Japan vice foreign minister, IAEA chief meet in Vienna

Japan vice foreign minister, IAEA chief meet in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Kentaro Sonoura (L), Japanese parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, and Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shake hands before their talks in Vienna on Nov. 5, 2014.

Egyptian President el-Sisi mulls Japan visit in fall

Egyptian President el-Sisi mulls Japan visit in fall

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (R) receives a courtesy visit from Kentaro Sonoura (far L), a Japanese vice foreign minister, in Cairo on Aug. 5, 2015. El-Sisi is contemplating a visit to Japan as early as this fall, Sonoura later told reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan mulls $1.2 mil. in grant aid to cyclone-hit Pacific nations

Japan mulls $1.2 mil. in grant aid to cyclone-hit Pacific nations

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kentaro Sonoura (R) visits a hospital in cyclone-hit Port Vila, Vanuatu, on March 22, 2015. Japan is considering providing $1.2 million in emergency grant aid to Vanuatu and other pacific nations devastated by Cyclone Pam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan mulls $1.2 mil. in grant aid to cyclone-hit Pacific nations

Japan mulls $1.2 mil. in grant aid to cyclone-hit Pacific nations

Vanuatuan Foreign Minister Sato Kilman (L) and visiting Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kentaro Sonoura shake hands as they meet in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on March 22, 2015. In the meeting, Sonoura said Japan is considering extending $1.2 million in emergency grant aid to Vanuatu and other Pacific nations devastated by powerful Cyclone Pam. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, Myanmar talks

Japan, Myanmar talks

Kentaro Sonoura (L), a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Myanmar Union Minister Thaung Tun hold talks in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on Feb. 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan conveys regret to senator over U.S. decision on Paris pact

Japan conveys regret to senator over U.S. decision on Paris pact

Kentaro Sonoura (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, and Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner hold talks in Washington on June 5, 2017. Sonoura expressed regret over President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, a 2015 U.N. accord to fight climate change. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan pledges $1.6 bil. for development of Afghanistan

Japan pledges $1.6 bil. for development of Afghanistan

Kentaro Sonoura, senior vice foreign minister of Japan, attends a press conference on Oct. 5, 2016, in Brussels, announcing aid of up to $1.6 billion over the four years from 2017 to support war-torn Afghanistan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo