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Photo magazine chief defends use of Obuchi hospital photo

TOKYO, Japan - A former editor-in-chief of weekly photo magazine Friday, Haruyuki Kato, shows a photo he says is of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in a hospital bed using a respirator, at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on June 22. Obuchi's widow Chizuko has said the photo, which appeared in the June 2 issue of Friday, is not of her late husband. The issue went on sale five days after Obuchi died May 14

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Clinton consoles Obuchi's widow

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) consoles Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, at a reception at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo held after the funeral of the late premier. Foreign dignitaries from some 180 countries, regions and international organizations were present at the funeral.

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Obuchi's widow mourns late husband at funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, wipes tears from her eyes during the funeral for her husband at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on June 8. At her side are the three Obuchi children.

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Obuchi's wife, children at Diet to hear eulogy

TOKYO, Japan - Chizuko Obuchi (R), widow of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and the Obuchis' three children visit the public gallery of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on May 30 to listen to a eulogy for Obuchi, who died May 14. The eulogy was read by former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

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Obuchi's family mourn ex-premier's death at private funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Family members of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and their colleagues pay their respects to the former premier on May 16 at a private funeral in Tokyo's Aoyama Funeral Hall. Obuchi's wife, Chizuko (C), was among the mourners, who offered flowers on the altar one by one.

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Obuchi greeted by Wahid

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) is greeted by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (R) upon arriving in Jakarta for talks with Indonesian leaders. On the left is Obuchi's wife, Chizuko.

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Obuchi leaves for APEC summit in Auckland

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), together with his wife Chizuko (R), on Sept. 11, leave Tokyo for Auckland, New Zealand, where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit meeting is to be held on Sept. 12 and 13. Obuchi is to hold meetings with Chinese, Philippine, U.S. presidents on the sideline of the informal summit.

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Japanese Premier Obuchi goes Mongolian

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) and his wife Chizuko (L) don traditional Mongolian dress at a reception party July 10 held in their honor by Mongolian Prime Minister Janlavin Narantsatsralt (R) in Ulan Bator. Obuchi arrived earlier in the day in the Mongolian capital for a two-day visit.

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Chinese premier escorts Obuchi, his wife

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (2nd from L) and his wife Lao An (L) escort visiting Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from R) and his wife Chizuko at a welcome ceremony held in Beijing on July 9.

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Obuchi arrives in Beijing for 3-day visit

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) arrives in Beijing on July 8 to begin a three-day visit for talks with Chinese leaders on wide-ranging issues. Photo shows Obuchi waving on the ramp at Beijing airport, flanked by his wife Chizuko and Home Affairs Miniser Takeshi Noda.

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Obuchi, his wife Chizuko greeted

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and his wife Chizuko (2nd from L) were greeted by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) and his wife when they arrived at a reception of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit on June 18. The reception was held at the historic Cologne city hall. During the working dinner that followed, the G-8 leaders reaffirmed cooperation to implement the peace process in the war-torn Serbian province of Kosovo.

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Obuchi leaves for G-8 summit

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko wave hands at well-wishers prior to departure from Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 17 for Cologne, Germany, to attend a three-day summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations beginning June 18.

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Obuchi makes nostalgic tour of Queen Mary

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), together with his wife Chizuko (C) and his second eldest daughter Yuko (R), makes a nostalgic visit April 29 to the Queen Mary, the luxury ocean liner that brought him to the United States when he first visited the country as a graduate student in 1963. Obuchi made the visit to the liner, now permanently berthed in Long Beach, California, after arriving in Los Angeles earlier in the day on the first stopover in his weeklong tour of the U.S.

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Long Beach mayor welcomes Obuchi

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (second from R), his wife Chizuko (C) and his second daughter Yuko (L) line up for a group photo together with Long Beach Mayor Beverly O'Neill (R) on April 29. The visit to the California city was Obuchi's first stop on his weeklong tour of the United States, after arriving in Los Angeles earlier in the day. Obuchi will leave for Chicago on April 30, before visiting Washington from May 2 and meeting with U.S. President Bill Clinton for summit talks May 3.

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Obuchi leaves for S. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, accompanied by his wife Chizuko, leaves for Seoul on March 19 on a three-day official visit to South Korea aimed at coordinating policy on North Korea with President Kim Dae Jung.

