Aso encourages 2 GSDF officers set to join U.N. Sudan mission

Aso encourages 2 GSDF officers set to join U.N. Sudan mission

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) talks with Maj. Hironobu Tanaka of the Defense Ministry's Ground Staff Office (C) and Maj. Koichi Yamada of the GSDF's Ground Research and Development Command, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21. Aso encouraged the officers to do their best to help create peace in Sudan during their assignment to a U.N. mission in the war-torn African country.

(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

(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.

Aso encourages 2 GSDF officers set to join U.N. Sudan mission

Aso encourages 2 GSDF officers set to join U.N. Sudan mission

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) talks with Maj. Hironobu Tanaka of the Defense Ministry's Ground Staff Office (C) and Maj. Koichi Yamada of the GSDF's Ground Research and Development Command, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21. Aso encouraged the officers to do their best to help create peace in Sudan during their assignment to a U.N. mission in the war-torn African country. (Kyodo)

(1) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

(1) Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Shimadzu Corp. engineer Koichi Tanaka (R), winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, receives congratulations from Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada at the Shimadzu head office in Kyoto on Oct. 10. (Kyodo)

(2)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

(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)