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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

Vice President Kamala Harris is seen via teleconference as President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC..(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives remarks on Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden gives an update on Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Vice President Kamala Harris joins via teleconference.(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-FLOOD CONTROL-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-FLOOD CONTROL-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(240726) -- BEIJING, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a teleconference convened by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in Beijing, capital of China, July 26, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Rao Aimin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(240718) -- BEIJING, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, speaks at a teleconference on learning, spreading and implementing the guiding principles of the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, in Beijing, capital of China, July 18, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Ling)

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Video Meeting With Japanese PM - Jeddah

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Video Meeting With Japanese PM - Jeddah

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MBS), holds a video teleconference meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, in his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Video Meeting With Japanese PM - Jeddah

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Video Meeting With Japanese PM - Jeddah

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MBS), holds a video teleconference meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, in his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Video Meeting With Japanese PM - Jeddah

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Video Meeting With Japanese PM - Jeddah

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MBS), holds a video teleconference meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, in his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-POVERTY ALLEVIATION WORK-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-POVERTY ALLEVIATION WORK-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(240531) -- BEIJING, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a teleconference related to consolidate and expand China's poverty alleviation achievements, and ensure that those efforts contribute to rural revitalization in Beijing, capital of China, May 31, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xie Huanchi)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-POVERTY ALLEVIATION WORK-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-POVERTY ALLEVIATION WORK-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(240531) -- BEIJING, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a teleconference related to consolidate and expand China's poverty alleviation achievements, and ensure that those efforts contribute to rural revitalization in Beijing, capital of China, May 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

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China-aided ICT institute handed over to Laos

STORY: China-aided ICT institute handed over to Laos SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the handover ceremony 2. various of the institute STORYLINE: The handover ceremony of a China-aided information and communication technology (ICT) institute has been held in Lao capital Vientiane. The institute is equipped with modern classrooms, laboratories, offices, libraries, and conference rooms, Lao News Agency reported on Tuesday. It is also equipped with teleconference equipment for online training purposes. Local teachers and staff have also been trained in Laos and China in preparation for the management of the training facility. Speaking at the event, Lao Minister of Technology and Communications Boviengkham Vongdara said the establishment of the institute is very important to the development of human resources in Laos. He added that this institute marks the cooperative relations between Laos and Ch

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CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-HOUSING PROJECTS-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-HOUSING PROJECTS-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(240517) -- BEIJING, May 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a teleconference focused on ensuring the delivery of housing projects, in Beijing, capital of China, May 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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Zelensky Calls For Increased Air Defence After Chernihiv Strike - Brussels

Zelensky Calls For Increased Air Defence After Chernihiv Strike - Brussels

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing the European council meeting participants on April 17, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Zelensky called for urgent assistance with air defense systems in order to counter daily Russian attacks. During a teleconference address to the leaders of EU countries, Zelensky began by mentioning the recent attack on Chernihiv, which resulted in significant casualties and extensive damage to civilian infrastructure. Zelensky noted the disparity between responses to Ukraine versus Israel, highlighting that while Ukraine defends its airspace alone, allied countries jointly shot down almost all drones and missiles Iran fired at Israel a few days ago. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelensky Calls For Increased Air Defence After Chernihiv Strike - Brussels

Zelensky Calls For Increased Air Defence After Chernihiv Strike - Brussels

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing the European council meeting participants on April 17, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Zelensky called for urgent assistance with air defense systems in order to counter daily Russian attacks. During a teleconference address to the leaders of EU countries, Zelensky began by mentioning the recent attack on Chernihiv, which resulted in significant casualties and extensive damage to civilian infrastructure. Zelensky noted the disparity between responses to Ukraine versus Israel, highlighting that while Ukraine defends its airspace alone, allied countries jointly shot down almost all drones and missiles Iran fired at Israel a few days ago. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelensky Calls For Increased Air Defence After Chernihiv Strike - Brussels

Zelensky Calls For Increased Air Defence After Chernihiv Strike - Brussels

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing the European council meeting participants as European Council President Charles Michel looks on, on April 17, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Zelensky called for urgent assistance with air defense systems in order to counter daily Russian attacks. During a teleconference address to the leaders of EU countries, Zelensky began by mentioning the recent attack on Chernihiv, which resulted in significant casualties and extensive damage to civilian infrastructure. Zelensky noted the disparity between responses to Ukraine versus Israel, highlighting that while Ukraine defends its airspace alone, allied countries jointly shot down almost all drones and missiles Iran fired at Israel a few days ago. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI XI-TELECONFERENCE-DISCIPLINE INSPECTION PERSONNEL (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LI XI-TELECONFERENCE-DISCIPLINE INSPECTION PERSONNEL (CN)

(240228) -- BEIJING, Feb. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, addresses a teleconference on the education and rectification of the country's Party discipline inspection commissions and supervision agencies, in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-WORKPLACE SAFETY-NATIONAL TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-WORKPLACE SAFETY-NATIONAL TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(240126) -- BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a national teleconference on workplace safety on Jan. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-COLLECTIVE FOREST TENURE-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-COLLECTIVE FOREST TENURE-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(231219) -- BEIJING, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses a teleconference on advancing reform of collective forest tenure in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-SHEN YIQIN-MIGRANT WORKER-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-SHEN YIQIN-MIGRANT WORKER-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(231130) -- BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin speaks at a national teleconference on clearing wage arrears for migrant workers, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-AGRICULTURE-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-AGRICULTURE-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(231117) -- BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses a teleconference on water conservancy and high-standard farmlands construction in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

