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Sapporo company develops software for multilingual menus

SAPPORO, Japan - Nobuyasu Fukunishi, president of a computer software company in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, explains about the "Sekai Menu" system, which enables restaurants to provide foreign customers with menus in various languages via a smartphone application through the scanning of QR codes, in the northern Japanese city on Dec. 8, 2014.

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BOJ inspection materials leaked on Internet

MATSUE, Japan - Nobuyasu Yoshioka (L), chief of the Bank of Japan branch in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, and a fellow BOJ official bow in apology at a news conference in Matsue on March 22 after in-house BOJ materials on inspections of financial institutions were found leaked on the Internet.

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Abe named ambassador to Switzerland, Liechtenstein

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government on Jan. 20 appointed Nobuyasu Abe (in file photo) as ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He has just left the post of U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, where he had worked for two and a half years.

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'Rosy era' of disarmament over: U.N. official

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Undersecretary General for Disarmament Affairs Nobuyasu Abe said in a recent interview with Kyodo News that a ''rosy era'' in the disarmament field has ended now after more than a decade since the end of the Cold War.

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Annan may propose enhanced nuke nonproliferation policies

NEW YORK, United States - Nobuyasu Abe, U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, said in an interview with Kyodo News on March 1 that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is likely to clarify policies to enhance nuclear nonproliferation efforts later this month in his recommendations for U.N. reform.

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Nobuyasu Abe to head U.N. disarmament department from July

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has named Nobuyasu Abe (file photo), Japan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as undersecretary general in charge of the U.N. Department for Disarmament Affairs, the U.N. press office said on May 28. Abe, 57, who succeeds Undersecretary General for Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapula, will take up the position on July 1.

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Annan may propose enhanced nuke nonproliferation policies

NEW YORK, United States - Nobuyasu Abe, U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, said in an interview with Kyodo News on March 1 that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is likely to clarify policies to enhance nuclear nonproliferation efforts later this month in his recommendations for U.N. reform. (Kyodo)

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'Rosy era' of disarmament over: U.N. official

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Undersecretary General for Disarmament Affairs Nobuyasu Abe said in a recent interview with Kyodo News that a ''rosy era'' in the disarmament field has ended now after more than a decade since the end of the Cold War. (Kyodo)

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Abe named ambassador to Switzerland, Liechtenstein

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government on Jan. 20 appointed Nobuyasu Abe (in file photo) as ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He has just left the post of U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, where he had worked for two and a half years. (Kyodo)

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BOJ inspection materials leaked on Internet

MATSUE, Japan - Nobuyasu Yoshioka (L), chief of the Bank of Japan branch in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, and a fellow BOJ official bow in apology at a news conference in Matsue on March 22 after in-house BOJ materials on inspections of financial institutions were found leaked on the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Nobuyasu Abe to head U.N. disarmament department from July

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has named Nobuyasu Abe (file photo), Japan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as undersecretary general in charge of the U.N. Department for Disarmament Affairs, the U.N. press office said on May 28. Abe, 57, who succeeds Undersecretary General for Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapula, will take up the position on July 1. (Kyodo)

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Ex-U.N. Undersecretary General attends CTBT symposium

Former U.N. Undersecretary General Nobuyasu Abe attends a symposium in Vienna aimed at implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, on Jan. 25, 2016. Abe argued all nuclear-weapon states have responsibility to promote nuclear disarmament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-U.N. Undersecretary General attends CTBT symposium

Former U.N. Undersecretary General Nobuyasu Abe (far L) attends a symposium in Vienna aimed at implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, on Jan. 25, 2016. Abe argued all nuclear-weapon states have responsibility to promote nuclear disarmament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police send 3 suspected baby kidnappers in Sendai to prosecutors

SENDAI, Japan - Nobuyasu Nemoto, who is suspected of kidnapping a newborn baby, leaves the Sendai-Higashi Police Station in Sendai on Jan. 9 to be sent to prosecutors. Nemoto's Filipino wife Carmencita and an acquaintance, Kazuyoshi Sato, were also arrested on Jan. 8. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo company develops software for multilingual menus

SAPPORO, Japan - Nobuyasu Fukunishi, president of a computer software company in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, explains about the "Sekai Menu" system, which enables restaurants to provide foreign customers with menus in various languages via a smartphone application through the scanning of QR codes, in the northern Japanese city on Dec. 8, 2014. (Kyodo)