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Wake for ex-lower house speaker

A hearse carrying the coffin of former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda stops at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2023, before going to a funeral hall for a vigil.

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Wake for ex-lower house speaker

A hearse (front) carrying the coffin of former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda stops at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2023, before going to a funeral hall for a vigil.

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Funeral for ex-lower house speaker

A funeral service for former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda is held in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2023. Hosoda died on Nov. 10, at age 79.

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CORRECTED: Funeral for ex-lower house speaker

A funeral service for former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda is held in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2023. Hosoda died on Nov. 10, at age 79.

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Funeral for ex-lower house speaker

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (facing camera) attends a funeral service for former Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2023. Hosoda died on Nov. 10, at age 79.

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Japan lower house chief

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda, 79, says he will leave his post due to health issues at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2023.

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Japan lower house chief

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda (C), 79, says he will leave his post due to health issues at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2023.

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Japan lower house chief

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda, 79, says he will leave his post due to health issues at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2023.

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Japan-Ukraine talks

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda (C) meets Ukrainian parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk (R) in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023.

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Japan-Ukraine talks

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda (far R) holds talks with Ukrainian parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk (L, back) in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023.

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Japan hints at 'tough' step, doubts N. Korean evidence

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda suggested at a news conference at the prime minister's office on Dec. 24 the Japanese government's intention to take a ''tough step'' if North Korea fails to sincerely respond to the questions Tokyo has raised over the material evidence and information the North provided in November concerning 10 Japanese citizens recognized by Tokyo as abduction victims.

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Gov't officials discuss ways to help disaster-hit nations

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (R) speaks at a meeting at the prime minister's office on Jan. 4 of officials from 12 ministries and agencies to discuss the Japanese government's role in international efforts to help the nations hit by the Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster.

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Hosoda complains about media covering Taiwan's Lee

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Dec. 28. Hosoda complained about the media covering former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan in defiance of the government's request that they play it down.

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Panel launched to consider female succession to throne

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda tells reporters at the prime minister's office on Dec. 27 that the government has set up a panel of external experts to discuss the issue of imperial succession, apparently to consider the feasibility of allowing a woman to ascend the throne.

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Lawmakers eye allowing 'eligible' Japanese to use casinos

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Hosoda (C, standing) of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party speaks at a meeting of a nonpartisan lawmakers' league seeking to lift Japan's ban on the casino business to boost tourism at the parliament building in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. The lawmakers, led by Hosoda, agreed casinos should be open to Japanese who meet certain criteria as well as foreigners amid concerns over gambling-related social problems.

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Aso, Hosoda on general election defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), who doubles as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, and LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda, Aso's right-hand man, appear downcast during a press conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30 with their party heading for a humiliating defeat in the House of Representatives election.

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LDP suffers general election defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda (R) and Yoshihide Suga, vice chief of the party's election strategy headquarters, appear dejected at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo as only a few victory flowers are attached to a board listing the names of LDP candidates for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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LDP's Hosoda on general election defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Hosoda, secretary general of Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, takes a sip of water at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30 on hearing media projections of the party's crushing defeat in the House of Representatives election.

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LDP's Hosoda on general election defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Hosoda, secretary general of Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, appears dispirited at a press conference at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30 on hearing media projections of the party's crushing defeat in the House of Representatives election.

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LDP rejects dissidents' demand to hold plenary party meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenao Nakagawa, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and one of the key dissenting lawmakers in the LDP, is surrounded by reporters at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 17 after talks with Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda.

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LDP rejects dissidents' demand to hold plenary party meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Hosoda, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 17 after talks with former LDP Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa, one of the key rebel lawmakers in the party.

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Hosoda calls for voters' support in Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda stumps on July 11 for candidates running in the July 12 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election at Tokyo's JR Kanamachi Station.

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LDP's Hosoda speaks at Kyodo News

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on May 13. He said, ''We should seek a public mandate only after completing whatever we can do'' to bail Japan out of the economic slump, indicating that a general election should not be held until related bills are passed.

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LDP positive about new economic stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai (standing) speaks during a meeting of federation executives and ruling Liberal Democratic Party members to discuss the government's economic policies and employment issues at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 24. LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda is sitting second from right.

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Hiroyuki Hosoda, the newly appointed LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Hosoda, the newly appointed secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters at the party's headquarters on Sept. 22 shortly after his appointment to the job by new party leader Taro Aso.

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Aso appoints top lieutenants in LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso named four top lieutenants in the ruling party on Sept. 22 shortly after he won the LDP leadership race. From left to right: LDP General Council Chairman Takashi Sasagawa, LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda, LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Kosuke Hori, and LDP Election Strategy Council Chairman Makoto Koga.

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Diet extends SDF's antiterror mission into 5th year

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (L) bows in appreciation as the House of Councillors voted to extend an antiterrorism law into its fifth year on Oct. 26, clearing the way for Tokyo to maintain the Self-Defense Forces' maritime refueling support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism campaign for another year.

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Lower house passes bill to extend antiterror law by 1 yr

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R in front row) Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda bow in appreciation as the House of Representatives special committee on support for Iraqi rehabilitation passes a bill to extend an antiterrorism law another year on Oct. 18.

