Hatoyama says his comments did not affect probe on Ozawa case

Hatoyama says his comments did not affect probe on Ozawa case

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010. In response to questions by the Liberal Democratic Party's Shuzen Tanigawa, Hatoyama reiterated that his remarks urging Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa to fight against allegations related to a funds scandal did not intend to nor did they influence the prosecutors' investigation.

(2)Confab opens to discuss tsunami early warning system

(2)Confab opens to discuss tsunami early warning system

PHUKET, Thailand - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa listens to a speech at a ministerial conference on creating a regional early warning system in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia at a Phuket hotel on Jan. 29.

Koda's body arrives in Kuwait City

Koda's body arrives in Kuwait City

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa walks into a Kuwait hotel on Nov. 2 to receive the body of murdered Japanese hostage Shosei Koda that was flown to Kuwait City from Baghdad earlier in the day. The body is expected to arrive at Kansai International Airport in Osaka on Nov. 3.

Tanigawa arrives in Kuwait to accompany Koda's body

Tanigawa arrives in Kuwait to accompany Koda's body

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Senior Foreign Vice Minister Shuzen Tanigawa responds to questions from reporters on arriving in Kuwait from Jordan on Oct. 31 to accompany the body of slain Japanese hostage Shosei Koda back to Japan. Koda's body is expected to be transferred Nov. 1 from Baghdad to a U.S. military base in Kuwait.

Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Amman on Oct. 28 after launching a local task force to deal with the case of Shusei Koda, held hostage in Baghdad by militants linked to al-Qaida.

(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

NARITA, Japan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 27 for the Jordanian capital of Amman to set up an ad hoc team to deal with the reported kidnapping of a Japanese man by an Islamic militant group.

(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

NARITA, Japan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 27 for the Jordanian capital of Amman to set up an ad hoc team to deal with the reported kidnapping of a Japanese man by an Islamic militant group. (Kyodo)

Tanigawa arrives in Kuwait to accompany Koda's body

Tanigawa arrives in Kuwait to accompany Koda's body

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Senior Foreign Vice Minister Shuzen Tanigawa responds to questions from reporters on arriving in Kuwait from Jordan on Oct. 31 to accompany the body of slain Japanese hostage Shosei Koda back to Japan. Koda's body is expected to be transferred Nov. 1 from Baghdad to a U.S. military base in Kuwait. (Kyodo)

Koda's body arrives in Kuwait City

Koda's body arrives in Kuwait City

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa walks into a Kuwait hotel on Nov. 2 to receive the body of murdered Japanese hostage Shosei Koda that was flown to Kuwait City from Baghdad earlier in the day. The body is expected to arrive at Kansai International Airport in Osaka on Nov. 3. (Kyodo)

Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Amman on Oct. 28 after launching a local task force to deal with the case of Shusei Koda, held hostage in Baghdad by militants linked to al-Qaida. (Kyodo)

(2)Confab opens to discuss tsunami early warning system

(2)Confab opens to discuss tsunami early warning system

PHUKET, Thailand - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa listens to a speech at a ministerial conference on creating a regional early warning system in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia at a Phuket hotel on Jan. 29. (Kyodo)

Hatoyama says his comments did not affect probe on Ozawa case

Hatoyama says his comments did not affect probe on Ozawa case

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010. In response to questions by the Liberal Democratic Party's Shuzen Tanigawa, Hatoyama reiterated that his remarks urging Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa to fight against allegations related to a funds scandal did not intend to nor did they influence the prosecutors' investigation. (Kyodo)