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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese Novelist Yukio Mishima (C) attends a press conference, alongside Japanese novelist Sei Ito (R) and a lawyer, on Sept. 28, 1964, following a Tokyo District Court ruling ordering Mishima to pay 800,000 yen to Japan's former Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita. The court said the 1960 publication of Mishima's book "After the Banquet" so closely followed the events surrounding Arita's campaign to become governor of Tokyo that it violated the politician's privacy. The case is renowned as Japan's landmark judicial recognition of the right to privacy versus freedom of expression. The photo is taken from the book "The Chronicle: 70 years of postwar Japan (4) -- 1960-64 In the heat of the moment --," compiled by Kyodo News.(Kyodo)

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Meeting of DPJ task force on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Yoshio Hachiro (C), head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's project team on whether to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework, speaks at a meeting of the team in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011, while Seiji Maehara (L, facing), the DPJ's policy chief, and others applaud.

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New industry minister Edano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano speaks during his first press conference since assuming the post at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2011. Edano replaced Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned after making remarks deemed insensitive to people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Edano gave daily briefings on the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami when he was chief Cabinet secretary.

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Edano tapped as industry minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yukio Edano, who was chief Cabinet secretary in the Cabinet under former Prime Minister Naoto Kan. A government source said Sept. 12, 2011, that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will appoint Edano as new industry minister to succeed Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned over remarks that displeased people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro is pictured in a taxi in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2011, shortly after submitting a letter of resignation to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro bows in apology over his remarks on the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant during a press conference announcing his resignation at the ministry in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 10, 2011. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro is pictured during a press conference announcing his resignation at the ministry in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 10, 2011. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2011. He resigned from his post later in the day over his remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Hachiro sorry for calling Fukushima plant area 'ghost town'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2011. Hachiro apologized for describing the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a ''ghost town.''

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Japanese industry minister Hachiro in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new industry minister Yoshio Hachiro speaks during an interview with Kyodo News and other media outlets in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Hachiro to be trade minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yoshio Hachiro, former Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, who will become trade minister in the new Cabinet under incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011.

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Extra Diet session set

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro (R), Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, meets his counterpart Ichiro Aisawa of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2010. Hachiro told a press conference an extra parliamentary session will convene Oct. 1.

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New DPJ Diet affairs chief Hachiro

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, new chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. Hachiro is expected to steer the divided Diet in which the ruling camp controls the House of Representatives while the opposition bloc holds a majority in the House of Councillors.

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New DPJ Diet affairs chief Hachiro

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, new chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. Hachiro is expected to steer the divided Diet in which the ruling camp controls the House of Representatives while the opposition bloc holds a majority in the House of Councillors.

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Former Giants pitcher Maekawa dies at 97

TOKYO, Japan - This July 2009 file photo shows former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Hachiro Maekawa throwing the ceremonial first pitch during a game between the Giants and the Yokohama BayStars at Tokyo Dome. Maekawa, who died March 16, 2010, was the oldest surviving former Yomiuri player.

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Singer Izawa, father of actress Yuki Kudo, dies at age 69

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Hachiro Izawa sings his hit tune outside JR Ueno Station in a photo taken in july 2003. Izawa, the father of actress Yuki Kudo who has starred in numerous international films, died of esophagus cancer at a hospital in Tokyo on Jan. 17, his office said on Jan. 18. He was 69.

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APEC trade ministers start talks with focus on WTO

CHEJU, South Korea - Hachiro Okonogi (L), senior vice minister at the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry, attends a two-day trade ministers' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Cheju Island, South Korea, on June 2.

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DPJ urges Morioka to give up post over remarks on war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in the Diet building on May 27. He demanded that Masahiro Morioka resign as parliamentary secretary for health, labor and welfare for saying Class-A war criminals are no longer regarded as criminals in Japan. Hachiro said Morioka's remarks ''deserve resignation because they are totally inconsistent with the Cabinet's policy.''

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Men Found on Boat in North East Japan Say they came From N. Korea

AKITA, Japan,-Nov. 24 Kyodo - A boat carrying eight men claiming to be fishermen from North Korea has washed ashore in the north eastern Japan prefecture of Akita, police said Friday. The police received a call from a resident in the city of Yurihonjo around 11:30 p.m. Thursday about suspicious men at the seaside. They later found the men on the wooden boat at a nearby marina. The men had no life-threatening injuries and appeared to speak Korean, the police said. They have been taken into protective custody. Hachiro Okonogi, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that the men have said they were fishing before the boat broke down and washed ashore. In November 2015 a wooden boat drifted ashore in the city of Noshiro in Akita and skeletal remains of two men were found inside the vessel and nearby.

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Japan PM Suga after Yokohama mayoral election

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2021, a day after his close aide Hachiro Okonogi lost in the Yokohama mayoral election.

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Japan PM Suga after Yokohama mayoral election

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2021, a day after his close aide Hachiro Okonogi lost in the Yokohama mayoral election.

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Yokohama mayoral election

Hachiro Okonogi, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, bows to supporters after losing to opposition-backed Takeharu Yamanaka in the Yokohama mayoral election on Aug. 22, 2021.

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Yokohama mayoral election

Hachiro Okonogi, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, speaks after losing to opposition-backed Takeharu Yamanaka in the Yokohama mayoral election on Aug. 22, 2021.

