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Xinhua Headlines: Result matters -- foreigners share views on China's COVID-19 fight

(221225) -- BEIJING, Dec. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A resident collects medicine at a fever clinic in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

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CHINA-FEVER CLINICS (CN)

(221221) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker prepares medicine for patients at a fever clinic in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 20, 2022. Fever clinics have been set up in cities including Xi'an and Changsha to provide timely treatment to patients with COVID-19 symptoms. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

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CHINA-FEVER CLINICS (CN)

(221221) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A resident collects medicine at a fever clinic in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 20, 2022. Fever clinics have been set up in cities including Xi'an and Changsha to provide timely treatment to patients with COVID-19 symptoms. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PHARMACIES-MEDICINE SUPPLY (CN)

(221220) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member transports medicines at a logistics center of a pharmacy in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 20, 2022. Pharmacies in Changsha are working to ensure the supply and transportation of anti-epidemic medicines to meet the needs of the public. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PHARMACIES-MEDICINE SUPPLY (CN)

(221220) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member carries medicines at a logistics center of a pharmacy in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 20, 2022. Pharmacies in Changsha are working to ensure the supply and transportation of anti-epidemic medicines to meet the needs of the public. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PHARMACIES-MEDICINE SUPPLY (CN)

(221220) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member registers information of medicines at a logistics center of a pharmacy in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 20, 2022. Pharmacies in Changsha are working to ensure the supply and transportation of anti-epidemic medicines to meet the needs of the public. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PHARMACIES-MEDICINE SUPPLY (CN)

(221220) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member registers information of medicines at a logistics center of a pharmacy in Kaifu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 20, 2022. Pharmacies in Changsha are working to ensure the supply and transportation of anti-epidemic medicines to meet the needs of the public. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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Recipients of spring decorations

TOKYO, Japan - The recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government for their contributions to society pose for photos at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R front) chats with Masatoshi Wakabayashi, former agriculture minister, during a photo session for the recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Kaifu, 80, who was Japan's prime minister from February 1990 to November 1991, received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R) receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers from Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C, back) also took part in the ceremony. (Pool Photo)

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Ex-Prime Minister Kaifu loses in general election

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of the Liberal Democratic Party appears dejected after losing in his bid to win a 17th lower-house term in the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election with the LDP heading for a crushing defeat.

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PM Aso takes to streets ahead of general election

MIWA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech at the opening of an election campaign office of former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu in the town of Miwa, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 2 ahead of the Aug. 30 general election.

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China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Four former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Toshiki Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe -- and Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) pose for photos before their breakfast meeting at a hotel in Tokyo on May 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on display at an art exhibition by politicians and celebrities being held at the Kensei Kinenkan building in Tokyo. Art works by former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and 16 other Diet members are also on display. The admissions-free exhibition will last through April 13.

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Ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Misoji Sakamoto dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Misoji Sakamoto (file photo), a former chief Cabinet secretary in the government of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, died of stomach cancer March 19 at a hospital in Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was 83. He became the government's top spokesman when Kaifu launched his second Cabinet in February 1990.

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Crown Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako attend GEA conference

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako talks with former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu during the opening ceremony of an international Global Environmental Action conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 15. (Pool photo)

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Koizumi meets former prime ministers on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, front) holds talks on the future of Iraq with former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Yoshiro Mori, Toshiki Kaifu, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Ryutaro Hashimoto -- at his office in Tokyo on June 15.

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NCP to merge with LDP following Sunday's setback

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Nikai (R), secretary general of the New Conservative Party (NCP), speaks at a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 10 about the party's decision to merge with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Toshiki Kaifu, former prime minister and the NCP's supreme advisor, sits next to him. The NCP, a junior partner in the LDP-led three-party coalition, suffered a major setback in the House of Representatives general election.

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Toshiki Kaifu

Born on Jan. 2, 1931 in Aichi Prefecture. In 1960, at the age of 29, Kaifu became Japan's youngest lawmaker when he was elected to the House of Representatives from Aichi Prefecture. Kaifu became Japan's 19th postwar prime minister on Aug. 10, 1989, succeeding scandal-hit Sousuke Uno, who held the post for just over two months. Kaifu held the premiership until Nov. 5, 1991.

