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Imperial couple at tree-planting ceremony

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (far R) plant seedlings during a tree-planting ceremony in Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in the city of Yamaguchi in western Japan on May 27, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Lower house passes hepatitis bill, enactment seen certain

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Yamaguchi, the representative of a national group of hepatitis patients who have filed a lawsuit against the government and drug makers, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26 after a plenary session of the House of Representatives passed a measure to support hepatitis patients.

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6-yr court battle over hepatitis C completed

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Yamaguchi, representative of the plaintiffs group, signs an agreement with Nihon Pharmaceutical Co. at the drug firm's headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 14 to end a series of damages suits over tainted blood products that infected the patients with a hepatitis virus.

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6-yr court battle over hepatitis C completed

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Miura (R), president of Nihon Pharmaceutical Co., bows in apology to a group of hepatitis patients, including plaintiffs' group representative Michiko Yamaguchi (L), at the drug firm's headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 14 after they signed an agreement to end a series of damages suits over tainted blood products that infected the patients with a hepatitis virus.

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Police say killer of Yamaguchis wore 26-cm China-made shoes

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers investigate near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko in Saitama on Nov. 21. Police have determined that the murderer of the couple wore lace-up sneakers measuring around 26 centimeters in length with soles made in China.

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Woman prays at home of ex-vice minister

SAITAMA, Japan - A woman lays flowers and prays in front of the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, former vice health and welfare minister, and his wife Michiko in Saitama's Minami Ward on Nov. 20, two days after the couple were found stabbed to death at their home.

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Ex-vice health minister, wife murdered in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 18 after Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko were found dead with stab wounds to their chests at their home.

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (R) shakes hands with Michiko Yamaguchi, leader of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding.

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Relief bill for hepatitis C sufferers submitted to Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Yamaguchi (R), a representative of the country's hepatitis C plaintiffs groups, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7. The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party submitted a bill to the Diet earlier in the day to offer blanket relief to people with hepatitis C contracted through tainted blood products.

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Woman rescued in Aichi Pref. hostage standoff

NAGOYA, Japan - A policeman lifts onto his back Michiko Mori (C), a woman rescued from nearly 23 hours of hostage, in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 18. She had been taken captive by her former husband at his house following a shooting spree by the man, a former gangster of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate.

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Emperor, empress greeted by government officials, envoys+

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko receive New Year's greetings from foreign ambassadors at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. About 500 government officials including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki and Supreme Court Chief Justice Shigeru Yamaguchi also greet the imperial couple and other imperial family members. (Pool photo)

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Relief bill for hepatitis C sufferers submitted to Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Yamaguchi (R), a representative of the country's hepatitis C plaintiffs groups, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7. The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party submitted a bill to the Diet earlier in the day to offer blanket relief to people with hepatitis C contracted through tainted blood products. (Kyodo)

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Woman rescued in Aichi Pref. hostage standoff

NAGOYA, Japan - A policeman lifts onto his back Michiko Mori (C), a woman rescued from nearly 23 hours of hostage, in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 18. She had been taken captive by her former husband at his house following a shooting spree by the man, a former gangster of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate. (Kyodo)

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6-yr court battle over hepatitis C completed

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Yamaguchi, representative of the plaintiffs group, signs an agreement with Nihon Pharmaceutical Co. at the drug firm's headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 14 to end a series of damages suits over tainted blood products that infected the patients with a hepatitis virus. (Kyodo)

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6-yr court battle over hepatitis C completed

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Miura (R), president of Nihon Pharmaceutical Co., bows in apology to a group of hepatitis patients, including plaintiffs' group representative Michiko Yamaguchi (L), at the drug firm's headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 14 after they signed an agreement to end a series of damages suits over tainted blood products that infected the patients with a hepatitis virus. (Kyodo)

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Gov't, hepatitis C patients sign accord to end legal battle

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (R) shakes hands with Michiko Yamaguchi, leader of the plaintiffs in hepatitis C damages lawsuits against the state and drugmakers, at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the two sides signed a basic accord to end the protracted legal battle. The agreement is based on a law enacted last week offering blanket relief to those who contracted the liver illness through contaminated blood products such as fibrinogen which were administered to stop bleeding. (Kyodo)

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Police say killer of Yamaguchis wore 26-cm China-made shoes

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers investigate near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko in Saitama on Nov. 21. Police have determined that the murderer of the couple wore lace-up sneakers measuring around 26 centimeters in length with soles made in China. (Kyodo)

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Woman prays at home of ex-vice minister

SAITAMA, Japan - A woman lays flowers and prays in front of the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, former vice health and welfare minister, and his wife Michiko in Saitama's Minami Ward on Nov. 20, two days after the couple were found stabbed to death at their home. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice health minister, wife found dead

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Yamaguchi (file photo taken in 1996), former vice health minister, and wife Michiko are found dead with stab wounds at their home in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Nov. 18. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice health minister, wife murdered in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 18 after Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko were found dead with stab wounds to their chests at their home. (Kyodo)

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Imperial couple at tree-planting ceremony

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (far R) plant seedlings during a tree-planting ceremony in Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park in the city of Yamaguchi in western Japan on May 27, 2012. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Man sentenced to death for killing ex-vice minister, wife

TOKYO, Japan - The Saitama District Court on March 30, 2010, sentenced Takeshi Koizumi (file photo), 48, death for killing a former top health ministry bureaucrat and his wife and attempting to kill another in a 2008 stabbing spree. Koizumi was convicted of fatally stabbing former Vice Health and Welfare Minister Takehiko Yamaguchi, 66, and his wife Michiko, 61 at their home in the city of Saitama on Nov. 17, 2008. (Kyodo)

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Lower house passes hepatitis bill, enactment seen certain

TOKYO, Japan - Michiko Yamaguchi, the representative of a national group of hepatitis patients who have filed a lawsuit against the government and drug makers, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26 after a plenary session of the House of Representatives passed a measure to support hepatitis patients. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress greeted by government officials, envoys+

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko receive New Year's greetings from foreign ambassadors at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. About 500 government officials including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki and Supreme Court Chief Justice Shigeru Yamaguchi also greet the imperial couple and other imperial family members.