Event to pitch Japanese food held in Beijing

Event to pitch Japanese food held in Beijing

A food tasting event for Japanese food is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2025, with Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (back, C) attending.

Okinawa PR campaign in Beijing

Okinawa PR campaign in Beijing

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi speaks during an event to pitch Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, especially sightseeing spots and local foods, held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2025.

Shogi event in Beijing

Shogi event in Beijing

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi speaks during the opening ceremony of a shogi event at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 9, 2025. About 100 people, including elementary school students from Japan and China, took part in the annual event.

Shogi event in Beijing

Shogi event in Beijing

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi speaks during the opening ceremony of a shogi event at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 9, 2025. About 100 people, including elementary school students from Japan and China, took part in the annual event.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi is pictured as he meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi is pictured as he meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi is pictured as he meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

China court sentences Japanese man for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi meets the press in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Chinese court sentenced the same day a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. to three years and six months in prison for engaging in espionage activities.

China court gives Japanese man 3.5 yr-prison term for spying

China court gives Japanese man 3.5 yr-prison term for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (C) speaks to reporters in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Beijing court sentenced a Japanese man to three years and six months in prison for spying.

China court gives Japanese man 3.5 yr-prison term for spying

China court gives Japanese man 3.5 yr-prison term for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi speaks to reporters in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Beijing court sentenced a Japanese man to three years and six months in prison for spying.

China court gives Japanese man 3.5 yr-prison term for spying

China court gives Japanese man 3.5 yr-prison term for spying

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi speaks to reporters in Beijing on July 16, 2025, after a Beijing court sentenced a Japanese man to three years and six months in prison for spying.

Consumer products expo in China

Consumer products expo in China

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (C) visits a booth of a Japanese company at the China International Consumer Product Expo in Haikou in the southern Chinese province of Hainan on April 13, 2025.

Chinese court sentences man to death for killing Japanese boy

Chinese court sentences man to death for killing Japanese boy

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (front) speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 24, 2025. The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Shenzhen in China's Guangdong Province sentenced a man to death earlier in the day for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy in September 2024 in Shenzhen, according to Kanasugi.

Tokyo-Beijing forum

Tokyo-Beijing forum

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi sends a video message to a forum on Japan-China relations in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2024.

Fatal stabbing in China

Fatal stabbing in China

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (R) speaks to reporters on Sept. 19, 2024, in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen after a 10-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by a man on his way to a Japanese school the previous day.

Trade fair in Beijing

Trade fair in Beijing

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (far R) poses with Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, at Japan's booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Sept. 15, 2024.

Trade fair in Beijing

Trade fair in Beijing

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi poses with Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, at Japan's booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing on Sept. 15, 2024.

Beijing International Tourism Expo

Beijing International Tourism Expo

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (L) visits the Japan booth set up at the Beijing International Tourism Expo in the Chinese capital on June 15, 2024.

Japan envoy to China visits museum in Anhui Province

Japan envoy to China visits museum in Anhui Province

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi (L) looks at ancient bronze ware at a museum during a visit to Anhui Province, eastern China, on May 19, 2024.

New Japan envoy to China Kanasugi in Beijing

New Japan envoy to China Kanasugi in Beijing

The new Japanese Ambassador to China, Kenji Kanasugi, attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2023, after arriving at the Chinese capital earlier in the day.

New Japan envoy to China Kanasugi in Beijing

New Japan envoy to China Kanasugi in Beijing

The new Japanese Ambassador to China, Kenji Kanasugi, attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2023, after arriving at the Chinese capital earlier in the day.

New Japan envoy to China Kanasugi in Beijing

New Japan envoy to China Kanasugi in Beijing

The new Japanese Ambassador to China, Kenji Kanasugi, attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2023, after arriving at the Chinese capital earlier in the day.

S. Korea protests Japan's renewed claim over disputed islets

S. Korea protests Japan's renewed claim over disputed islets

Kenji Kanasugi, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, enters the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 21, 2015, after being summoned as South Korea protested Japan's renewed claim over South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan in its annual defense white paper. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea condemns Japan for territorial claim over disputed islets

S. Korea condemns Japan for territorial claim over disputed islets

Kenji Kanasugi (C), minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry on April 7, 2015, after being summoned by Lee Sang Deok, director general of the ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau. South Korea lodged a protest regarding Japan's assertion of sovereignty in its annual foreign policy report over South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea summons Japanese diplomat to protest claim over islets

S. Korea summons Japanese diplomat to protest claim over islets

Kenji Kanasugi, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, leaves South Korea's Foreign Ministry in the capital on Feb. 23, 2015. Kanasugi was summoned by the ministry as it lodged a protest against Tokyo's sending of a high-level official to an annual ceremony in western Japan at the weekend to press Japan's claim to a pair of South Korean-administered islets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea summons Japanese diplomat to protest claim over islets

S. Korea summons Japanese diplomat to protest claim over islets

Kenji Kanasugi, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, arrives at South Korea's Foreign Ministry in the capital on Feb. 23, 2015. Kanasugi was summoned by the ministry as it lodged a protest against Tokyo's sending of a high-level official to an annual ceremony in western Japan at the weekend to press Japan's claim to a pair of South Korean-administered islets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea, U.S., Japan to fully implement sanctions on N. Korea

S. Korea, U.S., Japan to fully implement sanctions on N. Korea

(From L) Joseph Yun, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, Kim Hong Kyun, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs at South Korea's Foreign Ministry, and Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, attend a joint press conference after their talks in Seoul, on Dec. 13, 2016. The top nuclear envoys of the three countries agreed to work closely to fully implement the latest sanctions imposed on Pyongyang by the U.N. Security Council and unilateral sanctions measures taken by the three allies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korean, Japanese nuclear envoys discuss N. Korea threats

S. Korean, Japanese nuclear envoys discuss N. Korea threats

Lee Do Hoon (R), South Korea's special representative for the office of Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, and Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, hold talks in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2017. The two agreed to further strengthen efforts to draw North Korea into a denuclearization process. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korean, Japanese nuclear envoys discuss N. Korea threats

S. Korean, Japanese nuclear envoys discuss N. Korea threats

Lee Do Hoon (R), South Korea's special representative for the office of Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, and Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands in Seoul on Oct. 19, 2017, as they discuss diplomatic efforts to rein in North Korea's provocative activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan-S. Korea in talks

Japan-S. Korea in talks

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives at Gimpo airport in Seoul on Aug. 29, 2019, to discuss trade and historical issues with his South Korean counterpart Kim Jung Han. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan-S. Korea in talks

Japan-S. Korea in talks

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives at Gimpo airport in Seoul on Aug. 29, 2019, to discuss trade and historical issues with his South Korean counterpart Kim Jung Han. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan-S. Korea talks

Japan-S. Korea talks

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters in Seoul on March 14, 2019, following a subcabinet-level meeting with South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan-S. Korea talks

Japan-S. Korea talks

Kenji Kanasugi (C), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives at South Korea's foreign ministry in Seoul on March 14, 2019, for subcabinet-level talks with South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau chief Kanasugi

Japanese Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau chief Kanasugi

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks to the press in Seoul on Feb. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, meets the press in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 after holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is pictured in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 before holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, meets the press in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 after holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Tokyo, Seoul clash over S. Korean warship's fire-control radar lock-on

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is pictured in Seoul on Dec. 24, 2018 before holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong Kil over what Tokyo alleges was a South Korean warship's directing of its fire-control radar onto a Japanese patrol plane in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea-Japan talks

S. Korea-Japan talks

Lee Do Hoon (L), special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Kenji Kanasugi, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, hold talks in Seoul on April 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea-Japan talks

S. Korea-Japan talks

Lee Do Hoon (L), special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Kenji Kanasugi, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before their talks in Seoul on April 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan-S. Korea security talks

Japan-S. Korea security talks

Kenji Kanasugi (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, attends the 11th round of security talks between Japan and South Korea in Tokyo on March 15, 2018. Kanasugi represented the Japanese delegation for the security talks, the first in three years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Senior officials of Japan, S. Korea

Senior officials of Japan, S. Korea

Lee Do Hoon (L), South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korean, Japanese officials discuss N. Korea

S. Korean, Japanese officials discuss N. Korea

Lee Do Hoon (R), South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2017. They reaffirmed the need to continue to press North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile development programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, U.S., S. Korea diplomats meet to lean on N. Korea

Japan, U.S., S. Korea diplomats meet to lean on N. Korea

Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 25, 2017, after meeting with U.S. and South Korean officials to increase pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs amid heightened regional tensions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, U.S., S. Korea diplomats meet to lean on N. Korea

Japan, U.S., S. Korea diplomats meet to lean on N. Korea

(From L) Joseph Yun, Kenji Kanasugi and Kim Hong Kyun, senior foreign affairs officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea, respectively, join hands in Tokyo on April 25, 2017. They met to explore ways to pile up pressure on North Korea amid heightened regional tensions. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, U.S., S. Korea eye further curbing N. Korean revenue sources

Japan, U.S., S. Korea eye further curbing N. Korean revenue sources

(From R) Kenji Kanasugi, head of Asian and Oceanian affairs at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Joseph Yun, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Kim Hong Kyun, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, shake hands prior to their talks in Washington on Feb. 27, 2017. They explored new measures to further restrict North Korea's funding for its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo