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Seoul's understanding of wartime sex slave issue sought

WASHINGTON, United States - Takeo Kawamura (C), executive director of the supra-partisan Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union, seeks South Korea's understanding of Japan's handling of the issue of wartime sex slavery during his speech at a U.S. think tank in Washington on July 23, 2014.

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New LDP team

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Liberal Democratic Party's new leadership team join hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2012, after LDP President Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) formed it. They are (from L) General Council chief Seiko Noda, Vice President Masahiko Komura, President Abe, Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba, policy chief Sanae Takaichi and election strategy chief Takeo Kawamura.

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DPJ's Okada, Naoshima visit PM office

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada speaks to reporters at Prime Minister Taro Aso's office in Tokyo on Sept. 2. Okada, together with the party's policy chief, Masayuki Naoshima (L), met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura to ask the outgoing Aso administration to hold talks with the DPJ on transferring control and help it smoothly launch a new government. At left is

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2 new ministers officially assume posts

TOKYO, Japan - New economic and fiscal policy minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (2nd from L) and new National Public Safety Commission chief Motoo Hayashi (2nd from R), flanked by Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (L), pose for photos at the prime minister's office on July 2 after attestation by Emperor Akihito.

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Okinawa governor presents ''Kariyushi'' summer wear to PM Aso

TOKYO, Japan - With no-necktie summer clothing starting to be worn in June for government officials and employees, Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (2nd from L) presents Okinawa ''kariyushi'' summer wear to Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28. At left is Miss Okinawa Mika Uechi.

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1st domestic infection of new flu confirmed in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura heads to the prime minister's office on May 16 after the first domestic infection of the new strain of influenza A virus in Japan was detected the same day in a 17-year-old male high school student with no record of overseas travel in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Gov't to make efforts to prevent spread of new flu virus

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (C) and Yoichi Masuzoe (L), Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, attend a meeting for senior officials of the Japanese government at the prime minister's office on May 9 to discuss measures to prevent the spread of the new flu in Japan.

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Gov't to make efforts to prevent spread of new flu virus

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office after the first cases of new flu infection in Japan were found on May 8.

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Gov't to make efforts to prevent spread of new flu virus

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (R) heads to the prime minister's office in the morning on May 9 after three Japanese males were found on arrival from abroad on May 8 to have been infected with the new strain of flu.

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Japan calls on public for alert, composure over swine flu

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks about the launch of a government task force to tackle swine flu at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 28. The task force, headed by Prime Minister Taro Aso, was set up following the World Health Organization's upgrading of its alert level on swine flu.

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Japan to decide guidelines for new sanctions on N. Korea Apr. 10

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 6. He said the Cabinet will decide April 10 on its basic guidelines for new sanctions on North Korea after Pyongyang launched a rocket the previous day despite repeated warnings from Japan against doing so.

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N. Korea launches 'satellite' despite international pressure

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 6 after talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura following North Korea's rocket launch.

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Japan lodges protest, condemns N. Korea rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 5 after the end of a meeting of Japan's Security Council.

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N. Korea launches 'satellite' despite international pressure

TOKYO, Japan - James Zumwalt, charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura following North Korea's rocket launch.

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Japan to lodge stern protest over N. Korea rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after North Kroea launched a rocket. Kawamura said, ''Japan will sternly protest against North Korea.''

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N. Korean launch not confirmed within announced time frame

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4 following an announcement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura that the Japanese government had not confirmed that a planned rocket launch by North Korea had taken place by 4 p.m. and that it appeared unlikely that it would be carried out by the day's end.

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Japan to remain on alert for North's rocket launch from Sunday

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4 about N. Korea's planned rocket launch.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura is surrounded by reporters as he arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4 to prepare for North Korea's imminent launch of a communications satellite, which Japan sees as a cover for test-firing a long-range ballistic missile.

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LDP's Matsunami submits resignation as parliamentary sec'y

TOKYO, Japan - Kenta Matsunami, parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office and a Liberal Democratic party lawmaker, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Jan. 13 after submitting his resignation from the post to Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, who accepted it. Matsunami is opposed to the 2 trillion yen allotted for a cash handout program.

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Japanese parliament clears antiterrorism refueling law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (back L) stands after the House of Representatives enacts a law Dec. 12 to continue Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean following a revote by the ruling coalition in the lower house, overriding the opposition-controlled House of Councillors' rejection of the legislation.

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Abductees' families call for more sanctions on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (R) receives a written request from Takeo Hiranuma, the head of a lawmakers' group for Japanese abducted by North Korea in the past, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, urging that the government step up economic sanctions on North Korea. Third from right is Shigeo Iizuka, who heads a group of Japanese abductees' families.

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Kyoko Nakayama appointed as special gov't adviser

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama (C), flanked by Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (L), bows at the prime minister office on Sept. 29 after Aso appointed her as his special adviser on the issue of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals.

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Kawamura receives donations from questionable corporations

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly-appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Sept. 25. He admitted that a local branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Yamaguchi Prefecture, headed by him, received some 4.1 million yen in donations from seven corporations, including those involved in bid-riggings over a three-year period through 2006.

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New Prime Minister Aso announces Cabinet lineup

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Kawamura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after being appointed chief Cabinet secretary by new Prime Minister Taro Aso.

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(1)Showa Base and Tokyo hold video conference

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Members of a Japanese Antarctic expedition team in Showa Base brief science and technology minister Takeo Kawamura in Tokyo on their activities in a video conference June 28. Photo was taken by a reporter accompanying the team. (Pool photo)

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(2)Showa base and Tokyo hold video conference

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Science and technology minister Takeo Kawamura (R) speaks from Tokyo's National Institute of Polar Research to members of a Japanese Antarctic expedition team in Showa Base on June 28.

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Education panel to review local education board system

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Takeo Kawamura (L) speaks at a meeting of the Central Education Council on March 4. He urged the advisory panel to drastically review local education boards to update the nation's 55-year-old board system, as Council Chairman Yasuhiko Torii listens.

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Air crews seek protection against cosmic radiation

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Ishiyama (R), vice president of the Airline Pilots Association of Japan, hands a request for protection against cosmic radiation for air crews to science minister Takeo Kawamura via Masaharu Ishida (L), an official at the science ministry's radiation regulation office, in Tokyo on Feb. 6.

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(4)Japan spy satellite launch fails

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Shuichiro Yamanouchi (L) and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Takeo Kawamura bow in apology at a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Nov. 29. The agency's launch the same day of an H-2A rocket carrying a pair of spy satellites failed.

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Kawamura appointed education minister

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Takeo Kawamura speaks during a news conference on Sept. 22 at the prime minister's office after the new cabinet lineup was announced Sept. 22.

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Iwamura slams two-run homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows infielder Akinori Iwamura (R) is greeted by teammates Alex Ramirez (L) and Atsuya Furuta (C) after hitting a two-run homer off Yokohama BayStars starter Takeo Kawamura in the bottom of the second inning at Jingu Stadium on April 16. Yakult edged Yokohama 7-5.

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Gomes hits RBI single

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons infielder Leo Gomes hits a go-ahead RBI single off Yokohama Baystars starter Takeo Kawamura with two outs in the bottom of the first inning at Nagoya Dome on April 10.

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Carp's Kanemoto hits go-ahead, two-run homer

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshima Toyo Carp's outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto hits a go-ahead two-run homer over the right-field wall off Yokohama Baystars starter Takeo Kawamura in the first inning in Sendai on June 19.

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Gomes hits RBI single

NAGOYA, Japan - Chunichi Dragons infielder Leo Gomes hits a go-ahead RBI single off Yokohama Baystars starter Takeo Kawamura with two outs in the bottom of the first inning at Nagoya Dome on April 10.

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Iwamura slams two-run homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows infielder Akinori Iwamura (R) is greeted by teammates Alex Ramirez (L) and Atsuya Furuta (C) after hitting a two-run homer off Yokohama BayStars starter Takeo Kawamura in the bottom of the second inning at Jingu Stadium on April 16. Yakult edged Yokohama 7-5.

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Kawamura receives donations from questionable corporations

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly-appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Sept. 25. He admitted that a local branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Yamaguchi Prefecture, headed by him, received some 4.1 million yen in donations from seven corporations, including those involved in bid-riggings over a three-year period through 2006. (Kyodo)

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Kyoko Nakayama appointed as special gov't adviser

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama (C), flanked by Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (L), bows at the prime minister office on Sept. 29 after Aso appointed her as his special adviser on the issue of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals. (Kyodo)

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Abductees' families call for more sanctions on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (R) receives a written request from Takeo Hiranuma, the head of a lawmakers' group for Japanese abducted by North Korea in the past, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, urging that the government step up economic sanctions on North Korea. Third from right is Shigeo Iizuka, who heads a group of Japanese abductees' families. (Kyodo)

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Japanese parliament clears antiterrorism refueling law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (back L) stands after the House of Representatives enacts a law Dec. 12 to continue Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean following a revote by the ruling coalition in the lower house, overriding the opposition-controlled House of Councillors' rejection of the legislation. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Matsunami submits resignation as parliamentary sec'y

TOKYO, Japan - Kenta Matsunami, parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office and a Liberal Democratic party lawmaker, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Jan. 13 after submitting his resignation from the post to Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, who accepted it. Matsunami is opposed to the 2 trillion yen allotted for a cash handout program. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean launch not confirmed within announced time frame

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4 following an announcement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura that the Japanese government had not confirmed that a planned rocket launch by North Korea had taken place by 4 p.m. and that it appeared unlikely that it would be carried out by the day's end. (Kyodo)

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura is surrounded by reporters as he arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4 to prepare for North Korea's imminent launch of a communications satellite, which Japan sees as a cover for test-firing a long-range ballistic missile. (Kyodo)

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Japan to remain on alert for North's rocket launch from Sunday

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 4 about N. Korea's planned rocket launch. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea launches 'satellite' despite international pressure

TOKYO, Japan - James Zumwalt, charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura following North Korea's rocket launch. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea launches 'satellite' despite international pressure

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 6 after talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura following North Korea's rocket launch. (Kyodo)

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Japan lodges protest, condemns N. Korea rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 5 after the end of a meeting of Japan's Security Council. (Kyodo)

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Japan to lodge stern protest over N. Korea rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after North Kroea launched a rocket. Kawamura said, ''Japan will sternly protest against North Korea.'' (Kyodo)

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Japan to decide guidelines for new sanctions on N. Korea Apr. 10

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 6. He said the Cabinet will decide April 10 on its basic guidelines for new sanctions on North Korea after Pyongyang launched a rocket the previous day despite repeated warnings from Japan against doing so. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa governor presents ''Kariyushi'' summer wear to PM Aso

TOKYO, Japan - With no-necktie summer clothing starting to be worn in June for government officials and employees, Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (2nd from L) presents Okinawa ''kariyushi'' summer wear to Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28. At left is Miss Okinawa Mika Uechi. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, S. Korean lawmakers meet in Seoul

Senior Japanese and South Korean lawmakers meet in Seoul on May 11, 2015, to discuss the agenda and schedule of a future meeting of the two countries' parliamentarian groups promoting bilateral ties. Takeo Kawamura (far R), secretary general of the nonpartisan Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union, said, "(Japanese) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's thought of adhering to the opinions of past prime ministers and wanting to advance Japan-South Korea relations is unwavering." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo