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Retained land minister Fuyushiba is veteran Komeito lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Retained Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba speaks at a press conference on Aug. 27. Fuyushiba is a veteran lawmaker of the New Komeito party, the junior coalition ally of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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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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New Komeito's Fuyushiba loses in general election

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, former secretary general of the New Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, appears dejected while speaking to reporters after losing his seat in the No. 8 single-seat constituency of Hyogo Prefecture in the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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New Komeito's Fuyushiba loses in general election

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, former secretary general of the New Komeito party in the ruling coalition, bows to his supporters after losing his seat in the No. 8 single-seat constituency of Hyogo Prefecture in the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Tanaka wins in general election

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka, chief of the small opposition New Party Nippon, celebrates after winning a House of Representatives seat in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 30. Tanaka beat Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, a former secretary general of the New Komeito party, in the No. 8 single-seat constituency of the prefecture.

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Hello Kitty named goodwill ambassador to promote tourism in China

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (C) poses with South Korean singer Younha (L) and a Hello Kitty mascot (R) at his ministry in Tokyo on May 19 after reappointing Younha as goodwill ambassador for tourism in South Korea for a second straight year and naming the feline cartoon character as ambassador to promote Japanese tourism in China.

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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) poses for photos with Nara Gov. Shogo Arai (2nd from L) and transport minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) in Nara, Nara Prefecture, on May 10 after presenting the prefecture with a bust of Jingzhen, a Chinese Buddhist priest, known as Ganjin in Japanese. The Chinese priest traveled to Japan to teach Buddhist precepts and founded Toshodaiji Temple in the prefecture in 759.

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China's Hu visits Nara on last leg of official visit to Japan

NARA, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) visits the site of Heijo Palace in Nara Prefecture, which will mark its 1,300th anniversary in two years' time, on May 10 with Japanese transport minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba. (2nd from R).

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Gov't downgrades economic assessment for 2nd month

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R), economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota (C) and Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) attend a meeting of ministers in charge of economic affairs at the prime minister's office on March 19. In its March report, the government downgraded its monthly economic assessment for the second straight month.

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Beauties call on Fuyushiba

TOKYO, Japan - Women who will take part in the Miss International World contest in Tokyo on Oct 15 pay a courtesy call on transport minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (C), who is also in charge of promoting tourism, at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 4.

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Gov't introduces early warning system for major earthquakes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba presses the button at the Japan Meteorological Agency on Oct. 1 to launch a system that provides early warning of major earthquakes as well as their anticipated intensities to help the public better cope with significant tremors.

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Opening ceremony held for 2nd runway at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota and other officials concerned cut the tape during a ceremony held at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on July 28 to mark the beginning of the operation of its second runway on August 2.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to consider common transportation cards

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R), joins hands with Chinese National Tourism Administration Director Shao Qiwei and South Korean Culture and Tourism Minister Kim Jung Min after their meeting in Qingdao on June 26. The three agreed to consider developing common integrated circuit cards for public transportation to increase convenience for travelers touring the three countries.

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Japan, China to launch Tokyo-Shanghai shuttle flight service

BEIJING, China - Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) and Yang Guoqing, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, shake hands June 25 in Beijing after signing documents to launch shuttle flights between Tokyo's Haneda airport and Shanghai's Hongqiao airport around Oct. 8.

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H.K. movie star Fiona Sit named as Japan's tourism ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Hong Kong movie star Fiona Sit (L) poses with Japan's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba at the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry on June 18 after she is named Japan's tourism goodwill ambassador to publicize the Japanese government's ''Visit Japan Campaign.'' Japan has also appointed tourism envoys from South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Canada during the current fiscal year. Officials say Sit will feature in tourism commercials and other publicity events the Japanese government plans to launch in Hong Kong, the fifth largest source of tourists to Japan after South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, and mainland China.

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South Korean pop singer Younha named tourist envoy

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean pop singer Younha (L) poses with Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba at his office on May 14 after being named tourist ambassador to promote Japan in her country.

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Japanese parliament enacts laws to guard maritime interests

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (far right) stands up to express his appreciation on April 20 after the House of Councillors voted to enact two laws aimed at guarding the nation's maritime interests amid a lingering dispute with China over natural-gas exploration in the East China Sea.

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Thai actress Tik appointed 'Visit Japan' goodwill ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Thai actress Tik (R) receives an appointment certificate from Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba in Tokyo on April 2 as she was named as goodwill ambassador for the ''Visit Japan Campaign.''

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Infrastructure minister Fuyushiba visits quake-struck area

WAJIMA, Japan - Infrastructure minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) visits Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 30, giving encouragement to people who have evacuated their homes after a magnitude-6.9 quake that hit the Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan coast in central Japan and its vicinity March 25.

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Japan, China agree to cooperate on Tokyo-Shanghai flights

BEIJING, China - Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) talks with China's State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 3.

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Land minister Fuyushiba

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, new land, infrastructure and transport minister, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Land minister Fuyushiba

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, new land, infrastructure and transport minister, arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Kitagawa to replace Fuyushiba as Komeito secretary-general

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa (L in file photos) is likely to replace Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) as secretary-general of governing coalition member New Komeito party, Komeito sources said Aug. 25.

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Party leaders campaign in Chiba Prefecture

MATSUDO, Japan - New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzso Fuyushiba appeals to voters as his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart Tsutomu Takebe watches in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on April 22 on the eve of a lower house by-election slated for April 23.

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Ruling coalition approves education law revision bill

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (far right) hands a revision bill for the Fundamental Law of Education to Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) as New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (far left) and education minister Kenji Kosaka (2nd from R) watch at the prime minister's official residence on April 13.

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(1)Hu warns China-Japan ties can suffer 'in an instant'

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) greets Japanese new Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) as Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (C) watches in between them prior to their talks in Beijing on May 22.

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(2)Hu warns China-Japan ties can suffer 'in an instant'

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) is in talks with Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (C) and new Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 22. Hu expressed concern over Japan's treatment of its wartime past and Taiwan, and warned that bilateral ties can be damaged ''in an instant,'' Takebe said later.

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(1)Takebe, Fuyushiba meet with China's Communist Party official

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (L) and New Komeito Party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (2nd from L) meet with Wang Jiarui (R), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee in Beijing on May 21.

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(2)Takebe, Fuyushiba meet with China's Communist Party official

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (R) and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, pose for photos prior to their meeting in Beijing on May 21.

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Takebe, Fuyushiba meet S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L), secretary general of Japan's New Komeito party, shakes hands with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on May 6, with Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, looking on.

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(2)Coalition secretaries general return from Samawah

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (R) listens as his New Komeito counterpart Tetsuzo Fuyushiba speaks at a press conference on Dec. 8 on their trip to Samawah, southern Iraq, ahead of the planned government extension of the mission of Japanese troops there.

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(1)Coalition secretaries general return from Samawah

NARITA, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (R) and his New Komeito counterpart Tetsuzo Fuyushiba return to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 8 from a trip to Samawah, southern Iraq, ahead of the planned government extension of the mission of Japanese troops there.

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LDP secretary general sees Samawah situation as stable

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe speaks to reporters at a Kuwait City hotel Dec. 6 with Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, secretary general of the New Komeito party, standing at his left. They visited Japanese ground troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah to assess the security situation there.

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(2) LDP, Komeito secretaries general leave for Iraq to check security

NARITA, Japan - New Komeito party secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba is about to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Iraq on Dec. 5 to check the security situation in Samawah, where Japanese troops are based for reconstruction work.

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LDP's Abe peers through binoculars at N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shinzo Abe peers though binoculars at North Korea Sept. 2 at an observation platform near the armistice line. Abe, together with New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, is on a three-day visit to South Korea from Tuesday. New Komeito is the LDP's partner in Japan's governing coalition

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(2)Abe, Fuyushiba talk with S. Korean President Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - Shinzo Abe (L), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on Sept. 1.

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(1)Abe, Fuyushiba talk with S. Korean President Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - Shinzo Abe (L), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, hand to South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun a personal letter from Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on Sept. 1. Abe and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, secretary general of the New Komeito party, held talks with Roh at the palace.

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(3)Opposition DPJ may outpace LDP in upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, secretary general of the New Komeito party, speaks to reporters at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 11 as vote counting gets under way in the House of Councillors election.

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(2)Kanzaki, other Komeito brass failed to pay pension dues

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki admitted in a news conference in Tokyo on May 12 that he as well Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, top policy planner Kazuo Kitagawa and 10 other party lawmakers did not pay mandatory national pension dues in the past.

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(3)Kanzaki, other Komeito brass failed to pay pension dues

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba talks about his failure to pay mandatory national pension dues in the past.

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(1)Kanzaki, other Komeito brass failed to pay pension dues

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki apologizes at the Diet building May 12 over not paying mandatory national pension dues in the past. He said Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, top policy planner Kazuo Kitagawa and 10 other party lawmakers also failed to pay pension dues.

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(2)FY 2004 budget approved by lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, secretary general of the New Komeito party, the coalition partner of Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party, at the Diet in Tokyo on March 5 after the House of Representatives approved the budget plan for fiscal 2004 in a plenary session. Takenori Kanzaki, New Komeito leader, stands between them.

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(2)Komeito approves main GSDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba speaks to reporters Jan. 26 after his party approved a plan to dispatch the main Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent to Iraq for reconstruction missions.

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(2)Koizumi, Kanzaki agree on main GSDF dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (2nd from L) are joined by New Komeito Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L), his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (R) in a meeting at the prime minister's office on Jan. 26. They agreed on dispatching the core unit of Japanese ground troops to Iraq to help rebuild the country.

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GSDF says Samawah relatively safe

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Fukushiro Nukaga, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's policy affairs panel, LDP Secretary General Shinzo Abe, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, head of the New Komeito party's secretary general, and Kazuo Kitagawa, head of Komeito's policy affairs committee, attend a briefing by Defense Agency officials on security in the southeastern Iraqi city of Samawah, where a core unit of Japan's noncombat ground troops is expected to be sent for reconstruction work in Iraq.

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New Komeito OKs dispatch of advance GSDF team to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Shinzo Abe (R) and his New Komeito party counterpart Tetsuzo Fuyushiba are in talks in the Diet on Jan. 9. Fuyushiba conveyed his party's consent to the dispatch of an advance team of Japanese ground troops to Iraq.

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Casualties from terrorist attacks won't trigger SDF pullout

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba says in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 7 that Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops being sent to Iraq will not withdraw in the event they suffer casualties in terrorist attacks.

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Fuyushiba urges Doi to resign over Tsujimoto scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (in file photo), secretary general of the New Komeito Party, said July 20 that Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi should resign over a money scandal involving former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who was arrested on July 18.

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Gov't to submit bill for SDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties speak to reporters at Tokyo hotel June 7 after discussing with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi the handling a bill designed to send Japan's Self-Defense Forces to Iraq. Pictured are Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party.

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Secretaries general wear SARS-protection masks

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the ruling tripartite coalition -- (from L to R) Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party, Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party -- wear masks as they head to a plenary session of the House of Representatives on May 22. The three returned to Japan from a trip to China May 20.