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DPJ's Tsujimoto retains lower house seat

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan speaks to commuters in front of Takatsuki Station in Takatsuki, Osaka, on Dec. 15, 2014, a day after winning her lower house seat in the Osaka No. 10 single-seat constituency.

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Tsujimoto announces departure from SDP

OSAKA, Japan - Outspoken lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (R) bows to the press before a press conference in Osaka on July 27, 2010. Tsujimoto announced she has submitted a letter of resignation from the small opposition Social Democratic Party.

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Tsujimoto announces departure from SDP

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, former senior vice minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on July 27, 2010. The lawmaker announced she has submitted a letter of departure from the Social Democratic Party.

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Tsujimoto announces departure from SDP

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, former senior vice minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on July 27, 2010. The lawmaker announced she has submitted a letter of departure from the Social Democratic Party.

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Tsujimoto announces departure from SDP

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, former senior vice minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on July 27, 2010. The lawmaker announced she has submitted a letter of departure from the Social Democratic Party.

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Tsujimoto quits ministerial post as SDP leaves coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L), a Social Democratic Party lawmaker, hugs land minister Seiji Maehara after handing in her letter of resignation from the post of vice land minister at the ministry in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The SDP decided the previous day to leave the coalition government, opposing an agreement between Japan and the United States on the relocation of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Tsujimoto quits ministerial post as SDP leaves coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a Social Democratic Party lawmaker, answers questions from reporters after tendering her letter of resignation from the post of vice land minister at the ministry in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The SDP decided the previous day to leave the coalition government, opposing an agreement between Japan and the United States on the relocation of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Tsujimoto quits ministerial post as SDP leaves coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto (C), a Social Democratic Party lawmaker, answers questions from reporters after tendering her letter of resignation from the post of vice land minister at the ministry in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The SDP decided the previous day to leave the coalition government, opposing an agreement between Japan and the United States on the relocation of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Tsujimoto quits ministerial post as SDP leaves coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L), a Social Democratic Party lawmaker, tenders her letter of resignation from the post of vice land minister to land minister Seiji Maehara at the ministry in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The SDP decided the previous day to leave the coalition government, opposing an agreement between Japan and the United States on the relocation of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Team on JAL aims for road map on pension problem by next week

TOKYO, Japan - Senior vice transport minister Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who serves as the secretary general of the government team to address the turnaround of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2009, after the second session of the task force.

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Japan's opposition camp demands Ishiba's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba replies to questions from Kiyomi Tsujimoto (back to camera) from the opposition Social Democratic Party at a meeting of the House of Representatives committee on security on Feb. 26. Opposition parties called for Ishiba's resignation in the wake of a delay by the Defense Ministry in announcing that an Aegis-equipped destroyer had spotted a fishing boat 12 minutes before the two vessels collided.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Noda (R), former posts and telecommunications minister, shakes hands with Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a Social Democratic Party member who was convicted in a financial scandal, as they arrive at the Diet to attend a special session after the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Convicted ex-SDP lawmaker Tsujimoto assured of Diet seat

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a convicted former Social Democratic Party lawmaker, celebrates at her election campaign office in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 12 after learning she was assured of regaining a parliamentary seat in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

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Tsujimoto to run in lower house election on SDP ticket

OSAKA, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto announces she will run in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election on an SDP ticket on Aug. 16. She was convicted of fraud for misusing state funds purportedly for her secretaries and received a suspended prison term in February last year.

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Tsujimoto loses in upper house election

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former House of Representatives member convicted earlier this year of defrauding the state out of secretaries' salaries, speaks to supporters in Osaka on July 11 about her failure in the upper house election.

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(9)Campaigning for upper house election starts

TAKATSUKI, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (R) shakes hands with a supporter in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture on June 24 as she began campaigning for the July upper house election. Tsujimoto, once a rising star in the opposition party, was convicted of defrauding the state of secretaries' salaries.

