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Reagan Oval Office Address on Contra Aid

White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker makes photos as United States President Ronald Reagan poses for photos after making a nationally televised address to the nation on aid to the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance (Contras) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, February 2, 1988. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Cumulonimbus Clouds Blanket Brooklyn Sky Amid NYC Thunderstorm

A severe thunderstorm struck New York City on Thursday, June 19, bringing strong winds that uprooted trees and toppled power poles. The storm also caused flooding in streets and led to power outages in some areas. This video shows cumulonimbus clouds blanketing sky in Brooklyn.

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PM Abe offers condolences over ex-U.S. envoy Baker's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signs a condolence book for former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, who died on June 26, at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. Standing beside Abe is U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy.

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Ex-U.S. envoy to Japan Baker dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2007 shows Howard Baker, a former ranking U.S. senator who served as ambassador to Japan. Baker died June 26, 2014, at age 88.

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U.S. Ambassador Baker leaves Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker waves as he leaves his official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Baker will be replaced by Thomas Schieffer.

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Baker, Fukuda lecture in LDP events

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (R) chats with former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24 after they gave lectures there as part of the events celebrating the LDP's 50th anniversary.

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Japan, U.S. ink agreement on missile defense cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker shake hands at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Dec. 17 after signing a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation on a ballistic missile defense system.

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(1)Exhibit of photos by U.S. Ambassador Baker opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker attends the opening ceremony of an exhibition of his photographs Nov. 16 at the Tokyo headquarters of Kyodo News. (Pool photo)

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(2)Exhibit of photos by U.S. Ambassador Baker opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker attends an exhibition of his photographs that opened Nov. 16 at the Tokyo headquarters of Kyodo News. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S. reaffirm they won't let N. Korea get nuclear arms

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (R, back) shakes hands with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on June 29 prior to their talks. They reaffirmed their countries' determination not to allow North Korea to possess nuclear weapons. At front are Defense Agency deputy chief Yasukazu Hamada (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker.

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(3)Tokyo meeting on human trafficking opens

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) talks with Japanese Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Shotaro Yati (C) as former Japanese Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama looks on at the beginning of a two-day international meeting on human trafficking in Asia at the United Nations University in Tokyo on June 23. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy optimistic about lifting of Tokyo's beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei (R) shake hands at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on June 23 as they meet to discuss Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports.

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U.S. Ambassador Baker meets House Speaker Kono

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (R) and House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono pose for photos before their talks at the latter's official residence in Tokyo on May 19.

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Envoy Baker's wife urges USDA to allow BSE tests by meatpackers

WASHINGTON, United States - Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker (in file photo), the wife of Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asking it to reconsider its refusal to allow meatpackers to test all slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease, a copy of the letter obtained April 15 showed.

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(2)Koizumi, Bush reaffirm alliance to celebrate 150 yrs of ties

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C and on the screen back) speaks during a ceremony held in Yokohama on April 3 to mark the 150th anniversary of the signing of the first treaty between Japan and the United States. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker is seated third from left on the stage.

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(4)Koizumi, Bush reaffirm alliance to celebrate 150 yrs of ties

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) joins Environment Minister Yuriko Koike (C) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (R) in planting a cherry tree at Kaiko Hiroba Park in Yokohama on April 3 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the first treaty between Japan and the United States.

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Japan, U.S. ratify revised tax treaty

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa shake hands after exchanging notes of ratification on a revised tax treaty in Tokyo on March 30. The revision, the first in 32 years, paved the way for cuts in taxes from this summer for companies operating in both nations.

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(2)Ambassador Baker vows U.S. will continue pressure on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on March 16 tells a group of relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea that the United States will continue to pressure Pyongyang to solve the abduction issue. (Pool photo)

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(1)Ambassador Baker vows U.S. will continue pressure on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) shakes hands with Shigeru Yokota, who leads a group of relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea, before his talks with group members at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on March 16. The ambassador said the United States will continue to pressure Pyongyang to solve the abduction issue. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S. ink pact to trade ammunition

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi shake hands after signing revisions to a bilateral agreement on Feb. 27 to enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and the U.S. military to exchange ammunition if Japan is attacked by foreign forces. The revised Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) also enables the two sides to mutually provide logistics in Iraq and in other areas where they cooperate.

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U.S. Ambassador Baker visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (R) is briefed by Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba on Jan. 29 on exhibits at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which was established in 1955 to commemorate the U.S. atomic bombing of the city in 1945.

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U.S. appreciates Japan's $1.5 bil. aid offer for Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (R) meets Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Baker told reporters after the meeting that the United States expressed appreciation for Japan's plan to provide $1.5 billion in grants in 2004 to help rebuild Iraq.

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Baker shows understanding about Jenkins' case

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on June 3. Baker expressed sympathy for Charles Robert Jenkins, the American husband of former abductee Hitomi Soga, as his status as a deserter of the U.S. military puts him at risk of arrest or court-martial if he visits Japan from North Korea.

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Soga prays at shirine

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese abductee to North Korea Hitomi Soga (2nd from R) prays at Shibamata Taishakuten Shrine in Tokyo on May 9. Earlier in the day, she met U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker and asked for cooperation in helping her and four other repatriated abduction victims be reunited with their families remaining in the North.

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Soga meets Baker on abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese abductee to North Korea Hitomi Soga (R) meets U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on May 9. She asked the ambassador for cooperation in helping her and four other repatriated abduction victims be reunited with their families remaining in the North. (Pool photo)

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Abductees' relatives thank Baker for assistance on U.S. trip

TOKYO, Japan - The relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea visited U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (C, front) on March 14 to thank him for helping make their recent visit to the United States successful. The relatives are Shigeru Yokota (L, front) and his wife Sakie (R, front) and Teruaki Masumoto (L, back).

