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Rights groups demand halt to death penalty

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of human rights groups hand a letter demanding a halt to the death penalty to Justice Minister Keiko Chiba at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2010.

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009.

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009.

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Justice Minister Chiba loses seat

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Keiko Chiba grimaces after losing her seat in the House of Councillors in Yokohama on July 12, 2010. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's ruling party suffered a setback in the upper house election.

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Justice Minister Chiba

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba speaks at a press conference after she was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010.

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Justice Minister Chiba reappointed

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010, after being reappointed to her post by Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Justice Minister Chiba gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba speaks during her first press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the Cabinet's formal inauguration on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Justice Minister Chiba arrives at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009.

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NASA engineer flies his Japanese rescuers to L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Leonard Efron (R), a senior NASA engineer, poses with Keiko Asano (C) and Kazuhito Hachiya (L) both from Chiba Prefecture, at a television station on a Los Angeles suburb July 6. He has paid the flight expenses to bring the two Japanese mountain climbers to Los Angeles. Efron fell about 100 meters while descending Mt. Fuji last year and sustained serious injuries before Asano and Hachiya came to his rescue.

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NASA engineer flies his Japanese rescuers to L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Leonard Efron (R), a senior NASA engineer, poses with Keiko Asano (C) and Kazuhito Hachiya (L) both from Chiba Prefecture, at a television station on a Los Angeles suburb July 6. He has paid the flight expenses to bring the two Japanese mountain climbers to Los Angeles. Efron fell about 100 meters while descending Mt. Fuji last year and sustained serious injuries before Asano and Hachiya came to his rescue.

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Court interpreter's job is no easy task

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Kawashima, a Persian-language court interpreter, poses in front of the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward. Kawashima receives requests to serve as an interpreter in trials involving Persian-speaking people from district courts in Tokyo, Chiba, Shizuoka and Kofu as well as other courts in Nagano Prefecture and Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Justice Minister Chiba

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba speaks at a press conference after she was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Rights groups demand halt to death penalty

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of human rights groups hand a letter demanding a halt to the death penalty to Justice Minister Keiko Chiba at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009. (Kyodo)

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Justice Minister Chiba loses seat

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Keiko Chiba grimaces after losing her seat in the House of Councillors in Yokohama on July 12, 2010. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's ruling party suffered a setback in the upper house election. (Kyodo)

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Justice Minister Chiba reappointed

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010, after being reappointed to her post by Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Kyodo)

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Justice Minister Chiba gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba speaks during her first press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the Cabinet's formal inauguration on Sept. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Justice Minister Chiba arrives at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)