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Konoe reelected president of IFRC

SYDNEY, Australia - Tadateru Konoe of Japan speaks in Sydney on Nov. 13, 2013, shortly after being reelected for his second four-year term as president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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IFRC President Konoe to seek 2nd term

NAIROBI, Kenya - Tadateru Konoe, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, says during an interview with Kyodo News in Nairobi on June 24, 2013 that he will seek another four-year term as IFRC head to implement his agenda.

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Konoe elected 1st Asian head of International Red Cross

NAIROBI, Kenya - Tadateru Konoe, president of the Japanese Red Cross Society, speaks at a news conference in Nairobi on Nov. 19, 2009, after being elected president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at a General Assembly meeting, becoming the first Asian to lead the world's largest humanitarian organization.

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Japan, N. Korea Red Cross societies agree on food aid

BEIJING, China - Tadateru Konoe (R), vice president of the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Ho Hae Ryong, vice chairman of the North Korean Red Cross Society, shake hands after exchanging a joint statement on humanitarian issues in Beijing on Dec. 21. The statement paves the way for the governments of the two countries to resume talks for normalizing diplomatic ties. Red Cross officials agreed to ask Tokyo to resume food aid to the North at a ''possible early date.''

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Japan, N. Korea reach accord in Red Cross talks

BEIJING, China - Tadateru Konoe (L), vice president of the Japanese Red Cross Society, and Ho Hae Ryong, vice chairman of the North Korean Red Cross Society, exchange a joint statement on humanitarian issues at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 21, paving the way for resumption of working-level talks between their two governments.

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Red Cross talks between Japan, N. Korea begin in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Delegates from the Japanese and North Korean Red Cross societies begin two days of discussions in Beijing on Dec. 19 on humanitarian issues as part of stepped-up efforts to normalize bilateral ties. They are expected to discuss such issues as missing Japanese nationals and Japan's food aid to North Korea in the first set of meetings at the Japanese Embassy. The Japanese society's Vice President Tadateru Konoe is second from R, while his North Korean counterpart Ho Hae Ryong is second from L.

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Japan's Red Cross mission heads for talks with N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Japanese Red Cross Society leaves Narita airport for Beijing on Dec. 18 for talks with their North Korean counterparts over humanitarian issues, such as missing Japanese nationals. The delegation, headed by the society's Vice President Tadateru Konoe (C), will meet with representatives from North Korea's Red Cross Society, led by its Vice Chairman Ho Hae Ryong, on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 at the Japanese and North Korean embassies in the Chinese capital.

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Japan Coast Guard, Red Cross to cooperate during disasters

Yuji Sato (L), commandant of the Japan Coast Guard, and Japanese Red Cross Society President Tadateru Konoe shake hands in Tokyo on March 6, 2015, after agreeing to cooperate closely in case of wide-scale disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Konoe elected 1st Asian head of International Red Cross

NAIROBI, Kenya - Tadateru Konoe, president of the Japanese Red Cross Society, speaks at a news conference in Nairobi on Nov. 19, 2009, after being elected president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at a General Assembly meeting, becoming the first Asian to lead the world's largest humanitarian organization. (Kyodo)

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Konoe elected 1st Asian head of International Red Cross

NAIROBI, Kenya - Tadateru Konoe, president of the Japanese Red Cross Society, addresses a General Assembly meeting of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Nairobi on Nov. 19, 2009, after being elected president of the federation, becoming the first Asian to lead the world's largest humanitarian organization. (Kyodo)

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U.S. toymaker donates $1 mil., Hello Kitty dolls to relief effort

TOKYO, Japan - Ty Warner (R), president and chief executive officer of U.S. toymaker Ty Inc., presents a certificate pledging to donate $1 million and the earnings from worldwide sales of a special Hello Kitty doll to help people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Warner made the pledge to Japanese Red Cross Society President Tadateru Konoe at the headquarters of the society in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept. 16, 2011. In early September, the toy maker donated ''I Love Japan'' Hello Kitty nurse dolls to children in Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture, which was ravaged by the disaster. The stuffed animal has been sold worldwide since May to raise funds to help relief effort. (Kyodo)

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Int'l Red Cross chief says N. Korea affected by sanctions

Tadateru Konoe, the president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, attends a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2016, after returning from a 10-day trip to North Korea. Konoe said sanctions have affected the North in many ways, but humanitarian aid should not be linked to political issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Red Cross talks between Japan, N. Korea begin in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Delegates from the Japanese and North Korean Red Cross societies begin two days of discussions in Beijing on Dec. 19 on humanitarian issues as part of stepped-up efforts to normalize bilateral ties. They are expected to discuss such issues as missing Japanese nationals and Japan's food aid to North Korea in the first set of meetings at the Japanese Embassy. The Japanese society's Vice President Tadateru Konoe is second from R, while his North Korean counterpart Ho Hae Ryong is second from L.

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Japan's Red Cross mission heads for talks with N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Members of the Japanese Red Cross Society leaves Narita airport for Beijing on Dec. 18 for talks with their North Korean counterparts over humanitarian issues, such as missing Japanese nationals. The delegation, headed by the society's Vice President Tadateru Konoe (C), will meet with representatives from North Korea's Red Cross Society, led by its Vice Chairman Ho Hae Ryong, on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 at the Japanese and North Korean embassies in the Chinese capital.