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Japan lawmakers, China vice president agree to improve ties

BEIJING, China - A group of Japanese lawmakers, including Kiyohiko Toyama (R) of the New Komeito party and Democratic Party of Japan's Goshi Hosono, attend a press conference in Beijing, China, on Aug. 18, 2014, after meeting with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao. Both sides agreed the two countries need to mend bilateral relations damaged over territorial and historical issues.

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BOJ deputy head

NIIGATA, Japan - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura holds a news conference in the city of Niigata on Dec. 5, 2012. Nishimura indicated that the central bank could take further monetary easing steps at its policy meeting later in the month.

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BOJ Deputy Governor Nishimura

KYOTO, Japan - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura attends a meeting with business leaders at a hotel in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2011. Nishimura said during a press conference after the meeting that he believes the intervention in the currency market by the Japanese government and the BOJ on Oct. 31 was effective.

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Uncertainty over future of Japan's economy growing: Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R) and another BOJ Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura leave a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on March 21. Shirakawa is now serving as acting governor of the central bank.

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Uncertainty over future of Japan's economy growing: Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) speaks at a news conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on March 21 with Kiyohiko Nishimura, another BOJ deputy governor, sitting by his side. Shirakawa is now serving as acting governor of the central bank.

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BOJ chief nominee Tanami pledges to secure bank's independence

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami, the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Representatives panel, pledging to secure the central bank's independence from the government when making monetary policy decisions. At right in back is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor. (Pool photo)

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Tanami, Nishimura attend lower house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, and Kiyohiko Nishimura (L), a member of the central bank's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor, attend a House of Representatives panel to make their policy speeches on March 18. (Pool photo)

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BOJ deputy governor nominee Nishimura speaks at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board who has been nominated as a deputy governor of the central bank, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. Kyodo)

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Tanami, Nishimura make speeches at upper house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. At left in front is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor.

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GSDF leader in Samawah says local sentiment not worsening

NAGOYA, Japan - Col. Kiyohiko Ota (on the screen), the leader of Japan's fifth contingent of the Ground Self-Defense Force on an aid mission in Samawah, southern Iraq, speaks to reporters in a Nagoya garrison, home to the majority of troops in his contingent, via videophone from Samawah on March 8. Ota said he did not feel any deterioration in local sentiment toward Japanese troops and that the area is relatively stable after British forces took over security duties from Dutch troops in the area on March 7.

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GSDF leader in Samawah says local sentiment not worsening

NAGOYA, Japan - Col. Kiyohiko Ota (on the screen), the leader of Japan's fifth contingent of the Ground Self-Defense Force on an aid mission in Samawah, southern Iraq, speaks to reporters in a Nagoya garrison, home to the majority of troops in his contingent, via videophone from Samawah on March 8. Ota said he did not feel any deterioration in local sentiment toward Japanese troops and that the area is relatively stable after British forces took over security duties from Dutch troops in the area on March 7. (Kyodo)

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BOJ deputy governor nominee Nishimura speaks at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board who has been nominated as a deputy governor of the central bank, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. Kyodo)

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Tanami, Nishimura attend lower house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, and Kiyohiko Nishimura (L), a member of the central bank's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor, attend a House of Representatives panel to make their policy speeches on March 18. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Tanami, Nishimura make speeches at upper house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. At left in front is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor. (Kyodo)

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BOJ chief nominee Tanami pledges to secure bank's independence

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami, the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Representatives panel, pledging to secure the central bank's independence from the government when making monetary policy decisions. At right in back is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Uncertainty over future of Japan's economy growing: Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) speaks at a news conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on March 21 with Kiyohiko Nishimura, another BOJ deputy governor, sitting by his side. Shirakawa is now serving as acting governor of the central bank. (Kyodo)

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Uncertainty over future of Japan's economy growing: Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R) and another BOJ Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura leave a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on March 21. Shirakawa is now serving as acting governor of the central bank. (Kyodo)

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Australian military leader visits Japan's GSDF in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Lt. Col. Roger Noble (C), who leads an advance team of Australian troops in Iraq's Samawah, visits Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's contingent there on April 27, shaking hands with its leader Col. Kiyohiko Ota. The advance team arrived April 24 in Samawah, where the main party will maintain public safety, including protecting the Japanese force. Photo provided by GSDF. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after he offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after he offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after he offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after he offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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Lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency

Kiyohiko Toyama, a senior member of Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2021, after he offered to quit parliament after coming under fire for visiting a Tokyo hostess bar despite government calls to avoid unnecessary outings under a state of emergency to rein in the spread of the coronavirus.

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Japan lawmakers, China vice president agree to improve ties

BEIJING, China - A group of Japanese lawmakers, including Kiyohiko Toyama (R) of the New Komeito party and Democratic Party of Japan's Goshi Hosono, attend a press conference in Beijing, China, on Aug. 18, 2014, after meeting with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao. Both sides agreed the two countries need to mend bilateral relations damaged over territorial and historical issues. (Kyodo)

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BOJ Deputy Governor Nishimura

KYOTO, Japan - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura attends a meeting with business leaders at a hotel in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2011. Nishimura said during a press conference after the meeting that he believes the intervention in the currency market by the Japanese government and the BOJ on Oct. 31 was effective. (Kyodo)

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Antinuclear candidate defeated by landslide in mayoral race

Kiyohiko Takakado (C) celebrates on Oct. 2, 2016, after winning the mayoral race in the southwestern Japan town of Ikata, which hosts Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant. Takakado defeated an antinuclear rival by a landslide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo