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Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Taki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reappointed Taki as justice minister earlier the same day, following the resignation of Keishu Tanaka over his past connections with a yakuza organized crime syndicate.

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Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Minoru Taki (L) and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012, following an attestation ceremony. Noda reappointed Taki as justice minister earlier the same day, following the resignation of Keishu Tanaka over his past connections with a yakuza organized crime syndicate.

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Taki reappointed as justice minister after scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Taki enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reappointed Taki as justice minister on the same day, following the resignation of Keishu Tanaka over his past connections with a yakuza organized crime syndicate.

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Hokkaido police inspect Meat Hope plant, reenacts meat fraud

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - His head bowed, Minoru Tanaka, 68, president and founder of Meat Hope Co., walks out from the company's Shiomi meat-processing plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on July 3, helping police gather evidence on how the company mixed miscellaneous meat and sold the product as ''ground beef.'' Tanaka has acknowledged the fraudulent practice, saying it was intended to ''cut down costs.'' Tanaka has also admitted using rainwater to thaw frozen meat.

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Scandal-tainted Meat Hope tells 60 employees about dismissals

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Hokkaido-based meat processor Meat Hope Co., answers questions from reporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 26 after he officially told all 60 of the company's employees they will be dismissed because it has become difficult to keep operating due to a false-labeling scandal.

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Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), president of Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, greets officials from the farm ministry June 22 as they arrive to check on alleged false labeling of meat products there.

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Meat firm suspected of mixing pork into ground beef products

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Meat Hope Co., a Hokkaido meat-processing company, apologizes at the outset of a news conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 20. He said his company may have shipped a mixture of minced beef and pork to food companies labeling it ''ground beef,'' citing the possibility of human error.

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Japan to add missing man to list of abductees by N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government said April 25 it will add Minoru Tanaka (in undated file photo), a noodle shop employee in Kobe who disappeared 1978 at the age of 28, to a list of Japanese whom it officially recognizes as having been abducted by North Korea, bringing the number of unresolved abduction victims to 11.

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Meat firm suspected of mixing pork into ground beef products

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Meat Hope Co., a Hokkaido meat-processing company, apologizes at the outset of a news conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 20. He said his company may have shipped a mixture of minced beef and pork to food companies labeling it ''ground beef,'' citing the possibility of human error. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-tainted Meat Hope tells 60 employees about dismissals

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka, president of Hokkaido-based meat processor Meat Hope Co., answers questions from reporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on June 26 after he officially told all 60 of the company's employees they will be dismissed because it has become difficult to keep operating due to a false-labeling scandal. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido police inspect Meat Hope plant, reenacts meat fraud

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - His head bowed, Minoru Tanaka, 68, president and founder of Meat Hope Co., walks out from the company's Shiomi meat-processing plant in Tomakomai, Hokkaido on July 3, helping police gather evidence on how the company mixed miscellaneous meat and sold the product as ''ground beef.'' Tanaka has acknowledged the fraudulent practice, saying it was intended to ''cut down costs.'' Tanaka has also admitted using rainwater to thaw frozen meat. (Kyodo)

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Farm ministry inspects Meat Hope over false labeling

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), president of Meat Hope Co., a meat-processing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, greets officials from the farm ministry June 22 as they arrive to check on alleged false labeling of meat products there. (Kyodo)

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Japan to add missing man to list of abductees by N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government said April 25 it will add Minoru Tanaka (in undated file photo), a noodle shop employee in Kobe who disappeared 1978 at the age of 28, to a list of Japanese whom it officially recognizes as having been abducted by North Korea, bringing the number of unresolved abduction victims to 11. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Meat Hope president indicted over false meat labeling

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Minoru Tanaka, former president of Meat Hope Co., a meat packer based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido. Tanaka was indicted by the Hokkaido District Public Prosecutors Office on Nov. 24 over false labeling of meat products. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Meat Hope exec arrested over false labeling of minced meat

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Minoru Tanaka (C), former president of Meat Hope Co., a meat packing company based in Tomakomai, Hokkaido Prefecture, leaves his home in the city after being arrested by the Hokkaido prefectural police for allegedly falsely labeling minced meat containing pork and chicken as 100 percent beef. (Kyodo)

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Japanese abductee Minoru Tanaka

Undated photo shows Japanese abductee Minoru Tanaka, who went missing in 1978 at age 28. A government official said on Feb. 15, 2019, that North Korea has confirmed Tanaka lives in Pyongyang with his wife. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo