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45th anniversary of Japan-China friendship treaty

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of a friendship treaty between Japan and China coming into force on Oct. 23, 2023, in Beijing. Fukuda's father Takeo was prime minister when the treaty was signed in 1978.

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Picture for Children exhibit in Shimane Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors look at Miran Fukuda's artwork at the Picture for Children exhibition at Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2014.

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Fukuda's Cabinet resigns en masse

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) and some members of his Cabinet pose for photos at the prime minister's office on Sept. 24 before attending a Cabinet meeting to resign en masse.

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Fukuda holds talks with Czech President Klaus

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Czech President Vaclav Klaus shake hands prior to their talks at Fukuda's office in Tokyo on Sept. 8.

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LDP executives meet to begin party leadership race process

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, sit for an LDP's executive meeting at LDP headquarters in Tokyo Sept. 2. The meeting was held to set a schedule for the party's presidential election following Fukuda's announcement of his resignation Sept. 1.

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Opposition camp calls Fukuda's resignation 'irresponsible'

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 1 after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation. Hatoyama said Fukuda was ''extremely irresponsible for suddenly giving up (on his) administration.''

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters at LDP headquarters in Tokyo early Sept. 2 after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation Sept. 1. Aso is widely believed to be the front-runner in the LDP presidential race following Fukuda's resignation.

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Fukuda reshuffles his Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura, who retains his post in the Cabinet reshuffle, announces the new lineup of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet, during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 1.

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Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) shakes hands with New Komeito party chief Akihiro Ota ahead of their meeting at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said after the meeting the premier sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day. New Komeito is the junior coalition partner of Fukuda's Liberal Democratic Party.

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Lower house passes confidence motion on Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vows during a House of Representatives plenary session June 12 after the ruling bloc-dominated house approved a resolution of confidence in Fukuda's Cabinet to counter the passage of a nonbinding censure motion against him in the opposition-controlled House of Councillors a day earlier.

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Opposition introduces censure motion against Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata (3rd from L) of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, hands to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (R) a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on June 11. The DPJ and two smaller opposition parties have criticized Fukuda's handling of elderly healthcare insurance and other domestic problems.

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Fukuda, Lee agree to resume top reciprocal visits, seek FTA

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from L) and new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (2nd from R) shake hands during a photo session in Seoul on Feb. 25. At left is Lee's wife Kim Yoon Ok and at right is Fukuda's wife Kiyoko.

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Interpellation on PM Fukuda's policies begins

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (front), secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, asks questions about Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's policies during an interpellation at the House of Representatives plenary session on Jan. 21. Fukuda (R in back) and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L in back) listen to Hatoyama.

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Law to resume Japan's antiterrorism mission enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) applauds after Japan's House of Representatives in a plenary session on Jan. 11 passed into law a bill to resume the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The more powerful lower chamber in the bicameral Diet passed the bill in a second vote with a two-thirds majority vote by the ruling bloc of Fukuda's Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party after the bill was rejected by the opposition-controlled House of Councillors.

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Toyota's Okuda appointed as Fukuda's adviser on global warming

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), senior adviser of Toyota Motor Corp., talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26. Okuda was appointed as special adviser to the Cabinet on the economy and global warming issues.

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Ozawa refuses Fukuda's request for cooperation on refueling bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Ichiro Ozawa, president of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 22 prior to their talks. Fukuda held separate talks with opposition leaders to seek their cooperation in enacting a bill to resume Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean.

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DPJ rejects Fukuda's grand coalition proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 2, after senior DPJ executives decided to reject Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's proposal to form a grand coalition government with the main opposition party.

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N. Korea's No. 2 paying attention to Japan premier's actions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, meets with reporters from Kyodo News and South Korea's Yonhap News Agency in Pyongyang on Oct. 12. North Korea's No. 2 leader said Pyongyang is paying attention to new Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's actions to assess his policies.

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N. Korea's No. 2 paying attention to Japan premier's actions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, meets with reporters from Kyodo News and South Korea's Yonhap News Agency in Pyongyang on Oct. 12. North Korea's No. 2 leader said Pyongyang is paying attention to new Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's actions to assess his policies.

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N. Korean envoy says Fukuda's dialogue policy 'worthy of note'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador in charge of normalization talks with Japan, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang on Oct. 11. Song sounded a positive note about new Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's dialogue-oriented policy on North Korea.

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Fukuda faces DPJ questioning at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, questions Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's key policies during a House of Representatives session on Oct. 3.

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Japan, U.S. reaffirm cooperation on abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 26 after talks with Kyoko Nakayama, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's special adviser on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen off by officials at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 25 after his Cabinet resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day.

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen off by officials at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 25 after his Cabinet resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day.

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) is presented with flowers Sept. 25 as he leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Abe and his Cabinet resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day.

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), flanked by Defense Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano, sits for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office Sept. 25 in Tokyo. Abe and his Cabinet ministers resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day.

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Fukuda faces DPJ questioning at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, questions Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's key policies during a House of Representatives session on Oct. 3. (Kyodo)

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DPJ rejects Fukuda's grand coalition proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 2, after senior DPJ executives decided to reject Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's proposal to form a grand coalition government with the main opposition party. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa refuses Fukuda's request for cooperation on refueling bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Ichiro Ozawa, president of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 22 prior to their talks. Fukuda held separate talks with opposition leaders to seek their cooperation in enacting a bill to resume Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. (Kyodo)

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Toyota's Okuda appointed as Fukuda's adviser on global warming

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (L), senior adviser of Toyota Motor Corp., talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26. Okuda was appointed as special adviser to the Cabinet on the economy and global warming issues. (Kyodo)

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PM Fukuda pledges to 'look squarely' into wartime history

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at Peking University in Beijing on Dec. 28. Fukuda's speech was broadcast live on state-run Chinese television. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukuda visits Toyota's joint-venture plant in Tianjin

TIANJIN, China - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) signs the visitors' book after a visit to Toyota Motor Corp.'s joint-venture automobile plant in Tianjin on Dec. 29. On Fukuda's left is Toyota senior adviser Hiroshi Okuda and on his right is Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Law to resume Japan's antiterrorism mission enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) applauds after Japan's House of Representatives in a plenary session on Jan. 11 passed into law a bill to resume the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The more powerful lower chamber in the bicameral Diet passed the bill in a second vote with a two-thirds majority vote by the ruling bloc of Fukuda's Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party after the bill was rejected by the opposition-controlled House of Councillors. (Kyodo)

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Interpellation on PM Fukuda's policies begins

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (front), secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, asks questions about Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's policies during an interpellation at the House of Representatives plenary session on Jan. 21. Fukuda (R in back) and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L in back) listen to Hatoyama. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda, Lee agree to resume top reciprocal visits, seek FTA

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from L) and new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (2nd from R) shake hands during a photo session in Seoul on Feb. 25. At left is Lee's wife Kim Yoon Ok and at right is Fukuda's wife Kiyoko. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda meets Prime Minister Brown in London

LONDON, England - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) leads Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to the second floor of 10 Downing Street on June 2 for talks. Behind them are Brown's wife Sarah (R) and Fukuda's wife Kiyoko (L). (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Opposition introduces censure motion against Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata (3rd from L) of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, hands to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (R) a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on June 11. The DPJ and two smaller opposition parties have criticized Fukuda's handling of elderly healthcare insurance and other domestic problems. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Fukuda holds talks with Australia's Rudd

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) shakes hands with visiting Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) before their talks at Fukuda's office in Tokyo on June 12. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Fukuda holds talks with Australia's Rudd

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) holds talks with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (2nd from L) at Fukuda's office in Tokyo on June 12. (Kyodo)

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Lower house passes confidence motion on Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vows during a House of Representatives plenary session June 12 after the ruling bloc-dominated house approved a resolution of confidence in Fukuda's Cabinet to counter the passage of a nonbinding censure motion against him in the opposition-controlled House of Councillors a day earlier. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Fukuda holds talks with Australia's Rudd

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) meet the press after their talks at Fukuda's office in Tokyo on June 12. (Kyodo)

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Fukuda holds talks with Czech President Klaus

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Czech President Vaclav Klaus shake hands prior to their talks at Fukuda's office in Tokyo on Sept. 8. (Kyodo)

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Starts a New Era in Japan and China - Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping Visits Japan

Premier Deng Xiaoping Fu of the Chinese government visited Japan. A reconciliation ceremony was held at the Imperial Palace. The plane carrying Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping arrives at Haneda Airport on October 22, Deng Xiaoping descends the ramp, the welcome ceremony at the State Guest House, children from Gakushuin Elementary School wave Japanese flags, the exchange of treaty ratification certificates in the hall of the Prime Minister's Office, the reconciliation ceremony at the Imperial Palace, the welcome banquet, Deng Xiaoping's visit to Kakuei Tanaka's residence Deng Xiaoping visits Kakuei Tanaka's residence, Deng Xiaoping inspects the Nissan Motor factory, and the meeting with the Emperor of Japan. Please contact us for details.

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Giants to interview all players regarding gambling issue

Kojiro Shiraishi (L), owner of the Yomiuri Giants, arrives at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on Oct. 6, 2015, to brief players on pitcher Satoshi Fukuda's involvement with gambling on baseball. The team said the same day it will interview all of its players and employees regarding the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer recalls 50 years of kabuki photos

Photographer Naotake Fukuda speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2015, of his five-decade career of shooting kabuki performances. Fukuda's works are being exhibited in Tokyo's Toshima Citizens Center through Nov. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. reaffirm cooperation on abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 26 after talks with Kyoko Nakayama, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's special adviser on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen off by officials at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 25 after his Cabinet resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) is presented with flowers Sept. 25 as he leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Abe and his Cabinet resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), flanked by Defense Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano, sits for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office Sept. 25 in Tokyo. Abe and his Cabinet ministers resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet resigns en masse ahead of election of Fukuda as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen off by officials at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 25 after his Cabinet resigned en masse ahead of new Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda's expected election as premier later in the day. (Kyodo)