State-backed fund agrees on new business rehabilitation plan for TEPCO

State-backed fund agrees on new business rehabilitation plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Harada, chairman of the top decision-making committee of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2013, after the committee agreed in principle on a new business turnaround plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co. The state-backed fund is expected to submit the plan to the government on Dec. 27, with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi likely to approve it in January.

Finance Ministry wins showdown with Koizumi on JBIC issue

Finance Ministry wins showdown with Koizumi on JBIC issue

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Harada, a lawyer, who chairs a six-member study group to revise Japan's official development assistance (ODA) policy, holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office after a meeting of the panel on Feb. 17.

Matsuo appointed as prosecutor general

Matsuo appointed as prosecutor general

TOKYO, Japan - The government on June 15 appointed Kunihiro Matsuo (file photo), head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, to replace Akio Harada as prosecutor general, effective on June 25. Matsuo, 61, became a prosecutor in 1968 after graduating from the University of Tokyo, and assumed the current post in September 2003.

Matsuo appointed as prosecutor general

Matsuo appointed as prosecutor general

TOKYO, Japan - The government on June 15 appointed Kunihiro Matsuo (file photo), head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, to replace Akio Harada as prosecutor general, effective on June 25. Matsuo, 61, became a prosecutor in 1968 after graduating from the University of Tokyo, and assumed the current post in September 2003. (Kyodo)