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Japanese doctor remembered in Afghanistan

Masaru Murakami (2nd from L), head of Japan's Peshawar-kai nongovernmental aid group, attends a memorial gathering for the group's founder Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor known for years of aid work in Afghanistan, in Jalalabad on Dec. 4, 2024, exactly five years after he was killed in a roadside shooting in the eastern Afghan city.

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Remains of slain Japanese aid worker returned from Afghanistan

NAGOYA, Japan - Tetsu Nakamura, leader of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, speaks to reporters at Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 30. Nakamura arrived at the airport accompanying the body of Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker and member of the NGO who was kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan.

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Ito's body transferred to Jalalabad

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura pays his respects to slain Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito at a hospital in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Aug. 28. Ito, a 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, was abducted Aug. 26 by an armed group in a suburb of Jalalabad and killed.

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Ito's body transferred to Jalalabad

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura (R in front), receives articles left by murdered Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Aug. 28 in front of a coffin containing Ito's body. Ito, a 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, was abducted Aug. 26 by an armed group in a suburb of Jalalabad and killed.

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Kidnapped Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese comrades and Afghan people inspect the body of Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, Aug. 27. Ito was confirmed dead the same day after his body was found. The 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai was abducted by an armed group of people near a village in Dara-e-Noor in a suburb of Jalalabad Aug. 26.

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Colleagues identify body found in Afghanistan as that of Ito

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuji Fukumoto (R), a senior member of the nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai aid group, speaks to reporters in Fukuoka on Aug. 27. Fukumoto said one of the group's medical staff in Afghanistan had said a body found in Afghanistan is that of Kazuya Ito, who was abducted on Aug. 26 near Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.

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Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuji Fukumoto, a senior official with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, answers reporters' questions at the group's office in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Aug. 27. Kazuya Ito, 31, an agricultural specialist with the Japanese aid group, was kidnapped near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26. It is believed that Ito is being held in a mountainous region.

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Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

KAKEGAWA, Japan - The father and mother of Kazuya Ito, a member of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai who was abducted in Afghanistan, answer reporters' questions at their house in Kakegawa, central Japan, Aug. 26. Ito, 31, an agricultural specialist with the group, was abducted near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26.

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Japanese doctor calls for aid to starving Afghans

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor who has worked in the border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan for the past 17 years, appeals for donations in Fukuoka on Oct. 11 to cover the costs of sending wheat flour and cooking oil to some 100,000 Afghans to help them survive the coming winter. Nakamura is a member of the Fukuoka-based civic group Peshawar-kai Medical Service.

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Remains of slain Japanese aid worker returned from Afghanistan

NAGOYA, Japan - Tetsu Nakamura, leader of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, speaks to reporters at Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 30. Nakamura arrived at the airport accompanying the body of Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker and member of the NGO who was kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan. (Kyodo)

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Ito's body transferred to Jalalabad

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura (R in front), receives articles left by murdered Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Aug. 28 in front of a coffin containing Ito's body. Ito, a 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, was abducted Aug. 26 by an armed group in a suburb of Jalalabad and killed. (Kyodo)

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Ito's body transferred to Jalalabad

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura pays his respects to slain Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito at a hospital in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Aug. 28. Ito, a 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, was abducted Aug. 26 by an armed group in a suburb of Jalalabad and killed. (Kyodo)

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Colleagues identify body found in Afghanistan as that of Ito

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuji Fukumoto (R), a senior member of the nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai aid group, speaks to reporters in Fukuoka on Aug. 27. Fukumoto said one of the group's medical staff in Afghanistan had said a body found in Afghanistan is that of Kazuya Ito, who was abducted on Aug. 26 near Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan. (Kyodo)

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Kidnapped Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese comrades and Afghan people inspect the body of Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, Aug. 27. Ito was confirmed dead the same day after his body was found. The 31-year-old agricultural specialist with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai was abducted by an armed group of people near a village in Dara-e-Noor in a suburb of Jalalabad Aug. 26. (Kyodo)

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Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mitsuji Fukumoto, a senior official with the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai, answers reporters' questions at the group's office in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Aug. 27. Kazuya Ito, 31, an agricultural specialist with the Japanese aid group, was kidnapped near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26. It is believed that Ito is being held in a mountainous region. (Kyodo)

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Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan

KAKEGAWA, Japan - The father and mother of Kazuya Ito, a member of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai who was abducted in Afghanistan, answer reporters' questions at their house in Kakegawa, central Japan, Aug. 26. Ito, 31, an agricultural specialist with the group, was abducted near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 26. (Kyodo)

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Parents of slain aid worker donate 2 mil. yen for Afghanistan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayuki Ito (C), father of Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan last August, hands about 2 million yen in donations in Fukuoka on March 10 to the Japanese nongovernmental organization Peshawar-kai for an Islamic religious school being built in the war-ravaged country. At left is Kazuya's mother Junko. (Kyodo)

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in July 2015 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The Japanese physician engaged in aid work in Afghanistan and five others were killed in a shooting in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in November 2016 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, standing by a canal built with Japanese technologies on the outskirts of Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in April 2018 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, during an interview in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in November 2018 in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, explaining about drought damage in the country. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura

Photo taken in April 2018 shows Tetsu Nakamura, representative of the Peshawar-kai aid group for Afghanistan, during an interview in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. The Japanese physician and five others were killed in a shooting in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2019, local and Japanese government officials said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese doctor calls for aid to starving Afghans

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor who has worked in the border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan for the past 17 years, appeals for donations in Fukuoka on Oct. 11 to cover the costs of sending wheat flour and cooking oil to some 100,000 Afghans to help them survive the coming winter. Nakamura is a member of the Fukuoka-based civic group Peshawar-kai Medical Service.