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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. During his speech at the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, Lavrov blamed Western nations for undermining arms control agreements and continuing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) eastward expansion despite earlier promises to the contrary. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025

Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov arrives at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center for a welcoming banquet in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. Photo by Ding Haitao /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. Photo by Huang Jingwen /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.N. session over Russia-N. Korea defense pact

The U.N. Security Council convenes a meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York over Russia's latest mutual defense treaty with North Korea on June 28, 2024.

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U.N. session over Russia-N. Korea defense pact

North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song (front) speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting over Russia's latest mutual defense treaty with North Korea on June 28, 2024, at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240616) -- BEIJING, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) chairs a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Dingzhe)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240616) -- BEIJING, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) chairs a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

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NATO Defense Ministers Endorse Ukraine Military Aid Plan - Brussels

A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) defense ministers is held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NATO Defense Ministers Endorse Ukraine Military Aid Plan - Brussels

North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) chairs a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-DEFENSE MINISTERS-MEETING

(240615) -- BRUSSELS, June 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) defense ministers is held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Dingzhe)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-DEFENSE MINISTERS-MEETING

(240615) -- BRUSSELS, June 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) chairs a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Dingzhe)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-DEFENSE MINISTERS-MEETING

(240615) -- BRUSSELS, June 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) chairs a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-DEFENSE MINISTERS-MEETING

(240615) -- BRUSSELS, June 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) defense ministers is held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2024. Defense ministers of NATO have adopted a plan that allows the alliance to lead the coordination of security assistance and military training for Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)

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Hungarian parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid

STORY: Hungarian parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:06 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hungarian): VIKTOR ORBAN, Hungarian Prime Minister 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Hungarian): ELOD NOVAK, MP of the opposition party Our Homeland of Hungary 3. various of Parliament exterior 4. various of MPs voting STORYLINE: Hungary's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill on Sweden's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Out of the 199 members of parliament (MP), 194 participated in the voting, with 188 votes in favor and six against. The Hungarian parliament voted on the bill on the first day of the spring session of the Parliament. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hungarian): VIKTOR ORBAN, Hungarian Prime Minister "The Swedish-Hungarian military cooperation and Sweden's NATO accession strengthen Hungary's security." Elod Novak of the opposition party Our Homeland was one of the six MPs who voted against it. SOUNDBITE 2 (Hungaria

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NATO defence ministers discuss strengthening bloc's deterrence, support to Ukraine

STORY: NATO defence ministers discuss strengthening bloc's deterrence, support to Ukraine SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:05:21 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence 2. various of the deployment of NATO allies for Steadfast Defender 2024 STORYLINE: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sought to further strengthen the bloc's deterrence and defence, and support to Ukraine, at its defence ministers meeting on Thursday. In light of the deteriorating security environment, NATO does not see any "imminent military threat against the Alliance," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after the meeting. In terms of defense investment, Stoltenberg said he expected 18 member states to spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense this year, compared to only three members in 2014. This year, NATO member states in Europe will invest a total of 380 billion U.S. dollars in defense, he said. "By the end of 2024, Eu

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Joe Biden on Infrastructure Advisory Council - Washington

Liz Sherwood-Randall, White House homeland security advisor, and Mitch Landrieu, White House infrastructure implementation coordinator, arrive during a meeting of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. US President Joe Biden yesterday warned that failing to approve additional funding for Ukraine would embolden the Russian president, and threaten to derail Ukraine's path toward becoming a country that was "proud, free and firmly rooted in the West." Photo by Al Drago/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas (C) attends remarks by US President Joe Biden (not pictured) on efforts to reduce costs for customers by strengthening supply chains in the economy, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, DC, USA, 27 November 2023.

