London on Oct. 18, 2012.

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Japan foreign minister in France

PARIS, France - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault shake hands in Paris on Oct. 16, 2012.

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Japan foreign minister in France

PARIS, France - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius shake hands in Paris on Oct. 16, 2012.

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Japan to help Jakarta infrastructure

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Hatta Rajasa, Indonesia's coordinating minister for economic affairs, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano pose for photos before a Japan-Indonesian ministerial meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2012. Japan and Indonesia agreed on a wide-ranging plan to develop an urban railway, thermal power plants and other infrastructure in and around Jakarta by 2020 at a cost of roughly 3.4 trillion yen, in a bid to lure investment to the capital.

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Japan to help Jakarta infrastructure

TOKYO, Japan - Hatta Rajasa (L), Indonesia's coordinating minister for economic affairs, and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba hold a press conference after a Japan-Indonesian ministerial meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2012. Japan and Indonesia agreed on a wide-ranging plan to develop an urban railway, thermal power plants and other infrastructure in and around Jakarta by 2020 at a cost of roughly 3.4 trillion yen, in a bid to lure investment to the capital.

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Japan foreign minister offers apology to Australian POWs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (far R) attends a meeting with former Australian prisoners of war at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2012. Gemba expressed remorse and apologized in the meeting for the suffering inflicted on them by the Japanese military during World War II.

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Mongolia foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsanvandan Bold (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Mongolia foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsanvandan Bold (2nd from front L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (2nd from front R) meet in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Mongolia foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian Foreign Minister Luvsanvandan Bold (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2012.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba enters Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's office in Tokyo after Gemba was retained in Noda's reshuffled Cabinet on Oct. 1, 2012.

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Japan, S. Korea foreign ministers in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan meet in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. The two countries are seeking to mend their bilateral relationship which has soured over a territorial dispute and other issues. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China foreign ministers meet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 25, 2012, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the U.N. General Assembly.

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Japan, China foreign ministers meet in N.Y.

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photos show Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. They held talks in New York on Sept. 25, 2012, on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the U.N. General Assembly.

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Gemba, Lavrov meet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba answers reporters' questions after holding talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in New York on Sept. 25, 2012.

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Japan brands Osprey safe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (R) and Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) declare in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012, that U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to be deployed at an air base in Okinawa Prefecture are safe to fly in Japanese skies.

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Panetta in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (2nd from L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (3rd from R) hold talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Panetta in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands prior to their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Australia meeting

SYDNEY, Australia - (from L) Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Sydney on Sept. 14, 2012.

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Japan, Australia meeting

SYDNEY, Australia - (from L) Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith meet in Sydney on Sept. 14, 2012.

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Japan, U.S. discuss Osprey issue

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba meets the press after holding talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos on the safety of the U.S. Osprey military aircraft, planned to be deployed in Okinawa Prefecture, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. Roos told Gemba that the United States will make maximum efforts to ensure the Osprey's safety, Gemba told reporters.

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Japan, U.S. discuss Osprey issue

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012, to hold talks with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba on the safety of the U.S. Osprey military aircraft, planned to be deployed in Okinawa Prefecture. Roos told Gemba that the United States will make maximum efforts to ensure the Osprey's safety, Gemba later told reporters.

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Gemba at APEC meeting

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba holds a press conference in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 5, 2012. Gemba was in the city to attend a meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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Japan not happy with Cambodia over ASEAN statements

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (C back), Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (front R) and other participants joining hands during a photo session of an ASEAN Regional Forum ministerial meeting in Phnom Penh on July 12, 2012. The Japanese government has told Cambodia, which holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN in 2012, that it is dissatisfied with the content of the chairman's statements issued after two ASEAN-hosted foreign ministers meetings in July, according to diplomatic sources.

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Gemba meets with S. Korea envoy Shin

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (C) arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. Gemba summoned Shin to lodge a protest over the return of a letter Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had sent to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak protesting Lee's recent trip to one of the islets at the center of a territorial dispute.

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Gemba meets with S. Korea envoy Shin

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (R) leaves the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, after meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. Gemba summoned Shin to lodge a protest over the return of a letter Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had sent to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak protesting Lee's recent trip to one of the islets at the center of a territorial dispute.

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Gemba meets with S. Korea envoy Shin

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, after meeting with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo. Gemba summoned Shin to lodge a protest over the return of a letter Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had sent to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak protesting Lee's recent trip to one of the islets at the center of a territorial dispute.

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FM Gemba on Takeshima issue

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, on Japan's flaring dispute with South Korea over islets between the two countries.

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Takeshima row

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters rush to South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (R) as he was leaving the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2012. Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba had a meeting with the envoy on a bilateral territorial row over a group of islets in the Sea of Japan. The disputed territory is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan, N. Korea to resume governmental talks

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012, after Japan and North Korea agreed to resume talks on Aug. 29 for the first time in four years.

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S. Korean dailies on Pres. Lee's island visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean dailies dated Aug. 11, 2012, reporting on President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Aug. 11 that Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.

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S. Korean dailies on Pres. Lee's island visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean dailies dated Aug. 11, 2012, reporting on President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Aug. 11 that Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.

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Japan mulls taking isle dispute with S. Korea to ICJ

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2012, to brief Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba on South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Gemba said after the briefing that Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.

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Japan mulls taking isle dispute with S. Korea to ICJ

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2012, after he was briefed by Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto on South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Gemba said Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.

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Japan mulls taking isle dispute with S. Korea to ICJ

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2012, after he was briefed by Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto on South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's trip to a pair of Sea of Japan islands the previous day. Gemba said Japan will consider taking its dispute with South Korea over the islands controlled by Seoul to the International Court of Justice.