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Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

New Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Keizo Takemi (R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) reshuffled his Cabinet. (Pool photo)

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New Japan LDP leadership

Yuko Obuchi, the second daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after being picked as the Liberal Democratic Party's new election strategy chief as the party leadership changed along with the reshuffle of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet.

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Obuchi to retain Diet seat

TAKASAKI, Japan - Scandal-hit former trade minister Yuko Obuchi, a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the lower house election, smiles during an interview in her electoral district in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture after securing victory in the election on the night of Dec. 14, 2014. Obuchi, the daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, resigned from the Cabinet post in October less than two months after assuming it over dubious political funds reports.

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Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kenichiro Orita, a former secretary to former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi. For decades, Orita served as a secretary to former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and after his death in 2000, to his daughter, Yuko, who succeeded her father in representing a constituency in Gunma Prefecture in the House of Representatives.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, after submitting her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a political funds scandal. Obuchi, daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and a fifth-term House of Representatives member, joined the Abe government in the Sept. 3 Cabinet reshuffle.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, to submit her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a political funds scandal. Obuchi, daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and a fifth-term House of Representatives member, joined the Abe government in the Sept. 3 Cabinet reshuffle.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to tighten grip on power

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Obuchi (R) is attested as a Cabinet minister by Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) looking on. Abe reshuffled his Cabinet earlier in the day and picked Obuchi, the second daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, as economy, trade and industry minister. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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Actor Keizo Kanie dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1997 shows Japanese actor Keizo Kanie. Kanie, known for his supporting role in a number of movies and TV series, has died from stomach cancer at a hospital in Tokyo, a talent agency representing the actor said April 4, 2014. He was 69 years old.

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Racist banner at J-League game

TOKYO, Japan - Keizo Fuchita, president of Urawa Reds, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, following the J-League's decision to have the team play an upcoming home match against Shimizu S-Pulse in an empty Saitama Stadium as a punishment for failing to remove a racist banner from the stadium until after the game against Sagan Tosu on March 8.

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Racist banner at J-League game

TOKYO, Japan - Keizo Fuchita, president of Urawa Reds, apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, following the J-League's decision to have the team play an upcoming home match against Shimizu S-Pulse in an empty Saitama Stadium as a punishment for failing to remove a racist banner from the stadium until after the game against Sagan Tosu on March 8.

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Ex-Asahi Breweries President Higuchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 1999 shows former Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hirotaro Higuchi (L) handing a report of the Economic Strategy Council as its chief to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Higuchi, who launched the brewer's mega-hit beer Asahi Super Dry in 1987, died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2012. He was 86.

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Japanese touch panel developers awarded French medal of honor

OSAKA, Japan - Keizo Wada (R) and Tadashi Shimizu (L), who jointly founded the Osaka-based touch panel maker Digital Electronics Corp., pose with Henri Lachmann, chairman of the supervisory board of Schneider Electric, in Osaka on Dec. 1, 2011. The French government on the same day bestowed the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor medals to Wada and Shimizu, who developed the industrial touch panel in 1988. Digital Electronics is an arm of France's Schneider Electric.

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LDP bigwig Aoki won't run in upper house election, may retire

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mikio Aoki (file photo) has told executives of the main opposition party's Shimane prefectural chapter that he does not intend to run in the prefectural district of the House of Councillors election this summer due to poor health, a senior chapter member said on May 15, 2010. Regarded as an influential member of the upper house during the LDP's long rule, Aoki served as chief Cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori.

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LDP bigwig Aoki won't run in upper house election, may retire

MATSUE, Japan - Kazuhiko Aoki, the eldest son and secretary of veteran Liberal Democratic Party upper house member Mikio Aoki, speaks about his father's intention not to run in the House of Councillors election this summer due to poor health in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 15, 2010. Regarded as an influential member of the upper house during the LDP's long rule, Mikio Aoki served as chief Cabinet secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori.

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TBS to promote vice president Zaitsu to head of new holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. said on March 4 it will promote Executive Vice President Keizo Zaitsu (file photo) to president when the broadcaster becomes a holding company on April 1. Current President Hiroshi Inoue, 69, will become chairman of the new firm.

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Obuchi becomes youngest postwar minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, new state minister in charge of tackling the declining birthrate, speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 24. Obuchi, 34, the second daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, is the youngest minister to be appointed in postwar Japan.

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Obuchi becomes youngest postwar minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, new state minister in charge of tackling the declining birthrate, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 24. Obuchi, 34, the second daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, is the youngest minister to be appointed in postwar Japan.

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Aeon, Maruetsu, Marubeni to tie up in product buying, distribution

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Marubeni Corp. President Nobuo Katsumata, Maruetsu Inc. President Keizo Takahashi and Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada pose for a photo after announcing a tripartite business tie-up at a press conference in Tokyo on July 10.

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1936 feat of Korean marathoner Son Gi Jeong remembered

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Son Jong In (L), eldest son of the Korean winner of the 1936 Berlin Olympics marathon, Son Gi Jeong, and Keizo Yamada, the winner of the 1953 Boston Marathon, pose for a photo during a ceremony held on Aug. 9 in Yokohama to mark the 70th anniversary of Son's feat. Son, whose name is sometimes spelled Sohn Kee Chung, was forced to compete for the Japanese team during the Olympics because the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese occupation then.

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Japanese skiing pioneer Miura dies at 101

TOKYO, Japan - Well-known Japanese skiing pioneer Keizo Miura (file photo) died of multiple organ failure on Jan. 5 at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 101. Miura skied down the Mont Blanc glacier in France in February 2003 at age 99 together with his eldest son Yuichiro, also known as an adventure skier, and his grandson Yuta.

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TBS to issue new shares, move seen as takeover defense

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. Managing Director Keizo Zaitsu (L) speaks as Executive Director Kenichiro Kidokoro looks on at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Zaitsu said TBS will raise a total of about 28 billion yen in September by selling new and outstanding shares to Dentsu Inc. and three other companies to help finance new mobile phone and Internet-related businesses. The step is being regarded as a measure to increase friendly long-term shareholders and discourage a hostile takeover, since an investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami has reportedly acquired some TBS shares and is eyeing a management buyout.

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LDP lawmaker Obuchi marries TBS man

MAEBASHI, Japan - House of Representatives member Yuko Obuchi, daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, smiles during a news conference in Maebashi on Dec. 10 after registering her marriage to Katsuaki Setoguchi, a former co-worker at Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc., at the Nakanojyo town office.

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Aeon set to acquire stake in Sunday

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada (R) and Sunday President Keizo Tamura (L) give a joint press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 18. Okada said his company will soon acquire a 20% stake in Sunday, which operates 45 do-it-yourself stores in Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Akita and Miyagi prefectures.

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Ex-NHK announcer and lawmaker Takahashi dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Keizo Takahashi, a former popular announcer at Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) and member of the House of Councillors, died April 11 of kidney failure at a hospital in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, his family said April 12. He was 83.

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Ex-posts minister Noda to marry NCP lawmaker Tsuruho

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Tsuruho (L), a House of Coucillors lawmaker in the New Conservative Party, and Seiko Noda, former posts and telecommunications minister of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pose for photographers in Tokyo on May 2 after announcing their engagement at a press conference. Noda, 40, became the youngest minister in postwar Japan at the age of 37 in the cabinet of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in 1998.

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Second challenge at LDP presidency

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Ryutaro Hashimoto, Keizo Obuchi, Junichiro Koizumi and Seiroku Kajiyama shake hands in show of unity after the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in July 1998. Obuchi won the election precipitated by Hashimoto's resignation as LDP president and prime minister.

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Koizumi's backer to keep low profile

TOKYO, Japan - Former health minister Junichiro Koizumi, one of four contenders in the April 24 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, addresses a gathering of his supporters at the LDP headquarters April 18. Makiko Tanaka, an outspoken LDP lawmaker and Koizumi supporter, said she will avoid publicly speaking on his behalf following criticism of recent comments she made regarding the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.

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Suntory Vice President Saji to assume presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Nobutada Saji, vice president of Suntory Ltd., who will assume the presidency of the nation's largest whiskey maker March 27, replacing Shinichiro Torii. The appointment of Saji, 55, son of former Suntory Chairman Keizo Saji, will be officially approved at a board meeting slated for March 27.

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Yoshiro Mori

Born July 14, 1937 in Ishikawa Prefecture. A journalist-turned politician, Mori was Japan's 85th prime minister. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1969 at the age of 32. After 30 years rising through the ranks in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Mori became LDP president and prime minister April 5, 2000 following the sudden death of then Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Mori was forced to resign as prime minister on April 26, 2001 due to his unpopularity with the public.

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2,000 trees planted in ceremony in Beijing suburb

BEIJING, China - Chinese schoolchildren plant trees in a ceremony on Oct. 8 to mark the start of a China-Japan tree-planting project that was the brainchild of the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. About 2,000 trees were planted in the ceremony near the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. The ceremony was attended by the three secretaries general of Japan's ruling coalition, members of a Diet members' league and about 1,300 schoolchildren.

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Crown Princess Masako appears in public

GIFU, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako wave to a crowd as they arrive at Gifuhashima Station in Gifu Prefecture on July 31 to attend the opening ceremony of a national senior high school athletics championship. It was the first time for the princess to appear in public since former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's funeral June 8. She was absent from the funeral and related events for the Empress Dowager Nagako on July 24-26 due to fatigue partly caused by the summer heat, according to the Imperial Household Agency.

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Prime Minister Mori appointed by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori bows to Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace July 4 as he is appointed to launch his second cabinet. Mori was reelected by parliament earlier in the day and immediately formed his new cabinet following the June 25 House of Representatives election. Mori first took the top post in April after his predecessor Keizo Obuchi collapsed due to a stroke. Obuchi died May 14. (Pool phto)

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Obuchi's daughter debuts as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, second daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, points her name plate as she arrives at the Diet (parliament) July 4 to attend the first House of Representatives session following the June 25 general election. She was elected from her father's constituency in Gunma Prefecture.

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Obuchi's daughter shouts 'banzai'

SHIBUKAWA, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, daughter of the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, shouts ''banzai'' at her election office in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on June 25 after it appeared certain she would win her father's former seat in the House of Representatives general election.

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Photo magazine chief defends use of Obuchi hospital photo

TOKYO, Japan - A former editor-in-chief of weekly photo magazine Friday, Haruyuki Kato, shows a photo he says is of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in a hospital bed using a respirator, at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on June 22. Obuchi's widow Chizuko has said the photo, which appeared in the June 2 issue of Friday, is not of her late husband. The issue went on sale five days after Obuchi died May 14

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Gunma prefetural gov't holds funeral for ex-Premier Obuchi

MAEBASHI, Japan - The Gunma prefectural government holds a funeral service for former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at Gunma Arena in his native prefecture of Gunma's Maebashi northwest of Tokyo on the morning of June 10. Obuchi died May 14 at the age of 62.

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Thai Premier Chuan meets Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on June 9 prior to their talks. Chuan met with Mori after attending the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi the previous day.

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Mori holds talks with ASEAN leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (seated at center) opens a meeting with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in Tokyo for the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, at the premier's official residence June 9.

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Japan, S. Pacific nations voice concern over Fiji, Solomons

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori 2nd from R) and representatives of 11 South Pacific nations, in Japan to attend the funeral for former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, hold talks at the government guesthouse in Tokyo on June 8. They voiced ''deep concern'' at the political turmoil in Fiji and the Solomon Islands, and called for the restoration of democracy in the two nations.

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Clinton consoles Obuchi's widow

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) consoles Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, at a reception at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo held after the funeral of the late premier. Foreign dignitaries from some 180 countries, regions and international organizations were present at the funeral.

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Obuchi's ashes carried from funeral hall

TOKYO, Japan - The son of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi carries his father's ashes at the end of the funeral service in Tokyo on June 8.

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Crown prince, princess offer flowers at Obuchi's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife, Princess Masako, offer flowers at the funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall June 8.

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Mori reads memorial address for Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori reads a memorial address at the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on June 8.

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Mourners offer flowers to Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners offer flowers at the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in Tokyo on June 8 and greet the bereaved family members (far R).

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Clinton, Kim meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on June 8. The two leaders met after attending the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in Tokyo earlier in the day.

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Clinton offers flowers to Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Bill Clinton (L), along with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley, offers flowers at the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in Tokyo on June 8.

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Obuchi's widow mourns late husband at funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, wipes tears from her eyes during the funeral for her husband at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on June 8. At her side are the three Obuchi children.

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S. Korean leader offers flowers to Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (L) offers flowers at the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in Tokyo on June 8. In the right of the picture is U.S. President Bill Clinton, who has just offered flowers.

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U.N.S.C. split on Khmer Rouge trial: Hun Sen

TOKYO, Japan - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, in Tokyo to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on June 8. He said four of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are divided over the planned trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of at least 1.7 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979.

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Clinton at Obuchi's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Bill Clinton is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on arrival at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo to attend the official funeral of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on June 8.