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Upper house fires panel chair Kawaguchi over China trip

TOKYO, Japan - Yoriko Kawaguchi, a senior lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 9, 2013, after the House of Councillors passed a resolution dismissing her as head of its Environment Committee over her trip to China in April. Kawaguchi extended her visit without permission from parliament, leading the panel to cancel a session.

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Upper house fires panel chair Kawaguchi over China trip

TOKYO, Japan - Yoriko Kawaguchi, a senior lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, casts a vote against a resolution to dismiss her as head of the Environment Committee of the House of Councillors during an upper house plenary session in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. The upper chamber passed the resolution over her trip to China in April. She extended her visit without permission from parliament, leading the panel to cancel a session.

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Upper house fires panel chair Kawaguchi over China trip

TOKYO, Japan - Yoriko Kawaguchi, a senior lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, listens to a resolution to dismiss her as head of the Environment Committee of the House of Councillors during an upper house plenary session in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. The upper chamber passed the resolution over Kawaguchi's trip to China in April. She extended her visit without permission from parliament, leading the panel to cancel a session.

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Opposition seeks LDP lawmaker's dismissal as Diet panel chief

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers are surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on May 7, 2013, after submitting a resolution to the House of Councillors calling for Yoriko Kawaguchi, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to be dismissed as chair of the upper chamber's Environment Committee. Kawaguchi extended her visit to China in April without permission from parliament, leading the panel to cancel a session.

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"Wolf Children" model home

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo on Oct. 4, 2012, shows Masami Yamazaki and his wife Yoriko Yamazaki, who own an old house in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture, which is the model for the home of the heroine and her children in the hit animation film "Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" (The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki).

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Kunihara wins bronze at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yoriko Kunihara wears the women's 70-kg bronze medal at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2010. Kunihara fell to Lucie Decosse of France in the semi-final but battled it out against Cecilia Blanco of Spain to claim the medal.

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Panel calls for drastic cut in nuclear weapons by 2025

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yoriko Kawaguchi and Gareth Evans, former foreign ministers of Japan and Australia, respectively, who co-chair the International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2009, after the former foreign ministers presented the panel's report to the prime ministers.

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Panel calls for drastic cut in nuclear weapons by 2025

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R), co-chair of the International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, speaks about the panel's report at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2009, with fellow chair former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans.

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Draft proposes cutting number of warheads to less than 1,000

TOKYO, Japan - Former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans (L) and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguwi, who co-chair the International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, hold a joint news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2009. The commission, which was established at the initiative of Australia and Japan, will hold its final meeting in Hiroshima from Oct. 18 to 20.

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1st nuclear nonproliferation meeting commences in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (second from right) co-chairs a two-day meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament opening in Sydney Oct. 20. The meeting is the first of several scheduled to take place ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review in 2010.

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Ex-Australian Foreign Minister Evans talks with Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Gareth Evans (L), former Australian foreign minister and co-chair of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Commission, talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R) at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 25. At right is former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi.

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Okamoto wins spot in Olympics for Japan

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Taekwondo athlete Yoriko Okamoto (R), the women's 67-kilogram bronze medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, earned Japan a spot in next year's Beijing Olympics by finishing third at the Asian qualifying competition in Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 29.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi relected to upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, thanks her supporters in Yokohama after she was reelected the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. She was first elected to the upper house in 2005 in a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi relected to upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, is congratulated by her supporters in Yokohama after she was reelected the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. She was first elected to the upper house in 2005 in a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Koizumi, Kawaguchi discuss environment issues

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi talks on environmental issues during a panel discussion in Tokyo on June 4. Kawaguchi has indicated her willingness to run in the House of Councillors election in July.

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Kawaguchi wins Kanagawa by-election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and her supporters celebrate her victory in the House of Councillors by-election held in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 23 at her campaign office in Yokohama.

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LDP to field Yoriko Kawaguchi for upper house by-election

TOKYO, Japan - The Liberal Democratic Party decided Sept. 20 to field former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (file photo) in a House of Councillors by-election in the Kanagawa prefectural constituency on Oct. 23.

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Kawaguchi relays Japan's support for UNSC reform

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L), who now serves as adviser to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Jean Ping, president of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, shake hands at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 13 prior to their talks.

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Kawaguchi delivers speech at int'l business forum in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks at the China Business Summit 2004 in Beijing on Sept. 13. She underscored the growing economic links among Japan, China and South Korea.

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Kawaguchi hopes for holding of 6-way talks in Sept.

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi answers reporters' questions Sept. 13 on issues including six-nation talks on the dispute over North Korea's nuclear development programs. She is in Beijing for a three-day stay through Monday.

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Kawaguchi meets with Chinese State Councilor Tang

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) holds talks with Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan in Beijing on Sept. 12.

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Hosoda, Kawaguchi offer condolences at Russian Embassy

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (R) shakes hands with Russian Ambassador to Japan Alexander Losyukov at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 7 during a visit to offer his condolences for the victims of the school hostage crisis in Beslan, Northern Ossentia. Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguachi also visited the embassy.

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Task force on U.N. reforms holds 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (standing) addresses the inaugural session of a Foreign Ministry task force on reforms of the United Nations on Aug. 2. Kawaguchi said that now is an opportune time to pave efforts to make Japan a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

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Japan's Foreign Ministry steps up safety measures

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi unveils a board showing her ministry's new organization on Aug. 2. The ministry has upgrade its consular affairs department to a bureau and created senior crisis management posts as part of reform efforts to strengthen safety measures for Japanese abroad.

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Bolton meets Kawaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton (R) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 23 prior to their talks.

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(1)Rice holds talks with Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (C) meets Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura house in Tokyo on July 7. At right is Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi.

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Kawaguchi holds talks with U.S. security adviser Rice

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura house in Tokyo on July 7 prior to their talks.

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(2)Soga arrives in Tokyo before family reunion in Indonesia

TOKYO, Japan - Repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga (R) shakes hands with Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 7 ahead of traveling to Indonesia to be reunited there with her husband and two daughters who live in North Korea.

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(2)Kawaguchi calls for early U.N. reform, says need is ''urgent''

KYOTO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi calls for an early reform of the United Nations on July 6 in an address to a two-day regional security conference in Kyoto launched by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. ''Japan believes that there is an urgent need for U.N. institutional reform'' so that it can deal with pressing tasks, including terror threats, more efficiently, Kawaguchi said.

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(2)ASEAN Regional Forum begins session to discuss security issues

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell greet each other as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, a loose multilateral grouping for security issues, begins its annual foreign ministerial talks in Jakarta on July 2.

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(1)ASEAN Regional Forum begins session to discuss security issues

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun shake hands as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, a loose multilateral grouping for security issues, begins its annual foreign ministerial talks in Jakarta on July 2.

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Soga happy over proposed reunion with family in Indonesia

SADO, Japan - Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga smiles outside the Sado city government's Mano branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on July 2, a day after Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun agreed in Jakarta to arrange a reunion in Indonesia with members of her family living in North Korea.

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(1)Kawaguchi meets S. Korean counterpart

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon in Jakarta on July 1 prior to their talks.

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(2)Kawaguchi meets S. Korean counterpart

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) holds talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon in Jakarta on July 1.

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(1)Kawaguchi holds talks with Powell

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in Jakarta on July 1 ahead of their talks. (Pool photo)

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(2)Kawaguchi holds talks with Powell

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) holds talks with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in Jakarta on July 1. (Pool photo)

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(1)ASEAN-plus-3 ministers meet in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - ASEAN foreign ministers and their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea pose for photos ahead of their talks in Jakarta on July 1. At fourth from R is Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi. (Pool photo)

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Japan, N. Korea agree to arrange Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hands with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun in Jakarta on July 1 prior to their talks. They agreed to arrange a family reunion for repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, her American husband and their two daughters in Indonesia. (Pool photo)

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(4)Japan, N. Korea agree on Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (3rd from L), flanked by her aides, holds talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun in Jakarta on July 1. They agreed to arrange a reunion in Indonesia between former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and members of her family living in the North. (Pool photo)

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Kawaguchi meets Megawati

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (R) poses for photographs at the presidential palace in Jakarta with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda standing between them. (Pool photo)

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(3)Japan, N. Korea agree on Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (C) introduces his aides in talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi in Jakarta on July 1. They agreed to arrange a reunion in Indonesia between former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and members of her family living in the North. (Pool photo)

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(2)Japan, N. Korea agree on Soga's family reunion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L, front) holds talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (R, front) in Jakarta on July 1. They agreed to arrange a reunion in Indonesia between former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and members of her family living in the North. (Pool photo)

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Japan asks Indonesia for cooperation on reuniting Soga with family

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks to reporters following a meeting with her Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda in Jakarta on July 1. Kawaguchi formally asked Hassan for cooperation to realize a reunion of former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga with her family in the country. (pool photo)

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(3)Foreign Minister Kawaguchi in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) and Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda are in talks at the Indonesian Foreign Minister in Jakarta on July 1. (Pool photo)

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(2)Foreign Minister Kawaguchi in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) and Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda pose for photographs prior to their talks at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on July 1. (Pool photo)

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(1)Foreign Minister Kawaguchi in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi arrives in Jakarta on June 30 to attend a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings beginning July 2.

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Japan, N. Korea may talk in Jakarta over Soga family reunion

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Mitoji Yabunaka, who heads the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives in Jakarta for talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and her North Korean counterpart, Paek Nam Sun. Yabunaka may meet Ma Chol Su, chief of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, to discuss the possibility of a family reunion in Indonesia for repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga and her family members who remain in North Korea as a preparatory meeting prior to the foreign ministers' talks.

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Asian regional forum adopts initiative on energy security

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks to reporters at the end of a meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue in Qingdao on June 22. Twenty-two countries represented at the meeting approved a seven-point plan, which called for joint energy resource pricing, exploration and exploitation.

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Japan, China, S. Korea agree to cooperate, promote trade

QINGDAO, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (L), Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (C) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon pose for photos in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao on June 21 prior to their talks. The three met on the sidelines of the third Asia Cooperation Dialogue meeting.

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(1)Kawaguchi meets Chinese Foreign Minister Li

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Qingdao, China on June 21 prior to their talks. The two foreign ministers are in the city to attend the third Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum.