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Ogata arrives in Kabul for reconstruction talks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Sadako Ogata (L, front), Japanese government representatives on Afghan reconstruction affairs, chats with Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Kinichi Komano at Kabul international airport July 6. She visited Kabul for talks on ways to help rebuild the country.

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Japan provides funds to preserve Bamyan remains

BAMYAN, Afghanistan - Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Kinichi Komano (2nd from R) shakes hands with Martin Hadlow, head of UNESCO's Kabul office, in Bamyan, central Afghanistan on June 2 after signing a document on 210 million yen in funds Japan will provide for preserving the Bamyan remains. At the background is a cave where there was a huge statue of Buddha which was demolished by the Taliban.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for Afghan road repair project held

KABUL, Afghanistan - A groundbreaking ceremony for an internationally funded project to repair a 500-kilometer stretch of highway linking Afghanistan's capital with the southern city of Kandahar is held Nov. 10 in a Kabul suburb, attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and Japanese Ambassador Kinichi Komano (C). The road improvement work is part of the $180 million aid project, financed by Japan, the United States and Saudi Arabia, for the war-torn country.

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Japan envoy to Afghanistan presents credentials

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Kinichi Komano (L) presents his credentials to interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai (R) in a ceremony at the old presidential palace in Kabul on May 25.

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Afghanistan's former king arrives home after long exile

KABUL, Afghanistan - Former Afghan king Zahir Shah (C) shakes hands with Japan's charge d'affaires Kinichi Komano at Kabul airport on April 18 after arriving there accompanied by interim government leader Hamid Karzai from Rome. The 87-year-old Zahir Shah was in exile in Italy for 29 years.

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Japan's new charge d'affaires in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Kinichi Komano (in undated file photo) assumed his new assignment as Japanese charge d'affaires in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Feb. 19, 2002.

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Japanese charge d'affaires holds talks with Karzai in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's leader Hamid Karzai (R) is in talks with Japanese charge d'affaires Kinichi Komano (L) on measures to implement international assistance at the presidential palace in Kabul on Feb. 20.

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Komano arrives in Kabul to work at Japanese embassy

KABUL, Afghanistan - Kinichi Komano, Japanese charge d'affaires ad interim at the Japanese Embassy in Kabul, arrives in the Afghan capital Feb. 19 to take up his post.

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Ogata arrives in Kabul for reconstruction talks

KABUL, Afghanistan - Sadako Ogata (L, front), Japanese government representatives on Afghan reconstruction affairs, chats with Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Kinichi Komano at Kabul international airport July 6. She visited Kabul for talks on ways to help rebuild the country. (Kyodo)

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Japan provides funds to preserve Bamyan remains

BAMYAN, Afghanistan - Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Kinichi Komano (2nd from R) shakes hands with Martin Hadlow, head of UNESCO's Kabul office, in Bamyan, central Afghanistan on June 2 after signing a document on 210 million yen in funds Japan will provide for preserving the Bamyan remains. At the background is a cave where there was a huge statue of Buddha which was demolished by the Taliban. (Kyodo)

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Afghanistan's former king arrives home after long exile

KABUL, Afghanistan - Former Afghan king Zahir Shah (C) shakes hands with Japan's charge d'affaires Kinichi Komano at Kabul airport on April 18 after arriving there accompanied by interim government leader Hamid Karzai from Rome. The 87-year-old Zahir Shah was in exile in Italy for 29 years.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for Afghan road repair project held

KABUL, Afghanistan - A groundbreaking ceremony for an internationally funded project to repair a 500-kilometer stretch of highway linking Afghanistan's capital with the southern city of Kandahar is held Nov. 10 in a Kabul suburb, attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and Japanese Ambassador Kinichi Komano (C). The road improvement work is part of the $180 million aid project, financed by Japan, the United States and Saudi Arabia, for the war-torn country. (Kyodo)

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Japanese charge d'affaires holds talks with Karzai in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's leader Hamid Karzai (R) is in talks with Japanese charge d'affaires Kinichi Komano (L) on measures to implement international assistance at the presidential palace in Kabul on Feb. 20.