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(3)Abductees' families urge U.S. leaders for help

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (L), whose daughter was abducted to North Korea in 1977, his wife Sakie (C) and Toru Hasuike answer reporters' questions Dec. 6 after meeting U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker and a visiting congressional delegation at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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(2)Abductees' families urge U.S. leaders for help

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (L), whose daughter was abducted by North Korea in 1977, shakes hands Dec. 6 with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Yokota and other relatives and supporters of the abductees met the ambassador and a visiting congressional delegation. (Pool photo)

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(1) Abductees' families urge U.S. leaders for help

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of families and supporters of Japanese abducted by North Korea (R side) meet U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and a visiting congressional delegation led by Rep. Henry Hyde (2nd from L), chairman of the House International Relations Committee, at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 6. The Japanese group called for help to resolve abduction issues. (Pool photo)

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Takenaka tells Baker he is resolved to solve bad-loan woes

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker shake hands before their talks at the Financial Services Agency on Oct. 10. Takenaka renewed Tokyo's resolve to accelerate the disposal of nonperforming loans at banks.

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U.S. ambassador's wife thanks Japan on Sept. 11 anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Nancy Kassebaum Baker, wife of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, plants a Japanese maple tree in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept. 11 as a token of appreciation for Japanese support following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

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Japan stops opposing U.S.-Russia indigenous whaling bid

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker tells reporters June 24 in Fukuoka that Japan has withdrawn its opposition to a U.S.-Russian bid to get international permission for a whaling quota for indigenous Arctic peoples. In May, the International Whaling Commission rejected a U.S.-Russian proposal to renew the five-year subsistence quota of 280 bowheads.

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Kawaguchi meets U.S. Ambassador Baker

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) meets U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker at her ministry May 10 in Tokyo. She told the envoy about the May 8 incident in which Chinese police seized five North Korean asylum seekers inside the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang without Japan's consent.

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Japan, U.S. agree to boost bilateral tourism

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans (L) and Japanese transport minister Chikage Ogi exchange notes on promotion of tourism April 19, as U.S. Ambassador Howard Baker (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) watch behind them at the premier's official residence.

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Baker thanks Japan for support in fight against terrorism

YOKOSUKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker speaks at a ceremony in his honor aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, docked at U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on April 5. He thanked Japan for its cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

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Blair calls on new foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Dennis Blair (L), the commander of the U.S. Forces in the Pacific, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (2nd from R) are led into the Foreign Ministry by new Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on Feb. 5.

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U.S. envoy offers prayers for Ehime Maru victims

UWAJIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker speaks before the bereaved family members of the nine victims of a collision off Hawaii in February 2001 between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine at a memorial service held in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Jan. 10.

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U.S. officials at Ehime Maru memorial service

UWAJIMA, Japan - U.S. government and military officials attend a memorial service held in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Jan. 10 for the nine victims of a collision off Hawaii in February 2001 between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine. Among them were U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin, commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, and Rear Adm. William Klemm, who was in charge of raising the sunken ship in the U.S. Navy.

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U.S. envoy Baker disappointed by Japan's failure to send Aegis

NAGOYA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker listens to a question from the floor during a lecture meeting in Nagoya on Dec. 3. Baker said he is disappointed by Japan's decision not to include an Aegis destroyer in its fleet to support the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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Japan should make own decisions on antiterror action: Baker

OSAKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker delivers a lecture in Osaka on Nov. 5. He said Japan should form an independent judgment on measures to support the United States following the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington.

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Tanaka meets U.S. Ambassador Baker

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) meets U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker at her office in Tokyo on Oct. 29 after the Japanese parliament approved a bill earlier in the day to enable the Self-Defense Forces to lend noncombat support to U.S. retaliatory strikes for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

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Japan can support U.S. in variety of different ways: Baker

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker answers questions at a working luncheon at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 5. He said there is no single way in which the United States expects Japan to provide support to an expected U.S.-led military operation against terrorism, expressing confidence that Japan will make the right decision on its own.

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Japan to give $10 mil. toward rescue work in U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker leaves Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 19 after their talks. Koizumi told Baker that Japan will provide $10 million to the United States toward rescue work following last week's terrorist attacks.

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Koizumi visits U.S. Embassy to express condolences

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) registers his name at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 17 to express Japan's condolences for the victims of terrorists attacks in the United States as U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo Howard Baker (R) looks on.

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Problem lies in 'operation' of SOFA: Baker

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) meets with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 30. Baker said problems with the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) do not stem from the pact itself but rather from how it is put into operation.

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Tanaka sees Baker off

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) sees U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker off after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry on July 6. Baker told Tanaka of Washington's decision to hand over a U.S. airman suspected of raping a local woman in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Baker reads statement

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker reads a statement following his meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka at the Foreign Ministry on July 6.

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U.S. envoy conveys decision to hand over rape suspect to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (R) bows to Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka as he visits the Foreign Ministry on July 6 to convey Washington's decision to hand over to Japan a U.S. airman suspected of raping a local woman in Okinawa Prefecture a week ago.

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New U.S. Ambassador Baker arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) makes a statement on assuming his post at his arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on July 3. His wife Nancy is at his side.

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New U.S. Ambassador Baker presents credentials to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker arrives at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo by carriage on July 5. Baker presented his credentials to Emperor Akihito at the palace in the presence of Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka.