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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former education minister Hakubun Shimomura speaks during a session of the House of Representatives ethics committee in Tokyo on March 18, 2024, about a political funds scandal that has rocked Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former education minister Hakubun Shimomura speaks during a session of the House of Representatives ethics committee in Tokyo on March 18, 2024, about a political funds scandal that has rocked Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Japan parliament ethics panel on funds scandal

Former education minister Hakubun Shimomura speaks during a session of the House of Representatives ethics committee in Tokyo on March 18, 2024, about a political funds scandal that has rocked Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Universities urged to hoist national flag, sing anthem at ceremonies

TOKYO, June 16 Kyodo - Education minister Hakubun Shimomura urges state-run universities to hoist the national flag and sing Japan's anthem at entrance and graduation ceremonies, at a gathering of the heads of national universities in Tokyo on June 16, 2015.

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Nobel laureate Nakamura visits education minister

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (L), a Japan-born American professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Hakubun Shimomura pose with Nakamura's Nobel physics prize medal at the education ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, as Nakamura paid a courtesy visit on Shimomura. Nakamura along with two Japanese physicists won the prize last year, for contribution to the development of light-emitting diodes.

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Japanese astronaut Yui calls on science minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (L) pays a courtesy call on science minister Hakubun Shimomura at the latter's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015, ahead of his trip to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in May.

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Japanese astronaut Yui meets science minister in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (L) explains about the International Space Station to science minister Hakubun Shimomura at the latter's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015, ahead of his trip to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in May.

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Panel calls for new university entrance tests

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura (L) receives a proposal for a new university entrance test system from Yuichiro Anzai, chief of the Central Council for Education, on Dec. 22, 2014, at his ministry in Tokyo. Under the proposal, "evaluation" tests would be conducted multiple times a year so applicants can use the best results for their college entrance.

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FIBA official meets Japan sports minister on JBA reform

TOKYO, Japan - Patrick Baumann (L), secretary general of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), meets with sports minister Hakubun Shimomura at the latter's office in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, to discuss proposed reform of Japan's basketball community. The two agreed to have sports ministry officials join a task force as observers to help lift a FIBA ban on the Japan Basketball Association's international competitions imposed for the JBA's failure to unify the domestic basketball world split into two leagues.

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FIBA exec Baumann in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Patrick Baumann (L), secretary general of the International Basketball Federation, poses for photos with Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura attends a meeting of culture ministers from South Korea and China in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jong Deok, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Yang Zhijin pose for photos as they meet in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2014.

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Tokyo 2020 chief Mori at coordination meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, addresses a coordination meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Hakubun Shimomura are sitting left and right, respectively, to Mori.

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Japan science minister, NASA chief hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hakubun Shimomura (L), Japanese minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, shakes hands with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014. Bolden asked for Japan's cooperation in extending the use of the International Space Station and Shimomura expressed his ministry's intention to cooperate.

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Japan receives UNESCO certificate for cultural heritage

NAGOYA, Japan - During a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 9, 2014, Irina Bokova (L), secretary general of UNESCO, and Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura pose with a certificate to add "washoku" traditional Japanese cuisine to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The intergovernmental panel of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization last December approved adding traditional Japanese cuisine to the list.

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4 Asiad gold medalists pay courtesy call on sports minister

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Hakubun Shimomura (C front) poses for photos with gold medalists from the Incheon Asian Games - Yuya Kamoto (far L) in gymnastics, Kosuke Hagino (3rd from L) in swimming, Saori Yoshida (3rd from R) in wrestling and Yuichi Hosoda (far R) in triathlon - at the ministry on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Hakubun Shimomura, retained as minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014.

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Meeting to discuss 2020 Olympic venue review

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, and Hakubun Shimomura, minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, attend a meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Sept. 1, 2014, to discuss issues including a review of the venue plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Pool photo)

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Foreign students visit education minister in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Hakubun Shimomura (2nd from L, front row) poses with foreign students at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014. The 54 students from 28 universities abroad have been invited to Japan for a stay of two months to teach English to Japanese students belonging to the Ashinaga Scholarship Society that provides educational support for orphans.

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Riken to halve scale of Center for Developmental Biology

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoji Noyori, the Nobel chemistry laureate and president of the government-backed Riken research institute, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after submitting a plan to Hakubun Shimomura, minister in charge of science and technology, to halve the scale of the Center for Developmental Biology after it failed to prevent researcher Haruko Obokata's misconduct.

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Riken to halve its size following STAP cell scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Riken President Ryoji Noyori meets with reporters on Aug. 27, 2014, at the science ministry in Tokyo, Japan, after reporting to science minister Hakubun Shimomura that the government-affiliated research institute will halve its size in the wake of the STAP cell scandal.

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Int'l boarding school opens in Japan resort town

NAGANO, Japan - International School of Asia, Karuizawa, a boarding high school aimed at fostering future global leaders, holds its opening ceremony in the summer resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 24, 2014. Rin Kobayashi (C, 2nd row), who is credited with establishing the school, and education minister Hakubun Shimomura (R, 2nd row) were among participants in the ceremony.

