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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister, speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and five other House of Councillors members launched a new party, named Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform), the same day in the run-up to the upcoming upper house election.

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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe (3rd from L) and five other House of Councillors members pose during a ceremony to launch a new party at a hotel in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, became the chief of Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform).

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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe (3rd from L) and five other House of Councillors members pose during a ceremony to launch a new party at a hotel in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, became the chief of Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform).

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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister, speaks to reporters at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and five other House of Councillors members launched a new party, named Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform), the same day in the run-up to the upcoming upper house election.

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to submit resignation to LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Masuzoe said he will submit a letter of resignation to the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party later in the day to form a new party.

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to submit resignation to LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Masuzoe said he will submit a letter of resignation to the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party later in the day to form a new party.

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to submit resignation to LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Masuzoe said he will submit a letter of resignation to the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party later in the day to form a new party.

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to leave LDP, set up new party

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe gives a lecture in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. Masuzoe said the same day he is preparing to leave the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and to launch a new party as early as April 23 that he will lead.

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to leave LDP, set up new party

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe gives a lecture in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. Masuzoe said the same day he is preparing to leave the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and to launch a new party as early as April 23 that he will lead.

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to leave LDP, set up new party

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe gives a lecture in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. Masuzoe said the same day he is preparing to leave the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and to launch a new party as early as April 23 that he will lead.

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Abe names ex-health minister as LDP'S General Council chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former health and welfare minister Yuya Niwa is surrounded by reporters at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters on Sept. 25 upon being named as chairman of the party's decision-making General Council.

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Abe names ex-health minister as LDP'S General Council chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former health and welfare minister Yuya Niwa is surrounded by reporters at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters on Sept. 25 upon being named as chairman of the party's decision-making General Council. (Kyodo)

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Suspect says he plotted more attacks on ex-health officials

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Koizumi (back), who is suspected of involvement in two attacks apparently targeting former vice health and welfare ministers, leaves the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department by car on Nov. 24 to be taken to prosecutors. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe (3rd from L) and five other House of Councillors members pose during a ceremony to launch a new party at a hotel in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, became the chief of Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform). (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe (3rd from L) and five other House of Councillors members pose during a ceremony to launch a new party at a hotel in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, became the chief of Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform). (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister, speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and five other House of Councillors members launched a new party, named Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform), the same day in the run-up to the upcoming upper house election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister, speaks to reporters at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on April 23, 2010. Masuzoe, a popular lawmaker who left the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and five other House of Councillors members launched a new party, named Shinto Kaikaku (new party for reform), the same day in the run-up to the upcoming upper house election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to submit resignation to LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Masuzoe said he will submit a letter of resignation to the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party later in the day to form a new party. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to submit resignation to LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Masuzoe said he will submit a letter of resignation to the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party later in the day to form a new party. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to leave LDP, set up new party

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe gives a lecture in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. Masuzoe said the same day he is preparing to leave the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and to launch a new party as early as April 23 that he will lead. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to submit resignation to LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Masuzoe said he will submit a letter of resignation to the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party later in the day to form a new party. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to leave LDP, set up new party

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe gives a lecture in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. Masuzoe said the same day he is preparing to leave the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and to launch a new party as early as April 23 that he will lead. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health minister Masuzoe to leave LDP, set up new party

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe gives a lecture in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 21, 2010. Masuzoe said the same day he is preparing to leave the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and to launch a new party as early as April 23 that he will lead. (Kyodo)

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Ex-health official Matsumura gets suspended term for AIDS death

TOKYO, Japan - Akihito Matsumura (file photo), a former senior official of the health and welfare ministry, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 28 to a year in prison suspended for two years for causing the AIDS death of a liver patient by failing to stop the use of HIV-contaminated blood products in the 1980s.