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World Cup 2026 – US: New Yorkers Gather Outside Pizzeria to Watch Match

New Yorkers gathered outside Little Italy Pizza in Manhattan, New York, on Thursday night to watch a FIFA World Cup 2026 match.

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Japan, S. Korea upbeat on global economy despite market turmoil

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi (L) and his South Korean counterpart Kwon O Kyu shake hands in Seoul on Aug. 22 prior to their talks.

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Japan to donate $100 mil. to set up new funds at ADB

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers a keynote speech at the start of a two-day annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Kyoto on May 6. Omi, who chairs the meeting, unveiled a plan to contribute $100 million to the Asian Development Bank to set up two new funds to fight global warming and facilitate the investment climate in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Omi, Paulson hold talks amid global stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson prior to their talks in Tokyo on March 5 to discuss domestic and overseas economies, as well as the foreign exchange market, amid global stock falls.

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Omi pledges consumption tax debate in fall, to improve finances

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers his fiscal policy speech at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 26.

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Omi calls for debate on raising consumption tax rate

LONDON, England - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi speaks with reporters following his talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown in London on Jan. 11. Omi called for a debate in Japan on a possible hike in the consumption tax rate, saying that cutting expenditures alone will be insufficient for the country to restore its fiscal health.

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Finance Minister Omi gives speech in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers a speech in Washington on Jan. 8.

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Cabinet adopts 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi meets the press at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 24 after the Cabinet approved an 82,908.8 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2007.

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Cabinet adopts 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) and three key Cabinet members -- Finance Minister Koji Omi, Defense Agency Director-General Fumio Kyuma and Foreign Minister Taro Aso (from L to R) -- pose for photographers prior to a Cabinet meeting Dec. 24 that approved an 82,908.8 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2007.

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Japan can achieve budget surplus before FY2011: Omi

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi said Dec. 20 that Japan can achieve a budget surplus on a primary balance basis ahead of the government target of fiscal 2011. The Finance Ministry proposed earlier in the day a draft state budget for fiscal 2007 totaling 82,908.8 billion yen.

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Finance Ministry to propose 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi presides over a meeting of his ministry officials called to discuss a draft of the state budget for fiscal 2007 on Dec. 19. The ministry is set to propose a draft budget totaling 82.91 trillion yen, up from 79.69 trillion yen initially projected for the fiscal 2006 budge.

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No-confidence motion voted down in lower house

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi bow in appreciation after the House of Representatives voted down a no-confidence motion submitted by four opposition parties against the Cabinet on Dec. 15.

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Indian Prime Minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) is in talks with Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 14. (Pool photo)

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Japan to propose N. Korean nuke issue for agenda of G-20 talks: Omi

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi speaks to reporters in Melbourne on Nov. 17. Omi is in Melbourne to attend a two-day gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies in Melbourne Nov. 18.

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Biggest Japan business lobby calls for tax breaks for investment

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (standing) addresses a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 8.

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All regions see recovery in July-September for 4th straight qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (standing) addresses a meeting of ministry regional bureau chiefs at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24.

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Finance MInister Omi

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, newly appointed finance minister, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Finance MInister Omi

TOKYO, Japan - New Finance Minister Koji Omi arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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LDP opponents of tax reform plan to produce own program

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi (standing), a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) House of Representatives member, addresses a group of LDP lawmakers critical of the party's tax panel at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 21. Omi said his group will compile their own tax reform plan. Seated at left is Yoichi Morishita, vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) and chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

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Hosoda appointed as minister for Okinawa issues

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Hosoda, newly appointed minister for science and technology, the development of Okinawa, and the settlement of issues concerning disputed isles off Hokkaido, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30. Hosoda, 58, replaces Koji Omi, 69, who held the post since the inauguration in April last year of the first cabinet of Koizumi.

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Gov't, Okinawa agree on land reclamation for Futemma

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the central government and Okinawa in their meeting in Tokyo on July 29 agree on a basic plan to reclaim land from the sea off Nago, northern Okinawa, as a relocation site for the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, central Okinawa. At the table are State Minister for Okinawa Koji Omi (2nd from L, background) and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R, foreground).

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Advisory board for Okinawa grad school meets in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) and Koji Omi (R), Japanese state minister for Okinawa affairs, attend the first meeting of an advisory board for a planned Japanese government-run graduate school in the southern prefecture on April 26 in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

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Gov't proposes eight of construction plans for heliport

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, minister in charge of Northern and Okinawa affairs, addresses a meeting of a government panel charged with discussing the planned construction of a new airport in northern Okinawa to take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. Seated to his left is Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and to his right is Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani.

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Inamine requests fewer U.S. bases in talks with Omi

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R, standing) reads out to Koji Omi (far L), state minister for Okinawa affairs, the prefecture's demands concerning the planned relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station at the prefectural government in Naha on June 4. The governor requested that the central government proceed with the relocation and reduction of U.S. bases in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Omi named minister for science council

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, appointed by new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as minister in charge of the Council for Science and Technology Policy, development of Okinawa and settlement of issues concerning disputed isles off Hokkaido, speaks at a news conference April 26.

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All regions see recovery in July-September for 4th straight qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (standing) addresses a meeting of ministry regional bureau chiefs at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24. (Kyodo)

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Biggest Japan business lobby calls for tax breaks for investment

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (standing) addresses a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 8. (Kyodo)

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Japan to propose N. Korean nuke issue for agenda of G-20 talks:

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi speaks to reporters in Melbourne on Nov. 17. Omi is in Melbourne to attend a two-day gathering of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies in Melbourne Nov. 18. (Kyodo)

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Indian Prime Minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) is in talks with Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 14. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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No-confidence motion voted down in lower house

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi bow in appreciation after the House of Representatives voted down a no-confidence motion submitted by four opposition parties against the Cabinet on Dec. 15. (Kyodo)

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Finance Ministry to propose 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 200

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi presides over a meeting of his ministry officials called to discuss a draft of the state budget for fiscal 2007 on Dec. 19. The ministry is set to propose a draft budget totaling 82.91 trillion yen, up from 79.69 trillion yen initially projected for the fiscal 2006 budge. (Kyodo)

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Japan can achieve budget surplus before FY2011: Omi

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi said Dec. 20 that Japan can achieve a budget surplus on a primary balance basis ahead of the government target of fiscal 2011. The Finance Ministry proposed earlier in the day a draft state budget for fiscal 2007 totaling 82,908.8 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet adopts 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi meets the press at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 24 after the Cabinet approved an 82,908.8 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2007. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet adopts 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) and three key Cabinet members -- Finance Minister Koji Omi, Defense Agency Director-General Fumio Kyuma and Foreign Minister Taro Aso (from L to R) -- pose for photographers prior to a Cabinet meeting Dec. 24 that approved an 82,908.8 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2007. (Kyodo)

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Finance Minister Omi gives speech in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers a speech in Washington on Jan. 8. (Kyodo)

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Omi calls for debate on raising consumption tax rate

LONDON, England - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi speaks with reporters following his talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown in London on Jan. 11. Omi called for a debate in Japan on a possible hike in the consumption tax rate, saying that cutting expenditures alone will be insufficient for the country to restore its fiscal health. (Kyodo)

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Recovery seen in all regions in Oct.-Dec. for 5th straight qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi (R) addresses a meeting of the ministry's regional bureau chiefs in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The ministry said the same day that all of its 11 regional bureaus reported a recovery trend in local economies in the October-December period for the fifth straight quarter. (Kyodo)

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Omi pledges consumption tax debate in fall, to improve finances

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers his fiscal policy speech at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 26. (Kyodo)

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Omi, Paulson hold talks amid global stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson prior to their talks in Tokyo on March 5 to discuss domestic and overseas economies, as well as the foreign exchange market, amid global stock falls. (Kyodo)

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Japan to donate $100 mil. to set up new funds at ADB

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi delivers a keynote speech at the start of a two-day annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Kyoto on May 6. Omi, who chairs the meeting, unveiled a plan to contribute $100 million to the Asian Development Bank to set up two new funds to fight global warming and facilitate the investment climate in the Asia-Pacific region. (Kyodo)

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Shinohara to replace Watanabe as Japan's top currency diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi has decided to appoint Naoyuki Shinohara (file photo), director general of his ministry's International Bureau, as vice finance minister for international affairs, replacing incumbent Hiroshi Watanabe, government sources said June 26. Omi is expected to announce the appointment after the ongoing Diet session adjourns in early July, the sources said. Watanabe, 58, will retire from the ministry.

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Japan, S. Korea upbeat on global economy despite market turmoil

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi (L) and his South Korean counterpart Kwon O Kyu shake hands in Seoul on Aug. 22 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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LDP opponents of tax reform plan to produce own program

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi (standing), a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) House of Representatives member, addresses a group of LDP lawmakers critical of the party's tax panel at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 21. Omi said his group will compile their own tax reform plan. Seated at left is Yoichi Morishita, vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) and chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Kyodo)

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Finance MInister Omi

TOKYO, Japan - New Finance Minister Koji Omi arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)

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Finance MInister Omi

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, newly appointed finance minister, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)

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Hosoda appointed as minister for Okinawa issues

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Hosoda, newly appointed minister for science and technology, the development of Okinawa, and the settlement of issues concerning disputed isles off Hokkaido, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30. Hosoda, 58, replaces Koji Omi, 69, who held the post since the inauguration in April last year of the first cabinet of Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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Advisory board for Okinawa grad school meets in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) and Koji Omi (R), Japanese state minister for Okinawa affairs, attend the first meeting of an advisory board for a planned Japanese government-run graduate school in the southern prefecture on April 26 in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

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Gov't proposes eight of construction plans for heliport

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, minister in charge of Northern and Okinawa affairs, addresses a meeting of a government panel charged with discussing the planned construction of a new airport in northern Okinawa to take over the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the prefecture. Seated to his left is Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and to his right is Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani.

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Inamine requests fewer U.S. bases in talks with Omi

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R, standing) reads out to Koji Omi (far L), state minister for Okinawa affairs, the prefecture's demands concerning the planned relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station at the prefectural government in Naha on June 4. The governor requested that the central government proceed with the relocation and reduction of U.S. bases in Okinawa Prefecture.