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Ex-SDP lawmaker Tsujimoto to run for upper house as independent

OSAKA, Japan - Disgraced former Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto tells reporters in Osaka on June 14 she will run in the upcoming upper house election on July 11 as an independent. Tsujimoto, once a rising star in the opposition party, was convicted of defrauding the state of secretaries' salaries.

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Ex-SDP policy chief Tsujimoto not to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - The Osaka chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) decided Oct. 4 not to support former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto (file photo) in the next House of Representatives election. Tsujimoto was indicted in August on charges of defrauding the state out of nearly 19 million yen in funds earmarked for her secretaries.

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(2)Ex-lawmaker Tsujimoto indicted over fraud case

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), speaks to reporters in the SDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 8 after former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto and Masako Goto, Doi's former policy secretary, were indicted on charges of defrauding the state.

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SDP chief Doi thought of resigning but vows to stay on

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) chief Takako Doi briefs secretaries general of the party's prefectural chapters about the arrest of former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 24.

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Doi to continue leading SDP

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, head of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), walks in the Diet building after attending a meeting of SDP members from both houses of the legislature. She reiterated her willingness to stay on as party leader despite the arrests of former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto and Doi's former policy secretary.

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Fuyushiba urges Doi to resign over Tsujimoto scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (in file photo), secretary general of the New Komeito Party, said July 20 that Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi should resign over a money scandal involving former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who was arrested on July 18.

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Police arrest former SDP lawmaker Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (file photo) was arrested on July 18 on suspicion of defrauding the state by misappropriating money that had been intended for the salaries of her policy secretaries. Tsujimoto, 43, resigned as a House of Representatives lawmaker after the scandal surfaced in March 2002.

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SDP leader Doi's ex-policy secretary arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Goto (file photo), former policy secretary of Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi, was arrested on July 18 in connection with a fraud case in which former SDP lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto is accused of misusing the salaries of her state-paid policy secretaries.

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Tsujimoto sheds tears during testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who allegedly misused her secretaries' salaries, tries to hold back her tears during her unsworn testimony at the lower house Budget Committee on April 25.

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(3)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, wipes away tears at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 while answering questions about her alleged misuse of her secretaries' salaries.

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(2)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, answers questions at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 about her alleged misuse her secretaries' salaries

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(1)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, bows at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 before answering questions about her alleged misuse of her secretaries' salaries.

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SDP reiterates support for Doi as leader

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi walks in the Diet building April 4, accompanied by her aide Masako Goto, on her way to a party meeting. SDP's Standing Executive Council reaffirmed support for Doi as party leader. An SDP investigative panel admitted the previous day the party's former policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who misused the salary of a government-paid secretary, was introduced to the secretary by Goto.

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SDP leader Doi's aide introduced policy secretary to Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi walks into the Diet building to attend a meeting of her party Diet members April 3. An SDP panel investigating allegations that former SDP House of Representatives lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto misused her former secretary's state salary said Doi's aide introduced the former secretary to Tsujimoto.

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Doi offers apology over party scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi bows at a meeting of prefectural deputies March 28 in a gesture of apology over a scandal that forced party policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto to resign as a member of the House of Representatives.

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Tsujimoto resigns from parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, an opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker, removes her lawmaker's pin from her lapel during a news conference at the SDP headquarters in Tokyo on March 26 after tendering her resignation from parliament.

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SDP's Tsujimoto tenders resignation at lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L), an opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker, tenders her resignation from parliament to Fukumaru Tani, secretary general of the House of Representatives on March 26. Tsujimoto resigned in a scandal over use of her secretary's state-paid salary.

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SDP's Tsujimoto quits Diet over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (C), surrounded by Diet guards, leaves parliament on March 26 after tendering her resignation to the House of Representatives in connection with allegations she embezzled her aide's state salary.

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SDP urges Tsujimoto to quit over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo early March 26. Doi said the SDP will dismiss Kiyomi Tsujimoto as chairwoman of the party's policy board and call on her to quit the Diet over a money scandal involving her one-time aide.

