[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)

[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)

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240109) -- BEIJING, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters and policemen work near the residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. A fire broke out in a building that was former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence in Tokyo on Monday afternoon, local media reported. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police investigators inspecting the compound of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire gutted the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Police investigators enter the compound of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire gutted the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Police investigators enter the compound of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire gutted the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo 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.

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

(240108) -- TOKYO, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Journalists work near the residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. A fire broke out in a building that was former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence in Tokyo on Monday afternoon, local media reported. The Tokyo Fire Department received a report of the fire just after 3:20 p.m. local time (0620 GMT), public broadcaster NHK said. The building can be seen burning heavily with smoke rising, and firefighters are currently working to extinguish the blaze, according to NHK footage. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

(240108) -- TOKYO, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters and a policeman work in front of the residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. A fire broke out in a building that was former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence in Tokyo on Monday afternoon, local media reported. The Tokyo Fire Department received a report of the fire just after 3:20 p.m. local time (0620 GMT), public broadcaster NHK said. The building can be seen burning heavily with smoke rising, and firefighters are currently working to extinguish the blaze, according to NHK footage. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

(240108) -- TOKYO, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters and policemen work near the residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. A fire broke out in a building that was former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence in Tokyo on Monday afternoon, local media reported. The Tokyo Fire Department received a report of the fire just after 3:20 p.m. local time (0620 GMT), public broadcaster NHK said. The building can be seen burning heavily with smoke rising, and firefighters are currently working to extinguish the blaze, according to NHK footage. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

JAPAN-TOKYO-FORMER JAPANESE PM-RESIDENCE-FIRE

(240108) -- TOKYO, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A firefighter works near the residence of former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. A fire broke out in a building that was former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence in Tokyo on Monday afternoon, local media reported. The Tokyo Fire Department received a report of the fire just after 3:20 p.m. local time (0620 GMT), public broadcaster NHK said. The building can be seen burning heavily with smoke rising, and firefighters are currently working to extinguish the blaze, according to NHK footage. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Ex-Komeito party head Takeiri dies at 97

Ex-Komeito party head Takeiri dies at 97

Yoshikatsu Takeiri (L), chairman of Japan's Komeito party, is pictured with Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in October 1972 in Tokyo. Takeiri, who is known for playing a vital role in the 1972 Japan-China diplomatic normalization, died of pneumonia at age 97 on Dec. 23, 2023, at a hospital in southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

Japan general election

Japan general election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Japanese education minister Makiko Tanaka of the Democratic Party of Japan speaks before supporters in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012, after losing in a general election held earlier in the day. Tanaka is the daughter of the late former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, who normalized Japan's diplomatic ties with China in 1972 with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.

Japan, China mark 40th anniversary of ties amid tensions

Japan, China mark 40th anniversary of ties amid tensions

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 1972 shows Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (R) waving at people seeing him off at Shanghai airport, with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai (L) standing next to him, after the two leaders signed a joint statement to end the state of war between the two countries and normalize bilateral ties. Japan and China marked the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations on Sept. 29, 2012, as simmering tensions sparked by Tokyo's nationalization of a group of Japanese-administered, Beijing-claimed islands in the East China Sea showed no signs of subsiding.

Japan, China mark 40th anniversary of ties amid tensions

Japan, China mark 40th anniversary of ties amid tensions

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 29, 1972, shows Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (L front) and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai (R front) signing a joint statement to end the state of war between the two countries and normalize bilateral ties at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Japan and China marked the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations on Sept. 29, 2012, as simmering tensions sparked by Tokyo's nationalization of a group of Japanese-administered, Beijing-claimed islands in the East China Sea showed no signs of subsiding.

Japan, China mark 40th anniversary of ties amid tensions

Japan, China mark 40th anniversary of ties amid tensions

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 29, 1972, shows Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (R front) and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai (L front) raising glasses in a toast after the two leaders signed a joint statement to end the state of war between the two countries and normalize bilateral ties. Japan and China marked the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations on Sept. 29, 2012, as simmering tensions sparked by Tokyo's nationalization of a group of Japanese-administered, Beijing-claimed islands in the East China Sea showed no signs of subsiding.

Ex-prosecutor in charge of Lockheed scandal Takase dies

Ex-prosecutor in charge of Lockheed scandal Takase dies

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Reiji Takase, a former chief of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, who died on April 4, 2011, at the age of 94. Takase played a key role in the investigation of a political scandal involving the U.S. aircraft maker Lockheed Corp. and then Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the late 1970s.

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking.

Ex-U.S. President Ford dies

Ex-U.S. President Ford dies

TOKYO, Japan - The late former U.S. President Gerald Ford (R, file photo) meets with the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka at the government guesthouse during a visit to Japan in November 1974. The AP reported Dec. 27 that Ford has died at age 93.

(3)Ex-Chinese leader Zhao dies at 85

(3)Ex-Chinese leader Zhao dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang (R) and former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka shake hands as Zhao visits Tanaka's residence in Tokyo in this file photo taken on June 1, 1982.

Hayasaka, ex-aide to late premier Tanaka, dies

Hayasaka, ex-aide to late premier Tanaka, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Political commentator Shigezo Hayasaka (file photo), who wrote books revealing inside political stories from his experience as a secretary to the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, died of lung cancer June 20 at a Tokyo hospital, his family said June 21. He was 73.

Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka visits father's grave

Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka visits father's grave

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka visits the grave of her father, the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, in the town of Nishiyama, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 10, one day after she made a political comeback in the general election for the House of Representatives. Tanaka resigned her lower house seat in August last year and won the election as an independent.

Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka

Born on May 4, 1918 in Niigata Prefecture and died on Dec. 16, 1993. Tanaka became Japan's 40th prime minister in July 1972 at 54, the youngest prime minister since the end of World War II. Tanaka established diplomatic relations with China in September of that year. In December 1974, Tanaka was forced to resign due to his involvement in money scandals. In July 1976, he was arrested on suspicion of accepting 500 million yen in bribes from Lockheed Corp. of the U.S. for his help in selling TriStar aircraft to Japan. In October 1983, he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Tokyo District Court. Tanaka's political influence declined after he suffered a stroke in February 1985 which left him partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Photo was taken on Aug. 31, 1992.

Takeo Miki

Takeo Miki

Born on March 17, 1907 in Tokushima Prefecture. Miki was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1937 at age 30. He belonged to several conservative parties before joining the Liberal Democratic Party. Miki became Japan's 66th prime minister on Dec. 9, 1974 after the resignation of Kakuei Tanaka over a bribery scandal. He resigned in December 24, 1976 following LDP setbacks in the general election. Died on Nov. 4, 1988. (Photo taken in June 1986)

Tanaka arrives in Beijing to mark 30th anniversary of ties

Tanaka arrives in Beijing to mark 30th anniversary of ties

BEIJING, China - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka is surrounded by reporters after arriving at Beijing airport on March 21. Tanaka, the daughter of the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka who established diplomatic ties with China in 1972, is scheduled to take part in events to mark the 30th anniversary of the normalization.

Lockheed scandal convict Ito dies of heart failure

Lockheed scandal convict Ito dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Former Marubeni Corp. Senior Managing Director Hiroshi Ito (photo taken in February 1977), convicted for his role in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital June 10. He was 74. Ito was sentenced to two years in prison in 1983 for his role in paying 500 million yen in bribes to Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to have All Nippon Airways buy Lockheed Corp.'s TriStar jets.

State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Photo taken May 30 shows the villa owned by a firm run by the bereaved family of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. It has been seized by the government after the family failed to pay overdue taxes for a 500 million yen bribe Tanaka allegedly received in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal.

Tanaka urged to run for Tokyo governor

Tanaka urged to run for Tokyo governor

The file photo shows Makiko Tanaka, a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member of the House of Representatives, who has been named by LDP members of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly as the party's candidate in this spring's Tokyo gubernatorial election. Tanaka, 54, daughter of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, said earlier, 'I will never run (in the Tokyo poll) because I am backed by voters in Niigata Prefecture.'

Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka

Prime Minister = February 8, 1974, photo has minor scratches and blurring, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Minister of International Trade and Industry Kakuei Tanaka and other cabinet ministers depart for the United States.

Minister of International Trade and Industry Kakuei Tanaka and other cabinet ministers depart for the United States.

Visit to the U.S. to attend a meeting of the U.S.-Japan Joint Economic Committee = September 6, 1971, photo has minor scratches and blurring, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka, Minister of Finance at the time of MITI = July 18, 1964 Kakuei Tanaka, Minister of Finance, is interviewed by Saito, Director of the Political Science and Economics Department at the head office, in the office of the Minister of Finance on July 18, 1964. This is the second in a series of "Visits to Economic Ministers," which began following the inauguration of the third Ikeda Reform Cabinet on July 18, and appeared on the second page of the July 29 edition. It is based on the premise of long-term economic stability and calls for a system that can withstand the liberalization of capital, such as the expansion of foreign capital into Japan, by increasing the capital adequacy ratio of companies.

Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka

Prime Minister = Prime Minister Tanaka delivering his policy speech at the 72nd session of the Diet on December 1, 1973, photo has minor scratches and blurring, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is greeted by Premier Zhou Enlai at the airport in Beijing.

Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is greeted by Premier Zhou Enlai at the airport in Beijing.

Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's visit to China = September 25, 1972 (Showa 47), time: 11:30 a.m. local time, photo has minor scratches and blurring, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka shakes hands with Chinese President Mao Zedong (left).

Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka shakes hands with Chinese President Mao Zedong (left).

Chinese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka shakes hands with Chinese President Mao Zedong (left) on September 27, 1972, at Zhongnanhai in Beijing.

Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka

Prime Minister Tanaka delivers his opening remarks at the National Convention of Mayors of Towns and Villages on December 5, 1973, photo has minor scratches and blurring, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking. (Kyodo)

(3)Ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang dies

(3)Ex-Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang dies

BEIJING, China - Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang (R) hugs former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka during his call on Tanaka at his residence in Tokyo on June 1, 1982. Zhao died of heart ailment in a Beijing hospital on April 28. (Kyodo)

State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

State seizes villa of late premier Tanaka's family

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Photo taken May 30 shows the villa owned by a firm run by the bereaved family of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. It has been seized by the government after the family failed to pay overdue taxes for a 500 million yen bribe Tanaka allegedly received in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal.

Hayasaka, ex-aide to late premier Tanaka, dies

Hayasaka, ex-aide to late premier Tanaka, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Political commentator Shigezo Hayasaka (file photo), who wrote books revealing inside political stories from his experience as a secretary to the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, died of lung cancer June 20 at a Tokyo hospital, his family said June 21. He was 73. (Kyodo)

Japan Screen Topics JAPAN CHANGES PILOTS

JAPAN CHANGES PILOTS,Kakuei Tanaka,Eisaku Sato,==Date:circa 1972, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

TOKYO TRADE FAIR

TOKYO TRADE FAIR==Date:May, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND

RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND==Date:May, 1972, Place:Okinawa,Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)