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Nissan's ex-spokeswoman becomes envoy to Uruguay

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Tanaka, a former spokeswoman for Nissan Motor Co. named Japan's ambassador to Uruguay on Sept. 30, 2014, smiles in this file photo taken in Tokyo in July.

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(2)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko during an annual spring garden party they hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the left are Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko.

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(1)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko (R) during an annual spring garden party he hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the right are Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko.

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(1)Koshiba, Tanaka attend banquet hosted by Sweden's king

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba and his wife Keiko arrive at the royal palace in Stockholm on Dec. 11 to attended a banquet hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf.

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(1)Voting begins in Nagano gubernatorial poll

IIDA, Japan - Keiko Hasegawa, a candidate in the Nagano gubernatorial election, casts her ballot in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 1. The poll was triggered when former Gov. Yasuo Tanaka lost his job in July after the prefectural assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him.

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(1)Five candidates vie for Nagano governor post

NAGANO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (upper L), ousted from office by the prefectural assembly in July, and four challengers filed their candidacies on Aug. 15 to run in the Sept. 1 gubernatorial election. Tanaka's four opponents are Shu Ichikawa (upper C), Chozo Nakagawa (upper R), Keiko Hasegawa (lower L) and Hideyoshi Hashiba (lower R). They all run as independents.

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Columnist Hanaoka abandons bid for Nagano governorship

NAGANO, Japan - Former Sankei Shimbun editorial writer Nobuaki Hanaoka (L) shakes hands with lawyer Keiko Hasegawa at the Nagano prefectural government head office in the city of Nagano on Aug. 14 after his announcement to retreat from the Nagano gubernatorial election. Hanaoka, who had earlier this month announced his intention to run in the Sept. 1 election, said he will give full support to Hasegawa to run against former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka.

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Nagano civic group trying to get lawyer to challenge Tanaka

NAGANO, Japan - Keiko Hasegawa, a 50-year-old lawyer, is surrounded by reporters in Nagano on July 19 following a newspaper report that a civic group is trying to convince her to challenge former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in a gubernatorial election in September.

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Nagano civic group trying to get lawyer to challenge Tanaka

NAGANO, Japan - Keiko Hasegawa, a 50-year-old lawyer, is surrounded by reporters in Nagano on July 19 following a newspaper report that a civic group is trying to convince her to challenge former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka in a gubernatorial election in September.

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Nissan's ex-spokeswoman becomes envoy to Uruguay

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Tanaka, a former spokeswoman for Nissan Motor Co. named Japan's ambassador to Uruguay on Sept. 30, 2014, smiles in this file photo taken in Tokyo in July. (Kyodo)

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(1)Five candidates vie for Nagano governor post

NAGANO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka (upper L), ousted from office by the prefectural assembly in July, and four challengers filed their candidacies on Aug. 15 to run in the Sept. 1 gubernatorial election. Tanaka's four opponents are Shu Ichikawa (upper C), Chozo Nakagawa (upper R), Keiko Hasegawa (lower L) and Seizo Mikami (lower R). They all run as independents. (Kyodo)

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(2)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko during an annual spring garden party they hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the left are Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko. (Kyodo)

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(1)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko (R) during an annual spring garden party he hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the right are Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED)(1)Voting begins in Nagano gubernatorial poll

IIDA, Japan - Keiko Hasegawa, a candidate in the Nagano gubernatorial election, casts her ballot in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 1. The poll was triggered when former Gov. Yasuo Tanaka lost his job in July after the prefectural assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him. (Kyodo)

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Columnist Hanaoka abandons bid for Nagano governorship

NAGANO, Japan - Former Sankei Shimbun editorial writer Nobuaki Hanaoka (L) shakes hands with lawyer Keiko Hasegawa at the Nagano prefectural government head office in the city of Nagano on Aug. 14 after his announcement to retreat from the Nagano gubernatorial election. Hanaoka, who had earlier this month announced his intention to run in the Sept. 1 election, said he will give full support to Hasegawa to run against former Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka. (Kyodo)