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Fukushima gov. requests compensation for all affected residents

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) submits a petition to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. Sato urged the central government to extend eligibility for compensation in connection with the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex to all residents of the prefecture.

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Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Edano apologizes to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan's new industry minister Yukio Edano (right) bows to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (left) at the Fukushima prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 13, 2011. Edano apologized for his predecessor's abrupt resignation over gaffes related to a nuclear crisis in the prefecture and vowed to exert efforts to contain the crisis soon.

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Japan spokesman Edano in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (L) bows to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural hall in Fukushima City on April 17, 2011. Edano, Japan's top government spokesman, was visiting Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.

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Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs (from L to R) Toyohiko Tomioka, Yasuo Sato, and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their water-spraying mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. On the right is a special hose and pump, the same type used in the operation to spray the crippled No. 3 reactor.

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Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs Yasuo Sato (C), Toyohiko Tomioka (L) and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Sato said his team was able to safely accomplish its mission to spray water into the No. 3 reactor, one of the crippled reactors at the plant.

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Japan to sign U.N. pact on blocking funds to terrorists

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Sato makes a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Oct. 2. He said Japan will sign and ratify the U.N. Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism by the end of this year.

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Japan urges limited UNSC veto use on council reform

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Sato speaks at the U.N. General Assembly Nov. 16. He urged permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to limit the use of their veto power to break the logjam blocking reforms of the Security Council. But the idea was promptly shot down by the United States.

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Japanese envoy speaks on UNSC expansion proposal

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the U.N. Yukio Sato speaks during a briefing session with U.N.-based journalists Oct. 26. Sato said that 141 countries have backed a Japanese proposal to expand the number of both permanent and non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council.

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Japan's U.N. envoy seeks consensus on larger security council

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Sato (shown in this photo) said in a recent interview with Kyodo News in New York that Japan is hoping for a consensus among U.N. member states supporting its proposal to enlarge the U.N. Security Council during the upcoming U.N. Millennium Summit.

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Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Yukio Sato, former ambassador to Australia, was appointed Japan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday Sept. 4. Sato, 58, who has also served as director general of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and ambassador to the Netherlands, replaces Hisashi Owada, who has been U.N. envoy since March 1994.

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Japan to sign U.N. pact on blocking funds to terrorists

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Sato makes a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Oct. 2. He said Japan will sign and ratify the U.N. Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism by the end of this year.

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Edano apologizes to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan's new industry minister Yukio Edano (right) bows to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (left) at the Fukushima prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 13, 2011. Edano apologized for his predecessor's abrupt resignation over gaffes related to a nuclear crisis in the prefecture and vowed to exert efforts to contain the crisis soon. (Kyodo)

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Japan spokesman Edano in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (L) bows to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural hall in Fukushima City on April 17, 2011. Edano, Japan's top government spokesman, was visiting Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs (from L to R) Toyohiko Tomioka, Yasuo Sato, and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their water-spraying mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. On the right is a special hose and pump, the same type used in the operation to spray the crippled No. 3 reactor. (Kyodo)

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Returning from nuclear crisis mission

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Fire Department rescue squad chiefs Yasuo Sato (C), Toyohiko Tomioka (L) and Yukio Takayama take part in a news conference in Tokyo on March 19, 2011, after returning from their mission at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Sato said his team was able to safely accomplish its mission to spray water into the No. 3 reactor, one of the crippled reactors at the plant. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima gov. requests compensation for all affected residents

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) submits a petition to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. Sato urged the central government to extend eligibility for compensation in connection with the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex to all residents of the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Japan urges limited UNSC veto use on council reform

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Sato speaks at the U.N. General Assembly Nov. 16. He urged permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to limit the use of their veto power to break the logjam blocking reforms of the Security Council. But the idea was promptly shot down by the United States.

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Japanese envoy speaks on UNSC expansion proposal

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the U.N. Yukio Sato speaks during a briefing session with U.N.-based journalists Oct. 26. Sato said that 114 countries have backed a Japanese proposal to expand the number of both permanent and non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council.

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Japan's U.N. envoy seeks consensus on larger security council

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Sato (shown in this photo) said in a recent interview with Kyodo News in New York that Japan is hoping for a consensus among U.N. member states supporting its proposal to enlarge the U.N. Security Council during the upcoming U.N. Millennium Summit.

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Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Yukio Sato, former ambassador to Australia, was appointed Japan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday Sept. 4. Sato, 58, who has also served as director general of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and ambassador to the Netherlands, replaces Hisashi Owada, who has been U.N. envoy since March 1994.