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Watanabe becomes new reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, who became new administrative reform minister replacing Genichiro Sata, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28. Sata resigned the previous day over a political funds scandal.

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Watanabe becomes new reform minister, replaces Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, a senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office, has been appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the new administrative reform minister. Photo shows Watanabe speaking to reporters as he leaves the prime minister's official residence Dec. 28 following the appointment. He replaces Genichiro Sata, who resigned the previous day over his supporters' misuse of political funds.

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Watanabe becomes new reform minister, replaces Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, a senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office, has been appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the new administrative reform minister. Photo shows Watanabe (C) surrounded by journalists as he enters the prime minister's official residence Dec. 28 for the appointment. He replaces Genichiro Sata, who resigned the previous day over his supporters' misuse of political funds.

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Sata decides to resign over fund report scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27 after Genichiro Sata, state minister in charge of administrative reform, declared he is quitting his Cabinet post.

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Sata decides to resign over fund report scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, state minister in charge of administrative reform, announces his resignation from the Cabinet post at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27.

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Sata decides to resign over fund report scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, state minister in charge of administrative reform, announces his resignation from the Cabinet post at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27.

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Sata's support group suspected of falsely reporting funds

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Genichiro Sata meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 26. A defunct support group for him is suspected of submitting false political fund reports to the government claiming nearly 80 million yen for office maintenance expenses from 1990 to 2000 even though the office did not exist.

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State Minister Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, new state minister in charge of deregulation, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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State Minister Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, new state minister in charge of deregulation, arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Koizumi seeks cooperation from pro-Pyongyang group on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Chief Deputy Secretary General Genichiro Sata reads a message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at a reception in Tokyo commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan on May 24. Koizumi sought cooperation from the pro-Pyongyang association in urging North Korea to resume dialogue involving its abduction of Japanese and its nuclear ambitions.

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Matsunami asks for opening ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a statement to Genichiro Sata, director of the lower house Committee on Rules and Administration in Tokyo on April 21, requesting a meeting of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics so that he can explain his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaries. (Pool photo)

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Japan names 8 senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows eight new senior vice ministers whom the Japanese government replaced on Jan. 8. From left to right on the top are Akihiko Kumashiro of the Cabinet Office, Genichiro Sata and Kaneshige Wakamatsu of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, and Takayoshi Taniguchi of the Finance Ministry. From left to right on the bottom are Kazuaki Miyaji and Yasu Kano of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Shigeaki Tsukihara of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Eiichi Yamashita of the Ministry of Environment.

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Japan names 8 senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows eight new senior vice ministers whom the Japanese government replaced on Jan. 8. From left to right on the top are Akihiko Kumashiro of the Cabinet Office, Genichiro Sata and Kaneshige Wakamatsu of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, and Takayoshi Taniguchi of the Finance Ministry. From left to right on the bottom are Kazuaki Miyaji and Yasu Kano of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Shigeaki Tsukihara of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Eiichi Yamashita of the Ministry of Environment.

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Sata's support group suspected of falsely reporting funds

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Genichiro Sata meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 26. A defunct support group for him is suspected of submitting false political fund reports to the government claiming nearly 80 million yen for office maintenance expenses from 1990 to 2000 even though the office did not exist. (Kyodo)

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Sata's support group suspected of falsely reporting funds

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Genichiro Sata meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 26. A defunct support group for him is suspected of submitting false political fund reports to the government claiming nearly 80 million yen for office maintenance expenses from 1990 to 2000 even though the office did not exist. (Kyodo)

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Sata decides to resign over fund report scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27 after Genichiro Sata, state minister in charge of administrative reform, declared he is quitting his Cabinet post. (Kyodo)

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Sata decides to resign over fund report scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, state minister in charge of administrative reform, announces his resignation from the Cabinet post at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27. (Kyodo)

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Sata decides to resign over fund report scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, state minister in charge of administrative reform, announces his resignation from the Cabinet post at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27. (Kyodo)

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Watanabe becomes new reform minister, replaces Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, a senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office, has been appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the new administrative reform minister. Photo shows Watanabe speaking to reporters as he leaves the prime minister's official residence Dec. 28 following the appointment. He replaces Genichiro Sata, who resigned the previous day over his supporters' misuse of political funds. (Kyodo)

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Watanabe becomes new reform minister, replaces Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, a senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office, has been appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the new administrative reform minister. Photo shows Watanabe (C) surrounded by journalists as he enters the prime minister's official residence Dec. 28 for the appointment. He replaces Genichiro Sata, who resigned the previous day over his supporters' misuse of political funds. (Kyodo)

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Watanabe becomes new reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, who became new administrative reform minister replacing Genichiro Sata, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28. Sata resigned the previous day over a political funds scandal. (Kyodo)

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Author Takahashi speaks at U.N. University

Japanese author Genichiro Takahashi speaks at the United Nations University in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2015, the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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State Minister Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, new state minister in charge of deregulation, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)

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State Minister Sata

TOKYO, Japan - Genichiro Sata, new state minister in charge of deregulation, arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi seeks cooperation from pro-Pyongyang group on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Chief Deputy Secretary General Genichiro Sata reads a message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at a reception in Tokyo commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan on May 24. Koizumi sought cooperation from the pro-Pyongyang association in urging North Korea to resume dialogue involving its abduction of Japanese and its nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo)

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Fukuchi Genichiro

Fukuchi Genichiro ==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Matsunami asks for opening ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a statement to Genichiro Sata, director of the lower house Committee on Rules and Administration in Tokyo on April 21, requesting a meeting of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics so that he can explain his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)