Japan's disaster minister resigns after quake gaffe

Japan's disaster minister resigns after quake gaffe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) speaks at his office in Tokyo on April 26, 2017, about the resignation of disaster reconstruction minister Masahiro Imamura, who said a day earlier it was "a good thing" the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan rather than the Tokyo area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000107949
  • Registered date
  • 2017/4/26 10:50:50
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2017 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2599 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 644.07(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Strong quake hits western Japan

    Strong quake hits western Japan

    Photo taken June 18, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a sinkhole in a flooded road in Osaka's Takatsuki city as an underground water pipe burst following a powerful earthquake that hit the western Japan area earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Strong quake hits western Japan

      Strong quake hits western Japan

      Photo taken June 18, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a sinkhole in a flooded road in Osaka's Takatsuki city as an underground water pipe burst following a powerful earthquake that hit the western Japan area earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

        Ruling blaming local gov'ts over school kids' death in tsunami upheld

        People pray at the former site of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 26, 2018, for 74 elementary school students and 10 teachers and officials who were killed by tsunami following the March 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

          Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

          People attend a memorial ceremony marking the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at the prefectural government office in Kumamoto city on April 14, 2018. A magnitude 6.5 quake hit on the same day in 2016, and in combination with an M7.3 temblor that struck two days later in Japan's Kyushu region, 250 people were left dead, with over 35,000 still displaced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

            Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

            People offer flowers at an altar set up for a memorial ceremony held in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14, 2018 to mark the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japanese prefecture. A magnitude 6.5 quake hit on the same day in 2016, and in combination with an M7.3 temblor that struck two days later in Japan's Kyushu region, 250 people were left dead, with over 35,000 still displaced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

              Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

              People offer flowers at an altar set up for a memorial ceremony held in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14, 2018 to mark the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japanese prefecture. A magnitude 6.5 quake hit on the same day in 2016, and in combination with an M7.3 temblor that struck two days later in Japan's Kyushu region, 250 people were left dead, with over 35,000 still displaced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                People attend a memorial ceremony marking the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at the prefectural government office in Kumamoto city on April 14, 2018. A magnitude 6.5 quake hit on the same day in 2016, and in combination with an M7.3 temblor that struck two days later in Japan's Kyushu region, 250 people were left dead, with over 35,000 still displaced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                  Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                  People offer flowers at an altar set up for a memorial ceremony held in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14, 2018 to mark the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japanese prefecture. A magnitude 6.5 quake hit on the same day in 2016, and in combination with a M7.3 temblor that struck two days later in Japan's Kyushu region, 250 people were left dead, with over 35,000 still displaced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                    Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                    Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                    A memorial ceremony marking the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is held in Kumamoto city on April 14, 2018. A magnitude 6.5 quake hit on the same day in 2016, and in combination with an M7.3 temblor that struck two days later in Japan's Kyushu region, 250 people were left dead, with over 35,000 still displaced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                      Quake-hit Kumamoto vows to step up reconstruction on 2nd anniversary

                      A memorial ceremony marking the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is held in Kumamoto city on April 14, 2018. A magnitude 6.5 quake hit on the same day in 2016, and in combination with an M7.3 temblor that struck two days later in Japan's Kyushu region, 250 people were left dead, with over 35,000 still displaced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo