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Ex-transport minister Fuyushiba dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2007 shows Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, former secretary general of the New Komeito party and former minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism. Fuyushiba died on the night of Dec. 5, 2011, aged 75, a senior New Komeito official said the same day.

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Ex-transport minister Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Mabuchi said disaster reconstruction programs should be funded by construction bonds with a redemption period of 60 years, and was not positive about forming a grand coalition government.

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Ex-transport minister Nakayama not to run in next election

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nariaki Nakayama of the Liberal Democratic Party speaks at a news conference about his intention not to run in the next House of Representatives election at a news conference in Miyazaki on Oct. 4. Nakayama resigned as transport minister on Sept. 28 following a series of comments generally regarded as verbal gaffes.

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Ex-transport minister Nakayama not to run in next election

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nariaki Nakayama of the Liberal Democratic Party speaks at a news conference about his intention not to run in the next House of Representatives election at a news conference in Miyazaki on Oct. 4. Nakayama resigned as transport minister on Sept. 28 following a series of comments generally regarded as verbal gaffes. (Kyodo)

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Ex-transport minister Mabuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Mabuchi said disaster reconstruction programs should be funded by construction bonds with a redemption period of 60 years, and was not positive about forming a grand coalition government. (Kyodo)

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Ex-transport minister Fuyushiba dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2007 shows Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, former secretary general of the New Komeito party and former minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism. Fuyushiba died on the night of Dec. 5, 2011, aged 75, a senior New Komeito official said the same day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Transport Minister Ochi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Transport Minister Ihei Ochi, shown in this file photo, died of heart failure March 24 at a hospital in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. He was 79. Ochi, a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), served as construction minister, transport minister, and agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister in the cabinets of three prime ministers from the LDP.