Former Mitsubishi Bank head Ibuki dies at 89

Former Mitsubishi Bank head Ibuki dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Ibuki (file photo taken in April, 1988), former president of Mitsubishi Bank, one of the predecessors of the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, died of acute pneumonia at his home in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2009. He was 89.

Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito (L-R: New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa, New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda, LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura of the LDP) gather at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said Fukuda sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day.

Japan's LDP leader Ibuki hands Hu letter from Fukuda

Japan's LDP leader Ibuki hands Hu letter from Fukuda

BEIJING, China - Bummei Ibuki (L), secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao after handing Hu a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 16. Hu met with a delegation of Japan's ruling coalition parties including Ibuki and Kazuo Kitagawa, Ibuki's counterpart from the New Komeito party. (Kyodo)

Former Mitsubishi Bank head Ibuki dies at 89

Former Mitsubishi Bank head Ibuki dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Ibuki (file photo taken in April, 1988), former president of Mitsubishi Bank, one of the predecessors of the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, died of acute pneumonia at his home in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2009. He was 89. (Kyodo)

Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito (L-R: New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa, New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda, LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura of the LDP) gather at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said Fukuda sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day. (Kyodo)

China's Hu calls Tibet riots plot to pressure China: lawmakers

China's Hu calls Tibet riots plot to pressure China: lawmakers

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) talks with Bummei Ibuki (C), secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, and Kazuo Kitagawa (L), secretary general of Japan's New Komeito party, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 16. (Kyodo)