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Obuchi back from 3-nation Europe trip

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi alights from a plane on returning home Jan. 13 after an eight-day trip to France, Italy and Germany. Standing behind is his wife, Chizuko.

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Obuchi, his wife enjoy shopping in Paris

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko (C) enjoy shopping at a Paris department store on Jan. 8 with their euro-denominated traveler's check. They are on an eight-day official visit to France, Italy and Germany.

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Obuchi visits Louvre museum-replace

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (third from R) and his wife Chizuko (R of Obuchi) visit the Louvre Museum in Paris on Jan. 7. Obuchi was in Paris on the first leg of an eight-day European tour, which also takes him to Italy and Germany.

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Premier Obuchi visits school of Oriental languages

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L) and his wife Chizuko visit a Paris school of Oriental languages in the afternoon of Jan. 7. He presented personal computers to the school. The couple arrived in Paris at night Jan. 6 on the first leg of their eight-day trip to three European countries.

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Obuchi leaves for 3-nation European trip

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko wave at Haneda Airport on the afternoon of Jan. 6 before leaving for an eight-day trip to France, Italy and Germany. Obuchi will meet with President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in France, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema in Italy, and President Roman Herzog, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in Germany. Obuchi will return home Jan. 13.

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Obuchi leaves for Vietnam to attend ASEAN summit

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), accompanied by his wife Chizuko, waves at Haneda airport on Dec. 15 before leaving for Vietnam to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Obuchi, who is due to arrive in Hanoi later in the day, is scheduled to make a policy speech on Dec. 16 on Japan's relations with Southeast Asian countries.

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Obuchi hosts dinner for Clinton

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) introduces his wife Chizuko (L) to U.S. President Bill Clinton as he arrives at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo on Nov. 19 to attend a welcome dinner.(Pool photo)

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Obuchi to attend APEC forum

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, along with his wife Chizuko, leaves Haneda airport for Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 16 to attend the Nov. 17-18 annual informal summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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Obuchi, 2 others file candidacies for LDP leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and his wife, Chizuko, cheer with supporters at a Tokyo hotel Sept. 9 when he and two other Liberal Democratic Party politicians filed their candidacies for the party's leadership race. The vote will be on Sept. 21.

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Photo magazine chief defends use of Obuchi hospital photo

TOKYO, Japan - A former editor-in-chief of weekly photo magazine Friday, Haruyuki Kato, shows a photo he says is of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in a hospital bed using a respirator, at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on June 22. Obuchi's widow Chizuko has said the photo, which appeared in the June 2 issue of Friday, is not of her late husband. The issue went on sale five days after Obuchi died May 14

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Obuchi's widow mourns late husband at funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, wipes tears from her eyes during the funeral for her husband at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on June 8. At her side are the three Obuchi children.

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Clinton consoles Obuchi's widow

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) consoles Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, at a reception at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo held after the funeral of the late premier. Foreign dignitaries from some 180 countries, regions and international organizations were present at the funeral.

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Obuchi's wife, children at Diet to hear eulogy

TOKYO, Japan - Chizuko Obuchi (R), widow of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and the Obuchis' three children visit the public gallery of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on May 30 to listen to a eulogy for Obuchi, who died May 14. The eulogy was read by former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

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Obuchi's family mourn ex-premier's death at private funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Family members of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and their colleagues pay their respects to the former premier on May 16 at a private funeral in Tokyo's Aoyama Funeral Hall. Obuchi's wife, Chizuko (C), was among the mourners, who offered flowers on the altar one by one.

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Obuchi visits monument dedicated to slain Japanese policeman

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) on Jan. 10 visits a monument dedicated to a Japanese police officer who was shot dead in Cambodia in 1993. Obuchi and his wife Chizuko visited the monument dedicated to Haruyuki Takata, who was killed while taking part in U.N. peacekeeping operations. They were accompanied by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife Bun Rany.

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Obuchi en route to Asia visit

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko wave to well-wishers Jan. 10 before departing from Tokyo's Haneda airport on a six-day trip to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Obuchi's first stop will be Phnom Penh where he plans to meet with Cambodian leaders Tuesday.

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Obuchi greeted by Wahid

Jakarta, Indonesia - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) is greeted by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (R) upon arriving in Jakarta for talks with Indonesian leaders. On the left is Obuchi's wife, Chizuko.

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