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(230426) -- TOKYO, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Okinawa lawmaker Katsutoshi Toyama speaks in an interview after talks at Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, April 25, 2023. A delegation of lawmakers from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has called on the country's government to engage in peacebuilding through dialogue and diplomacy. In a resolution submitted to the Defense Ministry, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Monday and Tuesday, the lawmakers also urged efforts to prevent the southernmost prefecture from becoming a battlefield again. TO GO WITH "Okinawa lawmakers urge Tokyo to promote peace through dialogue, diplomacy" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Okinawa lawmakers urge Tokyo to promote peace through dialogue, diplomacy

STORY: Okinawa lawmakers urge Tokyo to promote peace through dialogue, diplomacy DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo 2. various of the meeting at Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): KATSUTOSHI TOYAMA, Okinawa lawmaker 4. various of Japan's Defense Ministry STORYLINE: A delegation of lawmakers from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has called on the country's government to engage in peacebuilding through dialogue and diplomacy. In a resolution submitted to the Defense Ministry, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Monday and Tuesday, the lawmakers also urged efforts to prevent the southernmost prefecture from becoming a battlefield again. Japan should not attempt to achieve deterrence by deploying missiles or other means to strengthen military power in the southwestern islands region, according to the resolution. Japan should follow the principles it reached w

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Scope of new conspiracy bill reined in, targets fewer crimes: source

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 17 Kyodo - Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda (standing) attends a lower house budget committee in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2017. The Japanese government, aiming to pass a contentious terrorism conspiracy bill, has whittled down the number of crimes punishable to less than half of the 676 proposed previously.

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Japan-U.S. alliance to remain firm

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 10 Kyodo - Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez (R), commander of U.S. forces in Japan, shakes hands with Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, after their joint press conference at the U.S. military base in the western Japan city of Iwakuni on Nov. 10, 2016. Both of them reaffirmed the importance of the bilateral alliance following Republican Donald Trump's victory in presidential election.

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Top Japan SDF officer visits U.S. cemetery for tribute

WASHINGTON, United States - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (C), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, visits the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington to pay floral tribute on Dec. 17, 2014.

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Fukushima villager sees cherry blossoms in own garden

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano looks at cherry blossoms in his garden on April 26, 2014, in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to return and stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Fukushima evacuee sees 'bonsai' trees at home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano holds a "bonsai" plant, which he raised at an evacuation center, on April 26, 2014, as he returns home to Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Japan's navy chief of staff attends symposium in China

QINGDAO, China - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, speaks to reporters after the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in the Chinese port city of Qingdao on April 22, 2014.

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Onozuka shows her late grandfather's portraits

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese freestyle skier Ayana Onozuka shows portraits of her late grandfather Katsutoshi on Feb. 20, 2014, after winning the bronze medal in the women's ski halfpipe at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia.

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Sakai mayoral race

SAKAI, Japan - Toru Hashimoto (L), Osaka mayor and Japan Restoration Party co-leader, holds a press conference in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 29, 2013, after Katsutoshi Nishibayashi, a candidate in the Sakai mayoral election, backed by Hashimoto, was defeated by the incumbent mayor by a substantial margin. To the right is Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, who also serves as secretary general of the opposition party.

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Sakai mayoral race

SAKAI, Japan - Toru Hashimoto, Osaka mayor and Japan Restoration Party co-leader, looks glazed at a press conference in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 29, 2013, after Katsutoshi Nishibayashi, a candidate in the Sakai mayoral election, backed by Hashimoto, was defeated by the incumbent mayor by a substantial margin.

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Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Katsutoshi Saito (C) and other Dai-ichi executives bow in apology over nonpayment of insurance money at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13. Dai-ichi is among 12 leading life insurance companies in Japan that admitted they had skipped 26.8 billion yen in insurance money payment in 230,000 cases over the five years from fiscal 2001.

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Buyers of condos with fake quake data call for state support

TOKYO, Japan - Katsutoshi Shimizu (R), a representative of buyers of condominiums developed by Huser Ltd. with fabricated quake-resistance data, speaks at a session of the House of Councillors Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on Jan. 19. Shimizu called on the government to extend support for reconstructing the defective buildings.

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(2)Signs of structure shift clear in wage negotiations

TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - Katsutoshi Suzuki (C), head of the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Union, speaks at a news conference March 12 on wage offers made by manufacturers. ''Most of the unions were able to retain the wage system as they demanded. The results varied but created a new trend by drawing on more bonuses. This is a positive outcome of our activities,'' Suzuki said.

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Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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China warns it is ready to counter Japan farm import curb

BEIJING, China - Katsutoshi Matsuoka (L), senior vice minister of Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, talks with Long Yongtu (R), vice minister of China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, in Beijing on April 13. During the meeting, Long indicated China would consider tit-for-tat retaliatory trade measures if Japan invokes an emergency curb on imports of three agricultural products from China.

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Foreign Minister Kono speaks on Matsuo's arrest

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono speaks before reporters at the Foreign Ministry on March 10 on the arrest of former logistics chief Katsutoshi Matsuo on suspicion of fraud by swindling the government out of 42 million yen in secret state funds since 1997. Matsuo, 55, received a total of 988 million yen from the Cabinet Secretariat's discretionary funds for diplomatic activities and allegedly pocketed the 42 million yen by padding expenses such as hotel bills for premiers' overseas trips, police said.

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Sacked diplomat Matsuo gets 7 years, 6 months for fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Ministry official Katsutoshi Matsuo (file photo) was sentenced March 12 to seven years and six months in prison for embezzling 500 million yen from a secret government fund from 1997 to 1999.

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Tax men investigate diplomat involved in embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment block in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward that is home to Katsutoshi Matsuo, a sacked Foreign Ministry official suspected of embezzling government funds. Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau officials visited the apartment on Feb. 7 to begin examining his accounts at four banks to determine whether any taxation should be imposed.

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Racehorse of diplomat who was fired over embezzlement scandal

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows a racehorse in the town of Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture, owned by Katsutoshi Matsuo, 55, who was dismissed Jan. 25 by the Foreign Ministry on suspicion he embezzled at least 54 million yen in public funds.

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Ex-diplomat at G-8 summit prep session

TOKYO, Japan - Katsutoshi Matsuo (C), a Foreign Ministry official dismissed Jan. 25 for allegedly embezzling public funds, is seen in this file photo sitting at the first government preparatory meeting for last year's Group of Eight (G-8) Okinawa summit held at the prime minister's official residence in July 1999. Matsuo was in charge of logistics for the G-8 summit.

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Foreign Ministry fires official over embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono announces in Tokyo on Jan. 25 the results of a Foreign Ministry investigation which found that a senior official had diverted money from a secret government fund into his bank account. Kono said Katsutoshi Matuo, 55, is suspected of having embezzled at least 54 million yen in public funds and the ministry filed a criminal complaint against him with the Metropolitan Police Department. Matsuo was dismissed from the ministry.

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Kyoto city bus hijacked, suspect held in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the Kyoto city bus, which was hijacked by a 20-year-old cook on the night of Jan. 13. The hijacker, Katsutoshi Yamanaka, 20, was subdued around 10:25 p.m. after police stormed the bus in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture.

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Snow Brand officials apologize for tainted, recycled milk

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Sunaga (L), chief operations officer of the Western Japan Branch Office of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., and Katsutoshi Keira (R), general manager of public relations at the company's headquarters, bow in apology July 10 at a news conference at the office in Osaka's Kita Ward. The officials responded to reports that low-fat milk produced by Snow Brand is believed to be behind a massive outbreak of food poisoning in western Japan, and that the company reused products that had been returned or never shipped out to retailers.

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Life insurers fail to pay 26.8 bil. yen insurance over 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. President Katsutoshi Saito and other Dai-ichi executives bow in apology over nonpayment of insurance money at a news conference in Tokyo on April 13. Dai-ichi is among 12 leading life insurance companies in Japan that admitted they had skipped 26.8 billion yen in insurance money payment in 230,000 cases over the five years from fiscal 2001. (Kyodo)

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Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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China navy ship sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect territory

Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, hints at a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2016 that Japan is ready to mobilize the SDF for defensive action at sea if Chinese ships intrude into Japanese waters. A Chinese navy ship entered a contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea early in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China navy ship sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect territory

Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, hints at a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2016 that Japan is ready to mobilize the SDF for defensive action at sea if Chinese ships intrude into Japanese waters. A Chinese navy ship entered a contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea early in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top uniformed defense official visits U.S.

Katsutoshi Kawano (R), the chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, attends a ceremony with Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington on July 16, 2015. During their meeting, the top uniformed defense officials agreed to enhance bilateral military cooperation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top uniformed defense official visits U.S.

