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Japanese Foreign Minister Komura addresses Afghan meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) gives an address at the opening of a two-day conference of international donors and the Afghan government at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 5. At left is Afghan Foreign Minister Dadfar Spanta.

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Cabinet ministers meet over food poisoning incidents

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Health minister Yoichi Masuzoe, state minister in charge of quality-of-life policy affairs Fumio Kishida, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura attend a meeting of Cabinet ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 4 to discuss the recent poisoning incidents involving Chinese-made frozen ''gyoza'' dumplings.

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Gov't to seek way to restart SDF mission if refueling law nixed

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Masahiko Komura gestures during an interview with Kyodo News and other media in Tokyo on Sept. 4. He says the government will try to find a way to resume Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force mission to refuel U.S.-led allied warships in the Indian Ocean even if the measure is voted down by the opposition.

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Masahiko Komura are in talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 30.

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, accompanied by his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura, returns salute to the guards of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry on Aug. 30.

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Japan, China hold defense minister talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Masahiko Komura pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Defense Ministry on Aug. 30.

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Chinese defense minister arrives in Japan for talks with Komura

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 29 for a five-day visit featuring talks with his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura, the first meeting between defense ministers of the two countries in four years.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet, party leadership with veteran lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) is flanked by Defense Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano (R) at the first meeting of his reshuffled Cabinet at his office on Aug. 27.

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Komura becomes defense minister returning to LDP mainstream

TOKYO, Japan - New defense Minister Masahiko Komura speaks at a press conference on Aug. 27. The veteran lawmaker, who heads a small Liberal Democratic Party faction, was forced out of the party's mainstream and held no posts after he lost in an LDP leadership election in 2003 to then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Komura shakes hands with Russel, Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Komura (R), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Daniel Russel (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014.

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LDP Vice President Komura

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Komura, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, after the party endorsed the appointment of new executives. Komura retained his post.

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New LDP leadership launched

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the newly launched leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party join hands for photos at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. They are (from L) election strategy chief Toshimitsu Motegi, policy chief Tomomi Inada, Vice President Masahiko Komura, President Shinzo Abe, Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki and General Council chief Toshihiro Nikai.

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PM Abe answers questions from LDP's Komura

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (standing) answers questions from Masahiko Komura, vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, in Tokyo on July 14, 2014, during a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting to discuss the issue of the right to collective self-defense.

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Ruling bloc eyes deal as gov't drafts decision on collective defense

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling bloc lawmakers -- (from R) Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura, New Komeito party deputy chief Kazuo Kitagawa and New Komeito Secretary General Yoshihisa Inoue -- attend a meeting on June 27, 2014, in Tokyo to discuss Japan's exercise of the right to collective self-defense. The two parties are expected to reach an agreement after focusing on a review of Japan's legal constraints on the Self-Defense Forces under the pacifist Constitution.

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Senior ruling bloc lawmakers discuss collective self-defense

TOKYO, Japan - Senior lawmakers of Japan's ruling bloc attend a meeting on June 20, 2014, in Tokyo to discuss the proposed removal of the self-imposed ban on the right to collective self-defense. (From L) New Komeito party Secretary General Yoshihisa Inoue, New Komeito deputy chief Kazuo Kitagawa, Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura and LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba were among them.

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Senior ruling bloc lawmakers discuss collective self-defense

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura (R) attends a meeting of the ruling party lawmakers, together with the New Komeito party deputy chief Kazuo Kitagawa (C) and Secretary General Yoshihisa Inoue on June 20, 2014, in Tokyo. The LDP proposed Japan should participate in U.N. collective security operations that enable member states to defend each other against attacks, causing a backlash from the coalition partner against what would be a departure from the country's postwar policy.

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Ruling bloc apart on collective self-defense

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party deputy chief Kazuo Kitagawa (L) attends a meeting with Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura (C) and LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on June 17, 2014, to discuss the government's drive to lift Japan's self-imposed ban on collective self-defense. The government set out on the day its draft overview of a Cabinet decision that would enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense, but the ruling parties remained divided over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push for the major policy change.

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Deputy chief of ruling LDP, Putin aide hold talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sergey Naryshkin, speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, responds to questions by reporters at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on June 3, 2014. Naryshkin, a close aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, held talks there with Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura.

