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Papua New Guinean PM Somare speaks at Japan Nat'l Press Club

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 30, 2010. Somare said he had asked Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for Japan's support for Papua New Guinea to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Japan, Papua New Guinea to start talks on investment treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 29, 2010, prior to their talks. The two leaders agreed to launch negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty.

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APEC leaders urge 'concrete steps' by N. Korea to scrap nuke

HANOI, Vietnam - Leaders from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum members, wearing traditional Vietnamese clothes ''ao dai,'' pose for a family photo outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi on Nov. 19. (From L to R in front row) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, (back row) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mexican Economy Minister Sergio Alejandro Garca de Alba Zepeda and Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Thomas Somare. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, co-chairmen of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island states, chat at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27.

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Japan, Pacific island nations meet for summit in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) makes a toast with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare, who co-chairs the fourth summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations with Koizumi, at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26.

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Japan backs Papua New Guinea's rice-growing plan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14 prior to their talks. Koizumi expressed support for Papua New Guinea's plan to grow enough rice to sustain itself.

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Japan backs Papua New Guinea's rice-growing plan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14 prior to their talks. Koizumi expressed support for Papua New Guinea's plan to grow enough rice to sustain itself. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations meet for summit in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) makes a toast with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare, who co-chairs the fourth summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations with Koizumi, at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific summit wraps up with 45 bil. yen fresh ODA

NAGO, Japan - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, co-chairmen of the summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island states, chat at the Bankoku Shinryokan convention center in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 27. (Kyodo)

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APEC leaders urge 'concrete steps' by N. Korea to scrap nuke

HANOI, Vietnam - Leaders from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum members, wearing traditional Vietnamese clothes ''ao dai,'' pose for a family photo outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi on Nov. 19. (From L to R in front row) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, (back row) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mexican Economy Minister Sergio Alejandro Garca de Alba Zepeda and Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Thomas Somare. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Recipients of Grand Cordon of Order of Rising Sun at photo session

Recipients of Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun attend a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2015. They are (from L) Iwao Uruma, former chief of the National Police Agency, Tsuyoshi Takagi, former head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Tadamasa Kodaira, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Tadashi Okamura, former head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Kosuke Hori, former home affairs minister, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Etsuhiko Shoyama, former president of Hitachi Ltd., Hiromasa Yonekura, former chairman of Keidanren, Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Yoshihito Karasawa, former president of the Japan Medical Association, and Toshitsugu Saito, former chief of the Defense Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Papua New Guinean PM Somare speaks at Japan Nat'l Press Club

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 30, 2010. Somare said he had asked Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for Japan's support for Papua New Guinea to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Papua New Guinea to start talks on investment treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 29, 2010, prior to their talks. The two leaders agreed to launch negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty. (Kyodo)