Miho Kishitani

Miho Kishitani

TOKYO, Japan - Miho Kishitani (file photo), representing nongovernmental organization Peace Winds Japan in northern Iraq, is the only Japanese NGO staff stationed in the region. Peace Winds Japan is also the only Japanese NGO group there.

Kawaguchi offers more assistance to Afghanistan

Kawaguchi offers more assistance to Afghanistan

TOKYO, April 25 Kyodo - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (C) shakes hands with Kensuke Onishi (L), the chief of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Peace Winds Japan, at the Foreign Ministry on April 25. Later in the day, Kawaguchi said Japan will provide additional funding to help Afghanistan stage a successful legislative council meeting in June.

Onishi says his group was barred because Suzuki was angry

Onishi says his group was barred because Suzuki was angry

TOKYO, Japan - Kensuke Onishi, overall supervisor of nongovernmental organization Peace Winds Japan and head of Japan Platform, is summoned March 4 as an unsworn witness to the upper house Budget Committee session. He said the two groups were initially barred from attending an Afghan aid conference held in Tokyo in January as House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki was angry over a newspaper article in which Onishi said he did not trust the authorities.

Aid group chief claims intimidation by lawmaker Suzuki

Aid group chief claims intimidation by lawmaker Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is asked by reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport Jan. 31 about allegations that he threatened to cut off government's funding to Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), a non-governmental organization, if PWJ did not toe the government line. PWJ's Onishi made the allegation Jan. 30.

Barred Japanese NGO allowed to attend Afghan confab

Barred Japanese NGO allowed to attend Afghan confab

TOKYO, Japan - Kensuke Onishi (C), overall supervisor of nongovernmental organization Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), looks happy Jan. 22 after being allowed to attend the conference on Afghan reconstruction in Tokyo. PWJ earlier said it was barred from attending the conference because of what the Japanese Foreign Ministry called its ''antigovernment'' stance.

Barred Japanese NGOs allowed to attend Afghan confab

Barred Japanese NGOs allowed to attend Afghan confab

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, urges Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) in Tokyo Jan. 21 to allow two Japanese nongovernmental organizations to take part in an ongoing conference in the capital on reconstructing Afghanistan. The Japan Platform and Peace Winds Japan have been barred by the Foreign Ministry from attending the conference because of their ''antigovernment'' stance.

NGO Peace Winds Japan barred from Afghan conference

NGO Peace Winds Japan barred from Afghan conference

TOKYO, Jan. 20 Kyodo - Kensuke Onishi, head of Japan Platform, a Tokyo-based aid organization, speaks at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 20 after nongovernmental organization (NGO) Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) has been barred by the Japanese Foreign Ministry from a two-day ministerial meeting on the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Onishi serves as PWJ's overall supervisor.

Aid group chief claims intimidation by lawmaker Suzuki

Aid group chief claims intimidation by lawmaker Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is asked by reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport Jan. 31 about allegations that he threatened to cut off government's funding to Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), a non-governmental organization, if PWJ did not toe the government line. PWJ's Onishi made the allegation Jan. 30.

NGO Peace Winds Japan barred from Afghan conference

NGO Peace Winds Japan barred from Afghan conference

TOKYO, Jan. 20 Kyodo - Kensuke Onishi, head of Japan Platform, a Tokyo-based aid organization, speaks at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 20 after nongovernmental organization (NGO) Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) has been barred by the Japanese Foreign Ministry from a two-day ministerial meeting on the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Onishi serves as PWJ's overall supervisor.

Barred Japanese NGO allowed to attend Afghan confab

Barred Japanese NGO allowed to attend Afghan confab

TOKYO, Japan - Kensuke Onishi (C), overall supervisor of nongovernmental organization Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), looks happy Jan. 22 after being allowed to attend the conference on Afghan reconstruction in Tokyo. PWJ earlier said it was barred from attending the conference because of what the Japanese Foreign Ministry called its ''antigovernment'' stance.

Onishi says his group was barred because Suzuki was angry

Onishi says his group was barred because Suzuki was angry

TOKYO, Japan - Kensuke Onishi, overall supervisor of nongovernmental organization Peace Winds Japan and head of Japan Platform, is summoned March 4 as an unsworn witness to the upper house Budget Committee session. He said the two groups were initially barred from attending an Afghan aid conference held in Tokyo in January as House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki was angry over a newspaper article in which Onishi said he did not trust the authorities.

Miho Kishitani

Miho Kishitani

TOKYO, Japan - Miho Kishitani (file photo), representing nongovernmental organization Peace Winds Japan in northern Iraq, is the only Japanese NGO staff stationed in the region. Peace Winds Japan is also the only Japanese NGO group there. (Kyodo)

Kawaguchi offers more assistance to Afghanistan

Kawaguchi offers more assistance to Afghanistan

TOKYO, April 25 Kyodo - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (C) shakes hands with Kensuke Onishi (L), the chief of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Peace Winds Japan, at the Foreign Ministry on April 25. Later in the day, Kawaguchi said Japan will provide additional funding to help Afghanistan stage a successful legislative council meeting in June.