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Japanese lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 5, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, ahead of talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 5, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, head for talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 5, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (2nd from front in right row), vice head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (L) meet in Beijing on May 4, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (L), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Li Xiaolin, the head of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, ahead of talks in Beijing on May 5, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japanese lawmakers in China

BEIJING, China - Masahiko Komura (far R), vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with Li Xiaolin (2nd from L), the head of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, in Beijing on May 5, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Abe envoy in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meet in Tehran on Sept. 8, 2013. Komura was in Iran as a special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Abe envoy in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shake hands in Tehran on Sept. 8, 2013. Komura was in Iran as a special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Abe envoy in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meet in Tehran on Sept. 7, 2013. Komura was in Iran as a special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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New LDP team

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Liberal Democratic Party's new leadership team join hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2012, after LDP President Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) formed it. They are (from L) General Council chief Seiko Noda, Vice President Masahiko Komura, President Abe, Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba, policy chief Sanae Takaichi and election strategy chief Takeo Kawamura.

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LDP launches leadership team

TOKYO, Japan - The Liberal Democratic Party's new leader Shinzo Abe (far L) holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2012, to introduce its new leadership. Former Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (2nd from L, front), who has close ties with China, became vice president of the main opposition party at a time of continuing tension between Asia's two biggest economies.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The signatures of Japan's Jutaro Komura and Kogoro Takahira are seen in the photo.

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Japan parliamentary members visit Beijing

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L), who is chairman of the friendship parliamentary league between Japan and China, and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping talk during their meeting in Beijing on May 4, 2011. Komura and other members of the Japanese parliament met with Xi and asked for China's support in recovery of disaster-hit Japan.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, Indonesia hold talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) shake hands after their talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura house in Tokyo on Aug. 28.

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Foreign ministers of Japan, Indonesia hold talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (3rd from R) and Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda (3rd from L) hold talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura house in Tokyo on Aug. 28.

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Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in food poisoning probe

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (far R) meets with China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo (far L) at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Aug. 17. Komura and Dai agreed to strengthen cooperation in probing into food poisoning cases involving pesticide-tainted dumplings made in China, a Japanese official said.

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FM Komura meets Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (far R) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (far L) hold talks at the Diaoyutai guesthouse in Beijing on Aug. 17.

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Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in food poisoning probe

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo pose for photographers before to talks at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Aug. 17. Komura and Dai agreed to strengthen cooperation in probing into food poisoning cases involving pesticide-tainted dumplings made in China, a Japanese official said.

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Komura leaves for three-day visit to Beijing

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (C) departs from Narita International Airport on Aug. 16 for a three-day visit to Beijing.

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Komura vows to continue addressing N. Korea issues

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 1 after retaining his post in the Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan affirms commitment with Israel, Palestine, Jordan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R) meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Salaheddin Al-Bashir (L), Israeli Environment Protection Minister Gideon Ezra (2n from L) and Palestinian Minister of Planning Samir Abdullah at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 2. At right is Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura.

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Japan vows to work with U.N. on climate, Africa, food crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura shake hands at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on June 30 prior to their talks.

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Japan vows to work with U.N. on climate, Africa, food crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from L) makes opening remarks during talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on June 30.

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Japan, U.S. to cooperate in verification of N. Korea declaration

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura shake hands prior to their talks in Kyoto on June 27. They agreed to work closely on verifying a declaration submitted by North Korea of its nuclear programs and on the issue of global warming prior to the upcoming Group of Eight summit. (Pool photo)

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G-8 stresses need to verify N. Korea nukes

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura attend a joint news conference in Kyoto on June 27 after the end of the two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations.

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U.S. State Secretary Rice talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Komura

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura attend a joint news conference in Kyoto on June 27 after their talks. Rice and Komura met after the end of a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight major nations. (Pool photo)

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U.S. State Secretary Rice talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Komura

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura attend a joint news conference in Kyoto on June 27 after their talks. Rice and Komura met after the end of a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight major nations. (Pool photo)

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G-8 stresses need to verify N. Korea nukes

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, who chaired a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations, speaks during a joint news conference in Kyoto on June 27 after the end of the meeting.

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G-8 foreign ministers meet in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Group of Eight foreign ministers plus representatives from the European Union pose for photographers during their meeting at the state guesthouse in Kyoto on June 26. Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, who hosted the meeting, is 6th from left (Pool photo)

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Japan welcomes N. Korea declaration but to verify contents

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura speaks to reporters after a meeting of Group of eight foreign ministers in Kyoto on June 26. Komura said Japan welcomes North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs but what matters is the contents of the declaration. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China agree on joint gas project in E. China Sea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari (L) and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura attend a joint news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 18 to announce an agreement between Japan and China on gas exploration projects in the disputed East China Sea.

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G-8 to send 'strong message' on Afghanistan, N. Korea: Komura

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura speaks at a reception held at Kyodo News head office in Tokyo on June 16 for top executives of major news agencies of Group of Eight countries. Komura said Japan and the other G-8 nations will aim to send a strong message when their foreign ministers meet in Kyoto next week for progress on Afghan reconstruction, the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues, the Middle East peace process and the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)