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Astronaut Wakata pays courtesy call on science minister

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata (L), the first Japanese captain of the International Space Station, presents Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, with a commemorative panel at the minister's office in Tokyo on July 28, 2014. Wakata completed a six-month mission at the station in May 2014.

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Nordic combined skier Watabe receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Snowboarder Takeuchi receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Ski jumper Kasai receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai (R), a silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Figure skater Hanyu receives prize from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (R), a gold medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, receives a prize from Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, commending Japanese medal winners at the Sochi Games.

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Tokyo Olympics organizers okay review of venue plans

TOKYO, Japan - Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games endorse Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe's decision to review venue plans at a meeting in Tokyo on June 12, 2014. From L: Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japan Olympic Committee; Masuzoe; Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Games' organizing committee; and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura.

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Japanese, Chinese culture ministers meet in Vietnam

HUE, Vietnam - Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Cai Wu (L) at a meeting of culture ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as Japan, China and South Korea in the central Vietnamese city of Hue on April 19, 2014.

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Abe speaks to astronaut Wakata aboard ISS

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and others communicate with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (on screen monitor), captain of the International Space Station, at the Japanese experimental module Kibo via satellite on April 10, 2014. From left: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, Abe, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.

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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. He announced that the education ministry has revised its teaching manuals for junior and senior high schools to describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as "integral parts of Japanese territory."

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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. He announced that the education ministry has revised its teaching manuals for junior and senior high schools to describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as "integral parts of Japanese territory."

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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. He announced that the education ministry has revised its teaching manuals for junior and senior high schools to describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as "integral parts of Japanese territory."

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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - A September 2012 photo shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura announced on Jan. 28, 2014, that the education ministry has revised its teaching manuals for junior and senior high schools to describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as "integral parts of Japanese territory."

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Minister presents vision for Olympic national revitalization

TOKYO, Japan - Education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura, who is in charge of hosting the Olympics, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014. Shimomura presented a vision for the 2020 Tokyo Games that sees the Olympic year as a target for revitalizing Japanese society.

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Tokyo Olympics preparations

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura install a signboard at an office for coordinating policies among ministries and agencies in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo at the Cabinet Office building in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Trilateral culture meeting

GWANGJU, South Korea - (From L) Japanese culture minister Hakubun Shimomura, South Korea's culture minister Yoo Jin Ryong and China's culture minister Cai Wu shake hands after their gathering in Gwangju, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2013.

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Japan, China ministers

GWANGJU, South Korea - Japanese culture minister Hakubun Shimomura (L) and Chinese culture minister Cai Wu hold talks in Gwangju, South Korea, on Sept. 27, 2013.

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Japan, China ministers

GWANGJU, South Korea - Japanese culture minister Hakubun Shimomura (L) and Chinese culture minister Cai Wu shake hands before their meeting in Gwangju, South Korea, on Sept. 27, 2013.

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Japan, S. Korea ministers

GWANGJU, South Korea - Japanese culture minister Hakubun Shimomura (L) and South Korean culture minister Yoo Jin Ryong shake hands before their meeting in Gwangju, South Korea, on Sept. 27, 2013.

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Japan's minister for 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hakubun Shimomura, the Japanese minister in charge of education, culture, sports, science and technology. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to appoint Shimomura to the new post of minister in charge of preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in addition to the current post, a government source said Sept. 11, 2013.

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Japan education minister in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese education minister Hakubun Shimomura speaks at a hotel in Washington on May 1, 2013. Shimomura unveiled a plan for the Japanese government to provide scholarships to help high school graduates take part in short-term overseas study programs that would fill the period after graduation if universities shift their admissions to fall.

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Minister on judo scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Shimomura urged the eradication of violence in Japan's sports community, calling the violence used against the nation's top female judo wrestlers by their head coach "the most serious crisis in Japan's sports history."

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Nobel laureate visits minister

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (L), a 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine laureate, visits education minister Hakubun Shimomura (R) at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2013. The minister pledged government support of 110 billion yen over 10 years for research on induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.

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Tokyo's bid to host 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, Paralympics athlete Wakako Tsuchida, Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida, Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, and Yuko Arakida, an official of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, pose for photos at the Tokyo metropolitan offices in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2013, after publicizing the content of the bid committee's candidature file that has been submitted to the International Olympic Committee.

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Tokyo's bid to host 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose, Paralympics athlete Wakako Tsuchida, Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida, Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, and Yuko Arakida, an official of the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee, pose for photos at the Tokyo metropolitan offices in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2013, after publicizing the content of the bid committee's candidature file that has been submitted to the International Olympic Committee.

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Hakubun Shimomura enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology by Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who took office as Japan's new prime minister the same day.

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LDP members propose diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

The Liberal Democratic Party's Hakubun Shimomura (L) and Keiji Furuya speak to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2021, after urging Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

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LDP members propose diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

The Liberal Democratic Party's Hakubun Shimomura (C, L) and Keiji Furuya (C, R) speak to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2021, after urging Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Education, sports minister Shimomura attends press conference

Education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015, before stepping down following a Cabinet reshuffle. He expressed regret over the mishandling of a project to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo