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Canada: Wesley Ridge Fire Continues to Grow on Vancouver Island

The Wesley Ridge fire has been burning out of control on Vancouver Island on the north side of Cameron Lake with more than 400 people forced to evacuate. The fire now has grown to 511 hectares, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS).

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S. Korea summons Japanese envoy to protest Kono statement probe

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (L) is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul on June 23, 2014, by South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yong (R) to protest Japan's recent unveiling of the outcome of an investigation into how Japan composed a 1993 apology to women forced into wartime Japanese military brothels.

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S. Korea summons Japanese envoy to protest Kono statement probe

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho leaves the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul on June 23, 2014, after being summoned by South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yong to protest Japan's recent unveiling of the outcome of an investigation into how Japan composed a 1993 apology to women forced into wartime Japanese military brothels.

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S. Korean foreign minister meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. The South Korean foreign minister held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador for the first time since assuming the post in February 2013.

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S. Korean foreign minister meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) holds talks with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. The South Korean foreign minister held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador for the first time since assuming the post in February 2013.

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S. Korean Foreign Minister Yun meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (R, front row) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (sitting next to Yun) attend a cultural exchange event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. They also held talks at the venue of the event, marking the first time that the South Korean foreign minister has held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador since assuming the post in February 2013.

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S. Korean Foreign Minister Yun meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (R) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho attend a cultural exchange event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. They also held talks at the venue of the event, marking the first time that the South Korean foreign minister has held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador since assuming the post in February 2013.

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Japan envoy Bessho holds talks with Saenuri Party chairman

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party chairman Kim Moo Sung (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho at Seoul's National Assembly Building on Sept. 2, 2014, before their talks. Kim criticized the Abe government over its views on history and said Japan should change its stance toward South Korea for better bilateral ties.

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S. Korea lodges protest over Japanese textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yong (R) conveys a protest to Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (L) at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on April 4, 2014, over Japan's move to include its territorial claim to a pair of South Korean-held islets in elementary school textbooks.

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Japan envoy Bessho at 'Japan Day' in S. Korea's Gunsan

GUNSAN, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (2nd from L) has a "selfie" taken with students at Kunsan National University in Gunsan, South Korea, on March 19, 2014, at a "Japan Day" event organized by the Japanese embassy.

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S. Korean man rushes Japan envoy's car

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean man (C) is seized by police after rushing at a car carrying Koro Bessho, the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2014. The man was protesting against Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals. The man was overpowered before he could reach the envoy's vehicle.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (L), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Territorial disputes

SEOUL, South Korea - Koro Bessho (facing), the Japanese ambassador to South Korea, is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul and receives a rebuke from South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) over Japan's renewed claim to disputed isles in new school teaching manuals on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Protest in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean rightist group protest against controversial remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude involving Korean women, in front of the official residence of Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on May 21, 2013.

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Protest in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean rightist group protest against controversial remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude involving Korean women, in front of the official residence of Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on May 21, 2013.

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S. Korea protests Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) summons Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho (L) to the ministry in Seoul on April 25, 2013, to lodge an official protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks defending his Cabinet members' visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

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S. Korea protests Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) summons Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho (L) to the ministry in Seoul on April 25, 2013, to lodge an official protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks defending his Cabinet members' visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

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Japan envoy in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (L) and South Korean vice foreign minister Ahn Ho Young (R) meet in Seoul on Nov. 1, 2012.

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Japan envoy in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (L) and South Korean vice foreign minister Ahn Ho Young shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 1, 2012.

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Japan's new envoy to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho arrives at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Oct. 30, 2012. Bessho, a former deputy foreign minister, replaces Masatoshi Muto.

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Japan's new envoy to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (C) meets the press upon his arrival at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Oct. 30, 2012. Bessho, a former deputy foreign minister, replaces Masatoshi Muto.

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Japan's U.N. envoy airs concern over S. China Sea rows

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho voices deep concern on July 1, 2016, about territorial spats between China and other countries during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York, and said the U.N. Security Council will take up the issue if requested. Japan assumed the presidency of the 15-member council for July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. envoy calls N. Korea's nuke program threat to world

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (R) speaks during a forum on the North Korean issue at United Nations headquarters in New York on June 30, 2016, as U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power (L) looks on. Bessho said North Korea's nuclear program has evolved into a global threat, rather than a regional problem. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council calls emergency meeting on N. Korea

Koro Bessho, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, meets with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 22, 2016, as the Security Council convened an emergency meeting over North Korea's latest missile launches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Elderly Palau woman talks about experience during WWII

Maria Asanuma, a resident on Koro Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau, talks on March 27, 2015, about her experience during World War II when the island was under Japanese rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea raps Japan for claiming disputed islets

South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yong (L) talks with Japan's Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on April 6, 2015. Cho called in Bessho to lodge a protest over the approval of school textbooks in Japan asserting the country's sovereignty over South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. The islets are known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New S. Korean Unification Minister Hong meets Japanese envoy

South Korea's new Unification Minister Hong Yong Pyo (R) talks with Japanese Ambassador to Seoul Koro Bessho at the former's office in the South Korean capital on March 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's new Unification Minister Hong meets Japanese envoy

