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Photo Index


Hirofumi Nakasone/Minister for Foreign Affairs


CHAPTER 1

Prime Minister Aso addressing the general debate at the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly (September 25, New York, USA; photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat)

World leaders gathering at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (8 July)

Prime Minister Aso and US President Obama at the Japan-US Summit meeting (February 24, 2009, Washington, D.C., USA; photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat)

The Third Ministerial-level Meeting of the Four-Party Consultative Unit for the "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" Initiative

Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakasone signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions (December 3, Oslo, Norway)


CHAPTER 2

Prime Minister Fukuda (right) meeting with President Hu (left) (May 7, Tokyo, Japan; photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat)

Premier Wen of China (left), Prime Minister Aso (center) and President Lee of the Republic of Korea (right) at the Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Summit (December 13, Fukuoka, Japan; photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat)

Prime Minister Aso holds a meeting with Russian President Medvedev (November 22, Lima, Peru; photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office, Cabinet Secretariat)


CHAPTER 3

Japanese staff officer attending a meeting at the UNMIS Headquarters (December, Sudan; photo: Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office)

Children in front of the large-scale power station in Samawah constructed by Japan's grant aid (December 22, Samawah, Iraq)

Doraemon and Foreign Minister Koumura at the Anime Ambassador inauguration ceremony (March 19, Tokyo)

Doraemon highly welcomed at the Home for Children with Disabilities in Pakkret, Thailand.


CHAPTER 4

Sanitary aid project in Adrar region, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. (The Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects / photo: SAVE AFRICA)

Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) of infection control teaching how to wash hands with soap in a correct way (Papua New Guinea, photo: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA))


CHAPTER 5

Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakasone holds a press conference


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