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Japan lower house panel OKs budged for FY2025

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L, front) shakes hands with House of Representatives Budget Committee chairman Jun Azumi (R, front, back to camera) in Tokyo on March 4, 2025, after the lower house committee approved a revised draft budget for fiscal 2025.

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Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025 Finalists

Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, finalists. Photo shows Satoru Azumi, Senior Chief Engineer, LPL, BEV Development Center, Honda Electric Business Development Division, Honda, who was responsible for the development of the Honda Freed, winner of the Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025.=December 5,2024,Yokohama City, Kanagawa

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Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025 Finalists

Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, Final Round. The photo shows the Honda Freed, winner of the Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, with Satoru Azumi, Senior Chief Engineer, LPL, BEV Development Center, Honda Electric Business Development Division (third from right) and Honda officials.=December 5,2024,Yokohama City, Kanagawa

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Japan lower house Budget Committee

Jun Azumi (front, R) of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chairs a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2024.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2024 Tarawera Ultramarathon held in New Zealand

STORY: 2024 Tarawera Ultramarathon held in New Zealand SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 18, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: ROTORUA, New Zealand CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2024 Tarawera Ultramarathon STORYLINE: Thousands of runners around the world hit the picturesque mountain trails around Rotorua on Saturday and Sunday in the 2024 Tarawera Ultramarathon(TUM), the largest trail running event in New Zealand. Adrian MacDonald from the United States won the men's 100 Miler (165km) with a time of 15:00:57, while Konoka Azumi from Japan was crowned the women's champion in 18:24:53. The Wellington-based athlete Daniel Jones won the TUM102 title in 7:46:42. New Zealand female runner Ruth Croft won her maiden Tarawera Ultramarathon title with a time of 9:14:14. Englishman Ronnie Sparke, making his Tarawera debut, claimed victory in 3:30:48 in the 50km and Rotorua-raised Caitlin Fielder took out her third Tarawera title, securing victory in 4:01:41. In the 21km, the men's race was won

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Japanese Diet affairs chief Azumi

Jun Azumi, Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2024.

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Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Japanese actor Yasushi Hashida (C, R) and two former teen idols give Jun Azumi (C, L), Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a petition with about 40,000 signatures calling for the revision of Japan's child abuse prevention law at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 5, 2023. The former teen idols and alleged sexual abuse victims of the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa have said they wanted to help victims like themselves.

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G-7 emergency conference call

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on June 5, 2012, after speaking by phone with his counterparts in other Group of Seven advanced economies. The finance ministers and central bank chiefs from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States agreed to cooperate in addressing concerns in financial markets over the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, Azumi said.

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Japan vows commitment to ADB fund

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at an annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Manila on May 4, 2012. Azumi vowed Japan's strong commitment to the ADB's low-interest fund to help Asia's poorest, by offering to provide 35 percent, or around 157.1 billion yen ($1.96 billion), of a record-high increase of the fund over four years from 2013.

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ASEAN plus 3 meeting

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference after attending a meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea in Manila on May 3, 2012.

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Japan, China, S. Korea meeting

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi answers reporters' questions after attending a meeting of the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of Japan, China and South Korea in Manila on May 3, 2012.

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Japan, China, S. Korea meeting

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attend a meeting of the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of Japan, China and South Korea in Manila on May 3, 2012.

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G-20 meeting wraps up

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference after a two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 leading economies in Washington on April 20, 2012.

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Azumi in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi answers reporters' questions in Washington on April 19, 2012. Azumi was in the U.S. capital for a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies to discuss boosting resources for the International Monetary Fund to prevent the eurozone debt crisis dragging down global growth.

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Japan pledges $60 bil. contribution for IMF

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi says at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 17, 2012, that Tokyo has decided to lend $60 billion to the International Monetary Fund as an emergency step to help prevent the sovereign debt crisis in Europe from dragging down the global economy.

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Finance Minister Azumi

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks in an interview with media organizations at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 11, 2012.

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Japan, China finance ministers

TOKYO, Japan - (from front) Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi view cherry blossoms after their meeting in Tokyo on April 7, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China finance ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren (L) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands in Tokyo on April 7, 2012.

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Japan supports U.S. candidate for World Bank head

TOKYO, Japan - Jim Yong Kim (L), U.S. candidate for next World Bank president, and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 1, 2012. After the meeting, Azumi said Japan will support Kim to become the next World Bank head despite growing calls for the multilateral development aid agency to be led by someone from the developing world.

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Japan's Azumi, Shirakawa

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference in Mexico City on Feb. 25, 2012. Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 leading economies began a two-day meeting there the same day.

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Japanese, British finance chiefs

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (L) and his British counterpart, George Osborne. Azumi and Osborne expressed their concerns about planned new financial regulations in the United States, called the ''Volcker rule,'' in a jointly written article published in the electronic edition of the Financial Times on Feb. 22, 2012.

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China's Wang, Japan's Azumi

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (R) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi hold talks in Beijing on Feb. 19, 2012. (Pool photo)

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China's Wang, Japan's Azumi

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (C) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing on Feb. 19, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Finance Minister Azumi at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi delivers a speech during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Azumi expressed his determination to realize social security and tax reform.

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Japanese, British finance chiefs meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (R) and his British counterpart George Osborne shake hands before holding talks at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2012.

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Japanese, British finance chiefs meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (L) and his British counterpart George Osborne (R) hold talks at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2012.

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Geithner meets Azumi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands after a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2012.

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Geithner meets Azumi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi attend a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo after their talks on Jan. 12, 2012.

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Geithner meets Azumi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi attend a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo after their talks on Jan. 12, 2012.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner enters the Finance Ministry in Tokyo to hold talks with Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi on Jan. 12, 2012. Geithner arrived in Tokyo the previous day after visiting China.

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Finance minister Azumi at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2011, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda agreed on the initial budget for fiscal 2012 the same day. The government plans to submit the draft budget to parliament in early 2012.

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Finance Minister Azumi at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2011, after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet approved an outline of tax policy changes for fiscal 2012.

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Japanese, Canadian finance ministers meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (R) shakes hands with his Canadian counterpart Jim Flaherty before their talks at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2011. The Japanese government is considering committing to help resolve the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone through the International Monetary Fund, Azumi was quoted by an official as telling Flaherty.

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IMF chief Lagarde, Japanese Finance Minister Azumi

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) and Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi shake hands ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2011.

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Japan finance minister Azumi at G-20

CANNES, France - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks to reporters in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011, after a finance ministers' meeting held on the fringes of a G-20 summit. He indicated that he had urged European nations at the meeting to strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese Prime Minister Noda in Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) and Finance Minister Jun Azumi (far R) hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron (far L) in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Finance Minister Azumi on strong yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks with reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2011, after the U.S. dollar fell to a fresh postwar low of 75.32 yen in Oceanian trading earlier in the day. Azumi said Japan might conduct a yen-selling intervention ''if necessary'' to arrest the currency's rapid appreciation.

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Japan steps into currency market

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (C) at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo announces Japan's intervention in the currency market on Oct. 31, 2011, to arrest the yen's rapid appreciation. It was the country's first intervention in about three months.

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Finance Minister Azumi on strong yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi talks to reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2011, about the strength of the yen after the U.S. dollar briefly fell to a fresh postwar low against the Japanese currency.

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Japanese Finance Minister Azumi in Paris

PARIS, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at a press conference in Paris on Oct. 14, 2011. Azumi was in Paris for a two-day meeting of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies and held brief talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner prior to the meeting.

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Finance Minister Azumi, U.S. envoy Roos hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) hold talks at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. Azumi told Roos the next challenge for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's government is to decide on whether to join negotiations for a U.S.-backed Pacific free trade agreement.

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Noda to freeze housing project for civil servants

ASAKA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) speaks to reporters in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, after seeing a construction site for a controversial housing project for public servants in the city which has drawn flak as an example of wasteful government spending. Noda instructed Finance Minister Jun Azumi later in the day to freeze the 10.5 billion yen project. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Noda to freeze housing project for civil servants

ASAKA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) speaks to reporters in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, after seeing a construction site for a controversial housing project for public servants in the city which has drawn flak as an example of wasteful government spending. Noda instructed Finance Minister Jun Azumi later in the day to freeze the 10.5 billion yen project. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan raises strong yen at G-20 finance meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (C) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) hold a press conference after attending a finance meeting of the Group of 20 developed and emerging economies in Washington on Sept. 22, 2011. Azumi said he had raised concerns about the negative impact of the yen's recent appreciation on Japan's economic recovery at the meeting but participants did not discuss the issue at length.

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Finance Minister Azumi and BOJ Gov. Shirakawa

MARSEILLE, France - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (R) and Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa attend a press conference in Marseille, France, on Sept. 9, 2011, after the end of a meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors there.

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Japanese Finance Minister Azumi in France

MARSEILLE, France - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi talks to reporters in Marseille, France, on Sept. 9, 2011, prior to attending later in the day a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven advanced economies. Azumi said he will tell his G-7 peers that the recent appreciation of the yen has been hindering the smooth recovery of the Japanese economy, which he said is something negative for the global economy.