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CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-PREVENT AND FIGHT WILDFIRES-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-PREVENT AND FIGHT WILDFIRES-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230921) -- BEIJING, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses a national teleconference on forest and grassland fire prevention and control work this winter in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230904) -- BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses a teleconference on the planning and building of government-subsidized housing in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-URBAN VILLAGE RENEWAL-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HE LIFENG-URBAN VILLAGE RENEWAL-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230729) -- BEIJING, July 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- He Lifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice premier, speaks during a teleconference on advancing the work of urban village renewal in megacities in Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

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CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-SOE REFORM-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-SOE REFORM-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230718) -- BEIJING, July 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses a teleconference on preparations for a campaign to deepen and upgrade state-owned enterprise (SOEs) reform in Beijing, capital of China, July 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230526) -- BEIJING, May 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a teleconference on consolidating poverty-relief achievements and promoting rural vitalization in Beijing, capital of China, May 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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CHINA-BEIJING-DING XUEXIANG-TELECONFERENCE-EMPLOYMENT FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-DING XUEXIANG-TELECONFERENCE-EMPLOYMENT FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES (CN)

(230511) -- BEIJING, May 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a teleconference on boosting employment for college graduates in Beijing, capital of China, May 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-FIRE PREVENTION WORK-NATIONAL TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-ZHANG GUOQING-FIRE PREVENTION WORK-NATIONAL TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230329) -- BEIJING, March 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks at a national teleconference on preventing and containing major forest and grassland fires, in Beijing, capital of China, March 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, speaks at a national teleconference on the fight against pornography and illegal publications in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LIU HE-WANG YONG-SOE REFORM-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LIU HE-WANG YONG-SOE REFORM-TELECONFERENCE (CN)

(230131) -- BEIJING, Jan. 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also head of the State Council leading group for state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform, attends and addresses a teleconference, which was presided over by State Councilor Wang Yong, deputy head of the group, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 31, 2023. The conference on China's three-year project to reform its SOEs was held here Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)

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CHINA-BEIJING-STATE COUNCIL-VIDEO TELECONFERENCE-WORK SAFETY (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-STATE COUNCIL-VIDEO TELECONFERENCE-WORK SAFETY (CN)

(230112) -- BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu He, Chinese vice premier and head of the Work Safety Committee of the State Council, attends a national video teleconference held by the State Council with State Councilors Wang Yong and Zhao Kezhi, who are both deputy heads of the committee, Jan. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide talks on TV from U.S. seabed

Japanese astronaut Hoshide talks on TV from U.S. seabed

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, commander of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations program, talks to journalists in Tokyo on July 24, 2014 (Japan time), via teleconference from Aquarius, a lab anchored to the seabed off the U.S. state of Florida to approximate the enclosed environment in space.

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Japan TPP minister

Japan TPP minister

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014, after a teleconference with his U.S. counterpart Michael Froman.

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Astronaut Onishi to travel to space in 2016

Astronaut Onishi to travel to space in 2016

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2013, shows Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi speaking via teleconference in Houston following the announcement by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that Onishi will travel into space for the first time around July 2016 in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

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Russian pipeline goes into operation

Russian pipeline goes into operation

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin (projected at the center on a screen) instructs officials to start full operation of an oil pipeline during a teleconference linking Moscow with Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East, where the opening ceremony was held, on Dec. 25, 2012. Russia plans to use the 4,756-kilometer-long pipeline, called the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean, or ESPO, oil pipeline linking Tayshet in eastern Siberia with Kozmino port near Nakhodka in the Far East to export crude oil to Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide

Japanese astronaut Hoshide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (on screen), speaking to Japanese reporters via teleconference from Houston, Texas. Hoside returned from the International Space Station earlier in the month.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide

Japanese astronaut Hoshide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, speaking to Japanese reporters via teleconference from Houston, Texas. Hoside returned from the International Space Station earlier in the month.

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Japanese Finance Minister Noda after G-7 teleconference

Japanese Finance Minister Noda after G-7 teleconference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is surrounded by reporters in the ministry building in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011, shortly after holding an emergency teleconference with his Group of Seven counterparts amid debt problems in the United States and Europe.

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Message of support from Houston

Message of support from Houston

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa speaks in a teleconference from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, on a television screen at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on March 22, 2011. Furukawa, who is slated to launch a five-and-a-half-month-long mission at the International Space Station in May, sent a message of support for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, saying, ''I want children in Tohoku (northeastern Japan) to know that if you make efforts little by little, things will be better tomorrow than today, and better the day after tomorrow than tomorrow, and those efforts will accumulate and become a big power.''

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Astronaut Wakata to be 1st Japanese captain of ISS

Astronaut Wakata to be 1st Japanese captain of ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks in a teleconference telecast from Houston, Texas, at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on Feb. 17, 2011. Wakata will stay at the International Space Station for six months starting at the end of 2013 and will serve as the first Japanese captain of the ISS in the last two months of the mission.

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Astronaut Wakata to be 1st Japanese captain of ISS

Astronaut Wakata to be 1st Japanese captain of ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks in a teleconference telecast from Houston, Texas, at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on Feb. 17, 2011. Wakata will stay at the International Space Station for six months starting at the end of 2013 and will serve as the first Japanese captain of the ISS in the last two months of the mission.

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Astronaut Wakata to be 1st Japanese captain of ISS

Astronaut Wakata to be 1st Japanese captain of ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks in a teleconference telecast from Houston, Texas, at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on Feb. 17, 2011. Wakata will stay at the International Space Station for six months starting at the end of 2013 and will serve as the first Japanese captain of the ISS in the last two months of the mission.

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Japan orders end of refueling for antiterrorism forces

Japan orders end of refueling for antiterrorism forces

ARABIAN SEA, Indian Ocean - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Captain Ryo Sakai, who is aboard the supply ship Mashu on a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, holds a teleconference with Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Kitazawa, who ordered the MSDF to end Japan's refueling mission the same day, expressed his wish for the safe return of the officers. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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