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Replica of famous monk's wooden statute almost completed

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Imazu of the Kyushu National Museum looks at an almost completed ceramic replica of a seated wooden statue of Kukai, founder of the Shingon (True Word) school of Buddhism, at Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics Co. in Koga, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on July 22, 2014.

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Kyushu Univ., Maryland Univ. tie up on cybersecurity

WASHINGTON, United States - University of Maryland Chancellor William Kirwan (L) and Kyushu University President Setsuo Arikawa shake hands after signing an accord to tie up on education and research in the area of cybersecurity in Adelphi, Maryland, on June 24, 2014.

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New NPA head Hidehiko Sato

TOKYO, Japan - Hidehiko Sato, 57, was appointed new director general of the National Police Agency on July 25, succeeding Setsuo Tanaka.

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NPA chief calls for boosting security measures

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka, chief of the National Police Agency, addresses a gathering of prefectural police officials April 23 in Tokyo. Tanaka said Japan must be prepared for the World Cup, which it will co-host with South Korea from May 31 to June 30.

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Japan, S. Korea to reinforce security ties for World Cup

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's National Police Agency chief Setsuo Tanaka (L) and the South Korean security chief Kwon Jin Ho shakes hands prior to talks in Seoul on April 19. They agreed to increase cooperation between Japanese and Korean security authorities ahead of the World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by the two countries.

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NPA chief directs police to beef up antiterrorism steps

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka (standing), chief of the National Police Agency, speaks Oct. 22 in Tokyo at an emergency meeting of senior police officers in charge of antiterrorism. Nanaka instructed them to intensify their efforts to prevent terrorist attacks.

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Police urged to control campaign for July upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - National Police Agency chief Setsuo Tanaka (at the rostrum) instructs senior police officers from across Japan on June 4 to tighten control over the campaign for next month's House of Councillors election. ''Election fraud could undermine the foundation of parliamentary democracy,'' Tanaka told the meeting in Tokyo.

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Police chief calls for curb on organized crime by foreigners

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka (at podium), head of the National Police Agency, speaks at a meeting of high-ranking police officers from across Japan on April 9. Tanaka called for stepping up measures against organized crime committed by foreigners.

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Japan, S. Korea police sign World Cup security pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's National Police Agency chief Setsuo Tanaka (R) and his South Korean counterpart Lee Moo Young (L) shake hands in Tokyo on March 29 after signing a pact over security for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, which the two countries are to co-host in May and June next year.

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NPA chief directs police to beef up antiterrorism steps

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka (standing), chief of the National Police Agency, speaks Oct. 22 in Tokyo at an emergency meeting of senior police officers in charge of antiterrorism. Nanaka instructed them to intensify their efforts to prevent terrorist attacks.

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Replica of famous monk's wooden statute almost completed

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Imazu of the Kyushu National Museum looks at an almost completed ceramic replica of a seated wooden statue of Kukai, founder of the Shingon (True Word) school of Buddhism, at Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics Co. in Koga, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on July 22, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu Univ., Maryland Univ. tie up on cybersecurity

WASHINGTON, United States - University of Maryland Chancellor William Kirwan (L) and Kyushu University President Setsuo Arikawa shake hands after signing an accord to tie up on education and research in the area of cybersecurity in Adelphi, Maryland, on June 24, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Old photos of Japan Emperor Naruhito

Photo taken April 26, 2019, shows Britain-based Japanese journalist Setsuo Kato holding a photograph taken in 1985 of Japanese Prince Hiro, now Emperor Naruhito, attending a Japan-Britain friendship event in London during his time studying at the University of Oxford in the 1980s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NPA chief calls for boosting security measures

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka, chief of the National Police Agency, addresses a gathering of prefectural police officials April 23 in Tokyo. Tanaka said Japan must be prepared for the World Cup, which it will co-host with South Korea from May 31 to June 30.

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Police urged to control campaign for July upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - National Police Agency chief Setsuo Tanaka (at the rostrum) instructs senior police officers from across Japan on June 4 to tighten control over the campaign for next month's House of Councillors election. ''Election fraud could undermine the foundation of parliamentary democracy,'' Tanaka told the meeting in Tokyo.

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Police chief calls for curb on organized crime by foreigners

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka (at podium), head of the National Police Agency, speaks at a meeting of high-ranking police officers from across Japan on April 9. Tanaka called for stepping up measures against organized crime committed by foreigners.

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Japan, S. Korea police sign World Cup security pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's National Police Agency chief Setsuo Tanaka (R) and his South Korean counterpart Lee Moo Young (L) shake hands in Tokyo on March 29 after signing a pact over security for the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, which the two countries are to co-host in May and June next year.

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NPA head tells police chiefs to be aware of duty

TOKYO, Japan - National Police Agency (NPA) Director General Setsuo Tanaka (R) on March 4 urges Japan's police chiefs to be aware of their duty and to enforce discipline in their police forces. Tanaka delivered the message to the chiefs of the nation's 47 prefectural police forces who were summoned to an emergency meeting at the NPA in Tokyo. Kosuke Hori (L), chief of the National Public Safety Commission and home affairs minister, told the meeting it was regrettable that the scandals involving the Niigata prefectural police had led to the NPA chief's responsibility of supervising Nakada to be cast in doubt.

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NPA head's pay cut over Niigata police scandal

TOKYO, Japan - National Police Agency (NPA) chief Setsuo Tanaka speaks to reporters at the agency on March 2 after Japan's National Public Safety Commission decided to cut Tanaka's pay by 5% for one month in March over a scandal that stemmed from the handling of a nearly decade-long confinement of a woman in Niigata Prefecture. Tanaka apologized for causing the scandal, saying, ''I'll make every effort to restore lost confidence among citizens toward police.''

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NPA head may be reprimanded over Niigata police scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka (L), head of the National Police Agency (NPA), attends a meeting of the National Public Safety Commission in Tokyo on March 2, where commission members will discuss whether Tanaka should be reprimanded for failing to supervise a senior NPA official at the center of a scandal involving Niigata prefectural police.

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Police head urges officers to restore public trust

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's National Police Agency head Setsuo Tanaka urges prefectural police leaders in Tokyo on Feb. 7 to restore public trust in law enforcement following a recent spate of scandals involving police officers. Tanaka was speaking at his first meeting of local leaders since taking office last month.

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New police agency chief takes office

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuo Tanaka (L), who took office as chief of the National Police Agency (NPA) on Jan. 11, shakes hands with Yuko Sekiguchi, his predecessor, at the NPA. Sekiguchi previously said he was quitting because he thought it ''appropriate'' to do so after three years in office, denying speculation that he was resigning to take the blame for a series of scandals that hit Kanagawa prefectural police last year.