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Yokohama mayoral election

Supporters of Hachiro Okonogi, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, are pictured after the former National Public Safety Commission chairman's loss in the Yokohama mayoral election on Aug. 22, 2021.

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Yokohama mayoral election

Hachiro Okonogi, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, speaks after losing to opposition-backed Takeharu Yamanaka in the Yokohama mayoral election on Aug. 22, 2021.

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DPJ urges Morioka to give up post over remarks on war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in the Diet building on May 27. He demanded that Masahiro Morioka resign as parliamentary secretary for health, labor and welfare for saying Class-A war criminals are no longer regarded as criminals in Japan. Hachiro said Morioka's remarks ''deserve resignation because they are totally inconsistent with the Cabinet's policy.'' (Kyodo)

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APEC trade ministers start talks with focus on WTO

CHEJU, South Korea - Hachiro Okonogi (L), senior vice minister at the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry, attends a two-day trade ministers' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Cheju Island, South Korea, on June 2. (Kyodo)

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Former Giants pitcher Maekawa dies at 97

TOKYO, Japan - This July 2009 file photo shows former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Hachiro Maekawa throwing the ceremonial first pitch during a game between the Giants and the Yokohama BayStars at Tokyo Dome. Maekawa, who died March 16, 2010, was the oldest surviving former Yomiuri player. (Kyodo)

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Singer Izawa, father of actress Yuki Kudo, dies at age 69

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Hachiro Izawa sings his hit tune outside JR Ueno Station in a photo taken in july 2003. Izawa, the father of actress Yuki Kudo who has starred in numerous international films, died of esophagus cancer at a hospital in Tokyo on Jan. 17, his office said on Jan. 18. He was 69. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Suga at Cabinet meeting

(From L) Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Hachiro Okonogi, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, prepare to attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on June 25, 2021, wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan's new public safety chief Tanahashi

Yasufumi Tanahashi, seen in this file photo, was appointed by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission on June 25, 2021, to succeed Hachiro Okonogi.

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Japan's new public safety chief Tanahashi

Yasufumi Tanahashi (C) of the Liberal Democratic Party speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2021. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga appointed Tanahashi as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission the same day to succeed Hachiro Okonogi.

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Japan PM Suga at Cabinet meeting

(From L) Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Hachiro Okonogi, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, prepare to attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on June 22, 2021.

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Japan's new public safety chief Tanahashi

Yasufumi Tanahashi (C) of the Liberal Democratic Party speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2021. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga appointed Tanahashi as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission the same day to succeed Hachiro Okonogi.

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Japan PM Suga, public safety chief Okonogi

Hachiro Okonogi (front R), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, prepares to attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on June 25, 2021, with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga coming into the room. Okonogi is set to resign from the post to run in the Yokohama mayoral election in August.

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Hachiro sorry for calling Fukushima plant area 'ghost town'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2011. Hachiro apologized for describing the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a ''ghost town.'' (Kyodo)

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Japanese industry minister Hachiro in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new industry minister Yoshio Hachiro speaks during an interview with Kyodo News and other media outlets in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Extra Diet session set

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro (R), Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, meets his counterpart Ichiro Aisawa of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2010. Hachiro told a press conference an extra parliamentary session will convene Oct. 1. (Kyodo)

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Hachiro to be trade minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yoshio Hachiro, former Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, who will become trade minister in the new Cabinet under incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011. (Kyodo)

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New DPJ Diet affairs chief Hachiro

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, new chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. Hachiro is expected to steer the divided Diet in which the ruling camp controls the House of Representatives while the opposition bloc holds a majority in the House of Councillors. (Kyodo)

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New DPJ Diet affairs chief Hachiro

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Hachiro, new chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan's Diet Affairs Committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010. Hachiro is expected to steer the divided Diet in which the ruling camp controls the House of Representatives while the opposition bloc holds a majority in the House of Councillors. (Kyodo)

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New industry minister Edano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano speaks during his first press conference since assuming the post at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2011. Edano replaced Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned after making remarks deemed insensitive to people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Edano gave daily briefings on the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami when he was chief Cabinet secretary. (Kyodo)

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Edano tapped as industry minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yukio Edano, who was chief Cabinet secretary in the Cabinet under former Prime Minister Naoto Kan. A government source said Sept. 12, 2011, that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will appoint Edano as new industry minister to succeed Yoshio Hachiro, who resigned over remarks that displeased people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro is pictured in a taxi in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2011, shortly after submitting a letter of resignation to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2011. He resigned from his post later in the day over his remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro bows in apology over his remarks on the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant during a press conference announcing his resignation at the ministry in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 10, 2011. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis. (Kyodo)

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Industry minister Hachiro quits over gaffes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yoshio Hachiro is pictured during a press conference announcing his resignation at the ministry in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 10, 2011. Hachiro resigned from his post after making remarks that angered and displeased people affected by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Meeting of DPJ task force on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Yoshio Hachiro (C), head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's project team on whether to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework, speaks at a meeting of the team in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011, while Seiji Maehara (L, facing), the DPJ's policy chief, and others applaud. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet reshuffle amid waning support for PM Abe

Liberal Democratic Party lower house member Hachiro Okonogi arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, to be named as disaster management minister in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Cabinet meeting

(From L) Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Hachiro Okonogi, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, prepare to attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on May 14, 2021.