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CORRECTED: Japan ex-PM Suga

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga heads for a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and other party executives at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2025.

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CORRECTED: Japan ex-PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso heads for a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and other party executives at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2025.

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Japan ex-PM Kishida

Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida heads for a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and other party executives at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 23, 2025.

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[Breaking News]Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - Video taken on Feb. 19, 2025, shows the Wakayama District Court in the western Japan city of Wakayama, where a 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a pipe bomb attack at an election event. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Ishiba and ex-PM Aso

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and former prime minister Taro Aso, who is the party's supreme adviser, shake hands at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024. Ishiba dissolved the lower house earlier in the day for a general election.

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Ex-PM Aso calls Taiwan important "country" for Japan in ceremony

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso addresses a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024, at which he described Taiwan as an important "country" for Japan.

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Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at a hotel in Tokyo after being elected as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new leader on Sept. 23, 2024.

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Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is pictured at a hotel in Tokyo after being elected as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new leader on Sept. 23, 2024.

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Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda holds a press conference in Tokyo after being elected as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new leader on Sept. 23, 2024.

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Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) raises his fist alongside his fellow party members at a hotel in Tokyo after being elected as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new leader on Sept. 23, 2024.

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Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) raises his fist alongside his fellow party members at a hotel in Tokyo after being elected as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new leader on Sept. 23, 2024.

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Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda holds a press conference in Tokyo after being elected as the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new leader on Sept. 23, 2024.

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[Breaking News] Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the gutted residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire consumed the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News] Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. (Kyodo)

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Online speech by ex-Japan PM Abe+

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Photo taken in Taipei on Dec. 1, 2021, shows former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (on screen) delivering a speech remotely at the invitation of a Taiwanese think tank.

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Ex-PM Abe announces LDP leadership bid

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2012, that he will run in the main opposition party's presidential election on Sept. 26.

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Memorial for slain ex-PM Abe held in his western Japan constituency

Some 2,000 mourners, including current and former lawmakers, attended a memorial service held Saturday for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi, where his constituency was located. "My husband loved Yamaguchi Prefecture, and (supporters here) let him do big work for Japan. It was a fruitful 67 years of life for him," the late leader's widow Akie said at the ceremony at a convention center in Shimonoseki. "He was sent off magnificently." Saturday's event, co-organized by the prefectural government, also sparked demonstrations at numerous sites in the prefecture, including near the venue. The service started around 2 p.m. when Abe's remains arrived at the venue. Mourners observed a moment of silence and laid flowers after a video of Abe was played. The event was streamed live at seven other cities in the prefecture.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan police chief to resign over ex-PM Abe's assassination

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, gestures during a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2022. Nakamura said he will step down to take responsibility for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan in mourning after ex-PM Abe's assassination

A flower stand is pictured near the scene of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in Nara on July 14, 2022. Abe was shot on July 8 during an election campaign speech.

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Japan in mourning after ex-PM Abe's assassination

People visit a flower stand near the scene of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in Nara on July 14, 2022. Abe was shot on July 8 during an election campaign speech.

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Japan in mourning after ex-PM Abe's assassination

People pray near the scene of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in the city of Nara on July 13, 2022. Abe was shot on July 8 during an election campaign speech.

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Japan in mourning after ex-PM Abe's assassination

A large number of flowers are seen near the scene of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in the city of Nara on July 13, 2022. Abe was shot on July 8 during an election campaign speech.

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Japan in mourning after ex-PM Abe's assassination

People pray near the scene of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination in the city of Nara on July 13, 2022. Abe was shot on July 8 during an election campaign speech.

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Japan opposition party on ex-PM Abe's economic policy

Yukio Edano (L), head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, receives a report in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2021, from Kenji Eda, an executive deputy leader of the party, on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economy-boosting program, dubbed "Abenomics."

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Japan opposition party on ex-PM Abe's economic policy

Yukio Edano, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2021, about the party's report on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economy-boosting program, dubbed "Abenomics."

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Ex-PM Murayama talks about upcoming Abe statement on postwar Japan

Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama talks on March 11, 2015, at the inaugural session of a study group about the upcoming statement by incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Murayama stressed the need for the statement to contain a reference to soul searching as regards Japan's colonial rule and aggression, a line featured in his own statement 20 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Kan recognized for efforts to phase-out nuclear power in Japan

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from R) poses with an award certificate in Frankfurt on April 30, 2016, given to him for his work promoting the phase-out of nuclear energy generation in Japan following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. Former German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin praised Kan as a "fighter" for his antinuclear work and advocacy for renewable energy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ex-PM Kan urges end to nuclear plants in Seoul speech

Naoto Kan (L), former Japanese prime minister who was in office at the time of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, meets with South Korean opposition leader Moon Jae In, head of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy party, at the South Korean parliament in Seoul on March 19, 2015. In a speech given at the parliament, Kan called for abandoning nuclear power plants and instead adopting policies that rely on renewable energy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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. (Kyodo)