Katsutoshi Kawano (L), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, attends a lecture meeting hosted by a U.S. think tank in Washington on July 16, 2015, together with former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Kawano said security bills passed by Japan's lower house the same day aim at enhancing the bilateral alliance rather than unleashing Japan militarily. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buyers of condos with fake quake data call for state support

TOKYO, Japan - Katsutoshi Shimizu (R), a representative of buyers of condominiums developed by Huser Ltd. with fabricated quake-resistance data, speaks at a session of the House of Councillors Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee on Jan. 19. Shimizu called on the government to extend support for reconstructing the defective buildings. (Kyodo)

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Gov't official suspected of taking bribes

OSAKA, Japan - Welfare ministry official Katsutoshi Sumitomo is escorted to Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 26, 2010, for questioning by local police following his arrest on suspicion of accepting bribes from officials of a contact lens sales firm in exchange for ministry information in favor of the firm. (Kyodo)

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Top Japan SDF officer visits U.S. cemetery for tribute

WASHINGTON, United States - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (C), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, visits the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington to pay floral tribute on Dec. 17, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Komeito leader bushes aside calls for minister's resignation

Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi meets with reporters after talking with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2017, brushing aside growing calls that Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda resign. Kaneda retracted a statement criticized as intended to suppress parliamentary discussions about a controversial bill to criminalize conspiracy to commit terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian military chief in Japan

Russian military chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov (L) and his Japanese counterpart Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano shake hands at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top U.S. military officer meets Abe, SDF top officer, discuss N. Korea

Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (R), chief of Japan's Self-Defense Force Joint Staff, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, shake hands at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2017, before discussing the recent increase in tensions over North Korea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top U.S. military officer meets Abe, SDF top officer, discuss N. Korea

Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (R), chief of Japan's Self-Defense Force Joint Staff, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2017, to discuss the recent increase in tensions over North Korea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 2 inmates, including one seeking retrial

Japanese Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 13, 2017, in the wake of his order to execute the same day two death-row inmates by hanging, including a multiple murderer who had reportedly been seeking a retrial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe to dump defense, justice ministers in Aug. shakeup: sources

Undated combined photo shows Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (L) and Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to replace them in a Cabinet reshuffle in the first week of August 2017, attempting to revive his fortunes after a stinging defeat in Tokyo metropolitan elections, according to government and party sources. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan enacts law to toughen penalties for sex offenses

Japanese Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda (far L) stands in appreciation at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on June 16, 2017, as parliament enacted a law to impose longer prison sentences on rapists, while also covering male victims of sexual crimes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan enacts law to toughen penalties for sex offenses

Japanese Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda stands in appreciation at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on June 16, 2017, as parliament enacted a law to impose longer prison sentences on rapists, while also covering male victims of sexual crimes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Conspiracy" law enacted to punish planning of crimes

Japan's Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda (C) meets with reporters on June 15, 2017, after the parliament enacted contentious legislation to criminalize the planning of serious crimes, which the government says will help thwart terrorism but opponents claim could lead to the suppression of civil liberties and excessive state surveillance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Conspiracy" law enacted to punish planning of crimes

Japan's Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda bows his head in appreciation as a plenary session of the House of Councillors enacted contentious legislation on June 15, 2017, to criminalize the planning of serious crimes, amid concerns over the suppression of civil liberties and excessive state surveillance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Conspiracy" law enacted to punish planning of crimes

Japan's Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda bows his head in appreciation as a plenary session of the House of Councillors enacted contentious legislation on June 15, 2017, to criminalize the planning of serious crimes, amid concerns over the suppression of civil liberties and excessive state surveillance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Conspiracy" law enacted to punish planning of crimes

Japan's Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda (far L) bows his head in appreciation as a plenary session of the House of Councillors enacted contentious legislation on June 15, 2017, to criminalize the planning of serious crimes, amid concerns over the suppression of civil liberties and excessive state surveillance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Censure motions voted down against 2 Japanese ministers

The House of Councillors votes down a censure motion against Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda at a plenary session in Tokyo on June 14, 2017. A separate censure motion against regional revitalization minister Kozo Yamamoto was also voted down by the upper house the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Censure motions voted down against 2 Japanese ministers

The House of Councillors votes down a censure motion against Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda at a plenary session in Tokyo on June 14, 2017. A separate censure motion against regional revitalization minister Kozo Yamamoto was also voted down by the upper house the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Censure motions against 2 Japanese ministers voted down

Japanese Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda stands after a censure motion against him was voted down at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on June 14, 2017. A separate censure motion against regional revitalization minister Kozo Yamamoto was also voted down by the upper house the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's upper house begins deliberations on "conspiracy bill"

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda attend a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on May 29, 2017. Debate on a bill to penalize the planning of serious crimes began in the upper house after it passed the lower house the previous week amid protests by opposition parties and civil groups, which fear the envisioned legislation could lead to abuses of power by law enforcement authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan parliament revises Civil Code to clarify contract rules

Japan's Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda bows after parliament revises the Civil Code during an upper house plenary session in Tokyo on May 26, 2017. The revisions were made to clarify contract terms, such as for online shopping and life insurance, to avoid disputes over interpretation between businesses and consumers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo