Japan appoints Tarui to ambassador in charge of Okinawa

Japan appoints Tarui to ambassador in charge of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - The government appoints Sumio Tarui (file photo), 61, who served as ambassador to the Geneva-based U.N. Conference on Disarmament, as ambassador in charge of Okinawan affairs on June 9. Tarui served as ambassador at Japan's delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva but was released from the post the same day.

(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuwait

(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of the contingent of noncombant troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, receives flowers from Mieko Tarui, wife of Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui (R), on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on his way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission.

(1)Typhoon Chataan

(1)Typhoon Chataan

NAGOYA, Japan - Houses in the town of Tarui, Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, are flooded July 10 by torrential rains triggered by powerful Typhoon Chataan. An evacuation advisory has been issued for over 15,000 residents in the prefecture.

Japan appoints Tarui to ambassador in charge of Okinawa

Japan appoints Tarui to ambassador in charge of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - The government appoints Sumio Tarui (file photo), 61, who served as ambassador to the Geneva-based U.N. Conference on Disarmament, as ambassador in charge of Okinawan affairs on June 9. Tarui served as ambassador at Japan's delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva but was released from the post the same day. (Kyodo)

Gov't approves new Pakistan envoy

Gov't approves new Pakistan envoy

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government approved in a cabinet meeting Sept. 27 the appointment of Honolulu consul general Minoru Shibuya as ambassador to Pakistan (L) and former Defense Agency official Sumio Tarui as ambassador to Kuwait. (Kyodo)

(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuw

(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuw

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of the contingent of noncombant troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, receives flowers from Mieko Tarui, wife of Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui (R), on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on his way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission. (Kyodo)