IEA's Tanaka seeks cooperation with China

IEA's Tanaka seeks cooperation with China

TOKYO, Japan - International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2010. Tanaka said he will seek cooperation with China, which is not a member of the organization.

IEA's Tanaka warns development delay will spell $200 oil prices

IEA's Tanaka warns development delay will spell $200 oil prices

LONDON, Britain - Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 12.

16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (From L to R) are IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. (Pool photo)

Major countries united in Saudi Arabia over high oil prices

Major countries united in Saudi Arabia over high oil prices

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi (C) speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Jeddah on June 22. Major oil exporting and consuming countries agreed in their meeting earlier in the day that it is necessary to step up collaborative measures to address record-high crude prices, which pose a serious challenge to the world economy, with Saudi Arabia expressing readiness to boost its output capacity. At 2nd from R is Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.

Major countries united in Saudi Arabia over high oil prices

Major countries united in Saudi Arabia over high oil prices

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi (C) speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Jeddah on June 22. Major oil exporting and consuming countries agreed in their meeting earlier in the day that it is necessary to step up collaborative measures to address record-high crude prices, which pose a serious challenge to the world economy, with Saudi Arabia expressing readiness to boost its output capacity. At 2nd from R is Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. (Kyodo)

IEA's Tanaka warns development delay will spell $200 oil prices

IEA's Tanaka warns development delay will spell $200 oil prices

LONDON, Britain - Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 12. (Kyodo)

SoftBank's Asia power grid plan advances despite challenges

SoftBank's Asia power grid plan advances despite challenges

Sasakawa Peace Foundation President Nobuo Tanaka, former executive director of the International Energy Agency, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (From L to R) are IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

IEA's Tanaka seeks cooperation with China

IEA's Tanaka seeks cooperation with China

TOKYO, Japan - International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2010. Tanaka said he will seek cooperation with China, which is not a member of the organization. (Kyodo)