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Ex-state minister Fukushima addresses Cabinet Office officials

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, former state minister in charge of consumer affairs, food safety, declining birthrate and gender equality, delivers a farewell speech to Cabinet Office officials in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. Fukushima was dismissed on May 28 by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama from the portfolio over her opposition to the government's plan for the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Ex-state minister Inoguchi not to run in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, former state minister in charge of gender equality, speaks at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which she belongs in Tokyo on Aug. 17. Inoguchi, who became a House of Representatives lawmaker in the previous lower house election in 2004 after being handpicked by then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, announced she has decided not to seek reelection.

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Ex-state minister Watanabe expresses readiness to leave LDP

OTAWARA, Japan - Former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe replies to questions by reporters in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Jan. 12 after expressing his intention to submit a letter to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 13 at a meeting of his supporters.

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Ex-state minister Komoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former state minister Toshio Komoto (file photo), a heavyweight in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party during the 1970s and early 1980s, died of heart failure May 24. He was 89. Komoto, who was elected to the House of Representatives 17 times since 1949 from Hyogo Prefecture, retired from politics in 1996 for health reasons.

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Ex-state minister Watanabe expresses readiness to leave LDP

OTAWARA, Japan - Former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe replies to questions by reporters in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Jan. 12 after expressing his intention to submit a letter to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 13 at a meeting of his supporters. (Kyodo)

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Ex-state minister Komoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former state minister Toshio Komoto (file photo), a heavyweight in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party during the 1970s and early 1980s, died of heart failure May 24. He was 89. Komoto, who was elected to the House of Representatives 17 times since 1949 from Hyogo Prefecture, retired from politics in 1996 for health reasons.

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China's ex-State Councilor Tang greets Japanese business leader

Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) shakes hands with Masayuki Matsushita, visiting vice chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation, in Beijing before their talks on July 13, 2015. At the talks, Tang, who now heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, paid his respect to Kankeiren's continued efforts to promote exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-state minister Inoguchi not to run in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, former state minister in charge of gender equality, speaks at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which she belongs in Tokyo on Aug. 17. Inoguchi, who became a House of Representatives lawmaker in the previous lower house election in 2004 after being handpicked by then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, announced she has decided not to seek reelection. (Kyodo)

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Ex-state minister Fukushima addresses Cabinet Office officials

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, former state minister in charge of consumer affairs, food safety, declining birthrate and gender equality, delivers a farewell speech to Cabinet Office officials in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. Fukushima was dismissed on May 28 by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama from the portfolio over her opposition to the government's plan for the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)