Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Taki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reappointed Taki as justice minister earlier the same day, following the resignation of Keishu Tanaka over his past connections with a yakuza organized crime syndicate.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001176055
  • Registered date
  • 2012/10/24 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2910 × 2527 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 628.33(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Mother of Japanese woman abducted by N. Korea

    Mother of Japanese woman abducted by N. Korea

    Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Oct. 4, 2021, after Japan's Cabinet under new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was inaugurated earlier in the day. (Pool photo)
      Mother of Japanese woman abducted by N. Korea

      Mother of Japanese woman abducted by N. Korea

      Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Oct. 4, 2021, after Japan's Cabinet under new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was inaugurated earlier in the day. (Pool photo)
        Memorial service for former Japan PM Nakasone

        Memorial service for former Japan PM Nakasone

        A Japanese flag is flown at a campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2020, as a memorial service funded by the state and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is held for former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. The education ministry earlier in the month asked national universities and other official institutions to fly flags at half-mast and observe a moment of silence during the memorial service to mourn for the former prime minister, who died in November 2019 at 101, a request that has left some academics questioning its appropriateness.
          Spanish PM, Japanese emperor

          Spanish PM, Japanese emperor

          TOKYO, Japan - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (L) and Japanese Emperor Akihito head for their meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)
            Toyota expects 36% profit jump

            Toyota expects 36% profit jump

            TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.
              Toyota expects 36% profit jump

              Toyota expects 36% profit jump

              TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, held to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.
                Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

                Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

                TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 1982 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.
                  Students tour prime minister's office

                  Students tour prime minister's office

                  TOKYO, Japan - Elementary school students sit in a press conference room at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 30, 2013. A total of about 80 local elementary and junior high school students toured the premier's office and adjacent residence, becoming the first members of the general public who were invited to tour the facilities.
                    Noda's last day as prime minister

                    Noda's last day as prime minister

                    TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) receives flowers and applause from staffers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012. Later in the day, Noda was replaced by Shinzo Abe, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, as prime minister as the Democratic Party of Japan that Noda led suffered a crushing defeat in the Dec. 16 general election, allowing the LDP to regain power.
                      Abe Cabinet launched

                      Abe Cabinet launched

                      TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (front, R) is appointed Japan's new prime minister by Emperor Akihito (L) during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012. In the center is Abe's predecessor Yoshihiko Noda. (Pool photo)