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Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Kiuchi

New Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Minoru Kiuchi, who is set to become minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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IAEA general conference

Japanese Science and Technology Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi addresses the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2025.

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IAEA general conference

Japanese Science and Technology Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi attends the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2025.

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IAEA general conference

Japanese Science and Technology Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi attends the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual general conference in Vienna on Sept. 15, 2025.

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World Expo event to promote Japan's anime and manga

OSAKA, Japan, May 2 Kyodo - Japanese economic security minister Minoru Kiuchi, who is in charge of formulating Japan's strategy for promoting "Cool Japan" to the world, drums up publicity during an anime and manga festival at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 2, 2025. (Kyodo)

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World Expo event to promote Japan's anime and manga

Japanese economic security minister Minoru Kiuchi, who is in charge of formulating Japan's strategy for promoting "Cool Japan" to the world, drums up publicity during an anime and manga festival at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 2, 2025.

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Japan, EU economic security talks

Japan's Minister in charge of Economic Security Minoru Kiuchi meets the press after holding talks with his European Commission counterpart Maros Sefcovic in Brussels, Belgium, on April 30, 2025.

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Japan, EU economic security talks

Japan's Minister in charge of Economic Security Minoru Kiuchi (L) and his European Commission counterpart Maros Sefcovic shake hands ahead of their talks in Brussels, Belgium, on April 30, 2025.

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Minoru Kiuchi, who is set to become economic security minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Japan-Australia free trade pact takes effect

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kiuchi (2nd from R), parliamentary vice foreign minister, and other Japanese officials shake hands with Australian Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller (C) during a bilateral committee meeting held in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, following the effectuation of a free trade agreement between the two countries.

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Japanese official meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (R) hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's Kiuchi meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha before talks at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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State minister Kiuchi speaks at Arab disaster confab

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi delivers a speech at the Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sept. 14, 2014.

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Akutagawa, Naoki prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - The winners of Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes line up for a group photograph in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. They are (from left to right) Shusuke Michio and Nobori Kiuchi, who shared the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers, and Kenta Nishimura and Mariko Asabuki, who shared the Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction.

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Nobori Kiuchi, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Shusuke Michio. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Shusuke Michio, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Nobori Kiuchi. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2009, after she was defeated by independent Minoru Kiuchi in the House of Representatives election. Katayama, who was touted by Koizumi as a ''madonna of reform,'' was defeated by Kiuchi, an LDP rebel who voted against Koizumi's postal reform bills and was forced to give up the seat to Katayama at the last election.

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77-yr-old man confesses to killing 4 members of family

CHIBA, Japan - Police officers conduct an investigation in front of the house of Tokiko Kiuchi in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on June 24 after four members of her family were found dead inside the house. Police said her 77-year-old husband confessed to killing them.

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Japanese artist designs Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps

LONDON, Britain - Japanese graphic illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi's artwork features on Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps. Credit: Royal Mail.

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Japanese artist designs Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps

LONDON, Britain - Japanese graphic illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi's artwork features on Britain's 2006 Christmas stamps. Credit: Royal Mail.

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Seiyu to cut 1,600 jobs to streamline operations

TOKYO, Japan - Seiyu Ltd. President Masao Kiuchi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16. He said the supermarket chain operator it will cut up to 1,600 jobs in its group workforce through a voluntary retirement program in a bid to streamline operations.

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(3)Joso Gakuin wins nat'l baseball tourney

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Yukio Kiuchi (L), manager of Joso Gakuin of Ibaraki Prefecture, receives a game ball from team captain Yasunori Matsubayashi after winning the national high school baseball tournament by beating Tohoku of Miyagi Prefecture 4-2 at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 23. Kiuchi announced his plan in May to retire after this season.

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(2)Joso Gakuin wins nat'l baseball tourney

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Yukio Kiuchi, manager of Joso Gakuin of Ibaraki Prefecture, is tossed into the air after his high school team beat Tohoku of Miyagi Prefecture 4-2 to win the national high school baseball tournament at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 23.

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(4)Joso Gakuin wins nat'l baseball tourney

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Yukio Kiuchi (C), manager of Joso Gakuin of Ibaraki Prefecture, and teammates run back to the bench after thanking supporters after winning the national high school baseball tournament by beating Tohoku of Miyagi Prefecture 4-2 at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 23. Kiuchi announced his plan in May to retire after this season.

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Seiyu accepts 5 Wal-Mart execs as board members

TOKYO, Japan - Seiyu Ltd. President Masao Kiuchi (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 26, flanked by Jeff McAllister, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Wal-Mart International. McAllister is one of five Wal-Mart representatives appointed to Seiyu's board of directors. Wal-Mart became the largest shareholder of Seiyu in December 2002 by buying new shares issued by Seiyu to take an equity stake of 37.7%.

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Wal-Mart to become biggest shareholder of Seiyu

TOKYO, Japan - John Menzer (L), president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart International, and Seiyu Ltd. President Masao Kiuchi attend a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12 as the U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will become the largest shareholder of Seiyu.

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Seiyu, Wal-Mart agree to form comprehensive alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kiuchi (R), president of Seiyu Ltd., Charles Holley (C), senior vice president and chief financial officer of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Fumio Wada, vice president of Sumitomo Corp., join hands at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 14. Japan's supermarket chain operator Seiyu and the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance. Under the agreement, trading house Sumitomo, Seiyu's largest shareholder, will increase its stake in Seiyu.

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Seiyu, Wal-Mart agree to form comprehensive alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kiuchi (R), president of Seiyu Ltd., Charles Holley (C), senior vice president and chief financial officer of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Fumio Wada, vice president of Sumitomo Corp., join hands at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 14. Japan's supermarket chain operator Seiyu and the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance. Under the agreement, trading house Sumitomo, Seiyu's largest shareholder, will increase its stake in Seiyu.

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Seiyu accepts 5 Wal-Mart execs as board members

TOKYO, Japan - Seiyu Ltd. President Masao Kiuchi (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 26, flanked by Jeff McAllister, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Wal-Mart International. McAllister is one of five Wal-Mart representatives appointed to Seiyu's board of directors. Wal-Mart became the largest shareholder of Seiyu in December 2002 by buying new shares issued by Seiyu to take an equity stake of 37.7%. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Mekong states eye new development strategy beyond 2015

Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japanese senior vice foreign minister, holds bilateral talks with Sar Kheng, deputy prime minister and interior minister of Cambodia, ahead of a meeting in Tokyo of the Japan-Mekong economic cooperation forum on Feb. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNESCO adds WWII Japanese detainees' records to world memory list

Nobuo Kiuchi, a survivor of post-World War II internment of Japanese nationals by the Soviet Union, points to his sketches in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2015, about life during his three years in Ukraine. The drawings, exhibited at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum, were added by UNESCO, along with other items of interned Japanese troops and civilians, to its "Memory of the World" program on Oct. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Satsuki Katayama, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2009, after she was defeated by independent Minoru Kiuchi in the House of Representatives election. Katayama, who was touted by Koizumi as a ''madonna of reform,'' was defeated by Kiuchi, an LDP rebel who voted against Koizumi's postal reform bills and was forced to give up the seat to Katayama at the last election. (Kyodo)

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77-yr-old man confesses to killing 4 members of family

CHIBA, Japan - Police officers conduct an investigation in front of the house of Tokiko Kiuchi in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on June 24 after four members of her family were found dead inside the house. Police said her 77-year-old husband confessed to killing them. (Kyodo)

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Japan-Australia free trade pact takes effect

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kiuchi (2nd from R), parliamentary vice foreign minister, and other Japanese officials shake hands with Australian Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller (C) during a bilateral committee meeting held in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, following the effectuation of a free trade agreement between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kiuchi meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha before talks at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japanese official meets Thai Prime Minister Prayuth

BANGKOK, Thailand - Minoru Kiuchi (L), Japan's senior vice foreign minister, and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (R) hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Oct. 2, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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State minister Kiuchi speaks at Arab disaster confab

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi delivers a speech at the Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sept. 14, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Shusuke Michio, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Nobori Kiuchi. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Akutagawa, Naoki prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - The winners of Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes line up for a group photograph in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. They are (from left to right) Shusuke Michio and Nobori Kiuchi, who shared the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers, and Kenta Nishimura and Mariko Asabuki, who shared the Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction. (Kyodo)

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Shusuke Michio, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Nobori Kiuchi. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Nobori Kiuchi, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Shusuke Michio. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Shusuke Michio, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Nobori Kiuchi. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Nobori Kiuchi, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Shusuke Michio. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Turning beer into gin in coronavirus crisis

Photo taken May 1, 2020, shows pot stills for distilling craft beer into gin at Kiuchi Brewery Inc.'s distillery in Ishioka in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. The company has turned to longer-lasting gin to prevent craft beer from going to waste as pubs and restaurants are closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Turning beer into gin in coronavirus crisis

Photo taken May 1, 2020, shows pot stills for distilling craft beer into gin at Kiuchi Brewery Inc.'s distillery in Ishioka in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. The company has turned to longer-lasting gin to prevent craft beer from going to waste as pubs and restaurants are closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan asks U.N. disarmament forum to take up N. Korea abduction issue

Minoru Kiuchi (C), chairman of Japan's House of Representatives special committee on North Korean abductions, Yasuhide Nakayama (R) of the Liberal Democratic Party and Eiichiro Washio of the Democratic Party attend a press conference in Geneva on Aug. 30, 2017. The three lawmakers requested that the U.N. Conference on Disarmament also take up the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s as the forum works to address Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ should be more flexible on 2% inflation target: ex-policymaker

Takahide Kiuchi, an economist who left the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2017. Kiuchi said that the central bank should be more flexible in pursuing its 2 percent inflation target and gain a freer hand in adjusting monetary policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ policymaker warns current monetary policy may hurt economy

Takahide Kiuchi, a Bank of Japan policymaker, holds a press conference in Kofu, central Japan, on Feb. 23, 2017. Kiuchi expressed concern that the central bank's current policy, aimed at keeping the country's long-term interest rates low to spur domestic demand, may eventually hurt the economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seiyu to cut 1,600 jobs to streamline operations

TOKYO, Japan - Seiyu Ltd. President Masao Kiuchi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16. He said the supermarket chain operator it will cut up to 1,600 jobs in its group workforce through a voluntary retirement program in a bid to streamline operations. (Kyodo)