New South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong Pyo (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to Seoul Koro Bessho ahead of their talks at Hong's office in the South Koran capital on March 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Japanese grand chamberlain Bessho

Koro Bessho attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2021, as he became the Imperial Household Agency's grand chamberlain, the top aide to Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako. (Pool photo)

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New Japanese grand chamberlain Bessho

Koro Bessho attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2021, as he became the Imperial Household Agency's grand chamberlain, the top aide to Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako. (Pool photo)

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The bell tower,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The Koro (Drum Tower), located to the left of Yomei Gate at Nikko Toshogu, is decorated with 38 carvings including depictions of tortoises, dragons and clouds. Honji-do (Yakushi-do), famous for its meiryu (crying dragon) ceiling painting is visible on the right. The dragon was painted by Kano Eishin Yasunobu, but the entire building was later destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The roof visible on the left is the Rinzo (Kyozo).==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐40‐0]

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The Yomeimon Gate seen from the second gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

Yomei Gate is seen through Karagane Torii Gate from around Omizuya at Toshogu. The first bronze gate built in Japan, Karagane Torii was built by the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. The building on the left is the Koro (Drum Tower). To the right is a building used to store hanging lanterns. The building on the right is the Bell Tower. Behind Yomei Gate is the main shrine of Nikko Toshogu.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐41‐0]

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The bell tower,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The Koro (Drum Tower), located to the left of Yomei Gate at Nikko Toshogu, is decorated with 38 carvings including depictions of tortoises, dragons and clouds. Honji-do (Yakushi-do), famous for its meiryu (crying dragon) ceiling painting is visible on the right. The dragon was painted by Kano Eishin Yasunobu, but the entire building was later destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The roof visible on the left is the Rinzo (Kyozo).==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐7‐0]

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S. Korean foreign minister meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. The South Korean foreign minister held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador for the first time since assuming the post in February 2013. (Kyodo)

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Japan envoy Bessho holds talks with Saenuri Party chairman

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party chairman Kim Moo Sung (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho at Seoul's National Assembly Building on Sept. 2, 2014, before their talks. Kim criticized the Abe government over its views on history and said Japan should change its stance toward South Korea for better bilateral ties. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea summons Japanese envoy to protest Kono statement probe

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (L) is summoned to the South Korean foreign ministry in Seoul on June 23, 2014, by South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yong (R) to protest Japan's recent unveiling of the outcome of an investigation into how Japan composed a 1993 apology to women forced into wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo)

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Japan Ambassador to U.N. Bessho

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho speaks to reporters in New York on June 12, 2019, after meeting with U.S. special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. slams Russia over violations of U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

The U.S. and Japanese ambassadors to the United Nations -- Nikki Haley (L) and Koro Bessho -- are pictured at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Russia's alleged violations of global sanctions on North Korea, convened in New York on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Ambassador to U.N. Bessho

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (second from R) speaks during a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (L) attends a U.N. Security Council meeting as chairman in New York on Dec. 18, 2017. The United States vetoed a resolution rejecting the U.S. administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, while the 14 other members voted in favor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan U.N. envoy meets press

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho meet the press at U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 1, 2017, ahead of a series of meetings to discuss the situation in North Korea, including a minister-level meeting set for Dec. 15. Japan took up the rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council meeting on N. Korea missile test

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (C) speaks during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council in New York on Nov. 29, 2017, following North Korea's long-range ballistic missile launch earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council imposes oil export cap on N. Korea

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho speaks at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Sept. 11, 2017, after the council unanimously approved a proposal to impose the first restrictions on exports of crude oil and petroleum products to North Korea over its sixth and largest nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council strongly condemns N. Korea missile test

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho meets with reporters in New York on Aug. 29, 2017, after the U.N. Security Council "strongly condemned" North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. blacklists more N. Korean individuals, entities

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (C) speaks at a Security Council meeting which adopted a fresh sanctions resolution on June 2, 2017, that will add 14 North Korean individuals and four entities to its blacklist over the country's weapons program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan slams N. Korea's missile test, China urges dialogue

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho attends a press conference in New York on May 23, 2017, following an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on North Korea's latest ballistic missile test. Condemning the launch, Bessho said Pyongyang is "now clearly demonstrating that it is determined to further bolster its nuclear buildup." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council mulls tighter sanctions on N. Korea

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (C) speaks at a press conference in New York on May 16, 2017, alongside her Japanese counterpart Koro Bessho (L) and South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yul. The U.N. Security Council the same day looked into tighter sanctions on North Korea following the latest ballistic missile launches by the isolated country in defiance of international warnings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Amb. says "all options on table" for N. Korea

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (C) speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 8, 2017, flanked by Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho (L) and South Korean Ambassador Cho Tae Yul. Haley stated that all options are on the table in dealing with North Korea following the recent ballistic missile test that raised global concerns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council fails to impose arms embargo on S. Sudan

Japanese Ambassador Koro Bessho (C) and other ambassadors express their intention to abstain from voting to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, at the U.N. Security Council in New York on Dec. 23, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council strengthens sanctions against N. Korea

(From L) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, her Japanese counterpart Koro Bessho and South Korean counterpart Oh Joon attend a joint press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 30, 2016. The U.N. Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea in response to its fifth and largest nuclear test in September, placing a cap on the defiant country's coal exports to China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo