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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill to counter smugglers

OTARU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki (L) and Russia's Border Guard Service chief Vladimir Pronichev shake hands off Otaru, Hokkaido, on June 22, 2012, after inspecting a joint exercise by a regional office of the Japan Coast Guard in Hokkaido and Russia's border security authority for the Sakhalin coast conducted to better counter smuggling.

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Coast Guard submits to upper house leaked footage of collision

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki (R) submits to House of Councillors President Takeo Nishioka media containing footage of collisions between Japanese and Chinese vessels near disputed islands after the footage was leaked online at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010.

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Japan Coast Guard Commandant Suzuki on video leakage

TOKYO, Japan - Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki speaks to reporters about the suspected leaking onto the Internet of footage of ship collisions between Japan Coast Guard patrol ships and a Chinese trawler off the disputed Senkaku Islands, on Nov. 5, 2010 in Tokyo.

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Japan Coast Guard Commandant Suzuki on video leakage

TOKYO, Japan - Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki speaks about the suspected leaking onto the Internet of footage of ship collisions between Japan Coast Guard patrol ships and a Chinese trawler off the disputed Senkaku Islands, during a meeting of a House of Representatives committee on Nov. 5, 2010 in Tokyo.

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Ex-lawmaker Nagata commits suicide in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Hisayasu Nagata (in file photo), who resigned as a parliamentarian in April 2006 after using a fake e-mail message to grill a ruling party lawmaker, jumped to his death from an apartment building in an apparent suicide in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 3.

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Nagata leaves Diet over fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on April 4 approved the resignation of opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata (file photo) for disrupting parliamentary business by using a fake e-mail message to attack a top ruling bloc executive.

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Nagata misled party executives in e-mail case: DPJ report

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the ouse of Representatives, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on March 31 after he tenders his resignation to lower house speaker Yohei Kono.

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Diet panel to summon journalist over fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Representatives Disciplinary Committee decided on March 29 to summon freelance journalist Takashi Nishizawa as a sworn witness on April 4 over a fake e-mail that lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata used to make accusations of a payoff against a senior governing coalition lawmaker.

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Scandal-hit lawmaker Nagata identifies provider of fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in the Diet on March 24.

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, bows during a session of the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22.

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22.

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House panel to begin penalty deliberations for DPJ lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - The lower house disciplinary committee decided March 7 to begin deliberations March 10 on action against opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata, who raised an allegation before the Diet based on a fabricated e-mail message. (Pool photo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata says e-mail allegation was groundless

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (R), a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives, bows in apology to Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, at the Diet on March 2 before the start of the lower house plenary session. Nagata said he made ''groundless'' and ''false'' allegations about Takebe's son based on a spurious e-mail message.

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DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickly

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28 to apologize for disrupting the Diet by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows in apology during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He is flanked by DPJ Diet affairs chief Yoshihiko Noda (L) and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes for the uproar he caused by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official as he leaves the hospital he had been admitted to due to fatigue caused by the scandal.

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 23 on reports that Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the opposition party, has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co.

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan, puts questions at a lower house budget committee session in a photo taken on FEb. 17. Party officials said that Nagata has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co.

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the Democratic Party of Japan, puts questions at a lower house budget committee session in a photo taken on FEb. 17. Party officials said that Nagata has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co. (Kyodo)

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Nagata may resign as lawmaker over alleged Livedoor e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 23 on reports that Hisayasu Nagata, a House of Representatives member from the opposition party, has indicated he may resign as a lawmaker over a controversy surrounding an e-mail message suspecting links between the Liberal Democratic Party and Internet firm Livedoor Co. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes for the uproar he caused by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official as he leaves the hospital he had been admitted to due to fatigue caused by the scandal. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28 to apologize for disrupting the Diet by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows in apology during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He is flanked by DPJ Diet affairs chief Yoshihiko Noda (L) and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama. (Kyodo)

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DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickl

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata says e-mail allegation was groundless

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (R), a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives, bows in apology to Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, at the Diet on March 2 before the start of the lower house plenary session. Nagata said he made ''groundless'' and ''false'' allegations about Takebe's son based on a spurious e-mail message. (Kyodo)

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House panel to begin penalty deliberations for DPJ lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - The lower house disciplinary committee decided March 7 to begin deliberations March 10 on action against opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata, who raised an allegation before the Diet based on a fabricated e-mail message. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, bows during a session of the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit lawmaker Nagata identifies provider of fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in the Diet on March 24. (Kyodo)

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Diet panel to summon journalist over fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Representatives Disciplinary Committee decided on March 29 to summon freelance journalist Takashi Nishizawa as a sworn witness on April 4 over a fake e-mail that lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata used to make accusations of a payoff against a senior governing coalition lawmaker. (Kyodo)

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Nagata misled party executives in e-mail case: DPJ report

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the ouse of Representatives, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on March 31 after he tenders his resignation to lower house speaker Yohei Kono. (Kyodo)

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Nagata leaves Diet over fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on April 4 approved the resignation of opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata (file photo) for disrupting parliamentary business by using a fake e-mail message to attack a top ruling bloc executive. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Nagata commits suicide in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Hisayasu Nagata (in file photo), who resigned as a parliamentarian in April 2006 after using a fake e-mail message to grill a ruling party lawmaker, jumped to his death from an apartment building in an apparent suicide in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 3. (Kyodo)

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Japan Coast Guard Commandant Suzuki on video leakage

TOKYO, Japan - Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki speaks about the suspected leaking onto the Internet of footage of ship collisions between Japan Coast Guard patrol ships and a Chinese trawler off the disputed Senkaku Islands, during a meeting of a House of Representatives committee on Nov. 5, 2010 in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Japan Coast Guard Commandant Suzuki on video leakage

TOKYO, Japan - Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki speaks to reporters about the suspected leaking onto the Internet of footage of ship collisions between Japan Coast Guard patrol ships and a Chinese trawler off the disputed Senkaku Islands, on Nov. 5, 2010 in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Coast Guard submits to upper house leaked footage of collision

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki (R) submits to House of Councillors President Takeo Nishioka media containing footage of collisions between Japanese and Chinese vessels near disputed islands after the footage was leaked online at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2010. (Kyodo)