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Former upper house member Eizaburo Saito dies

TOKYO, Japan - Eizaburo Saito, a former Diet member and chief of the Science and Technology Agency, died of kidney failure July 9 at a hospital in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, his family said July 10. He was 87. Saito served as the agency's director general from August 1989 to February 1990 in then Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu's cabinet. He was elected to the upper house three times.

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Ogi elected to head new Conservative Party

TOKYO, Japan - Chikage Ogi (L) speaks at an inaugural meeting of the new ''Hoshuto'' (conservative party) after she was elected party leader April 3. The party was formed by former Home Affairs Minister Takeshi Noda (2nd from L) and 25 other lawmakers who bolted from the Liberal Party (LP). Second from right is former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu.

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Ex-Prime Minister Kaifu joins LP, becomes top adviser

Former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (C) shakes hands Jan. 18 with Ichiro Ozawa (R), leader of the Liberal Party (LP) after announcing that he has joined LP at the party's headquarters. Kaifu assumed the post of top adviser.

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Kim, former Japanese prime ministers toast at luncheon

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (C) and former Japanese prime ministers make a toast at a luncheon at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka on Oct. 9. Kim was seated between Noboru Takeshita (L of Kim) and Toshiki Kaifu. Ryutaro Hashimoto sat to the left of Takeshita. After the luncheon, Kim, who arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 7, left for Osaka, which has the largest Korean community of all Japanese cities. He will return home Oct. 10.

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Mikhail Gorbachev in Tokyo in 1991

File photo taken in Tokyo on April 18, 1991, shows Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (C, L) and Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (C, R) as they exchange piles of documents related to a Japanese-Soviet Joint Communique.

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Former Japan PM Kaifu dies at 91

File photo taken in August 1989 shows Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (L) and his wife Sachiyo in front of their house in Tokyo. Kaifu died on Jan. 9, 2022, at age 91.

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Former Japan PM Kaifu dies at 91

File photo taken in January 1991 shows Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu speaking at his office in Tokyo about the Gulf War. Kaifu died on Jan. 9, 2022, at age 91.

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Ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Misoji Sakamoto dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Misoji Sakamoto (file photo), a former chief Cabinet secretary in the government of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, died of stomach cancer March 19 at a hospital in Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was 83. He became the government's top spokesman when Kaifu launched his second Cabinet in February 1990. (Kyodo)

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China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Four former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Toshiki Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe -- and Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) pose for photos before their breakfast meeting at a hotel in Tokyo on May 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Noda group forms new party

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo - Former Home Affairs Minister Takeshi Noda speaks at a meeting of Liberal Party members April 3. Noda and 25 other lawmakers split from the party and set up a new party. ''We would like to continue to take responsibility as members of the coalition government,'' Noda told the meeting. Seated to the right is former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu.

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Toshiki Kaifu

Toshiki Kaifu Prime Minister Of Japan 26 July 1991 Date: 26-Jul-1991

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Toshiki Kaifu

Toshiki Kaifu Prime Minister Of Japan 26 July 1991 Date: 26-Jul-1991

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Murayama's Cabinet is born - his own coalition

The Haneda Cabinet resigned, and an election to nominate a prime minister was held at the plenary session of both houses of the Diet at the end of the current term. The Murayama cabinet was born after the resignation of the Haneda cabinet, date of shooting unknown, release date: August 1, 1994.

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Japanese Cabinet celebrates 130th anniversary

Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu is pushed in a wheelchair on the way to a ceremony celebrating the 130th anniversary of the foundation of the Japanese Cabinet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokushima Pref. city, bus firm sign disaster relief deal

Personnel of Tokushima Prefecture's Anan city and Kaifu-Kankou Co. pose for photos in front of a bus in the western Japanese city on April 21, 2015. The city and company sealed a deal on the use of buses in the firm's bus barn on a hill as a temporary evacuation site for local elementary school children in case of big quake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NCP to merge with LDP following Sunday's setback

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Nikai (R), secretary general of the New Conservative Party (NCP), speaks at a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 10 about the party's decision to merge with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Toshiki Kaifu, former prime minister and the NCP's supreme advisor, sits next to him. The NCP, a junior partner in the LDP-led three-party coalition, suffered a major setback in the House of Representatives general election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Prime Minister Kaifu loses in general election

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of the Liberal Democratic Party appears dejected after losing in his bid to win a 17th lower-house term in the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election with the LDP heading for a crushing defeat. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on display at an art exhibition by politicians and celebrities being held at the Kensei Kinenkan building in Tokyo. Art works by former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and 16 other Diet members are also on display. The admissions-free exhibition will last through April 13. (Kyodo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako attend GEA conference

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako talks with former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu during the opening ceremony of an international Global Environmental Action conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 15. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R) receives the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers from Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C, back) also took part in the ceremony. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)

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Ex-PM Kaifu decorated

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R front) chats with Masatoshi Wakabayashi, former agriculture minister, during a photo session for the recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Kaifu, 80, who was Japan's prime minister from February 1990 to November 1991, received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. (Kyodo)

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Recipients of spring decorations

TOKYO, Japan - The recipients of annual spring decorations from the Japanese government for their contributions to society pose for photos at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 24, 2011. Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu received this spring's highest award, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. (Kyodo)

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Opening of Japan House Los Angeles

(From L) Rock band X Japan's Yoshiki, Japan House Los Angeles President Yuko Kaifu, and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono pose during an event marking the official launch of Japan House Los Angeles in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on Aug. 24, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan House promotion center to partially open in L.A.

Yuko Kaifu (L), president of Japan House Los Angeles, and Akira Chiba, Japan's consul general in Los Angeles, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Nov. 28, 2017. The Japan House communication center will partially open in December to promote the country's best art, cuisine, design, entertainment, fashion and technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former yokozuna Chiyonofuji dies at age of 61

File photo shows sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Chiyonofuji (C) smiling with then Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 1989, after being awarded the People's Honor Award. The former yokozuna died on July 31, 2016, due to pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Chiyonofuji, whose real name was Mitsugu Akimoto, ranked third in championships with 31 wins behind Hakuho (37) and Taiho (32). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi meets former prime ministers on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, front) holds talks on the future of Iraq with former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Yoshiro Mori, Toshiki Kaifu, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Ryutaro Hashimoto -- at his office in Tokyo on June 15. (Kyodo)

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Ogi elected to head new Conservative Party

TOKYO, Japan - Chikage Ogi (L) speaks at an inaugural meeting of the new ''Hoshuto'' (conservative party) after she was elected party leader April 3. The party was formed by former Home Affairs Minister Takeshi Noda (2nd from L) and 25 other lawmakers who bolted from the Liberal Party (LP). Second from right is former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu.

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Kumamoto Gov. Fukushima dies in a spa inn

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Gov. Joji Fukushima dies of cardiac infarction on Feb. 25 in a Kumamoto hospital, after collapsing in an inn with a hot spring. The 72-year-old lawmaker-turned-governor, who was appointed labor minister in August 1989 in the cabinet of then Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, was first elected governor in 1991.

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Kin-san's funeral service held

NAGOYA, Japan - A funeral service for Kin Narita, who was one of Japan's oldest twin sisters, is held at a memorial hall in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 26. Former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (R, bowing) is chief host of the memorial event. Kin-san, as she was popularly known, died Jan. 23 of heart failure at 107. She is survived by her twin sister, Gin Kanie, or Gin-san (3rd from L, sitting).

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Ex-Prime Minister Kaifu joins LP, becomes top adviser

Former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (C) shakes hands Jan. 18 with Ichiro Ozawa (R), leader of the Liberal Party (LP) after announcing that he has joined LP at the party's headquarters. Kaifu assumed the post of top adviser. ==Kyodo

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Kim, former Japanese prime ministers toast at luncheon

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (C) and former Japanese prime ministers make a toast at a luncheon at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka on Oct. 9. Kim was seated between Noboru Takeshita (L of Kim) and Toshiki Kaifu. Ryutaro Hashimoto sat to the left of Takeshita. After the luncheon, Kim, who arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 7, left for Osaka, which has the largest Korean community of all Japanese cities. He will return home Oct. 10.