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Japan's observer at polling station in Tunisia

CARTHAGE, Tunisia - Kazuyuki Nakane (fore C), parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs and head of the Japanese observer mission, inspects a polling station near the Tunisian capital Tunis on Oct. 26, 2014. Tunisia's legislative elections were held the same day.

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S. Korea votes in local elections

SEOUL, South Korea - Konomi Nakane (L), a Japanese national from Shizuoka Prefecture, casts a ballot with her husband in South Korea's local elections on May 31 in Seoul as the country granted voting rights to foreigners who have lived in S. Korea for over three years since obtaining permanent residency.

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5 Order of Culture recipients decorated by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The five recipients of this year's Order of Culture -- electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi (front L), painter Tadashi Moriya (2nd from L), sculptor Toshio Yodoi (C), social anthropologist Chie Nakane (2nd from R) and virologist Kumao Toyoshima (R) -- pose for a photo in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, the Culture Day national holiday after being awarded the order by Emperor Akihito.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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Tanaka's advisory panel holds first session

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) greets Chie Nakane (C), professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (R), a goodwill ambassador of the U.N. Children's Fund, who arrived at the Foreign Ministry on Sept. 5 to attend the first session of her advisory panel on foreign policy.

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5 Order of Culture recipients decorated by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The five recipients of this year's Order of Culture -- electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi (front L), painter Tadashi Moriya (2nd from L), sculptor Toshio Yodoi (C), social anthropologist Chie Nakane (2nd from R) and virologist Kumao Toyoshima (R) -- pose for a photo in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, the Culture Day national holiday after being awarded the order by Emperor Akihito.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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Tanaka's advisory panel holds first session

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) greets Chie Nakane (C), professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (R), a goodwill ambassador of the U.N. Children's Fund, who arrived at the Foreign Ministry on Sept. 5 to attend the first session of her advisory panel on foreign policy.

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Japan pledges support for Cambodia's electoral reform process

Ouch Borith (R), secretary of state of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, shakes hands with Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane in Jakarta on April 20, 2015, when they met on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asian-African Conference. Japan vowed to support ongoing electoral reform efforts in Cambodia the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to offer training for 20 Laotian public servants

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (L) holds talks with Laotian Vice Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Jakarta on April 20, 2015, on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asian-African Conference. Japan pledged the same day to help Laos in efforts to train promising personnel, with Japanese officials saying Tokyo plans to accept 20 young Laotian public servants to study in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Laos to cooperate in anti-flood measures in Mekong River

Kazuyuki Nakane (L), Japan's parliamentary vice foreign minister, shakes hands with Lao Deputy Prime Minister Asang Laoly (C) prior to their talks on March 16, 2015 at the Lao Embassy in Tokyo, as Lao Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Noulin Sinbandhit looks on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Laos to cooperate in anti-flood measures in Mekong River

Kazuyuki Nakane (L), Japan's parliamentary vice foreign minister, holds talks with Lao Deputy Prime Minister Asang Laoly at the Lao Embassy in Tokyo on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Tunisia confirm cooperation in antiterrorism efforts

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (L) talks with Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche (R) at the Japanese Embassy in Tunis on March 23, 2015. They confirmed that the two countries will work together on antiterrorism in the wake of a deadly shooting rampage at a landmark museum in the Tunisian capital on March 18. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese official in Tunis in wake of attack

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (C) visits the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, where three Japanese nationals were killed in a recent militant attack, on March 22, 2015. Nakane was dispatched to the Tunisian capital to meet with three Japanese injured in the attack and Tunisian government officials to discuss cooperation over security concerns going forward. Gunmen stormed the museum on March 18, killing 18 foreign tourists, three Tunisians and injuring 44 others, the Tunisian government said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese official in Tunis in wake of attack

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (C) visits the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, where three Japanese nationals were killed in a recent militant attack, on March 22, 2015. Nakane was dispatched to the Tunisian capital to meet with three Japanese injured in the attack and Tunisian government officials to discuss cooperation over security concerns going forward. Gunmen stormed the museum on March 18, killing 18 foreign tourists, three Tunisians and injuring 44 others, the Tunisian government said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese official in Tunis in wake of attack

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid (L) shakes hands with Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, where three Japanese nationals were killed in a recent militant attack, on March 22, 2015. Nakane was dispatched to the Tunisian capital to meet with three Japanese injured in the attack and Tunisian government officials to discuss cooperation over security concerns going forward. Gunmen stormed the museum on March 18, killing 18 foreign tourists, three Tunisians and injuring 44 others, the Tunisian government said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Japanese victims attend NZ quake anniversary ceremony

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel (R in front) and Kazuyuki Nakane (3rd from R), Japan's parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, and other people offer silent prayers during a memorial service in the New Zealand city on Feb. 22, 2015, to mark the fourth anniversary of the earthquake that hit the city and killed 185 people, including 28 Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Competition heats up among Japanese wine producers

Photo taken Feb. 2, 2017 in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, shows Yasushi Nakane, a former math teacher who moved to Nagano from a Tokyo suburb to launch wine production, attending to grapevines growing in the central Japan city, designated as a special district for wine production. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea votes in local elections

SEOUL, South Korea - Konomi Nakane (L), a Japanese national from Shizuoka Prefecture, casts a ballot with her husband in South Korea's local elections on May 31 in Seoul as the country granted voting rights to foreigners who have lived in S. Korea for over three years since obtaining permanent residency. (Kyodo)

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Japan's observer at polling station in Tunisia

CARTHAGE, Tunisia - Kazuyuki Nakane (fore C), parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs and head of the Japanese observer mission, inspects a polling station near the Tunisian capital Tunis on Oct. 26, 2014. Tunisia's legislative elections were held the same day. (Kyodo)