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Okinawa governor race begins

NAHA, Japan - Mikio Shimoji, 53, former state minister in charge of the privatization of postal services, who is running for governor of Okinawa, makes a speech in Naha, the capital city of Japan's southernmost prefecture on Oct. 30, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a closely watched election on Nov. 16, in which the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base will take center stage.

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Candidates for Okinawa gubernatorial race hold debate

NAHA, Japan - Candidates for the Okinawa gubernatorial election pose after an open debate in Naha, Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014. From L: Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga, Mikio Shimoji, former minister in charge of privatization of postal services, Shokichi Kina, a former House of Councillors member, and incumbent Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima.

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Group of nonpartisan lawmakers visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Postal privatization minister Mikio Shimoji (C back) is pictured at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2012. Lawmakers of a nonpartisan group, including Shimoji and another Cabinet minister, visited the Shinto shrine dedicated to the war-dead on the occasion of its fall festival.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Shimoji, Japan's new postal privatization minister, enters Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, as Noda reshuffled his Cabinet.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) and other ruling coalition leaders meet in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, to discuss a Cabinet reshuffle to take place later in the day. Others in photo are Azuma Koshiishi (R), secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan led by Noda, Shozaburo Jimi (2nd from L), head of the coalition partner People's New Party, and Mikio Shimoji (L), PNP secretary general.

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PNP sacks party head, policy chief

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Shimoji (L), secretary general of the People's New Party, and Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi (C), the sole Cabinet minister from the PNP, hold a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on the evening of April 5, 2012, after the party's decision to dismiss its chief Shizuka Kamei and policy chief Akiko Kamei. The decision comes after the two asserted the PNP should leave the ruling coalition due to their opposition to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's key policy goal of a sales tax hike.

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Coalition partner chief Kamei against sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei, head of the People's New Party, junior coalition partner of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a PNP lawmakers' meeting at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 28, 2012, expressing opposition to a hike in the sales tax rate. PNP Secretary General Mikio Shimoji is seen at the back.

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DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Shimoji (L), People's New Party Diet affairs chief, Kantoku Teruya (C), head of the Social Democratic Party's Diet affairs, and Tomoko Abe(R), the policy chief of the SDP, comes out of a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano on March 31, 2010, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. The three representing the junior partners of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan opposed a prospective proposal to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to an area to be reclaimed from the sea off a U.S. Navy facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

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DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

TOKYO, Japan - People's New Party Diet affairs chief Mikio Shimoji speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on March 31, 2010, after meeting with Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano. Shimoji said he opposed a prospective proposal to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to an area to be reclaimed from the sea off a U.S. Navy facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Okinawa gubernatorial race

Former House of Representatives member Mikio Shimoji gives a speech online on Aug. 25, 2022, as campaigning began the same day for the Sept. 11 gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Okinawa gubernatorial race

Former House of Representatives member Mikio Shimoji gives a speech online on Aug. 25, 2022, as campaigning began the same day for the Sept. 11 gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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PNP sacks party head, policy chief

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Shimoji (L), secretary general of the People's New Party, and Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi (C), the sole Cabinet minister from the PNP, hold a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on the evening of April 5, 2012, after the party's decision to dismiss its chief Shizuka Kamei and policy chief Akiko Kamei. The decision comes after the two asserted the PNP should leave the ruling coalition due to their opposition to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's key policy goal of a sales tax hike. (Kyodo)

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DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Shimoji (L), People's New Party Diet affairs chief, Kantoku Teruya (C), head of the Social Democratic Party's Diet affairs, and Tomoko Abe(R), the policy chief of the SDP, comes out of a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano on March 31, 2010, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. The three representing the junior partners of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan opposed a prospective proposal to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to an area to be reclaimed from the sea off a U.S. Navy facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

TOKYO, Japan - People's New Party Diet affairs chief Mikio Shimoji speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on March 31, 2010, after meeting with Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano. Shimoji said he opposed a prospective proposal to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to an area to be reclaimed from the sea off a U.S. Navy facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Coalition partner chief Kamei against sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei, head of the People's New Party, junior coalition partner of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a PNP lawmakers' meeting at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 28, 2012, expressing opposition to a hike in the sales tax rate. PNP Secretary General Mikio Shimoji is seen at the back. (Kyodo)

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Candidates for Okinawa gubernatorial race hold debate

NAHA, Japan - Candidates for the Okinawa gubernatorial election pose after an open debate in Naha, Japan, on Oct. 17, 2014. From L: Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga, Mikio Shimoji, former minister in charge of privatization of postal services, Shokichi Kina, a former House of Councillors member, and incumbent Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima. (Kyodo)

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Japanese lawmaker Mikio Shimoji

Photo taken March 2, 2018, shows Mikio Shimoji, a House of Representatives member who has been promoting the acceptance of fourth-generation Japanese descendants into Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo