Matsui, others unveil charity baseball game for Tohoku kids

Matsui, others unveil charity baseball game for Tohoku kids

TOKYO, Japan - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (L) and current Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (R) pose at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, to announce a plan to hold a "Tomodachi Charity Baseball Game" next March for children in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. Flanked by Matsui and Hara is Toru Arai, president of confectioner Morinaga & Co. which will cosponsor the event

Koizumi thanks Iceland for offer to cosponsor U.N. resolution

Koizumi thanks Iceland for offer to cosponsor U.N. resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Icelandic Prime Minister Halldor Asgrimsson (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 11 before their talks.

Vanuatu offers to cosponsor G-4 U.N. reform plan

Vanuatu offers to cosponsor G-4 U.N. reform plan

TOKYO, Japan - Vanuatu Prime Minister Ham Lini (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are about to begin their talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 29. Lini told Koizumi his country will cosponsor a draft U.N. resolution to expand the Security Council which was jointly compiled by Japan, Brazil, Germany and India.

Koizumi thanks Iceland for offer to cosponsor U.N. resolution

Koizumi thanks Iceland for offer to cosponsor U.N. resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Icelandic Prime Minister Halldor Asgrimsson (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 11 before their talks. (Kyodo)

Vanuatu offers to cosponsor G-4 U.N. reform plan

Vanuatu offers to cosponsor G-4 U.N. reform plan

TOKYO, Japan - Vanuatu Prime Minister Ham Lini (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are about to begin their talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 29. Lini told Koizumi his country will cosponsor a draft U.N. resolution to expand the Security Council which was jointly compiled by Japan, Brazil, Germany and India. (Kyodo)

Public, private sectors cooperate in fuel-cell development

Public, private sectors cooperate in fuel-cell development

TOKYO, Japan - Public and private bodies cosponsor a symposium on how to develop and promote fuel cells at a public hall in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on May 19. (Kyodo)