Interactive art brings together children in Sydney and Gunma

Interactive art brings together children in Sydney and Gunma

Dignitaries and speakers gather for a photo in front of a projected art work created during Join the Dots at the Sydney Opera House on Jan. 16, 2018. Included in the photo are Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (5th from R) and Keizo Takewaka (C), Japan consul general in Sydney. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Warmbier just tip of iceberg of N. Korea abuses: Kirby

Warmbier just tip of iceberg of N. Korea abuses: Kirby

Michael Kirby (L), former chairman of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on North Korea, poses with Japanese Consul General Keizo Takewaka in Sydney on June 28, 2017, at a celebration for his conferment of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, which he received from the Japanese government in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Australia marks 75th anniv. of Japan WWII submarine attack on Sydney

Australia marks 75th anniv. of Japan WWII submarine attack on Sydney

Japanese Consul General Keizo Takewaka (R) lays a wreath at the HMAS Kuttabul Memorial site in Sydney on June 1, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Australia marks 75th anniv. of Japan WWII submarine attack on Sydney

Australia marks 75th anniv. of Japan WWII submarine attack on Sydney

Japanese Consul General Keizo Takewaka inspects part of one of the recovered Japanese midget submarines in Sydney on June 1, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kin of Japanese killed in WWII sub sinking visit Australia memorial

Kin of Japanese killed in WWII sub sinking visit Australia memorial

Shichiro Chiba (2nd from L) and other relatives of an Imperial Japanese naval officer, Toraichi Inoue, along with Japanese Consul General in Sydney Keizo Takewaka (2nd from R), visit a monument in Darwin, Australia on Feb. 18, 2018. Inoue died after his submarine was sunk off the northern Australian coast during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo