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Japan to take multipronged approach to Security Council bid

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, tells reporters in New York on Dec. 22 that he will pursue a multipronged approach in trying to win a permanent seat for Japan on the U.N. Security Council.

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Japan's chief ambassador presents credentials to Annan

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima (L), Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, presents his credentials to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Dec. 21. Annan welcomed the return of the former U.N. undersecretary general to New York.

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New nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - The members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority -- (from L) Kenzo Oshima, Toyoshi Fuketa, Shunichi Tanaka, chairman, Kunihiko Shimazaki and Kayoko Nakamura -- attend an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Megumi Yokota documentary premiers at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) chats with Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima (R) on Jan. 8 prior to the screening at the U.N. headquarters of the U.S. documentary film about Megumi Yokota, a 13-year-old Japanese who was abducted by North Korean agents on her way home from school in 1977.

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5 U.N. powers, Japan basically agree on N. Korea resolution

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima speaks to reporters Oct. 12 at U.N. headquarters in New York after a Security Council meeting.

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China voices readiness to agree to sanctions against N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima listens to a media question after a U.N. Security Council meeting held at the U.N. Headquarters on Oct. 10 to discuss a U.S.-proposed draft resolution against North Korea.

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UNSC warns of further action if N. Korea conducts nuke tests

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima (C), Japanese ambassador to the United Nations and president of the U.N. Security Council for October, reads out a presidential statement urging North Korea to cancel any planned nuclear test at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 6 after the Security Council unanimously adopted it.

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UNSC warns of further action if N. Korea conducts nuke tests

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations and president of the U.N. Security Council for October, speaks to reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 6 after the Security Council unanimously adopted a presidential statement urging North Korea to cancel any planned nuclear test.

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Japan urges comprehensive solution to N. Korea nuke

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima addresses the 61st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26. He said Japan will continue efforts to resolve North Korea's nuclear ambitions as well as its past abductions of Japanese citizens ''comprehensively.''

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U.N. Security Council unanimously adopts N. Korea resolution

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima (L), Japanese Ambassador to the U.N., listens to his Chinese counterpart Wang Guangya (R) during a session of the U.N. Security Council on July 15.

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U.N. Security Council unanimously adopts N. Korea resolution

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima (R) answers media questions as his U.S. counterpart John Bolton () listens at the U.N. Headquarters on July 15 before the U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution condemning North Korea's recent missile tests.

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Japan, U.S. submit revised N. Korea resolution to UNSC

NEW YORK, United States - John Bolton (L), U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. answers media questions at the U.N. Headquarters on July 14, as Japanese U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima (R) listens. Japan and the United States submitted a revised draft resolution on North Korea's missile launches to the U.N. Security Council on the day after failing to come to terms with China and Russia over key provisions whether U.N. action will be made mandatory and legally binding.

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Japan, U.S. submit revised N. Korea resolution to UNSC

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the U.N. Kenzo Oshima speaks with reporters at the U.N. Headquarters on July 14. Later in the day, Japan and the United States submitted a revised draft resolution on North Korea's missile launches to the U.N. Security Council after failing to come to terms with China and Russia over key provisions whether U.N. action will be made mandatory and legally binding.

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Debate on G-4 Security Council reform resolution begins

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York on July 11 as debate on a draft resolution submitted by Japan, Brazil, Germany and India to expand the U.N. Security Council began.

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G-4 confers UNSC reform draft with China, Asian bloc

NEW YORK, United States - Japan, Germany, Brazil and India touted their proposed resolution to expand the U.N. Security Council on May 18 in New York to diplomats from Asia and the Middle East to promote their campaign to become permanent members at an expanded Security Council. At right is Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima.

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Japanese ambassador to U.N. speaks on UNSC reform

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima speaks on reform of the U.N. Security Council at a news conference in New York on May 16.

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Japan envoy to U.N. promises nuclear non-proliferation efforts

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima (R) meets Terumi Tanaka, secretary general of the Japan Confederation of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Sufferers Organizations, in New York on May 3, prior to an international conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations.

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Japan soldier's diary returned to kin 60 yrs after death

SYDNEY, Australia - Steve Gower (L), director of the Australian War Memorial, hands Japanese Ambassador to Australia Kenzo Oshima the diary of Yoshikazu Tamura, a Japanese soldier killed in Papua New Guinea during World War II.

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New U.N. relief organization head to tap Japan's experience

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, the newly appointed U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, is shown during an interview with Kyodo News in New York on Jan. 30. He said he plans to tap Japan's vast experience to cope with natural disasters in his new job as the top U.N. official in charge of coordinating worldwide emergency relief operations.

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Japanese appointed U.N. under-secretary general

NEW YORK, United States - File photo shows Kenzo Oshima, a Japanese career diplomat, who has been appointed as U.N. under-secretary general in charge of humanitarian affairs and relief operations. The United Nations said Dec. 6 that Oshima, 57, will assume his new post mid-January next year.

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Japan's chief ambassador presents credentials to Annan

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima (L), Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, presents his credentials to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Dec. 21. Annan welcomed the return of the former U.N. undersecretary general to New York. (Kyodo)

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Japan to take multipronged approach to Security Council bid

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, tells reporters in New York on Dec. 22 that he will pursue a multipronged approach in trying to win a permanent seat for Japan on the U.N. Security Council. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ambassador to U.N. speaks on UNSC reform

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima speaks on reform of the U.N. Security Council at a news conference in New York on May 16. (Kyodo)

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Debate on G-4 Security Council reform resolution begins

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York on July 11 as debate on a draft resolution submitted by Japan, Brazil, Germany and India to expand the U.N. Security Council began. (Kyodo)

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UNSC warns of further action if N. Korea conducts nuke tests

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima (C), Japanese ambassador to the United Nations and president of the U.N. Security Council for October, reads out a presidential statement urging North Korea to cancel any planned nuclear test at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 6 after the Security Council unanimously adopted it. (Kyodo)

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UNSC warns of further action if N. Korea conducts nuke tests

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations and president of the U.N. Security Council for October, speaks to reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 6 after the Security Council unanimously adopted a presidential statement urging North Korea to cancel any planned nuclear test. (Kyodo)

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Japan envoy to U.N. promises nuclear non-proliferation efforts

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima (R) meets Terumi Tanaka, secretary general of the Japan Confederation of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Sufferers Organizations, in New York on May 3, prior to an international conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations. (Kyodo)

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Japan urges comprehensive solution to N. Korea nuke

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima addresses the 61st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 26. He said Japan will continue efforts to resolve North Korea's nuclear ambitions as well as its past abductions of Japanese citizens ''comprehensively.'' (Kyodo)

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U.N. Security Council unanimously adopts N. Korea resolution

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima (L), Japanese Ambassador to the U.N., listens to his Chinese counterpart Wang Guangya (R) during a session of the U.N. Security Council on July 15. (Kyodo)

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U.N. Security Council unanimously adopts N. Korea resolution

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima (R) answers media questions as his U.S. counterpart John Bolton () listens at the U.N. Headquarters on July 15 before the U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution condemning North Korea's recent missile tests. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. submit revised N. Korea resolution to UNSC

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the U.N. Kenzo Oshima speaks with reporters at the U.N. Headquarters on July 14. Later in the day, Japan and the United States submitted a revised draft resolution on North Korea's missile launches to the U.N. Security Council after failing to come to terms with China and Russia over key provisions whether U.N. action will be made mandatory and legally binding. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. submit revised N. Korea resolution to UNSC

NEW YORK, United States - John Bolton (L), U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. answers media questions at the U.N. Headquarters on July 14, as Japanese U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima (R) listens. Japan and the United States submitted a revised draft resolution on North Korea's missile launches to the U.N. Security Council on the day after failing to come to terms with China and Russia over key provisions whether U.N. action will be made mandatory and legally binding. (Kyodo)

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G-4 confers UNSC reform draft with China, Asian bloc

NEW YORK, United States - Japan, Germany, Brazil and India touted their proposed resolution to expand the U.N. Security Council on May 18 in New York to diplomats from Asia and the Middle East to promote their campaign to become permanent members at an expanded Security Council. At right is Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima. (Kyodo)

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Megumi Yokota documentary premiers at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) chats with Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima (R) on Jan. 8 prior to the screening at the U.N. headquarters of the U.S. documentary film about Megumi Yokota, a 13-year-old Japanese who was abducted by North Korean agents on her way home from school in 1977. (Kyodo)

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5 U.N. powers, Japan basically agree on N. Korea resolution

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima speaks to reporters Oct. 12 at U.N. headquarters in New York after a Security Council meeting. (Kyodo)

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China voices readiness to agree to sanctions against N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima listens to a media question after a U.N. Security Council meeting held at the U.N. Headquarters on Oct. 10 to discuss a U.S.-proposed draft resolution against North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Japan soldier's diary returned to kin 60 yrs after death

SYDNEY, Australia - Steve Gower (L), director of the Australian War Memorial, hands Japanese Ambassador to Australia Kenzo Oshima the diary of Yoshikazu Tamura, a Japanese soldier killed in Papua New Guinea during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Former U.N. exec officer Oshima named Australian envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzo Oshima (3rd from L), former U.N. undersecretary general in charge of humanitarian affairs, has been named Japanese ambassador to Australia, the government said July 22. Other newly appointed ambassadors are (top, from L to R) Hiroshi Sakurai to Jamaica, Tomoyuki Abe to Turkey, Shigenobu Kato to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, (bottom, from L to R) Hajime Tsujimoto to the United Arab Emirates, Toshihiro Takahashi to Paraguay, Haruo Okamoto to the Dominican Republic and Tokumitsu Murakami to Lebanon. (Kyodo)

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New U.N. relief organization head to tap Japan's experience

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, the newly appointed U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, is shown during an interview with Kyodo News in New York on Jan. 30. He said he plans to tap Japan's vast experience to cope with natural disasters in his new job as the top U.N. official in charge of coordinating worldwide emergency relief operations.

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Japanese appointed U.N. under-secretary general

NEW YORK, United States - File photo shows Kenzo Oshima, a Japanese career diplomat, who has been appointed as U.N. under-secretary general in charge of humanitarian affairs and relief operations. The United Nations said Dec. 6 that Oshima, 57, will assume his new post mid-January next year.