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Executives of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - New executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party --election strategy chief Keiji Furuya, General Council chair Haruko Arimura, Vice President Taro Aso, President Sanae Takaichi, Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki and policy council chief Takayuki Kobayashi -- pose for a photo at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.(Kyodo)

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Executive of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

Keiji Furuya, newly appointed election strategy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.

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Executives of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

New executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) election strategy chief Keiji Furuya, General Council chair Haruko Arimura, Vice President Taro Aso, President Sanae Takaichi, Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki and policy council chief Takayuki Kobayashi -- pose for a photo at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.

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Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You in Japan

Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (L) visited Irizaki, a cape on Japan's westernmost inhabited island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, from where Taiwan can be seen on a clear day, accompanied by Japan's House of Representative lawmaker Keiji Furuya of the Liberal Democratic Party, who also heads the Diet's caucus promoting Japan-Taiwan relations, on July 4, 2023.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) is received by Keiji Furuya, Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals, before talks at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Keiji Furuya (R), Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals, meet at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Landslide disaster in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiji Furuya (2nd from R), minister of state for disaster management, is briefed by Self-Defense Forces personnel on Aug. 21, 2014, about deadly landslides in Asaminami Ward in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Landslide disaster in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiji Furuya (R), minister of state for disaster management, inspects on Aug. 21, 2014, an area devastated by landslides in Asaminami Ward in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including him drew criticism from China and South Korea.

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Abduction issue council meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (standing), minister in charge of the abduction issue, speaks at a meeting of the Liaison Council of Government and Ruling and Opposition Parties Institutions for Measures against Abduction Issue in Tokyo on July 29, 2014.

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'Loophole drugs' now called 'dangerous drugs'

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, announces in Tokyo on July 22, 2014, that authorities will use the term "dangerous drugs" instead of "loophole drugs" to raise awareness of their risks.

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US-Japan workshop on resilience building in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The U.S.-Japan workshop on resilience building is held in Tokyo, on July 7, 2014, to draw up guidelines to better cope in large-scale disasters, with the participation of Keiji Furuya, Japan's minister in charge of building national resilience, and Robert Eldridge, deputy assistant chief of staff for U.S. Marine Corps Installations Pacific, among others.

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Support meeting for Japanese abductees by N. Korea

FUKUOKA, Japan - Keiji Furuya (4th from front L), minister in charge of the abduction issue, and members of a group representing relatives of the Japanese abducted by North Korea, raise their fists at a meeting in Fukuoka City, on June 29, 2014.

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Japan determined to stay tough against N. Korea on abductions

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, Japan's state minister in charge of the abduction issue, speaks during a parliamentary session on June 17, 2014, in Tokyo. Furuya reiterated his determination to bring home all of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, ahead of the upcoming launch of Pyongyang's abduction probe unit.

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Gov't, Tokyo team up for Tokyo area quakes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Minister of State for Disaster Management Keiji Furuya (L) shakes hands with Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on May 19, 2014, following their agreement on establishing a collaborative team to prepare for possible massive earthquakes in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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State minister Furuya visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (R), state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, arrives at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 20, 2014. Furuya's visit came ahead of the shrine's annual spring festival from April 21.

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State minister Furuya visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, leaves the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo after offering prayers on April 20, 2014. Furuya's visit came ahead of the shrine's annual spring festival from April 21.

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U.N. rep meets Japan minister on N. Korea's abductions

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman (R) meets with Keiji Furuya, Japan's minister in charge of the issue of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea, in Tokyo on April 9, 2014.

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Pact on fingerprint data

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, Parliamentary Senior Vice Foreign Minister Norio Mitsuya and Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, shake hands after Mitsuya and Kennedy signed the Agreement on Preventing and Combating Serious Crime, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2014. The agreement is intended to provide each country instant access to fingerprint data to check the identity of people suspected of involvement in serious crimes such as terrorism.

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State minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and state minister in charge of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, leaves the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2013, after offering prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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State minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (2nd from R), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and state minister in charge of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2013, to offer prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and Keiji Furuya (to the left), state minister for disaster prevention, attend a disaster response meeting held as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Robert King in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (L), a Cabinet minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, shakes hands with Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, ahead of their talks at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013.

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U.N. panel on N. Korean human rights visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (C), state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, speaks in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013, during a briefing on the issue for members of a U.N. commission investigating human rights violations in North Korea. To the right is Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

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U.N. panel on N. Korean human rights visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Kirby of Australia (C), chairman of a U.N. commission investigating human rights violations in North Korea, poses for photos with Keiji Furuya (L), state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, prior to a briefing for the panel members on unresolved cases of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens, emerges after offering prayers at Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2013, the 68th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens, visits Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens, visits Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Japan calls for Vietnam's help on N. Korean abduction issue

HANOI, Vietnam - Keiji Furuya (L), Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, holds talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the prime minister's office in Hanoi on July 29, 2013. During the talks, Furuya asked for Vietnam's help in settling the issue.

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Japan calls for Vietnam's help on N. Korean abduction issue

HANOI, Vietnam - Keiji Furuya (L), Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, shakes hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the prime minister's office in Hanoi on July 29, 2013. During talks with Dung, Furuya asked for Vietnam's help in settling the issue.

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Japan calls for Vietnam's help on N. Korean abduction issue

HANOI, Vietnam - Keiji Furuya (L), Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, shakes hands with Vietnam's public security minister, Tran Dai Quang, at the public security ministry in Hanoi on July 29, 2013.

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Japan calls for Vietnam's help on N. Korean abduction issue

HANOI, Vietnam - Keiji Furuya (C), Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, arrives at the public security ministry in Hanoi on July 29, 2013. At left is the Vietnamese public security minister, Tran Dai Quang.

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Abduction minister Furuya

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 22, 2013. Furuya issued a statement, marking the ninth anniversary of the last summit between Japan and North Korea in 2004 in Pyongyang, in which he demanded North Korea immediately return all abductees.

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Minister in Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso (back R) visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in the evening of April 21, 2013, following the visit by Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, earlier in the day.

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Minister in Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, leaves the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2013, saying he had visited in his capacity as a Cabinet member.

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Estimates on Nankai quake economic damage

TOKYO, Japan - Antidisaster minister Keiji Furuya holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2013, on estimates on economic damage from a major Nankai Trough earthquake released earlier in the day by a government panel. The panel says a 9.0-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan will cause about 220 trillion yen in damage, more than twice the entire budget of the government for fiscal 2013.

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Charity concert for abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, plays the clarinet during a charity concert in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2013, aimed at promoting public awareness of the issue.

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U.S. envoy Davies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (L), Japanese state minister in charge of the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea, and Glyn Davies (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, hold talks in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2013.

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese, as head of the National Public Security Commission, by Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who took office as Japan's new prime minister the same day.

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600,000 construction workers to lose jobs within 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Senior government officials hold their first meeting to deal with the worsening job situation at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31. At the meeting, Keiji Furuya, vice minister of the economy ministry, said as many as 600,000 workers in the construction industry alone could lose their jobs within the next three years as the government carries out its economic and fiscal reform programs.

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Head of group aimed at strengthening Japan-Taiwan ties

Keiji Furuya, the head of Japan's cross-party group of legislators dedicated to strengthening relations with Taiwan, speaks at a press conference in Taipei on Aug. 24, 2022, wearing a face mask for protection against the coronavirus.

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LDP members propose diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

The Liberal Democratic Party's Hakubun Shimomura (L) and Keiji Furuya speak to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2021, after urging Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

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LDP members propose diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

The Liberal Democratic Party's Hakubun Shimomura (C, L) and Keiji Furuya (C, R) speak to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2021, after urging Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Ex-minister Furuya visits Yasukuni

Keiji Furuya, former minister in charge of the North Korean abduction issue, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2016, the first day of its spring festival. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meanwhile, made a ritual offering, but did not deliver it in person, in an apparent effort to avoid friction with China and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Personal letter from PM Abe handed to Taiwan's next leader

Keiji Furuya, former Japanese minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions, speaks to reporters in Taipei on Jan. 27, 2016. Furuya held talks the same day with Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party, who won in Taiwan's presidential election earlier in the month, and handed her a personal letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ruling party calls for tighter sanctions on N. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) receives a list of recommendations from Keiji Furuya (L), head of the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters for North Korean abductions, at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, alongside Eriko Yamatani, minister in charge of the abduction issue. The LDP demanded that the government tighten sanctions on Pyongyang to prod it to provide information as soon as possible about Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. human rights official meets Japanese lawmakers over N. Korea's abductions

Signe Poulsen, head of the Seoul Office of the U.N. High Commission for Human Rights, speaks in the National Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2015, during a meeting with Keiji Furuya (R), acting head of a group of lawmakers seeking the early release of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Landslide disaster in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiji Furuya (2nd from R), minister of state for disaster management, is briefed by Self-Defense Forces personnel on Aug. 21, 2014, about deadly landslides in Asaminami Ward in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including him drew criticism from China and South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Abduction issue council meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (standing), minister in charge of the abduction issue, speaks at a meeting of the Liaison Council of Government and Ruling and Opposition Parties Institutions for Measures against Abduction Issue in Tokyo on July 29, 2014. (Kyodo)