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Russia's State Duma approves bill revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty in first reading

STORY: Russia's State Duma approves bill revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty in first reading DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of State Duma sessions (source: Duma telegram) STORYLINE: Russia's lower house of parliament, or State Duma, approved a bill revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the first reading, it said in a statement Tuesday. Russian lawmakers unanimously approved the bill on the de-ratification of the treaty, and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin earlier noted that the bill could be considered in the final reading on Oct. 19. "For 23 years we have been waiting for the United States of America to ratify the treaty. But Washington used its double standards and irresponsible approach towards global security issues and still has not done that," Volodin said in a Telegram post. He said that Washington must finally understand that its hegemony will not lea

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BELARUS-MINSK-CSTO-FIRE DRILL

(230906) -- MINSK, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a fire drill in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 5, 2023. Rescue units of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), took part in joint exercises from Sept. 1 to 6 in Belarus. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CSTO-FIRE DRILL

(230906) -- MINSK, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows the site of a fire drill in Minsk, Belarus. Rescue units of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), took part in joint exercises from Sept. 1 to 6 in Belarus. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CSTO-FIRE DRILL

(230906) -- MINSK, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a fire drill in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 5, 2023. Rescue units of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), took part in joint exercises from Sept. 1 to 6 in Belarus. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CSTO-FIRE DRILL

(230906) -- MINSK, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A personnel takes part in a fire drill in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 5, 2023. Rescue units of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), took part in joint exercises from Sept. 1 to 6 in Belarus. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CSTO-FIRE DRILL

(230906) -- MINSK, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows the site of a fire drill in Minsk, Belarus. Rescue units of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), took part in joint exercises from Sept. 1 to 6 in Belarus. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CSTO-FIRE DRILL

(230906) -- MINSK, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a fire drill in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 5, 2023. Rescue units of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), took part in joint exercises from Sept. 1 to 6 in Belarus. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CSTO-FIRE DRILL

(230906) -- MINSK, Sept. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2023 shows the site of a fire drill in Minsk, Belarus. Rescue units of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia, member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), took part in joint exercises from Sept. 1 to 6 in Belarus. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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Russia's parliament denounces European armed forces treaty

STORY: Russia's parliament denounces European armed forces treaty DATELINE: May 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Duma 2. various of Duma meeting 3. various of Moscow STORYLINE: Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has formally denounced the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), according to a statement published on its website Tuesday. "Deputies of the State Duma, guided by the interests of our citizens, decided to denounce the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe to ensure the security of the Russian Federation," said Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. Russian President Vladimir Putin initially submitted a bill to the State Duma on the denunciation of the treaty on Wednesday. The document submitted by the Russian leader stated that the treaty has currently become outdated and irrelevant, considering the large-scale global changes that have taken place, related to the expansion of NATO.

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Finland, Sweden committed to joining NATO together, says PM

STORY: Finland, Sweden committed to joining NATO together, says PM DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Finland remains determined to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) together with Sweden, visiting Prime Minister Sanna Marin said when she met her Swedish counterpart here on Thursday. They also discussed Sweden's current Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and the security situation. "Last spring, we started our common path to join NATO. This journey must be made hand in hand and in common accord, just like we started it," Marin said in a joint press conference with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Marin's remark came three days after Türkiye's foreign minister said that his country could evaluate Finland's NATO bid separately from Sweden's to distinguish "between a problematic country and a less problematic one." The issue became no less topical after Finnish news

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Abe speaks on collective self-defense

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at an upper house audit committee meeting in Tokyo on June 9, 2014. Abe dismissed the idea that Japan and the United States would need to change the bilateral security treaty if Tokyo removes its self-imposed ban on the right to collective self-defense.

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Russian envoy speaks at pre-NPT review conference meet

NEW YORK, United States - Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament at the Russian Foreign Ministry, delivers a speech at a preparatory meeting for the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 29, 2014.

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U.S. envoy speaks at pre-NPT review conference meet

NEW YORK, United States - Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, delivers a speech at a preparatory meeting for the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 29, 2014.

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U.S. had 4,804 nuclear warheads as of Sept. 2013

NEW YORK, the United States - Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. under secretary of state for arms control and international security, speaks at the Third Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 29, 2014. She said the U.S. had 4,804 nuclear warheads stockpiled of as of September, 2013.

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military.

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U.S. documents on Japan-China island row

WASHINGTON, United States - Undated photo shows photocopies of classified U.S. government documents in 1972 referring to the relation between the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty and the issue of sovereignty of the islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea.

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Ministry viewed nukes entry into Japan as effective deterrent in 1960s

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomatic documents totaling 8,100 pages are unveiled to the media at the Diplomatic Record Office of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 7, 2010. The documents consist of eight files concerning the revision of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in 1960 and 29 files concerning the reversion of U.S.-occupied Okinawa to Japan in 1972.

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Japan, U.S. ships make port call for security pact anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, makes a port call at Tokyo's Harumi pier on June 26, 2010, to mark the 50th anniversary this month of the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty entering into force. During the port call, 7th Fleet Commander John Bird is inviting Japanese and American guests to commemorative events aboard the U.S. vessel.

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Nobel laureate Oe calls for reducing U.S. bases in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature, speaks at a meeting of the (Constitution) Article 9 Association in Tokyo on June 19, 2010, with a photo of the late popular playwright Hisashi Inoue hanging above him. The meeting was held on the 50th anniversary of the automatic enactment of the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty on June 19, 1960.

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Kitazawa, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and their U.S. counterparts -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.''

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Okada, Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and their U.S. counterparts -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.''

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Japan, U.S. mark 50th anniversary of signing of security treaty

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy hold a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the current security treaty between the two countries at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2010.

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Japan, U.S. mark 50th anniversary of signing of security treaty

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy hold a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the current security treaty between the two countries at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2010.

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Hatoyama hopes to resolve Futemma in time to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, one day before Japan and the United States commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of their revised security treaty. Hatoyama said the Japan-U.S. security alliance will not develop ''in a reliable manner'' without settling the issue of where to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hatoyama hopes to resolve Futemma in time to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, one day before Japan and the United States commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of their revised security treaty. Hatoyama said the Japan-U.S. security alliance will not develop ''in a reliable manner'' without settling the issue of where to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Aso blasts North's nuclear test as grave challenge to NPT regime

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters about North Korea's nuclear test at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 25. Aso said the test is a ''grave challenge'' to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty regime and a ''clear violation'' of a U.N. Security Council resolution banning the North from nuclear activity.

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(1)Machimura says Japan, U.S. need to be flexible in realignment talks

NAHA, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, at the end of a two-day visit to Japan's southernmost prefecture on Oct. 16. He said both Japan and the United States should be flexible in discussing a new U.S. military deployment in Japan amid concerns that regions to be covered by new U.S. military operations may be beyond the scope of a bilateral security treaty.

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Bush doesn't expect NATO troop deployment in Iraq

SAVANNAH, United States - U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at a press conference at the end of the Group of Eight summit on Sea Island on June 10. Bush said he does not expect the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to deploy troops in Iraq to maintain security there. (Pool photo)

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Nobusuke Kishi

Born Nov. 13, 1896 in Yamaguchi Prefecture and deceased on Aug. 7, 1987. Kishi was a bureaucrat-turned politician who served as prime minister between 1957 and 1960. As a member of the cabinet of Hideki Tojo from 1941 to 1944, Kishi was in charge of Japan's economic mobilization in the war against the U.S. Though imprisoned by the occupation authorities as a class-A war criminal, he was released in 1948. As prime minister, Kishi signed the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in 1960. Kishi had great influence in Japan's conservative political community until he died at the age of 90. His younger brother Eisaku Sato also served as prime minister. (Photo was taken on Dec. 23, 1964)

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Japan, U.S. mark WWII peace treaty, security pact

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell during a ceremony in San Francisco on Sept. 8 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.

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Nakatani, Wolfowitz drink toast at San Francisco meeting

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) and Japanese Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani prepare to drink a toast at a meeting at a San Francisco hotel on Sept. 7. They are in San Francisco to take part in events on Sept. 8 commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the San Francisco peace treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty.

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Defense chief Nakatani leaves for U.S., Indonesia, E. Timor

NARITA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 7 for the United States, Indonesia and East Timor. Nakatani is scheduled to attend ceremonies for the 50th anniversaries of the signings of the Treaty of Peace with Japan and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in San Francisco on Sept. 8.

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Tanaka departs for U.S. for treaty anniversaries

NARITA, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka prepares to leave Narita airport for the United States on Sept. 7 to attend ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the signing of the San Francisco peace treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty.