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African resources business confab

TOKYO, Japan - A two-day meeting to discuss how to utilize African natural resources starts in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. The Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment and Technology Business Forum, or J-SUMIT, puts together around 2,000 people, including natural resources ministers from 15 African nations, attending.

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Jojima, Shirakawa at press confab

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference after a two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 economies in Mexico City on Nov. 5, 2012.

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S. Korea premier addresses major economies climate change confab

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung Soo addresses the 4th Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security & Climate Change on June 22, the second day of a two-day meeting in Seoul.

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Tokyo bird flu confab concludes with proposals for cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Omi (L), the World Health Organization's regional director for the Western Pacific, speaks at a press conference after conclusion of the two-day international conference on bird flu in Tokyo on Jan. 13.

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Int'l transport security confab to open in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa speaks at the opening session of a two-day Ministerial Conference on International Transport Security that began in Tokyo on Jan. 12 to discuss ways to stem terror attacks on public transport systems such as railways, ships and aircraft. The 14 participating countries consist of the G-8 industrialized nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States -- plus China, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.

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Int'l transport security confab to open in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Ministers and senior officials in charge of transportation from 14 countries hold a two-day Ministerial Conference on International Transport Security in Tokyo on Jan. 12. They will discuss ways to stem terror attacks on public transport systems such as railways, ships and aircraft. The 14 participating countries consist of the G-8 industrialized nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States -- plus China, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.

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Soccer star Stojkovic picked as Balkan confab goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan on March 17 named soccer star Dragan Stojkovic (R), who is now head of the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro, as a goodwill ambassador to a two-day international conference next month in Tokyo aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the western Balkans. Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa (L) gave a letter of commission at the Foreign Ministry to Stojkovic, who had a successful career in Japan playing for Nagoya Grampus Eight in the J-League.

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Int'l confab on democracy opens in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (L) makes a speech at the opening of the the Second Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies at a hotel in Seoul on Nov. 11. About 110 countries and international organizations took part in the two-day meeting to discuss expanding global efforts to promote democracy. (Pool photo)

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Local currency confab in Hokkaido wraps up

KURIYAMA, Japan - Victor Grey (R), a panelist from the United States, speaks at a two-day conference on local currencies which ended in the Hokkaido town of Kuriyama on Aug. 23. The First International Conference on Local Currencies was called to promote currencies used on a limited basis in local communities and on the Internet.

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(6)Int'l donors confab on Afghan reconstruction begins in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Hamid Karzai (standing), leader of the Afghan interim government, appeals for international aid to help rehabilitate his war-torn country at an international donors conference on Afghan reconstruction in a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 21. Representatives from about 60 nations began the two-day meeting the same day.

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(2)Int'l donors confab on Afghan reconstruction begins in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sadako Ogata, a special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, addresses an international conference on reconstruction of Afghanistan at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 21. Ogata is co-chairing the two-day conference, which started the same day with representatives from about 60 nations attending.

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(1)Int'l donors confab on Afghan reconstruction begins in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from about 60 nations start a two-day gathering at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 21 to discuss the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

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African development ministerial confab wraps up in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Mali President Alpha Oumar Konare shake hands at the end of a two-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Dec. 4, 2001. Tanaka and Konare co-chaired the meeting.

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Int'l confab in Hiroshima seeks nuke-free 21st century

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Congress Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikin) opens its annual international conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 2. Some 110 antinuclear advocates and academics, including 11 from abroad, took part in the two-day confab sponsored by Gensuikin, which is backed by the Social Democratic Party.

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Int'l confab in Hiroshima seeks nuke-free 21st century

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Congress Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikin) opens its annual international conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 2. Some 110 antinuclear advocates and academics, including 11 from abroad, took part in the two-day confab sponsored by Gensuikin, which is backed by the Social Democratic Party.