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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (2nd from R), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, holding a meeting with Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (far L), and Kenshiro Matsunami (far R), a former Japanese lawmaker, in Pyongyang on Nov. 6, 2013. North Korea said Dec. 9 that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Japanese lawmaker meets top aide of N. Korean leader

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (From L) Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a top aide, and Kenshiro Matsunami, a former Japanese lawmaker, hold a meeting at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Japanese university students arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kenshiro Matsunami (far R), chairman of the board of directors of Nippon Sport Science University, and other members of a Japanese delegation offer flowers at giant bronze statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japanese university students arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kenshiro Matsunami (L), chairman of the board of directors of Nippon Sport Science University, shakes hands with Antonio Inoki, a member of Japan's House of Councillors, at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 5, 2013.

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Japan, N. Korea sports exchange

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (from L in front) Former Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, and Nippon Sport Science University board director Kenshiro Matsunami meet before a soccer game between Japanese and North Korean students in Pyongyang on Nov. 14, 2012.

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Japan, N. Korea sports exchange

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (from L in front row) Former Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, and Nippon Sport Science University board director Kenshiro Matsunami watch a soccer game between Japanese and North Korean students in Pyongyang on Nov. 14, 2012.

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Sports university students visit N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Nippon Sport Science University board director Kenshiro Matsunami (C front) and about 40 students leave Beijing airport for Pyongyang on Nov. 12, 2012, for sports exchanges with North Korea.

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Kitanoumi meets education minister over death of wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi meets with Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai (C) and Senior Vice minister of Education Kenshiro Matsunami (R) at the education ministry on Sept. 28 to explain about the hazing death of junior sumo wrestler Tokitaizan, 17, at the practice ring of his stablemaster Tokitsukaze.

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (standing) speaks at the lower house's Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on May 21 about his links to a gangster who paidd the salaries of his aides. (Pool photo)

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Lawmaker Matsunami attends ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami tells a lower house political ethics panel May 21 why he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaaries. (Pool photo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster, refuses to quit

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami, surrounded by security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on May 21 after attending the lower house's Deliberative Council oon Political Ethics.

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Matsunami asks for convening of Diet ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a letter to Seisuke Okuno, chairman of the lower house ethics panel, on April; 24 asking him to convene the panel to deal with Matsunami's alleged links with the criminal underworld.

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NCP officials hold final talks to resolve Matsunami scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-tainted Kenshiro Matsunami (C), a House of Representatives member from the New Conservative Party (NCP), heads for a party meeting on April 21 at the Diet to explain his conduct. Matsunami admitted Tuesday he had allowed a construction firm with ties to gangsters to pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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Matsunami asks for opening ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a statement to Genichiro Sata, director of the lower house Committee on Rules and Administration in Tokyo on April 21, requesting a meeting of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics so that he can explain his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaries. (Pool photo)

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Scandal-hit Matsunami gets ponytail cut

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami speaks at a news conference at the Diet April 21 on his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his aides' salaries. He had his ponytail cut off.

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Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on April 15 following a revelation that he allowed a construction firm that had links to gangsters pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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Kabul asks Japan's help in reconstructing Buddha statues

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami says Dec. 23 that Raheed Makhdoom, minister of information and culture of the new interim government of Afghanistan, has asked for Japan's cooperation in reconstructing two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan Province that were destroyed by the Taliban in March. Matsunami attended the inauguration ceremony for the interim government Dec. 22 in Kabul.

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Kabul asks Japan's help in reconstructing Buddha statues

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami says Dec. 23 that Raheed Makhdoom, minister of information and culture of the new interim government of Afghanistan, has asked for Japan's cooperation in reconstructing two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan Province that were destroyed by the Taliban in March. Matsunami attended the inauguration ceremony for the interim government Dec. 22 in Kabul.

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NCP officials hold final talks to resolve Matsunami scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-tainted Kenshiro Matsunami (C), a House of Representatives member from the New Conservative Party (NCP), heads for a party meeting on April 21 at the Diet to explain his conduct. Matsunami admitted Tuesday he had allowed a construction firm with ties to gangsters to pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Matsunami gets ponytail cut

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami speaks at a news conference at the Diet April 21 on his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his aides' salaries. He had his ponytail cut off. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker Matsunami attends ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami tells a lower house political ethics panel May 21 why he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaaries. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Kitanoumi meets education minister over death of wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi meets with Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai (C) and Senior Vice minister of Education Kenshiro Matsunami (R) at the education ministry on Sept. 28 to explain about the hazing death of junior sumo wrestler Tokitaizan, 17, at the practice ring of his stablemaster Tokitsukaze.(Kyodo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (standing) speaks at the lower house's Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on May 21 about his links to a gangster who paidd the salaries of his aides. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster, refuses to quit

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami, surrounded by security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on May 21 after attending the lower house's Deliberative Council oon Political Ethics. (Kyodo)

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Matsunami asks for convening of Diet ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a letter to Seisuke Okuno, chairman of the lower house ethics panel, on April; 24 asking him to convene the panel to deal with Matsunami's alleged links with the criminal underworld. (Kyodo)

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Matsunami asks for opening ethics panel

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (R) hands a statement to Genichiro Sata, director of the lower house Committee on Rules and Administration in Tokyo on April 21, requesting a meeting of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics so that he can explain his admission that he allowed a construction firm with gangster ties to pay his secretaries' salaries. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on April 15 following a revelation that he allowed a construction firm that had links to gangsters pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998. (Kyodo)

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(2)Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Kenshiro Matsunami, a House of Representatives member in the New Conservative Party, bows at a news conference in the Diet in Tokyo on April 15. He confirmed press reports that a construction firm that had links to gangsters paid 2.75 million yen in salaries to his aides between March 1997 and February 1998. (Kyodo)