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Tsujimoto rules out quitting Diet for time being

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a Social Democratic Party lawmaker who is involved in a money scandal, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo early March 26 after appearing on a late-night TV news show aired by Tokyo Broadcasting System the previous day. On the program, Tsujimoto ruled out quitting the Diet over the scandal for the time being.

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SDP confirms Tsujimoto received secretary's salary

TOKYO, Japan - Sekisuke Nakanishi (front), chairman of an opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) fact-finding team, confirms at the Diet on March 25 that Kiyomi Tsujimoto, SDP policy board chairwoman, received most of her former secretary's state-funded salary and failed to report this as legally required.

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Doi comments on allegations against Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan -Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi is surrounded by journalists in the Diet on March 20 after her party's top policy-maker Kiyomi Tsujimoto denied a vernacular weekly report claiming she may have embezzled most of her secretary's salary paid by the government.

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SDP's Tsujimoto denies embezzling secretary's salary

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, chairwoman of the opposition Social Democratic Party's (SDP) Policy-Making Board and a House of Representatives member, speaks to reporters at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 20 about a weekly report which claimed she may have embezzled most of her policy secretary's salary paid by the government. Tsujimoto denied the report, saying her secretary's salary was paid based on proper procedures.

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(6)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (R, standing) replies to questions from Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L, front) of the Social Democratic Party at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session March 11 as he gave testimony as a sworn witness over allegations of his involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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95.6% support no-confidence motion: street poll

OSAKA, Japan - A street poll, conducted in a square in front of JR Takatsuki Station in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 19, shows 95.6% support for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori be submitted by the opposition camp at the House of Representatives on Nov. 20. About 230 citizens took part in the 40-minute street survey, sponsored by opposition Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto. The photo shows a passerby preparing to put a red seal on either the 'confidence' (left) or 'no-confidence' (right) side of the board.

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(6)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (R, standing) replies to questions from Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L, front) of the Social Democratic Party at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session March 11 as he gave testimony as a sworn witness over allegations of his involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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Doi comments on allegations against Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan -Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi is surrounded by journalists in the Diet on March 20 after her party's top policy-maker Kiyomi Tsujimoto denied a vernacular weekly report claiming she may have embezzled most of her secretary's salary paid by the government.

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Tsujimoto says secretary's salary used for office cost

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (in file photo) admitted March 24 to receiving her former policy secretary's state-paid salary as donations and using them to cover the costs of managing her office, in possible violation of the political fund control law. But Tsujimoto, a House of Representatives member and SDP policy board chairwoman, said she put none of the money to personal use.

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SDP confirms Tsujimoto received secretary's salary

TOKYO, Japan - Sekisuke Nakanishi (front), chairman of an opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) fact-finding team, confirms at the Diet on March 25 that Kiyomi Tsujimoto, SDP policy board chairwoman, received most of her former secretary's state-funded salary and failed to report this as legally required.

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SDP urges Tsujimoto to quit over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo early March 26. Doi said the SDP will dismiss Kiyomi Tsujimoto as chairwoman of the party's policy board and call on her to quit the Diet over a money scandal involving her one-time aide.

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Tsujimoto rules out quitting Diet for time being

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a Social Democratic Party lawmaker who is involved in a money scandal, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo early March 26 after appearing on a late-night TV news show aired by Tokyo Broadcasting System the previous day. On the program, Tujimoto ruled out quitting the Diet over the scandal for the time being.

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SDP's Tsujimoto quits Diet over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (C), surrounded by Diet guards, leaves parliament on March 26 after tendering her resignation to the House of Representatives in connection with allegations she embezzled her aide's state salary.

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Tsujimoto resigns from parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, an opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker, removes her lawmaker's pin from her lapel during a news conference at the SDP headquarters in Tokyo on March 26 after tendering her resignation from parliament.

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SDP's Tsujimoto tenders resignation at lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L), an opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker, tenders her resignation from parliament to Fukumaru Tani, secretary general of the House of Representatives on March 26. Tsujimoto resigned in a scandal over use of her secretary's state-paid salary.