Former Japanese Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (2nd from L), a House of Representatives member from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, hands gifts to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi (R) after their meeting in a tent in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Nov. 20, 2009. Qaddafi met with a Japanese business delegation led by Koike, who currently heads the Japan-Libya Friendship Association, and called for closer relations between the two countries. (Kyodo)