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Playwright Juro Kara

OSAKA, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Japanese playwright Juro Kara speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka in March 2005 after being appointed as a guest professor at Kinki University. Its English name was changed to Kindai University in 2016.(Kyodo)

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - Juro Wada, then professor at Sapporo Medical University, speaks during a news conference at the university after conducting Japan's first heart transplant surgery in August 1968. Wada later faced an accusation of manslaughter over the surgery, which was eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1999 shows Juro Wada, a professor emeritus at Sapporo Medical University who performed Japan's first heart transplant surgery in 1968. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Ex-upper house president Saito announces retirement plans

TSU, Japan - Juro Saito, former president of the House of Councillors, speaks to reporters at the head office of the Mie prefectural government in Tsu on May 25 about his plan to retire from politics next summer.

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(3)Bush delivers speech in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush addresses lawmakers of both houses of the Japanese Diet (parliament) in the House of Councillors on Feb. 19. Seated behind him are House of Councillors President Juro Saito (L) and House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki (R), with interpreters sitting between them.

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Inoue named upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Inoue (R), named as president of the House of Councillors on Oct. 19, prepares to take his seat. Inoue, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, succeeded Juro Saito, who submitted his resignation the previous day after failing to settle a Diet dispute over an electoral reform bill.

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LDP's Inoue to become new upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Former Education Minister Yutaka Inoue who will become new president of the House of Councillors succeeding Juro Saito. Inoue, 72, will be elected to the post after Saito's resignation is approved at an upper house plenary session Oct 19.

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Upper house president quits over Diet turmoil

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Juro Saito (C) is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on Oct. 18 while walking toward upper house Vice President Hisamitsu Sugano to offer a letter of resignation. Saito resigned after failing to mediate a drawn-out row between the ruling and opposition parties over a plan to revise the upper house's electoral system.

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Upper house chief Saito says he may quit over Diet impasse

TOKYO, Japan - House of Concillors President Juro Saito (C) leaves the Diet Oct. 17 after ruling and opposition parties failed to reach a compromise on a bill to revise the electoral system for the upper house. Saito, who proposed an arbitration plan Oct. 16, said he will quit if the two sides cannot agree. The opposition has been boycotting almost all Diet business for two weeks, claiming the bill would make campaigning more expensive.

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Upper house chief proposes compromise to end Diet impasse

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Juro Saito (C) on Oct. 16 proposes a compromise on a bill to revise the upper house electoral system in an effort to end the opposition's two-week-old boycott of the Diet in protest against the bill. Saito presented the compromise plan in a meeting with upper house representatives of the ruling and opposition parties, which was held in the Diet building.

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Chinese premier meets upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (L) and Japanese House of Councillors President Juro Saito shake hands at the outset of their talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 13.

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Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Three opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the House of Councillors on May 30 over the premier's controversial remark that Japan is a divine country centered on the emperor. The photo shows Takashi Tanimoto (far L) of the Social Democratic Party, Yoshiki Yamashita (2nd from L) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Toshimi Kitazawa (3rd from L) of the Democratic Party of Japan -- all chairmen of the parties' Diet Affairs committees, submitting the resolution of censure to upper house President Juro Saito (R).

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Chinese leader Li Ruihuan welcomed at Japan reception

TOKYO, Japan - Li Ruihuan (R, front), the 4th-ranking leader of the Chinese Communist Party, is welcomed by House of Representatives Speaker Soichiro Ito (2nd from L) and House of Councillors President Juro Saito (L) at a reception for Li held at Ito's official residence on Dec. 9. Li, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Japan on Dec. 8 for an 8-day visit.

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Opposition lawmakers protest termination of voting

TOKYO, Japan - With voting cards in their hands, opposition lawmakers protest the decision by House of Councillors President Juro Saito to terminate a voting session on the dismissal of Kiyohiro Araki from the post of chairman of the upper house Judicial Affairs Committee around 2 a.m. on Aug. 12. Some of the opposition lawmakers had yet to cast their votes.

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Chinese premier meets upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (L) and Japanese House of Councillors President Juro Saito shake hands at the outset of their talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 13.

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Krabat (2008)

David Kross & Hanno Koffler Characters: Krabat & Juro Film: Krabat; Krabat And The Legend Of The Satanic Mill (DE 2008) Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner 07 September 2008 Date: 07 September 2008

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(3)Bush delivers speech in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush addresses lawmakers of both houses of the Japanese Diet (parliament) in the House of Councillors on Feb. 19. Seated behind him are House of Councillors President Juro Saito (L) and House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki (R), with interpreters sitting between them.

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - Juro Wada, then professor at Sapporo Medical University, speaks during a news conference at the university after conducting Japan's first heart transplant surgery in August 1968. Wada later faced an accusation of manslaughter over the surgery, which was eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1999 shows Juro Wada, a professor emeritus at Sapporo Medical University who performed Japan's first heart transplant surgery in 1968. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of Japanese grand cordons, including Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (5th from R), former House of Councillors President Juro Saito (4th from R) and Peter Piot (R), a former executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), attend a photo session after a ceremony of conferment at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-upper house president Saito announces retirement plans

TSU, Japan - Juro Saito, former president of the House of Councillors, speaks to reporters at the head office of the Mie prefectural government in Tsu on May 25 about his plan to retire from politics next summer. (Kyodo)

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Inoue named upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Inoue (R), named as president of the House of Councillors on Oct. 19, prepares to take his seat. Inoue, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, succeeded Juro Saito, who submitted his resignation the previous day after failing to settle a Diet dispute over an electoral reform bill.

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Upper house president quits over Diet turmoil

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Juro Saito (C) is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on Oct. 18 while walking toward upper house Vice President Hisamitsu Sugano to offer a letter of resignation. Saito resigned after failing to mediate a drawn-out row between the ruling and opposition parties over a plan to revise the upper house's electoral system.

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LDP's Inoue to become new upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Former Education Minister Yutaka Inoue who will become new president of the House of Councillors succeeding Juro Saito. Inoue, 72, will be elected to the post after Saito's resignation is approved at an upper house plenary session Oct 19.

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Upper house chief proposes compromise to end Diet impasse

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Juro Saito (C) on Oct. 16 proposes a compromise on a bill to revise the upper house electoral system in an effort to end the opposition's two-week-old boycott of the Diet in protest against the bill. Saito presented the compromise plan in a meeting with upper house representatives of the ruling and opposition parties, which was held in the Diet building.

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Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Three opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the House of Councillors on May 30 over the premier's controversial remark that Japan is a divine country centered on the emperor. The photo shows Takashi Tanimoto (far L) of the Social Democratic Party, Yoshiki Yamashita (2nd from L) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Toshimi Kitazawa (3rd from L) of the Democratic Party of Japan -- all chairmen of the parties' Diet Affairs committees, submitting the resolution of censure to upper house President Juro Saito (R).

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Chinese leader Li Ruihuan welcomed at Japan reception

TOKYO, Japan - Li Ruihuan (R, front), the 4th-ranking leader of the Chinese Communist Party, is welcomed by House of Representatives Speaker Soichiro Ito (2nd from L) and House of Councillors President Juro Saito (L) at a reception for Li held at Ito's official residence on Dec. 9. Li, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Japan on Dec. 8 for an 8-day visit.