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Japan envoy hails coming UNSC meet on N. Korea human rights

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa addresses a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, saying he welcomes the U.N. Security Council's decision to schedule a meeting in the following week to discuss alleged human rights abuses in North Korea.

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N. Korea's rights violations condemned by U.N. panel

NEW YORK, United States - Motohide Yoshikawa, Japan's ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at the U.N. General Assembly's Third Committee in New York, the United States, on Nov. 18, 2014. The panel passed a draft resolution introduced by Japan and the European Union denouncing North Korea's human rights violations and seeking to bring the country's top leaders before the International Criminal Court for possible crimes against humanity.

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U.N. school receives books donated by Japanese first lady

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (3rd from R) poses with people associated with the U.N. International School in New York, the United States, on Nov. 17, 2014. In front of them is a display of Japanese books donated to the school by Akie Abe, the wife of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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U.N. ambassadors watch Group C games at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - United Nations' ambassadors Motohide Yoshikawa of Japan, Youssoufou Bamba of Ivory Coast, Maria Emma Mejia Velez of Colombia and Michel Spinellis of Greece (from L) clasp hands on June 24, 2014, at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. They watched World Cup Group C matches held the same day in Brazil together at the headquarters.

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Japanese envoy on U.N. peacekeeping role

NEW YORK, United States - Motohide Yoshikawa, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at an open debate on U.N. peacekeeping operations held at the Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 11, 2014. Yoshikawa expressed Tokyo's enthusiasm for playing a greater role in the world body's peacekeeping operations in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy for contributing to global security.

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U.N. ambassadors gather at kickoff ceremony ahead of World Cup

NEW YORK, United States - (From L) Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa poses for ceremonial photos with Colombian Ambassador Maria Emma Mejia and Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba from Ivory Coast at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 9, 2014. They gathered for a kickoff ceremony ahead of the start of the soccer World Cup in Brazil.

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Isamu Noguchi Award

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Japanese contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto (R) and British architect Norman Foster (C), recipients of the inaugural Isamu Noguchi Award, at the Noguchi Museum in New York on May 13, 2014. At left is Motohide Yoshikawa, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations. The museum features works of Isamu Noguchi, a late Japanese-American sculptor.

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Japan joins U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

NEW YORK, United States - Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa (L), permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations, presents the instrument of ratification for the Arms Trade Treaty in the presence of U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane (R) at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 9, 2014. Japan became the 32nd country to join the international treaty.

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Japanese ambassador to U.N.

NEW YORK, Japan - Motohide Yoshikawa, Japan's new ambassador to the United Nations, holds a press conference in New York on Sept. 13, 2013.

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Japan to pay Afghan police salaries: envoys

WASHINGTON, United States - Sadako Ogata (R), Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's special envoy to support Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 9. Ogata and Motohide Yoshikawa (L), the Japanese ambassador to Spain who doubles as the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, said they met U.S. Special Representative Richard Holbrooke and told him that Japan will pay half a year's salary for about 80,000 police officers in Afghanistan, worth $124 million, to help reconstruct the war-ravaged country.

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Japan appoints new ambassador to Spain

TOKYO, Japan - Japan appointed Motohide Yoshikawa as Ambassador to Spain on Aug. 1.

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Iran rejects Japan's call for halt to uranium enrichment activities

TEHRAN, Iran - Motohide Yoshikawa (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari pose for photos prior to their talks in Tehran on April 22. Iran rejected Japan's call on Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment activities, repeating its position that its nuclear programs are for peaceful purposes, Japanese officials said.

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Iran rejects Japan's call for halt to uranium enrichment activit

TEHRAN, Iran - Motohide Yoshikawa (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari pose for photos prior to their talks in Tehran on April 22. Iran rejected Japan's call on Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment activities, repeating its position that its nuclear programs are for peaceful purposes, Japanese officials said. (Kyodo)

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Japan appoints new ambassador to Spain

TOKYO, Japan - Japan appointed Motohide Yoshikawa as Ambassador to Spain on Aug. 1. (Kyodo)

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U.N. Security Council mulls response to N. Korea's missile launches

Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Motohide Yoshikawa, speaks with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2016. Yoshikawa said the U.N. Security Council is likely to issue a press statement soon to condemn North Korea's attempted firing of what appear to be two intermediate-range ballistic Musudan missiles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Record 1st-day signatures logged for Paris climate pact

Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (R) signs the Paris global climate deal at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 22, 2016. Representatives from more than 170 countries put pen on paper, breaking the record for the most first-day signatures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New York chefs appointed to promote Japanese liquor

Renowned chefs, appointed as Sake Ambassadors, are seen with Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (3rd from L) and his wife (3rd from R) at the ambassador's official residence in New York on March 16, 2016. The chefs were chosen by sake breweries from Japan's Niigata, Fukui and Kagoshima prefectures, to promote the charms of Japanese sake and shochu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New York chefs appointed to promote Japanese liquor

Daniel Boulud, chef-owner of the restaurant DANIEL, makes a speech at the official residence of Japan's United Nations Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa in New York on March 16, 2016, after being appointed as Sake Ambassador. The title was given to four renowned chefs, chosen by sake breweries from Japan's Niigata, Fukui and Kagoshima prefectures, to promote the charms of sake and shochu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa meets with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 9, 2016, after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast. Yoshikawa said the move was regrettable. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Japan, S. Korea condemn N. Korea rocket launch

(From L) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, her Japanese counterpart Motohide Yoshikawa and South Korean counterpart Oh Joon attend a press conference in New York on Feb. 7, 2016, after an emergency meeting on North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket. Power stressed that the successive testing and launches are "not merely provocations," and called for a "strong and forceful response" from the international community. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan joins Minamata convention against mercury pollution

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (L) presents a U.N. official with the instrument of acceptance for Japan to join the Minamata Convention on Mercury at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 2, 2016. Japan became the 23rd country to join the convention, an international anti-mercury pollution treaty that requires approval by 50 countries to take effect. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., China still apart on N. Korea sanctions resolution

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa attends a press conference in New York on Jan. 28, 2016. Yoshikawa said it may take more time for the United States and China to reach agreement on the text of a draft Security Council resolution to step up sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy presses for tough N. Korea sanctions at U.N.

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa meets with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 15, 2016. Yoshikawa said during talks with other Security Council members, he stressed the need for the body to come up with tough sanctions on North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's nuke test

Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (C) speaks at a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 6, 2016, following an emergency Security Council meeting held in the wake of North Korea's announcement that it has conducted its first successful hydrogen bomb test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNSC discusses N. Korea's human rights situation

Japan's U.N. Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa (R in front row) makes statements at a Security Council meeting on the human rights situation in North Korea at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. panel adopts Japan-led resolution to raise tsunami awareness

Japan's U.N. Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa (C) makes comments at a U.N. General Assembly committee in New York, which adopted on Dec. 4, 2015, a resolution declaring Nov. 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day to highlight the dangers posed by the killer waves ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. committee adopts resolution on N. Korea's rights violations

Japan's top envoy to the United Nations, Motohide Yoshikawa, meets with reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 19, 2015, after the General Assembly's committee on human rights voted to pass a draft resolution denouncing severe human rights violations in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan elected nonpermanent member of U.N. Security Council

Motohide Yoshikawa, Japan's ambassador to the United Nations, meets with reporters on Oct. 15, 2015, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, as Japan secured a seat on the Security Council as one of the next five nonpermanent members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan elected nonpermanent member of U.N. Security Council

Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (far L on central row) attends a U.N. General Assembly meeting on Oct. 15, 2015, in New York. Japan secured a seat on the Security Council as one of the next five nonpermanent members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hopes to see rights of disabled included in U.N. goals

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa (far L) and Nippon Foundation head Yohei Sasakawa (far R) attend a meeting related to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York on June 9, 2015. Yoshikawa called for inclusion this year of the rights of disabled people as one of the world body's new development goals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan takes path of "peace-loving nation"

Japan's U.N. Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa addresses on Feb. 23, 2015, during an open debate to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II at the U.N. Security Council in New York. Yoshikawa expressed his country's "feelings of deep remorse" regarding the war and said Tokyo has taken the path of a "peace-loving nation" since the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to be elected nonpermanent U.N. Security Council member

Motohide Yoshikawa, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the press at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Jan. 29, 2015. Japan will be elected as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council by the General Assembly in October since the Asia-Pacific group decided the same day to endorse Japan as its candidate. It will be the 11th time for Japan to serve as a nonpermanent member. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. General Assembly meets to mark 70th anniversary

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa speaks during a meeting of the world body's General Assembly commemorating the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the U.N. Charter in New York on Oct. 23, 2015, on the eve of the milestone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's U.N. envoy stresses need for permanent Security Council seat

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Motohide Yoshikawa speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in New York on May 29, 2015, stressing the need for Japan to be a permanent member on the Security Council. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to pay Afghan police salaries: envoys

WASHINGTON, United States - Sadako Ogata (R), Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's special envoy to support Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 9. Ogata and Motohide Yoshikawa (L), the Japanese ambassador to Spain who doubles as the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, said they met U.S. Special Representative Richard Holbrooke and told him that Japan will pay half a year's salary for about 80,000 police officers in Afghanistan, worth $124 million, to help reconstruct the war-ravaged country. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED U.N. ambassadors watch Group C games at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - CORRECTING NAMES OF COLOMBIA AND GREECE AMBASSADORS United Nations' ambassadors Motohide Yoshikawa of Japan, Youssoufou Bamba of Ivory Coast, Maria Emma Mejia Velez of Colombia and Michel Spinellis of Greece (from L) clasp hands on June 24, 2014, at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. They watched World Cup Group C matches held the same day in Brazil together at the headquarters. (Kyodo)

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Japanese envoy on U.N. peacekeeping role

NEW YORK, United States - Motohide Yoshikawa, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at an open debate on U.N. peacekeeping operations held at the Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 11, 2014. Yoshikawa expressed Tokyo's enthusiasm for playing a greater role in the world body's peacekeeping operations in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy for contributing to global security. (Kyodo)