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'Golden Week' return-trip congestion continues

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Tokyo Station is crowded with returning vacationers May 6, the last day of Japan's nine-day ''Golden Week'' holiday.

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Mori returns from 4-nation trip

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C, front) returns to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 15 from a nine-day trip to South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Greece. Behind him and to the left is Sadako Ogata, former U.N. high commissioner for refugees, who accompanied Mori on the tour.

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Premier Mori arrives at South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, being accompanied by former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sadako Ogata (R), arrives at Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jan. 8, for the first leg of his nine-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa and Greece. The premier is to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Jan. 9.

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Mori intends to attend Davos economic forum late Jan.

HONG KONG, China - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) speaks to reporters Jan. 7 during a flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong en route to South Africa, the first stop on a nine-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa and Greece. Mori said he intends to attend an annual world economic forum, known as the Davos conference, in Switzerland later in January to explain the Japanese government's economic policies if his schedule permits. The Davos conference opens in the Swiss resort on Jan. 25. No Japanese prime minister has ever attended the annual meeting.

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Mori leaves for trip to Africa, Greece

HANEDA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori waves his hand at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 7 before leaving for a nine-day trip to South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Greece as part of Japan's strategic diplomacy to boost ties with countries where high-level contacts have been infrequent. Mori, who will be the first Japanese premier to visit either sub-Saharan Africa or Greece, will arrive in Johannesburg on Jan. 8, after making a stopover in Hong Kong.

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Mori returns home from G-8 tour

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport aboard a government airplane on May 6, winding up a nine-day tour of Japan's Group of Eight (G-8) partners. The whirlwind tour, Mori's first overseas trip since he took office a month ago, took him to Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Canada and the United States.

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PM Mori arrives in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) arrives in St. Petersburg on April 28 to hold informal talks with Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin on April 29, kicking off a nine-day tour of Japan's Group of Eight (G-8) partners aimed at seeking his counterparts' cooperation for July's G-8 summit in Okinawa Prefecture. The whirlwind tour marks Mori's first overseas trip since he took office earlier this month to replace Keizo Obuchi, who suffered a stroke.

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Albright meets Hashimoto

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright briefs Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in Tokyo on July 4 on U.S. President Bill Clinton's trip to China. Albright flew to Tokyo from Hong Kong on July 3 after accompanying Clinton on his nine-day China visit.

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PM Mori arrives in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) arrives in St. Petersburg on April 28 to hold informal talks with Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin on April 29, kicking off a nine-day tour of Japan's Group of Eight (G-8) partners aimed at seeking his counterparts' cooperation for July's G-8 summit in Okinawa Prefecture. The whirlwind tour marks Mori's first overseas trip since he took office earlier this month to replace Keizo Obuchi, who suffered a stroke.

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Premier Mori arrives at South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, being accompanied by former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sadako Ogata (R), arrives at Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jan. 8, for the first leg of his nine-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa and Greece. The premier is to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Jan. 9.

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Mori intends to attend Davos economic forum late Jan.

HONG KONG, China - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) speaks to reporters Jan. 7 during a flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong en route to South Africa, the first stop on a nine-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa and Greece. Mori said he intends to attend an annual world economic forum, known as the Davos conference, in Switzerland later in January to explain the Japanese government's economic policies if his schedule permits. The Davos conference opens in the Swiss resort on Jan. 25. No Japanese prime minister has ever attended the annual meeting.

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Mori leaves for trip to Africa, Greece

HANEDA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori waves his hand at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 7 before leaving for a nine-day trip to South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Greece as part of Japan's strategic diplomacy to boost ties with countries where high-level contacts have been infrequent. Mori, who will be the first Japanese premier to visit either sub-Saharan Africa or Greece, will arrive in Johannesburg on Jan. 8, after making a stopover in Hong Kong.

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Mori returns home from G-8 tour

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport aboard a government airplane on May 6, winding up a nine-day tour of Japan's Group of Eight (G-8) partners. The whirlwind tour, Mori's first overseas trip since he took office a month ago, took him to Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Canada and the United States.

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Albright meets Hashimoto

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright briefs Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in Tokyo on July 4 on U.S. President Bill Clinton's trip to China. Albright flew to Tokyo from Hong Kong on July 3 after accompanying Clinton on his nine-day China visit.