Entertainers who saw jumps in Yahoo searches in 2014

Entertainers who saw jumps in Yahoo searches in 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Yahoo Japan Corp.'s search awards winners who saw jumps in the number of searches for their names on the Internet in 2014 from the previous year attend a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014. They are beatboxer HIKAKIN, idol group member Kanna Hashimoto, kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, comedy duo Koyuki Hashimoto and Soko Nakano of Nippon Elekiteru Rengo and model Miwako Kakei (from L).

Kakei, Hiraiwa to improve Foreign Ministry through panel

Kakei, Hiraiwa to improve Foreign Ministry through panel

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) announces members of a committee to improve his ministry's internal operations in Tokyo on Feb. 9. The panel, including lawyer and former Prosecutor General Eiichi Kakei and Federation of Economic Organizations Honorary Chairman Gaishi Hiraiwa, was launched the same day in the wake of allegations that a diplomat embezzled public funds. The panel is expected to review accounting, personnel, organization and auditing systems at the Foreign Minister's Secretariat and suggest changes.

Kakei, Hiraiwa to improve Foreign Ministry through panel

Kakei, Hiraiwa to improve Foreign Ministry through panel

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) announces members of a committee to improve his ministry's internal operations in Tokyo on Feb. 9. The panel, including lawyer and former Prosecutor General Eiichi Kakei and Federation of Economic Organizations Honorary Chairman Gaishi Hiraiwa, was launched the same day in the wake of allegations that a diplomat embezzled public funds. The panel is expected to review accounting, personnel, organization and auditing systems at the Foreign Minister's Secretariat and suggest changes.