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Kawashima promoted to emperor's top aide

TOKYO, Japan - File photos of Yutaka Kawashima (L), who was named as grand chamberlain at the Imperial House Agency on June 15, and Koichi Haraguchi (R), who was appointed the same day to take over Kawashima's post as head of court ceremonies at the agency. Kawashima, 65, a former vice foreign minister, replaces Makoto Watanabe, who retired the same day. Haraguchi, 66, was a former Japanese negotiator for normalizing ties with North Korea.

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(2) Group adds two more to list of would-be abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Photos released March 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN) show Koichi Kawashima (L), who went missing from Yokohama in 1982 at age 23, and Masateru Maegami (R), who disappeared from Hokkaido in 1977 at age 20 -- who have been added to the COMJAN list of those it believes highly likely to have been abducted by North Korea.

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(1)Group adds two more to list of would-be abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 10. The group added two people -- Koichi Kawashima, who went missing from Yokohama in 1982 at age 23, and Masateru Maegami, who disappeared from Hokkaido in 1977 at age 20 -- to its list of those it believes highly likely to have been abducted by North Korea.

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(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Haruo Yamashita, Kiyofumi Takano, Takashi Makishi, Kiyomitsu Tajima, (from L to R, bottom) Takashi Gima, Noriyuki Fuse, Kenji Yamada and Koichi Kawashima.

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Kawashima promoted to emperor's top aide

TOKYO, Japan - File photos of Yutaka Kawashima (L), who was named as grand chamberlain at the Imperial House Agency on June 15, and Koichi Haraguchi (R), who was appointed the same day to take over Kawashima's post as head of court ceremonies at the agency. Kawashima, 65, a former vice foreign minister, replaces Makoto Watanabe, who retired the same day. Haraguchi, 66, was a former Japanese negotiator for normalizing ties with North Korea. (Kyodo)

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(1)Group adds two more to list of would-be abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 10. The group added two people -- Koichi Kawashima, who went missing from Yokohama in 1982 at age 23, and Masateru Maegami, who disappeared from Hokkaido in 1977 at age 20 -- to its list of those it believes highly likely to have been abducted by North Korea. (Kyodo)

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(2) Group adds two more to list of would-be abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Photos released March 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN) show Koichi Kawashima (L), who went missing from Yokohama in 1982 at age 23, and Masateru Maegami (R), who disappeared from Hokkaido in 1977 at age 20 -- who have been added to the COMJAN list of those it believes highly likely to have been abducted by North Korea. (Kyodo)

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(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Haruo Yamashita, Kiyofumi Takano, Takashi Makishi, Kiyomitsu Tajima, (from L to R, bottom) Takashi Gima, Noriyuki Fuse, Kenji Yamada and Koichi Kawashima. (Kyodo)