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Koizumi to attend special U.N. summit this week, Hosoda says

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12 that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi plans to leave for New York on Sept. 15 to attend a special U.N. summit.

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Koizumi's ruling coalition certain to gain majority

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (L) and Shinzo Abe, acting secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), shake hands at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 11 as media exit polls show Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling coalition is assured of victory by again capturing a majority in the day's general election.

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Japan to provide $200,000, supplies for U.S. storm victims

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Sept. 2 that Japan will provide $200,000 in cash to the American Red Cross and is ready to offer tents, blankets and other supplies worth up to $300,000 for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

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Japan to write law to expand compensation for asbestos victims

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (C) addresses a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26. The Cabinet decided that the government will write a special-measures law to provide compensation to victims of asbestos-related illnesses.

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Koizumi dissolves lower house for snap election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (seated far left) watches Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda deliver an Imperial rescript ordering a dissolution of the House of Representatives to a parliamentary aide to House Speaker Yohei Kono 'far right) on Aug. 8. (Kyodo ial rescript ordering a dissolution of the)

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Koizumi dissolves lower house for snap election

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (L) delivers an Imperial rescript ordering a dissolution of the House of Representatives to a parliamentary aide to House Speaker Yohei Kono on Aug. 8.

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Cabinet ministers decide on steps for asbestos problems

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Health minister Hidehisa Otsuji, Environment Minister Yuriko Koike and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda attend a task force meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on July 29. The meeting adopted a series of measures to address public concerns on asbestos-linked deaths and other health problems.

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hosoda visits British Embassy

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (R) bows to British Ambassador to Japan Graham Fry as he visits the British Embassy in Tokyo on July 8 to express condolences over a series of terrorist attacks in London.

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Hosoda talks with Norway's Davoy on child issue

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (L) talks with Norway's Minister of Children and Family Affairs Laila Davoy on the declining number of children in Japan at the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo on July 1.

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Japan's policy guideline calls for medical spending goal

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) presides over a meeting of his Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, flanked by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (L) and economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka (R) on June 21. The panel adopted an economic and fiscal policy guideline calling for establishing within this year a goal for rationalizing medical care spending.

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Japan Diet enacts law to name holiday after Emperor Hirohito's reign

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda bows in appreciation on May 13 after the House of Councillors voted to enact a bill to name a national holiday after the reign of the late Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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Gov't continuing efforts to confirm safety of Saito

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 12 about the safety of Akihiko Saito, a Japanese man believed to have been taken captive by an Islamic militant group in Iraq May 8.

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Koizumi spurs gov't effort over possible abduction case in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at his office on May 10 on the possible abduction of a Japanese man in Iraq. The premier instructed officials to deal properly with the case, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said.

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(2)Japan's parliament enacts 82 tril. yen FY 2005 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Councillors Budget Committee Chairman Hirofumi Nakasone (L) after the government's 82.18 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2005 was approved by the committee on March 23. At center is Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda.

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(1)Okinawa seeks gov't efforts to move U.S. Marines out of prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) hands a petition to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda on March 11, urging the government to try to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa to places outside the prefecture.

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(2)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at a press conference as the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming came into effect on Feb. 16. Hosoda said the target set for Japan under the treaty is attainable if private businesses, households and public entities cooperate to fight global warming.

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U.S. Marine vessel allegedly threatened Japanese fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Stewart Upton (R), a spokesperson at the U.S. Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station, visits the office of a fisheries cooperative in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 14 after a U.S. Marine Corps patrol boat allegedly threatened a Japanese fishing boat on Jan. 5 in the Inland Sea off Etajima, leveling a gun at a fisherman onboard. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda quoted the U.S. military as having said the patrol boat did not point a gun at the fishing boat.

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Japan to issue visa for ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee

TOKYO, Japan - Japan has decided to issue a visa to former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (file photo) by the end of the year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Dec. 16. Hosoda said, ''Understanding that the visit is one for sightseeing with his family, the government is planning to issue a visa.''

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Japan's new defense outline names China, N. Korea as concern

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, standing) arrives at a Cabinet meeting at his office on Dec. 10. The Cabinet approved Japan's new defense policy guideline that names China and North Korea as concerns for the first time. At left is Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono and next to him is Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda.

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(1)Japan says remains given by N. Korea not that of abductee

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda tells a press conference on Dec. 8 that the remains provided to Japan in November by North Korea are not those of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by the North in 1977, contrary to what Pyongyang claimed. ''It is extremely regrettable. We will immediately lodge a protest and make all-out efforts to shed full light'' on the issue, Hosoda said.

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(2)Japan asks China to halt maritime survey within Japan's EEZ

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda briefs reporters at the prime minister's office on Dec. 8 about Japan's protest against China's maritime research activities within Japan's exclusive economic zone.

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Chinese official takes issue with Koizumi's Yasukuni visits

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese State Council spokesman Zhao Qizheng speaks with reporters after visiting Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda at the premier's office on Dec, 7. Zhao, director of the State Council Information Office, took issue with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.