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Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Taki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reappointed Taki as justice minister earlier the same day, following the resignation of Keishu Tanaka over his past connections with a yakuza organized crime syndicate.

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Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Taki (L) and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012, following an attestation ceremony. Noda reappointed Taki as justice minister earlier the same day, following the resignation of Keishu Tanaka over his past connections with a yakuza organized crime syndicate.

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Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Taki enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reappointed Taki as justice minister on the same day, following the resignation of Keishu Tanaka over his past connections with a yakuza organized crime syndicate.

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Justice Minister Tanaka resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Photo on Oct. 23, 2012, shows a room with empty seats at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo, where a press conference by Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka was cancelled, after he resigned the same day in the face of scandals over his political funds and close ties with an organized crime syndicate.

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Justice Minister Tanaka resigns

TOKYO, Japan - A Cabinet meeting is held at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2012. Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka resigned earlier the same day in the face of scandals over his political funds and close ties with an organized crime syndicate.

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Justice Minister Tanaka resigns

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka. He resigned on Oct. 23, 2012, in the face of scandals over his political funds and close ties with an organized crime syndicate.

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Justice Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka is discharged from a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 22, 2012, following checks after complaining of chest pain, an irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure. The resignation of Tanaka, under fire for his ties with an organized crime syndicate about 30 years ago, is believed to be unavoidable.

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Justice Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka is discharged from a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 22, 2012, following checks after complaining of chest pain, an irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure. The resignation of Tanaka, under fire for his ties with an organized crime syndicate about 30 years ago, is believed to be unavoidable.

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Justice Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 19, 2012, shows a hospital in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward where Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka was admitted the same day after complaining of chest pain. Tanaka was planning to step down after admitting to having had past ties with an organized crime syndicate a couple of decades ago, government officials said the same day.

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Justice Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka admits to having acted as a matchmaker for a senior member of a major yakuza gang in Yokohama about 30 years ago and attended a party hosted by its leader, at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2012. Tanaka was planning to step down after admitting to having had past ties with an organized crime syndicate, government officials said Oct. 19, 2012.

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Justice minister dismisses notion of resigning

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2012. Tanaka dismissed the idea of resigning after a weekly magazine reported he acted as a matchmaker for a senior member of a crime syndicate years ago and made a speech at the syndicate's party, although he admitted the report was true.

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Minister received donations from Chinese-controlled firm

TOKYO, Japan - New Japanese Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2012, after his office confirmed he received a total of 420,000 yen in donations from a firm operated by a Chinese national over a four-year period from 2006. The donations could have violated a law that bans political contributions from foreign individuals and entities.

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Minister received donations from Chinese-controlled firm

TOKYO, Japan - New Japanese Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2012, after his office confirmed he received a total of 420,000 yen in donations from a firm operated by a Chinese national over a four-year period from 2006. The donations could have violated a law that bans political contributions from foreign individuals and entities.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Keishu Tanaka, Japan's new justice minister, enters Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, as Noda reshuffled his Cabinet.

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Nonfiction writer Kamisaka dies at 78

TOKYO, Japan - Fuyuko Kamisaka (file photo), an award-winning nonfiction writer and outspoken conservative critic, died on April 14. She was 78. She was known for her works on Japanese history during and after World War II, including ''Keishu Nazare-en'' on a facility in South Korea where aged Japanese widows of South Korean men reside.

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Nonfiction writer Kamisaka dies at 78

TOKYO, Japan - Fuyuko Kamisaka (file photo), an award-winning nonfiction writer and outspoken conservative critic, died on April 14. She was 78. She was known for her works on Japanese history during and after World War II, including ''Keishu Nazare-en'' on a facility in South Korea where aged Japanese widows of South Korean men reside. (Kyodo)