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Ex-Japan Prime Minister Hosokawa

Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Ex-Japan Prime Minister Hosokawa

Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Ex-Japan Prime Minister Hosokawa

Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Ex-Japan Prime Minister Hosokawa

Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Seiya Hosokawa scores on an RBI double by Takashi Umino in the eighth inning of the opener of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Seiya Hosokawa hits an RBI single in the eighth inning of the opener of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Seiya Hosokawa hits an RBI single in the eighth inning of the opener of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 5, 2025.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-BASKETBALL(CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hosokawa Kazuki (top) of Japan goes for a layup during the Men's Preliminary Round match of Basketball between Japan and Qatar at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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2 former premiers inspect geothermal plant

OITA, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Morihiro Hosokawa, two former prime ministers who have been jointly campaigning for the abolition of nuclear power generation, meet the press after inspecting Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s geothermal plant in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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2 former premiers inspect geothermal plant

OITA, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Morihiro Hosokawa (C), two former prime ministers who have been jointly campaigning for the abolition of nuclear power generation, inspect Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s geothermal plant in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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2 former premiers inspect geothermal plant

OITA, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi (C) and Morihiro Hosokawa (L), two former prime ministers who have been jointly campaigning for the abolition of nuclear power generation, inspect Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s geothermal plant in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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Ex-premiers Koizumi, Hosokawa attend antinuke rock concert

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Ministers Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Morihiro Hosokawa attend an antinuclear rock concert in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2014, with Koizumi emphasizing the need for Japan to abandon nuclear plants.

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2 ex-PMs inspect wind power system at Tokyo show

TOKYO, Japan - Former prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) and Morihiro Hosokawa (far R) inspect a wind power generating system during an exhibition for the promotion of photovoltaic energy at Tokyo Big Sight on July 31, 2014. The two are now in the vanguard of an antinuclear power campaign.

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Ex-PMs Koizumi, Hosokawa inspect renewable power generation systems

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) and Morihiro Hosokawa (far R) inspect renewable power generation systems at a Tokyo event on July 31, 2014. The two former leaders, who established a group to promote clean energy in May, are campaigning against nuclear power.

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Dry moat believed part of ancient castle discovered

KYOTO, Japan - A dry moat, newly discovered in the ruins of Shoryuji Castle in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is opened to the press on July 30, 2014. Feudal Japanese warlord Hosokawa Tadaoki and his wife Tama, known as Garasha in history, spent their newly-married days at the castle, built on the site of what was believed to be Kotari Castle whose location has not been confirmed yet.

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Koizumi, Hosokawa meet U.S. energy expert Lovins

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Morihiro Hosokawa (R), who are both in favor of abolishing nuclear power, hold talks with Amory Lovins, an American energy expert, in Tokyo on July 18, 2014.

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Koizumi, Hosokawa attend meeting to promote renewable energy

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Morihiro Hosokawa (C) attend a meeting of founders of a panel designed to promote the use of renewable energy in Tokyo on May 23, 2014, along with Tomas Kaberger, executive board chair of the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. Hosokawa will suspend his activities with an antinuclear nonprofit organization for the time being due to poor health, people familiar with the matter said May 15, 2014.

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Ex-PMs Koizumi, Hosokawa launch antinuclear body

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese prime ministers Morihiro Hosokawa (L) and Junichiro Koizumi head for a meeting to launch the Japan Assembly for Nuclear Free Renewable Energy in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. The move to set up the entity to promote renewable energy comes as the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues its push to restart atomic power plants that are deemed safe enough under enhanced nuclear regulations.

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Ex-PMs Koizumi, Hosokawa launch antinuclear body

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses a meeting to launch the Japan Assembly for Nuclear Free Renewable Energy in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa also spoke at the meeting. The move comes as the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues its push to restart atomic power plants that are deemed safe enough under enhanced nuclear regulations.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa explains his temple paintings

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) explains one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa views his paintings at temple

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) looks at one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Ex-premiers Koizumi, Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Undated combination photo shows former Japanese prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Morihiro Hosokawa. They will establish an antinuclear power forum in May to promote research into renewable power sources and support antinuclear candidates in elections, sources familiar with the matter said April 15, 2014.

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Koyasan temple celebrates 515th master priest

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Kongobuji, the head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, celebrates the inauguration of the 515th master priest, Hosokawa Koyu (L), in a traditional ritual on March 12, 2014.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa speaks to supporters, with a handwritten statement from Junichiro Koizumi, another former prime minister, in his hand, in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2014, after losing the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe won the election. The two former prime ministers formed a rare alliance in the election in a bid to seek a permanent end to nuclear power generation.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa speaks to supporters in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2014, after losing the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe won the election.

