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Ex-top Japan currency official to head ADB

Masato Kanda, special advisor to Japan's prime minister, meets the press at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2024, after being elected as the next president of the Asian Development Bank. The former vice finance minister for international affairs will take up the office on Feb. 24, 2025.

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Ex-top diplomat Yachi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi. The government is considering appointing Yachi as the first chief of the secretariat of the planned Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council, a government source said Nov. 2, 2013.

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Ex-top Japan financial diplomat Nakao named new ADB head

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Takehiko Nakao holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on April 26, 2013, after being named new president of the Asian Development Bank.

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Ex-top Aceh rebel leader returns home after 30 years in exile

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Hasan di Tiro (C), the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for Aceh's independence, waves as he arrives at an airport in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh Province, on Oct. 11 after almost 30 years in exile in Sweden.

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks at a press conference at the internal affairs and communications ministry on Nov. 11 after being named to head a holding firm which will be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system.

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka (L), minister of internal affairs and communications, and former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa smile at a question from one of reporters during a press conference on Nov. 11. The government has picked Nishikawa as president of a holding firm to be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system.

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system privatization

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, who was picked by the government on Nov. 11 as president of a holding firm to be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system. Nishikawa accepted the post in a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Ex-top economic adviser urges Japan to set inflation target

NEW YORK, United States - Laura Tyson, who served as head of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under the administration of former President Bill Clinton, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in New York on Feb. 3. Tyson said Japan should set an inflation target as part of its efforts to shore up its faltering economy.

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Ex-top defense procurement official meets reporters

Masahiro Akiyama, vice minister of Japan's Defense Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4 after a former top procurement official at the agency, Masuo Morodomi, was arrested on suspicion of causing damage to state finances over purchases of defense equipment. Morodomi, 59, was allegedly involved in illegally reducing by some 1.69 billion yen the amount a communication equipment company was supposed to repay for overcharging the agency.

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system priva

TOKYO, Japan - Former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks at a press conference at the internal affairs and communications ministry on Nov. 11 after being named to head a holding firm which will be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system. (Kyodo)

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system priva

TOKYO, Japan - Former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks at a press conference at the internal affairs and communications ministry on Nov. 11 after being named to head a holding firm which will be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system. (Kyodo)

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system priva

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, who was picked by the government on Nov. 11 as president of a holding firm to be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system. Nishikawa accepted the post in a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system priva

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka (L), minister of internal affairs and communications, and former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa smile at a question from one of reporters during a press conference on Nov. 11. The government has picked Nishikawa as president of a holding firm to be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system. (Kyodo)

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Ex-top banker Nishikawa to head key firm for postal system priva

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka (L), minister of internal affairs and communications, and former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa smile at a question from one of reporters during a press conference on Nov. 11. The government has picked Nishikawa as president of a holding firm to be founded in October 2007 for the privatization of Japan's postal system. (Kyodo)

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Ex-top court justice expresses doubt over security bills

Former Supreme Court Justice Kohei Nasu addresses a meeting to examine the government-sponsored security bills in Tokyo on July 9, 2015. Nasu said it is almost impossible to gain public approval for the bills as the government has not been able to clarify the legitimacy of its reinterpretation of the pacifist Constitution to exercise the right to collective self-defense. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's disgraced ex-top military official Xu dies at 71

Photo taken in November 2012 shows Chinese military official Xu Caihou attending the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The country's state-run media said on March 16, 2015, that Xu, formerly China's No. 2 ranking military official, has died of cancer at the age of 71. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top aide to Hu Jintao accused of corruption

File photo shows Ling Jihua, who was once a top aide to former Chinese President Hu Jintao. Chinese authorities have arrested Ling in a corruption investigation, according to media reports in July 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top Aceh rebel leader returns home after 30 years in exile

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Hasan di Tiro (C), the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for Aceh's independence, waves as he arrives at an airport in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh Province, on Oct. 11 after almost 30 years in exile in Sweden. (Kyodo)

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Ex-top economic adviser urges Japan to set inflation target

NEW YORK, United States - Laura Tyson, who served as head of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under the administration of former President Bill Clinton, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in New York on Feb. 3. Tyson said Japan should set an inflation target as part of its efforts to shore up its faltering economy.

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Ex-top prosecutors oppose Japan gov't bill to delay retirement

Former Attorney General Kunihiro Matsuo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2020. A group of former top prosecutors submitted a letter to the Justice Ministry the same day to oppose a bill that would raise prosecutors' retirement age and would make them "act in the interest of the administration." (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top prosecutors oppose Japan gov't bill to delay retirement

Former Attorney General Kunihiro Matsuo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2020. A group of former top prosecutors submitted a letter to the Justice Ministry the same day to oppose a bill that would raise prosecutors' retirement age and would make them "act in the interest of the administration." (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nonaka, ex-top gov't spokesman and critic of Abe, dies at 92

File photo taken in November 2002 shows Emperor Akihito (L) decorating Hiromu Nonaka, a Liberal Democratic Party politician who served as top government spokesman, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Nonaka died on Jan. 26, 2018, at 92. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nonaka, ex-top gov't spokesman and critic of Abe, dies at 92

File photo taken in July 1998 shows Hiromu Nonaka, a Liberal Democratic Party politician who served as top government spokesman. Nonaka died Jan. 26, 2018. He was 92. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top diplomat Maehara becomes new Democratic Party chief

Seiji Maehara (L) and Yukio Edano of Japan's Democratic Party attend an extraordinary party convention in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2017. Former Foreign Minister Maehara was later selected as new leader of the main opposition party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top diplomat Maehara becomes new Democratic Party chief

Yukio Edano of Japan's Democratic Party speaks at an extraordinary party convention in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2017. The former chief Cabinet secretary failed in his bid to be elected as the new leader of the main opposition party when the other candidate, Seiji Maehara, won the contest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top diplomat Maehara becomes new Democratic Party chief

Seiji Maehara of Japan's Democratic Party speaks at an extraordinary party convention in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2017. The former foreign minister was later elected as the new leader of the main opposition party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top Finance Ministry bureaucrat Ogawa dies at 77

File photo taken in September 2007 shows former Vice Finance Minister Tadashi Ogawa, who had also served as chairman of Japan Tobacco Inc. and president of the Bank of Yokohama. It was reported on Aug. 24, 2017, that Ogawa died of an unknown cause, at age 77. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top bureaucrat urges Abe to personally address favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, meets with reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 23, 2017. Maekawa, who has played a key role in allegations of favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called for the premier to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top bureaucrat urges Abe to personally address favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, meets with reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 23, 2017. Maekawa, who has played a key role in allegations of favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called for the premier to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top bureaucrat urges Abe to personally address favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, meets with reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 23, 2017. Maekawa, who has played a key role in allegations of favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called for the premier to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top bureaucrat urges Abe to personally address favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, is ready to attend a press conference at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 23, 2017. Maekawa, who has played a key role in allegations of favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called for the premier to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top bureaucrat urges Abe to personally address favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, meets with reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 23, 2017. Maekawa, who has played a key role in allegations of favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called for the premier to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top bureaucrat urges Abe to personally address favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, meets with reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 23, 2017. Maekawa, who has played a key role in allegations of favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called for the premier to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top bureaucrat urges Abe to personally address favoritism claims

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, meets with reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 23, 2017. Maekawa, who has played a key role in allegations of favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called for the premier to fulfill his responsibility to respond properly to the claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top education official admits "amakudari" scheme entrenched

Former Japanese Education Ministry bureaucrat Kazuo Shimanuki (L) and Kihei Maekawa, who recently resigned as the ministry's administrative vice minister, attend a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2017. Maekawa admitted that the ministry had been systematically involved in seeking new jobs for retiring public servants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top presidential aide, culture minister grilled over backlist

Kim Ki Choon, South Korea's former presidential chief of staff, speaks to reporters as he arrives at the independent counsel's office in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2017, to be questioned over his alleged role in creating a backlist of cultural figures critical of the president. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top presidential aide, culture minister grilled over backlist

South Korea's Culture Minister Cho Yoon Sun speaks to reporters as she arrives at the independent counsel's office in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2017, to be questioned over her alleged role in creating a backlist of cultural figures critical of the president. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-top defense procurement offic

Masahiro Akiyama, vice minister of Japan's Defense Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4 after a former top procurement official at the agency, Masuo Morodomi, was arrested on suspicion of causing damage to state finances over purchases of defense equipment. Morodomi, 59, was allegedly involved in illegally reducing by some 1.69 billion yen the amount a communication equipment company was supposed to repay for overcharging the agency.