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Japan to take multipronged approach to Security Council bid

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima, Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, tells reporters in New York on Dec. 22 that he will pursue a multipronged approach in trying to win a permanent seat for Japan on the U.N. Security Council.

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Japan's chief ambassador presents credentials to Annan

NEW YORK, United States - Kenzo Oshima (L), Japan's chief ambassador to the United Nations, presents his credentials to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Dec. 21. Annan welcomed the return of the former U.N. undersecretary general to New York.

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Fukushima woman urges U.S. to help end Japan's use of nuke power

NEW YORK, United States - Yayoi Hitomi (2nd from L), representing the Japanese grassroots group "Fukushima Action Project," speaks at a gathering in New York on Jan. 29, 2014, calling on U.S. citizens to join her compatriots in demanding the Japanese government abandon the use of nuclear power following the March 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Kunieda wins men's wheel-chair singles final at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - No. 1 seed Shingo Kunieda of Japan shows off his trophy after winning the U.S. Open men's wheel-chair singles title on Sept. 9 by beating No. 2 seed Robin Ammerlaan of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-2.

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Kunieda wins men's wheel-chair singles final at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - No. 1 seed Shingo Kunieda of Japan returns a shot to No. 2 seed Robin Ammerlaan of the Netherlands at the U.S. Open men's wheel-chair singles final on Sept. 9, winning the title 6-2, 6-2.

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Oscar-winning actress Umeki dies in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Actress Miyoshi Umeki (file photo), who in 1957 became the first Japanese performer to win an Oscar, died of cancer Aug. 28 at a nursing home in Missouri, foreign media reported. Umeki, known as Nancy Umeki in Japan, won an Oscar for a supporting role in the 1957 U.S. film ''Sayonara.''

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Tennis: U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States, Sept. 2 Kyodo - Naomi Osaka of Japan attends a press conference after losing to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the fourth round of the U.S. Open in New York on Sept. 2, 2019. With the loss, Osaka will fall out of the top spot in the following week's official WTA rankings.

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Japan PM Abe delivers speech at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers speech at U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25, 2018.

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Japan PM Abe delivers speech at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers speech at U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25, 2018.

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Tennis: Nishikori at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, Unites States, Aug. 30 Kyodo - Japan's Kei Nishikori competes against Gael Monfils of France during the second round of the U.S. Open in New York on Aug. 30, 2018.

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Tennis: Nishikori at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, Unites States, Aug. 30 Kyodo - Japan's Kei Nishikori competes against Gael Monfils of France during the second round of the U.S. Open in New York on Aug. 30, 2018.

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Osaka touts 2025 World Expo candidacy

NEW YORK, United States, July 17 Kyodo - Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from L) alongside the popular game character Pikachu attends an event at the United Nations in New York on July 16, 2018, to press the western Japan city's campaign to host the World Exposition in 2025.

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Japan joins U.N. pact against int'l organized crime

NEW YORK, Japan, July 12 Kyodo - Hiroshi Minami (L), deputy permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations, submits an instrument of acceptance of the U.N. Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, to a U.N. official in New York on July 11, 2017, to become the 188th signatory of the convention.

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Niigata Pref.'s "antenna shop" opens in NY

NEW YORK, United States - A shop to introduce local specialties from Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, opens in New York on Jan. 13, 2015, with Niigata Vice Gov. Kunio Mori (2nd from R) joining a traditional "Kagami-biraki" sake barrel breaking ceremony.

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Inside of Niigata Pref.'s "antenna shop" in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Various bottles of Japanese sake indigenous to Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, are displayed on the shelves of the prefecture's shop that opened in New York on Jan. 13, 2015, to introduce local specialties from the prefecture.

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U.S. Assistant Sec. Russel talks at Japan Society

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel speaks at the Japan Society in New York on Jan. 13, 2015.

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Okinawan folk duo performs in New York

NEW YORK, United States - With Yukito Ara (R) on sanshin (Okinawa shamisen) and Isamu Shimoji on guitar, Sakishima Meeting, a folk duo from Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, performs during a concert at the Japan Society in New York on Dec. 12, 2014.

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Okinawan folk duo performs in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Isamu Shimoji and Yukito Ara of Sakishima Meeting, a folk duo from Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, play the guitar and "Sanshin" (Okinawa shamisen) during a concert at the Japan Society in New York on Dec. 12, 2014.

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Jewish woman who fled Nazis

NEW YORK, United States - Deborah Reed (L) receives a photo of her mother Sonia at the residence of the Japanese consul general in New York on Nov. 24, 2014. Sonia fled Nazi Germany, traveling to the United States via Japan, with the help of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who helped thousands of Jews by issuing travel documents. The identity of the woman in the photo, left behind in Japan, was recently identified as Deborah's mother.

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UNFPA official calls for support for pregnant women in Africa

NEW YORK, United States - Kae Ishikawa, a United Nations Population Fund official handling resources and external affairs, gives an interview in New York, United States, on Nov. 14, 2014, calling for Japan's support for saving pregnant women in Africa, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone where medical conditions have been deteriorating due to the Ebola outbreak.

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

NEW YORK, United States - Choe Myong Nam, deputy director general of North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 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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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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Japan scholar speaks at U.N. seminar on science for peace

NEW YORK, United States - Hitoshi Murayama (L), head of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo, delivers a speech at a seminar on science for peace and development held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Oct. 20, 2014.

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Architect Ban at Asia Game Changer Awards ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (C), a recipient of the Asia Game Changer Awards from the Asia Society, attends an award ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Oct. 16, 2014. He was honored "for finding beauty, and hope, in the landscapes of disaster" through his work in designing disaster relief shelters in Japan and abroad.

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Fukushima students awarded for film about balloon bombs aimed at U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Students from Nakoso 1st Junior High School in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, receive an award for their five-minute documentary, "There Once Was War Here," at ceremony for the Kid Witness News global video contest near New York on Oct. 15, 2014. For their video, the Fukushima students researched the desperate practice in the final states of World War II of attaching bombs to large balloons that were released from Japan's Pacific coast in hopes they would reach the United States.

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Japan promotes 'yuzu' citron in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A chef demonstrates how to cook dishes using "yuzu" juice from Kochi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, during a promotion event in New York on Oct. 8, 2014. Kochi is Japan's biggest producer of yuzu, a citrus fruit whose juice is commonly used in Japanese cuisine as a seasoning and its aromatic zest as garnish.

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New York college receives books donated by PM Abe's wife

NEW YORK, United States - Sumio Kusaka (C), the consul general of Japan in New York, attends a ceremony to present a collection of approximately 100 Japan-related books donated by Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to the City University of New York's LaGuardia Community College on Oct. 8, 2014. The books range from novels such as Haruki Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore" to Japanese-English dictionaries.

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N. Korea slams U.N. rights resolution eyed by Japan, EU

NEW YORK, United States - Choe Myong Nam, a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry official in charge of U.N. affairs, slams a draft resolution on Pyongyang's human rights situation being worked out by Japan and the European Union at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 7, 2014.

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N. Korea slams U.N. rights resolution planned by Japan, EU

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Ri Tong Il (C) speaks about the country's human rights situation at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Oct. 7, 2014. The North slammed a draft resolution on Pyongyang's human rights situation being worked on by the European Union and Japan, labeling it as a "confrontation."

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Sony launches 4K home projector in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken in New York on Sept. 30, 2014, shows an image projected on a wall by a family-use "4k" projector (bottom) launched in the United States the same day by Japan's Sony Corp. Priced at $50,000, the 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector is capable of casting images up to 147 inches wide onto a wall.

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Japan professor wins Ig Nobel for banana study

NEW YORK, United States - Kiyoshi Mabuchi, professor of Japan's Kitasato University, seen in this undated photo, was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for physics in New York on Sept. 18, 2014, for his work measuring the friction created when someone steps on a banana skin.

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Japan, S. Korean foreign ministers hold talks in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 25, 2014. They met to discuss the possibility of a summit between their leaders later this year. (Pool photo)

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Japan, S. Korea FMs hold talks in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se shake hands ahead of their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 25, 2014. They agreed to continue working towards realizing a summit between their leaders. (Pool photo)

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Akie Abe questions Tohoku seawall plan in N.Y. speech

NEW YORK, United States - Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, makes a keynote speech during a disaster prevention symposium at the Ford Foundation in New York on Sept. 25, 2014. The first lady questioned a plan to build high seawalls in the northeastern Japan areas impacted by the devastating March 2011 tsunami.

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Japan to urge N. Korea to quickly report on abduction probe

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a press conference in New York, the United States, on Sept. 25, 2014. He said Japan will urge North Korea to report swiftly on what it has found out about Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan premier Abe, Iraqi leader Massoum meet in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Iraqi President Fouad Massoum (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in New York on Sept. 25, 2014, as they meet for their first time since Massoum assumed the presidency in July. (Pool photo)

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Japan to urge N. Korea to quickly report on abduction probe

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) talks with Iraqi President Fouad Massoum (2nd from R) in New York, the United States, on Sept. 25, 2014. Abe offered support to Iraq in stabilizing the country's new government so it can stem the threat posed by Islamic State militants. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Kishida attends meeting of G4 foreign ministers

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) poses with his counterparts from Germany, Brazil and India ahead of a Group of Four foreign ministerial meeting in New York on Sept. 25, 2014.

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Japan, N. Korea to hold talks on abduction in China

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) announces on Sept. 24, 2014, in New York, the United States, that Japan and North Korea will hold talks on Sept. 29 in Shenyang, China, on Pyongyang's reinvestigation of its past abduction of Japanese nationals.

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PM Abe meets with U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) meets with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in New York, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014, where he called for Ban's support in reforming the U.N. Security Council. Japan is pressing with fellow Group of Four countries Brazil, India and Germany for permanent membership of the council in the future. (Pool photo)

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Next Africa development talks to take place in Africa

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) shakes hands with an African delegate after the meeting with African leaders and officials at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014. Abe said Japan will arrange for the next Tokyo-led African development talks to be held on the continent for the first time. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's first lady opens up to New York audience

NEW YORK, United States - Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shizo Abe, gives a speech in New York, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014. She shared her experiences in the limelight and thoughts on creating a more inclusive society with the audience at the Japan Society there.

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Japan, French leaders meet in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and French President Francois Hollande meet in New York, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014. Abe told Hollande that not only pressure but also dialogue is needed in dealing with Russia. (Pool photo)

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Kishida meets with British Foreign Secretary Hammond

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in New York, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. The two agreed to hold bilateral dialogue involving foreign and defense ministers at an early date.

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PM Abe offers extra disaster mitigation help

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech at the U.N. summit on climate change in New York, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. Abe pledged further assistance to developing countries in coping with climate change-related natural disasters.

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PM Abe offers extra disaster mitigation help

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech at the U.N. summit on climate change in New York, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. Abe pledged further assistance to developing countries in coping with climate change-related natural disasters.

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Japan's Toyama recognized as energy efficient city

NEW YORK, United States - Toyama Mayor Masashi Mori (R) and Masahiko Horie, Japanese ambassador for global environmental affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pose for a photo in front of the U.N. Headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, follow the Sea of Japan coast city's recognition by a U.N.-led partnership as a municipality that has improved energy efficiency.

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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Kazushi Abe, vice president of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, speaks with reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, the day the two-day World Conference on Indigenous Peoples began there. Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attended the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination.

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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Keiko Itokazu, a member of Japan's House of Councillors elected from Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, wearing a traditional outfit of Okinawa. Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attended the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination.