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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, head of the Tokyo chapter of the Japan Restoration Party, places a rose ornament above the name of the party's second successful candidate in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election in Tokyo on June 23, 2013. The party, co-headed by former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, saw the number of its assembly members decrease to two from three.

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Don Quijote to buy 86% stake in supermarket chain Nagasakiya

TOKYO, Japan - Discount store chain operator Don Quijote Co. Chairman Takao Yasuda (L) and Kyoden Co. Chairman Hiroshi Hashimoto attend a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12 where the two companies announced Don Quijote will buy an 86 percent stake in the supermarket chain Nagasakiya Co. from Kyoden, Nagasakiya's parent company.

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Finance Minister Mitsuzuka resigns

Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka bids farewell Jan. 28 as he leaves the Finance Ministry after he resigned to take the blame for a bribery scandal involving two ministry financial inspectors. Hashimoto, who accepted Mitsuzuka's resignation, will hold the post of finance minister concurrently until his successor is named early next week.

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Finance Minister Mitsuzuka to resign

Grim-looking Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka leaves the office of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on Jan. 27 after informing the prime minister of his decision to resign to take the blame for the previous day's arrests of two ministry officials on suspicion of taking bribes from banks in exchange for tip-offs and favors relating to ministry inspections of these banks.

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Hashimoto visits Ise Shrine

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from L) pays a visit toIse Shrine in the western Japan prefecture of Mie on Jan. 5 to make traditional New Year offerings. Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi is at left and Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka is in center.

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Don Quijote to buy 86% stake in supermarket chain Nagasakiya

TOKYO, Japan - Discount store chain operator Don Quijote Co. Chairman Takao Yasuda (L) and Kyoden Co. Chairman Hiroshi Hashimoto attend a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12 where the two companies announced Don Quijote will buy an 86 percent stake in the supermarket chain Nagasakiya Co. from Kyoden, Nagasakiya's parent company. (Kyodo)

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Olympic ceremonies chief Sasaki resigns over comedian insult

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2021. She announced the resignation of Hiroshi Sasaki, head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the games, over a derogatory suggestion involving popular female entertainer Naomi Watanabe. (Pool photo)

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Olympic ceremonies chief Sasaki resigns over comedian insult

Seiko Hashimoto (R), president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2021, alongside Toshiro Muto, CEO of the committee. Hashimoto announced the resignation of Hiroshi Sasaki, head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the games, over a derogatory suggestion involving popular female entertainer Naomi Watanabe. (Pool photo)

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(1)Japan approves UNESCO, other envoys

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government approved Jan. 17 the appointment of Teiichi Sato (L, top) Japan's first ambassador to UNESCO. Toshio Mochizuki (C, top) was appointed ambassador to Greece and Hiroshi Hashimoto (R, top) ambassador to Austria. Other new ambassadors are (from L to R, below) are Kanji Tsushima (Mozambique), Masayuki Makiya (Sudan), and Katsuo Yamashita (Papua New Guinea). (Kyodo)

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Koizumi to join race

Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) decides to run in the July 24 election to pick a successor to resigning Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, making it a three-way race. The photo shows Koizumi preparing to speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel July 17 after emerging from a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction to which he belongs. Seated at left is former Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka who heads the faction.

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Finance Minister Mitsuzuka resig

Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka bids farewell Jan. 28 as he leaves the Finance Ministry after he resigned to take the blame for a bribery scandal involving two ministry financial inspectors. Hashimoto, who accepted Mitsuzuka's resignation, will hold the post of finance minister concurrently until his successor is named early next week.

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Hashimoto visits Ise Shrine

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from L) pays a visit to Ise Shrine in the western Japan prefecture of Mie on Jan. 5 to make traditional New Year offerings. Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi is at left and Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka is in center.