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Japan's negotiator vows to keep tackling abduction, other issues

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's chief negotiator to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, speaks to reporters after concluding the first day of the six-party talks in Beijing on March 19. Sasae said Japan will continue to tackle issues with North Korea including Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals and dismissed concerns that Japan will be left behind in the six-party process due to its insistence in taking up bilateral issues. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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U.S. threat to strike Iraq is act of terrorism: Iraqi envoy

TOKYO, Sept. 28 Kyodo - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said a U.N. resolution planned by the U.S. with an ultimatum on Iraq's weapons disarmament is unnecessary, and that the U.S. insistence of a possible attack despite Iraq's agreement to accept U.N. inspections is an act of terrorism.

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World will become unlivable unless gov'ts reevaluate energy policies, UN chief warns

STORY: World will become unlivable unless gov'ts reevaluate energy policies, UN chief warns DATELINE: April 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of UN headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 3. wide shot of UN headquarters STORYLINE: Responding to the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that unless governments worldwide reassess their energy policies, the world will be unlivable. A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history, is proof that the world is on a "fast track" to disaster, the UN chief warned in a video message, with scientists arguing that it's "now or never" to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. His comments reflected the IPCC's insistence that all countries must reduce their fossil fuel use substantia

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U.S. threat to strike Iraq is act of terrorism: Iraqi envoy

TOKYO, Sept. 28 Kyodo - Qasim Shakir, charge d'affaires ad interim at the Iraqi Embassy in Japan, speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said a U.N. resolution planned by the U.S. with an ultimatum on Iraq's weapons disarmament is unnecessary, and that the U.S. insistence of a possible attack despite Iraq's agreement to accept U.N. inspections is an act of terrorism. (Kyodo)

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HORTON HEARS A WHO!

HORTON HEARS A WHO! [US 2008] aka DR. SUESS' HORTON HEARS A WHO! The Who-ville Council is skeptical of the Mayor's insistence that their city faces potential disaster. HORTON HEARS A WHO! Date: 2008

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Japan, U.S. reaffirm coordination on Futenma relocation plan

David Shear (L), assistant U.S. secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani shake hands before talks in Tokyo on March 7, 2016. The two reaffirmed their close coordination over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa despite local authorities' insistence that the base be moved outside the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. reaffirm coordination on Futenma relocation plan

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) and David Shear (R), assistant U.S. secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, hold talks in Tokyo on March 7, 2016. The two reaffirmed their close coordination over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa despite local authorities' insistence that the base be moved outside the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan requests Hiroshima invite to be reinstated in disarmament paper

Toshio Sano (C), Japan's ambassador for disarmament, listens on May 15, 2015, to a speech by Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Fu Cong at a meeting of the U.N. committee on disarmament at a conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. At the meeting, Sano called for the return of language in the final communique referring to possible visits by world leaders to Hiroshima and Nagasaki after it was removed from a draft at China's insistence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan requests Hiroshima invite to be reinstated in disarmament paper

Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Fu Cong (C) speaks at a meeting of the committee on disarmament, part of the review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, at United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 15, 2015. At the same meeting, Japan called for the return of language referring to possible visits by leaders to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the outcome document of the review conference after it was removed from a draft paper at China's insistence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan requests Hiroshima invite to be reinstated in disarmament paper

Toshio Sano (L in middle row), a Geneva-based Japanese ambassador for disarmament, speaks at a meeting of the committee on disarmament, part of the review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, at United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 15, 2015. Sano called for the return of language referring to possible visits by leaders to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the outcome document of the review conference after it was removed from a draft paper at China's insistence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's negotiator vows to keep tackling abduction, other issues

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's chief negotiator to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, speaks to reporters after concluding the first day of the six-party talks in Beijing on March 19. Sasae said Japan will continue to tackle issues with North Korea including Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals and dismissed concerns that Japan will be left behind in the six-party process due to its insistence in taking up bilateral issues. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)