Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2000 shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi (C) expressing joy after winning her Diet seat for the first time. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20, 2014, over a political funds scandal.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001208730
  • Registered date
  • 2014/10/20 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1671 × 1218 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 258.15(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

    Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

    Yoji Muto, who is set to become economy, trade and industry minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.
      No-confidence motion against Kishida's Cabinet

      No-confidence motion against Kishida's Cabinet

      Diet affairs chief Jun Azumi (C, R) of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submits a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet to House of Representatives Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga (C, L) at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 20, 2024.
        No-confidence motion against Kishida's Cabinet

        No-confidence motion against Kishida's Cabinet

        Diet affairs chief Jun Azumi and other executives of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan meet the press at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 20, 2024, after the main opposition party submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet over the enactment of a revised political funds control law which has been criticized for failing to improve financial transparency in politics.
          No-confidence motion against Kishida's Cabinet

          No-confidence motion against Kishida's Cabinet

          Jun Azumi, Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 20, 2024, after the main opposition party submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet over the enactment of a revised political funds control law which has been criticized for failing to improve financial transparency in politics.

            LDP eyes punishing members over scandal, leaves out Kishida

            TOKYO, Japan, April 1 Kyodo -The Liberal Democratic Party said Monday it will pursue punishment for 39 members over a political funds scandal that has rattled the ruling party since late last year, notably excluding Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and party heavyweight Toshihiro Nikai who has decided not to seek reelection as a lawmaker.The LDP has come under intense scrutiny since some of its factions, including the largest one formerly led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were found to have neglected to report portions of fundraising party revenue for years, with hundreds of millions of yen passed back to members.(Kyodo)
              PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

              PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

              Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks on Feb. 29, 2024, at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo, held for the first time since July 2009 to examine a political funds scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party. (Pool photo)
                PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

                PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

                Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks on Feb. 29, 2024, at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo, held for the first time since July 2009 to examine a political funds scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party. (Pool photo)
                  PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

                  PM Kishida at political ethics panel session

                  Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks on Feb. 29, 2024, at a session of the House of Representatives political ethics deliberative council in Tokyo, held for the first time since July 2009 to examine a political funds scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party. (Pool photo)
                    Prosecutors search offices of LDP factions mired in funds scandal

                    Prosecutors search offices of LDP factions mired in funds scandal

                    An official (C) from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation squad leaves a building housing the office of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's biggest faction once led by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Dec. 19, 2023, in Tokyo, after conducting a search related to a political funds scandal.

                      Prosecutors search offices of LDP factions mired in funds scandal

                      TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation squad are surrounded by camera crews and reporters as they head to an office of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's biggest faction once led by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Dec. 19, 2023, in Tokyo, to conduct a search related to a political funds scandal. (Kyodo)