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Tokyo gubernatorial candidate Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, who is running in the Feb. 9, 2014, Tokyo gubernatorial election, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 28.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa (L), a former prime minister, shakes hands with Junichiro Koizumi, another former prime minister, following Koizumi's speech backing his candidacy, in the Shibuya area of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Koizumi, Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) gives a campaign speech for Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa (R), also a former prime minister, in the Shibuya area of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Koizumi, Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa, a former prime minister, waves to voters in the Shibuya area of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa, a former prime minister, speaks in the Shibuya area of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa, a former prime minister, speaks outside the metropolitan government hall of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa (L), a former prime minister, speaks outside the metropolitan government hall of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R), Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa, a former prime minister, speaks outside the metropolitan government hall of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Morihiro Hosokawa, a former prime minister, speaks outside the metropolitan government hall of the Japanese capital after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. With popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Hosokawa has formed a rare alliance for the election based on their common goal of abolishing nuclear power generation in Japan.

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Campaign for Tokyo gubernatorial election starts on Jan. 23

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa formally announces he will run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election during a news conference at the metropolitan government building in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2014, just a day before the official campaign for the Feb. 9 election begins. He pledged to work for ending all nuclear power generation in Japan in the future.

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Tokyo gubernatorial candidates

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows (from L) former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe and Kenji Utsunomiya, former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, who have expressed their intention to run in the Feb. 9, 2014, Tokyo gubernatorial election.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa to run in Tokyo governor race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) speaks with reporters in Tokyo after a meeting with another former prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi (R), on Jan. 14, 2014. Hosokawa decided to run in the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election after securing the backing of Koizumi at the meeting.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa to run in Tokyo governor race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) speaks with reporters in Tokyo after a meeting with another former prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi (R), on Jan. 14, 2014. Hosokawa decided to run in the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election after securing the backing of Koizumi at the meeting.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa to run in Tokyo governor race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) speaks with reporters in Tokyo after a meeting with another former prime minister, Morihiro Hosokawa (L), on Jan. 14, 2014. Hosokawa decided to run in the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election after securing the backing of Koizumi at the meeting.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa to run in Tokyo governor race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) arrives at a Tokyo hotel for a meeting with another former prime minister, Morihiro Hosokawa, on Jan. 14, 2014. Hosokawa said later that day he will run in the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election after securing the backing of Koizumi at the meeting.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa to run in Tokyo governor race

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters swarm around former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) as he arrives at a Tokyo hotel for a meeting with another former prime minister, Morihiro Hosokawa, on Jan. 14, 2014. Hosokawa said later that day he will run in the upcoming Tokyo gubernatorial election after securing the backing of Koizumi at the meeting.

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Ex-PM Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. He has decided to run in the Feb. 9, 2014, Tokyo gubernatorial election, sources close to him said Jan. 10.

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Ex-Prime Minister Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. He is considering running in the Feb. 9, 2014, Tokyo gubernatorial election, sources close to him said Jan. 9.

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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.

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PM Noda meets GSDF members

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) meets with Ground Self-Defense Force captains Takuhiko Hosokawa (L) and Shinji Nakamura at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, prior to their departure to South Sudan on Nov. 28 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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GSDF members to be dispatched to South Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Shinji Nakamura (C front) and Takuhiko Hosokawa (R front) take part in a ceremony at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, before their dispatch to South Sudan to join a U.N. peacekeeping operation. On the left is Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Katsuyuki Ishida.

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Softbank wins Game 5 of Japan Series

NAGOYA, Japan - Softbank Hawks' Nobuhiro Matsuda (back) scores on Toru Hosokawa's single as Chunichi Dragons catcher Motonobu Tanishige attempts to block him during Game 5 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 17, 2011. The Hawks won the game 5-0 to lead the best-of-seven series three games to two.

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Lolita fashion contest in Shimotsuma

MITO, Japan - Yui Hosokawa smiles after winning a ''Lolita fashion'' contest in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 23, 2011. The city northeast of Tokyo was the location for the 2004 movie ''Shimotsuma Monogatari'' (Shimotsuma Story), released overseas with the title ''Kamikaze Girls,'' which features a Lolita fashion-wearing heroine.

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Ex-Japan Prime Minister Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2011.