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Folklorist Kanzaki addresses forum to promote sake

KOBE, Japan - Folklorist Noritake Kanzaki addresses a forum jointly held by the Itami and Nara municipal governments on Oct. 12, 2014, in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, to promote "seishu," or refined Japanese sake. Both cities claim to be the birthplace of the beverage.

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Aftermath of mudslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rio Kanzaki (R), 16, and her sister Ruka, 14, remove mud from their heavily damaged house in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 24, 2014, after the area was hit by massive mudslides following torrential rain on Aug. 20.

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Ex-New Komeito head Kanzaki gives up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Former New Komeito party President Takenori Kanzaki speaks about giving up his seat at the House of Representatives at a news conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2010. Kanzaki said his health condition ''may cause trouble in pursuing political activities.''

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Universities active in development of new foodstuffs

SAGA, Japan - Takahiro Ogawa of venture firm Nokendo grows the salty vegetable Barafu in Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture on Sept. 10, 2009.

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Abe, Kanzaki reaffirm coalition accord

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe (R) and new Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki pose for a photo prior to their meeting in the Diet building on Sept. 25. They later signed a coalition pact between their two parties.

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New Komeito's Kanzaki announces withdrawal

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki formally announces at a party convention in Tokyo on Sept. 15 that he will step down when his term as chief party representative expires Sept. 30. Acting Secretary General Akihiro Ota will replace Kanzaki.

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New Komeito's Kanzaki announces withdrawal, to be replaced by Ota

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party Acting Secretary General Akihiro Ota speaks at a press conference after a party meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16. Ota hinted he will file his candidacy for the leadership election after party leader Takenori Kanzaki formally announced earlier in the day that he will step down when his term as chief party representative expires Sept. 30.

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Koizumi, Kanzaki hold talks after election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizum (R)i, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki at the outset of their talks in the Diet building on Sept. 12, one day after the House of Representatives election.

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Koizumi's LDP certain to gain majority

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the New Komeito party, smiles at party headquarters in Tokyo Sept. 11 as the coalition government of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito are headed for victory in the day's House of Representative election.

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Political party leaders cast votes for general election

FUKUOKA, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki casts his ballot for the House of Representatives election in Fukuoka on Sept. 11.

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Political party leaders make last appeal to voters

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki appeals to voters for support in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Sept. 10, one day before voting for the House of Representatives election.

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Party leaders make campaign speech

YOKOHAMA, Japan -New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki delivers an election speech outside JR Hodogaya Station in Yokohama on Sept. 4.

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Party leaders on the stumping

NAHA, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki waves at supporters after making an election speech in Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 3.

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Party leaders deliver first election speeches

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki stumps in Tokyo on Aug. 30 after official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election began.

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Political party leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of six political parties are seated at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 29 for a major debate. (From L to R) People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also heads the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima.

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Political party leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki speaks during a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 29.

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Political party leaders hold debate ahead of general election

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's political party leaders join hands prior to their debate ahead of the Sept. 11 general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 29. (From L to R) People's New Party head Tamisuke Watanuki, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also heads the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party head Mizuho Fukushima.

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Party leaders take to the streets ahead of election

OSAKA, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki takes to the street in Osaka on Aug. 20 to appeal to voters ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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General election to be held Sept. 11

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) with New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki at the Diet after the House of Councillors voted down postal reform bills. They agreed to set a general election for the House of Representatives on Sept. 11.

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Election campaign starts for Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki speaks in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on June 24 as the election campaign for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly started the same day.

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Koizumi meets Kanzaki on Japan's aid mission in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner, the New Komeito party, at his office on Dec. 9 before the Cabinet approved a proposal to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in Iraq by one year through Dec. 14, 2005.

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Kanzaki reelected New Komeito chief unopposed

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki addresses a national convention of New Komeito party in Tokyo on Oct. 31 after being reelected as party leader to serve a fourth two-year term.

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Kozumi, Kanzaki confirm solid coalition partnership

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets with Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the New Komeito party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 12. They confirmed the solidity of the governing coalition despite the setback suffered by Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party in the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Kanzaki speaks about election results

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki speaks to reporters about the results of the House of Councillors' election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on July 12.

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(2)Party leaders appeal to voters ahead of upper house election

OSAKA, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki appeals to voters in Osaka on July 10 ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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(3)Official campaigning for upper house election starts

OMIYA, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the New Komeito party, starts campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election in front of JR Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture on June 24.

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(2)Kanzaki, other Komeito brass failed to pay pension dues

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki admitted in a news conference in Tokyo on May 12 that he as well Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, top policy planner Kazuo Kitagawa and 10 other party lawmakers did not pay mandatory national pension dues in the past.

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(3)Kanzaki, other Komeito brass failed to pay pension dues

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba talks about his failure to pay mandatory national pension dues in the past.

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(1)Kanzaki, other Komeito brass failed to pay pension dues

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki apologizes at the Diet building May 12 over not paying mandatory national pension dues in the past. He said Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, top policy planner Kazuo Kitagawa and 10 other party lawmakers also failed to pay pension dues.

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(2)FY 2004 budget approved by lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, secretary general of the New Komeito party, the coalition partner of Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party, at the Diet in Tokyo on March 5 after the House of Representatives approved the budget plan for fiscal 2004 in a plenary session. Takenori Kanzaki, New Komeito leader, stands between them.

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(2)New Komeito leader Kanzaki meets Chinese leader Hu

BEIJING, China - Takenori Kanzaki (L), leader of Japan's New Komeito party, holds talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Feb. 11 in Beijing's Great Hall of the People.

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(1)New Komeito leader Kanzaki meets Chinese leader Hu

BEIJING, China - Takenori Kanzaki (L), leader of Japan's New Komeito party, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Feb. 11 in Beijing's Great Hall of the People.

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Japan, China ruling parties boost ties over N. Korea

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (L) and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Feb. 10. They agreed to enhance cooperation on issues related to North Korea ahead of six-party talks scheduled for Feb. 25 on defusing the North's nuclear weapons program.

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(1)Koizumi, Kanzaki agree on main GSDF dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki pose before their talks at the prime minister's office on Jan. 26. They agreed on dispatching the core unit of Japanese ground troops to Iraq to help rebuild the country.

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(2)Koizumi, Kanzaki agree on main GSDF dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (2nd from L) are joined by New Komeito Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (L), his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (R) in a meeting at the prime minister's office on Jan. 26. They agreed on dispatching the core unit of Japanese ground troops to Iraq to help rebuild the country.

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(1)Komeito approves main GSDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki arrives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 26 to attend a meeting of party executives to discuss a plan to dispatch the main Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent to Iraq for reconstruction missions. The Liberal Democratic Party's ruling coalition partner approved the, paving the way for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to give the go-ahead for deployment.

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Kanzaki says Iraq's Samawah 'relatively' stable

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after paying a call on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to report on his weekend visit to the southeastern Iraqi city of Samawah. Japan is planning to send Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) personnel to Samawah to help in reconstruction work.

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Kanzaki leaves for Kuwait, may also visit Iraq

NARITA, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki, leader the New Komeito party and a key ally of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the ruling coalition, prepares to leave for Kuwait at Narita airport on Dec. 16. Kanzaki hopes to visit Samawah, southern Iraq, to speak with Iraqis about what they would like Japan's Self-Defense Forces personnel to do to help rebuild the city if dispatched there.

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(3) Japan decides to send troops to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the ruling coalition new Komeito party, speaks to reporters following his meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on a government plan to dispatch noncombat troops to Iraq to help rebuild the country.

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(2)Japan decides to send troops to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) holds talks with Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the coalition partner new Komeito party, on Dec. 9 prior to a cabinet decision to dispatch noncombat troops to Iraq to assist in the country's reconstruction.

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Kanzaki projected to retain lower house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki (C), leader of the New Komeito party, a partner in the ruling coalition, marks the name of a party candidate who appears certain to win in the House of Representatives election at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 9. Kanzaki himself appeared headed for victory in the election

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(7)Party leaders appeal to voters

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki appeals to voters for support in his campaign speech in Tokyo's Shibuya on Nov. 2.

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(2)Party leaders appeal to voters

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), flanked by his two coalition partners, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (L) and New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai (R), waves at voters at the end of his campaign speech in Tokyo's Shibuya on Nov. 2 Nov. 2

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(3)Campaigning begins for Nov. 9 general election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki speaks in Yokohama on Oct. 28 in support of his party candidates with the official announcement of the Nov. 9 general election.

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(3)Party leaders hold debate before election

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki speaks during a debate among six political party leaders before the Nov. 9 general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 27.

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(1)Party leaders hold debate before election

TOKYO, Japan - The leaders of Japan's six major political parties hold a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 27 ahead of the Nov. 9 general election. (From L to R) are New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai, New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii, and Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi.

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(4)Party leaders start canvassing tours

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling and opposition leaders started stumping nationwide on Oct. 11. Delivering campaign speeches are (anticlockwise from top right) Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shinzo Abe, new Komeito Party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Socialist Democratic Party leader Takako Doi, Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii and New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai.

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Ruling parties agree to extend Diet session until July 28

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) talks with the two other coalition leaders -- Hiroshi Kumagai (L) of the New Conservative Party and Takenori Kanzaki of the New Komeito party -- at his office in Tokyo on June 16. They agreed to extend the current Diet session until July 28.

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New Komeito's Kanzaki talks with S. Korean President Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - Takenori Kanzaki (L), leader of Japan's New Komeito party, gives South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on May 6 prior to their talks.

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Ruling party leaders hold talks on Iraq, stocks

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the three coalition parties -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (R) and New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai (L) -- pose at the premier's office March 11 prior to their talks on Iraq and tumbling stocks.