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Japan: Two Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Lawmaker’s Home In Tokyo 2

Two bodies were found after a fire broke out at the apartment building of Democratic Party lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi in Tokyo on Wednesday, November 27. The building is located in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyo Ward. Inoguchi's husband and one of their daughters are still unaccounted for.

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Japan: Two Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Lawmaker’s Home In Tokyo

Two bodies were found after a fire broke out at the apartment building of Democratic Party lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi in Tokyo on Wednesday, November 27. The building is located in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyo Ward. Inoguchi's husband and one of their daughters are still unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives, after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Firefighters investigate on Nov. 28, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives, after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives on Nov. 27, 2024. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Ex-state minister Inoguchi not to run in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, former state minister in charge of gender equality, speaks at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which she belongs in Tokyo on Aug. 17. Inoguchi, who became a House of Representatives lawmaker in the previous lower house election in 2004 after being handpicked by then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, announced she has decided not to seek reelection.

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'Koizumi's children' face changing political climate

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Sugimura (top right, clockwise), Kuniko Inoguchi, Koichi Yamauchi and Satsuki Katayama, and Yukari Sato (center) are among the so-called ''Koizumi's children'' who won seats in the House of Representatives in the 2005 general election on the coattails of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Abe Cabinet gets down to work

TOKYO, Japan - Sanae Takaichi (L), new state minister in charge of declining birthrate issues, takes over her predecessor Kuniko Inoguchi on Sept. 27.

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'Assassin' Sato now head of LDP chapter in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yukari Sato (far L) participates in a ceremony to open a branch office of the party in Gifu Prefecture on Dec. 4. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fielded Sato in the September general election as one of his ''assassin'' candidates to defeat LDP rebels. Also taking part were LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (C) and Kuniko Inoguchi (front, in dark suit), state minister charged with declining birthrate issues.

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Inoguchi named new gender equality minister

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, newly appointed as state minister in charge of gender equality, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office on Oct. 31.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, a former Japanese ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament and a professor at Sophia University, has a parliamentarian's badge pinned on her Sept. 21 as she arrived at the Diet to attend a special session after the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Koizumi tells new LDP elects not to represent specific interests

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, former Japanese ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament who was elected in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, arrives at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 20 to attend a training program launched by the ruling party for newcomers.

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Ex-disarmament envoy Inoguchi set to win Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi (C), former Japanese ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, is set to win a seat in the House of Representatives election Sept. 11, Kyodo News projects. Inoguchi, 53, a political science professor at Tokyo's Sophia University, is listed among LDP candidates in the proportional representation sector in the Tokyo block.

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Ex-disarmament envoy Inoguchi to run in election on LDP ticket

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, disarmament ambassador in Geneva for two years from April 2002, speaks to reporters at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 16 after talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Inoguchi said she will run in the Sept. 11 general election on the LDP ticket.

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Sophia Univ. professor to be Japan's new envoy to Geneva

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kuniko Inoguchi, professor of Sophia University, who has been named Japan's new ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament.

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Sophia Univ. professor to be Japan's new envoy to Geneva

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kuniko Inoguchi, professor of Sophia University, who has been named Japan's new ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament.

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Kawaguchi to appoint Sophia Univ. professor as ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) greets Sophia University professor Kuniko Inoguchi with a deep bow at her office April 4. Kawaguchi earlier said she will appoint Inoguchi as ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament.

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Sophia Univ. professor to be Japan's new envoy to Geneva

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kuniko Inoguchi, professor of Sophia University, who has been named Japan's new ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, a former Japanese ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament and a professor at Sophia University, has a parliamentarian's badge pinned on her Sept. 21 as she arrived at the Diet to attend a special session after the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

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'Assassin' Sato now head of LDP chapter in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yukari Sato (far L) participates in a ceremony to open a branch office of the party in Gifu Prefecture on Dec. 4. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fielded Sato in the September general election as one of his ''assassin'' candidates to defeat LDP rebels. Also taking part were LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (C) and Kuniko Inoguchi (front, in dark suit), state minister charged with declining birthrate issues. (Kyodo)

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Kawaguchi to appoint Sophia Univ. professor as ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) greets Sophia University professor Kuniko Inoguchi with a deep bow at her office April 4. Kawaguchi earlier said she will appoint Inoguchi as ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament.

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Inoguchi named ambassador for disarmament

TOKYO, Japan - Sophia University professor Kuniko Inoguchi (R) is named April 12 as Japan's ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament. Consuls general Kazumi Dekiba (C) in Pakistan and Toyojiro Soejima (L) in Portland in the United States are appointed top envoys to Tanzania and Slovakia, respectively.

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Abe Cabinet gets down to work

TOKYO, Japan - Sanae Takaichi (L), new state minister in charge of declining birthrate issues, takes over her predecessor Kuniko Inoguchi on Sept. 27. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi tells new LDP elects not to represent specific interests

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, former Japanese ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament who was elected in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, arrives at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 20 to attend a training program launched by the ruling party for newcomers. (Kyodo)

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Ex-disarmament envoy Inoguchi set to win Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi (C), former Japanese ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, is set to win a seat in the House of Representatives election Sept. 11, Kyodo News projects. Inoguchi, 53, a political science professor at Tokyo's Sophia University, is listed among LDP candidates in the proportional representation sector in the Tokyo block. (Kyodo)

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Ex-state minister Inoguchi not to run in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, former state minister in charge of gender equality, speaks at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to which she belongs in Tokyo on Aug. 17. Inoguchi, who became a House of Representatives lawmaker in the previous lower house election in 2004 after being handpicked by then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, announced she has decided not to seek reelection. (Kyodo)

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Ex-disarmament envoy Inoguchi to run in election on LDP ticket

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, disarmament ambassador in Geneva for two years from April 2002, speaks to reporters at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 16 after talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Inoguchi said she will run in the Sept. 11 general election on the LDP ticket. (Kyodo)

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Inoguchi named new gender equality minister

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, newly appointed as state minister in charge of gender equality, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office on Oct. 31. (Kyodo)

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Mine appointed ambassador to disarmament conference

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government appointed Yoshiki Mine ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament, replacing Kuniko Inoguchi, the Foreign Ministry said March 23. Mine, 60, has been ambassador in charge of global environmental affairs since March 2003. (Kyodo)