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Okada elected as DPJ president after runoff against Hosono

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after he won the presidential election of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at an extraordinary party meeting that day. Former Foreign Minister Okada defeated Goshi Hosono, DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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Okada elected as DPJ president after runoff against Hosono

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after he won the presidential election of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at an extraordinary party meeting that day. Former Foreign Minister Okada defeated Goshi Hosono, DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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Okada elected as DPJ president after runoff against Hosono

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after he won the presidential election of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at an extraordinary party meeting that day. Former Foreign Minister Okada defeated Goshi Hosono, DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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Okada elected as DPJ president after runoff against Hosono

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Goshi Hosono, Katsuya Okada and Akira Nagatsuma raise their hands at an extraordinary meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after Okada won the DPJ' presidential election. Former Foreign Minister Okada defeated Goshi Hosono, DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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Okada wins DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada bows during an extraordinary meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after winning the party's presidential election. Okada, a 61-year-old former foreign minister, defeated Goshi Hosono, a 43-year-old former DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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Okada wins DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada addresses an extraordinary meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after winning the party's presidential election. Okada, a 61-year-old former foreign minister, defeated Goshi Hosono, a 43-year-old former DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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Okada wins DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada bows during an extraordinary meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after winning the party's presidential election. Okada, a 61-year-old former foreign minister, defeated Goshi Hosono, a 43-year-old former DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting.

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DPJ leadership race at final stage

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Katsuya Okada, acting head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Goshi Hosono, former DPJ secretary general, and Akira Nagatsuma, former health minister, join hands during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Jan. 15, 2015, in Tokyo. The three candidates for Jan. 18 DPJ leadership election showed determination to reconstruct the party.

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DPJ pres. candidates vow to prepare for double election in 2016

TOKYO, Japan - (From front) Akira Nagatsuma, Goshi Hosono and Katsuya Okada -- the three candidates for the presidential election of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan -- take part in a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2015. Official campaigning began the previous day for the Jan. 18 election.

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DPJ pres. candidates vow to prepare for double election in 2016

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Akira Nagatsuma, Goshi Hosono and Katsuya Okada -- the three candidates for the presidential election of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan -- join hands before their debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2015. Official campaigning began the previous day for the Jan. 18 election.

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DPJ leadership race begins with 3 candidates

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates (from L) Katsuya Okada, acting head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Goshi Hosono, former DPJ secretary general, and Akira Nagatsuma, former health minister, attend a press conference at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, as the party kicked off the race for its Jan. 18 leadership election to choose a successor to Banri Kaieda.

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DPJ leadership race begins with 3 candidates

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates (from L) Katsuya Okada, acting head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Goshi Hosono, former DPJ secretary general, and Akira Nagatsuma, former health minister, join hands during a press conference at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, as the party kicked off the race for its Jan. 18 leadership election to choose a successor to Banri Kaieda.

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Nagatsuma files candidacy in DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Nagatsuma, former minister of health, labor and welfare, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, before he filed his candidacy for the leadership election of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan on Jan. 18.

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PM Kan takes to streets as DPJ leadership vote nears

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C), government revitalization minister Renho (L) and welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) raise their hands in response to crowds in Tokyo after Kan's speech on Sept. 11, 2010, ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan leadership election on Sept. 14, 2010. Kan called for party unity and alluded to his opponent former DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's wheeling-and-dealing style of politics.

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PM Kan takes to streets as DPJ leadership vote nears

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks in front of JR Yurakucho Station in Tokyo with government revitalization minister Renho (L) and welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) on Sept. 11, 2010, ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan leadership election on Sept. 14, 2010. Kan called for party unity and alluded to his opponent former DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's wheeling-and-dealing style of politics.

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Memorial held for World War II dead of Iwoto

IWOTO, Japan - Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma speaks at a government-held memorial on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on July 15, 2010, honoring the war dead. A bloody battle waged on the island far south of Tokyo in the final year of World War II claimed nearly 22,000 Japanese lives and left 29,000 U.S. casualties.

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Health minister Nagatsuma

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma speaks at a press conference after he was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010.

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Nagatsuma reappointed as welfare minister

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010, after being reappointed to his post by Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Japan, China sign bilateral initiative on food safey

TOKYO, Japan - Wang Yong (L), China's Minister of General Administration for Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine, and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma shake hands after signing a new bilateral initiative aimed at ensuring food safety at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 31.

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Japan, China sign bilateral initiative on food safey

TOKYO, Japan - Wang Yong (L in front), China's Minister of General Administration for Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine, and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma sign a new bilateral initiative aimed at ensuring food safety at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 31, with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L in back) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama observing.

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DPJ-led ruling bloc gets key child benefits law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma bows in appreciation after a bill to offer monthly benefits to families with children is passed at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 26, 2010. The bill will provide 13,000 yen a month to households for every child of junior high school age or younger from April 1.

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Japan welfare minister helps elderly people

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma cooks rice porridge during a hands-on day in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Jan. 30, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan welfare minister helps elderly people

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma pushes the wheelchair of an elderly woman during a hands-on day in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Jan. 30, 2010. ''It was a precious experience,'' Nagatsuma said. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan welfare minister helps elderly people

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma pushes the wheelchair of an elderly woman during a hands-on day in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Jan. 30, 2010. ''It was a precious experience,'' Nagatsuma said. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan welfare minister helps elderly people

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) vacuums the house of an elderly man during a hands-on day in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Jan. 30, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma addresses an inaugural ceremony for Japan Pension Service in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 4, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) and Takashi Kiriku, head of Japan Pension Service, shake hands after an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 3, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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Health minister inspects Tokyo hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Akira Nagatsuma (C), wearing an anti-flu protection mask, visits Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 3, 2009. Nagatsuma inspected the major hospital in the capital after a government panel called for cutting subsidies to emergency and perinatal care systems at hospitals. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Bill to set up fund for a-bomb sufferers clear lower house panel

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Akira Nagatsuma bows in appreciation after the House of Representatives' Health, Labor and Welfare Committee approved a bill to establish a fund for atomic bomb suffers in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. The bill, expected to clear a plenary session of the lower house later in the day, will establish a 300 million yen fund to compensate people who are suffering from radiation-linked illnesses due to the 1945 atomic bombings and have lost compensation lawsuits against the state.

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold health ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu, Japanese health minister Akira Nagatsuma and South Korea's Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Minister Jeon Jae Hee shake hands after signing a memorandum during their meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2009. The three countries agreed to boost cooperation on food safety issues and measures against the new H1N1 influenza virus.

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold health ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu, Japanese health minister Akira Nagatsuma and South Korea's Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Minister Jeon Jae Hee show a memorandum signed during their meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2009. The three countries agreed to boost cooperation on food safety issues and measures against the new H1N1 influenza virus.

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Hatoyama Cabinet starts business in full swing

TOKYO, Japan - New Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma arrives at his ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2009, as the newly launched Cabinet of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama started business in full swing.

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Health minister Nagatsuma gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Nagatsuma, minister of health, labor and welfare, speaks during his first news conference following the formal inauguration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Health minister Nagatsuma arrives at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Nagatsuma, minister of health, labor and welfare, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009.

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PM Fukuda at lower house Budget Committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R, top) replies to questions from opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Akira Nagatsuma (L, bottom) at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Oct. 9. It was the first committee session to discuss government's key policies after the Fukuda Cabinet launched late last month.

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General election in Japan

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan deputy leader Akira Nagatsuma gives a TV interview in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2021, after the results of the day's House of Representatives election start to come in.

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General election in Japan

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan deputy leader Akira Nagatsuma gives a TV interview in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2021, after the results of the day's House of Representatives election start to come in.

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General election in Japan

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan deputy leader Akira Nagatsuma gives a TV interview in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2021, after the results of the day's House of Representatives election start to come in.

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PM Fukuda at lower house Budget Committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R, top) replies to questions from opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Akira Nagatsuma (L, bottom) at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Oct. 9. It was the first committee session to discuss government's key policies after the Fukuda Cabinet launched late last month. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Democratic Party unveils new lineup of execs

Combined photo shows (from L) Takeshi Shina, policy chief of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, Diet affairs chief Yorihisa Matsuno and Akira Nagatsuma, who is tasked with election campaigns. Maehara announced a new lineup of party executives on Sept. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo metropolitan assembly election

Akira Nagatsuma (R), deputy chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, puts up the names of winners representing the party on the board in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election on July 4, 2021.

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Health minister Nagatsuma

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma speaks at a press conference after he was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Nagatsuma reappointed as welfare minister

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010, after being reappointed to his post by Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Kyodo)

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PM Kan takes to streets as DPJ leadership vote nears

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C), government revitalization minister Renho (L) and welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) raise their hands in response to crowds in Tokyo after Kan's speech on Sept. 11, 2010, ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan leadership election on Sept. 14, 2010. Kan called for party unity and alluded to his opponent former DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's wheeling-and-dealing style of politics. (Kyodo)

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PM Kan takes to streets as DPJ leadership vote nears

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks in front of JR Yurakucho Station in Tokyo with government revitalization minister Renho (L) and welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) on Sept. 11, 2010, ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan leadership election on Sept. 14, 2010. Kan called for party unity and alluded to his opponent former DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's wheeling-and-dealing style of politics. (Kyodo)

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Memorial held for World War II dead of Iwoto

IWOTO, Japan - Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma speaks at a government-held memorial on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on July 15, 2010, honoring the war dead. A bloody battle waged on the island far south of Tokyo in the final year of World War II claimed nearly 22,000 Japanese lives and left 29,000 U.S. casualties. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China sign bilateral initiative on food safey

TOKYO, Japan - Wang Yong (L in front), China's Minister of General Administration for Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine, and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma sign a new bilateral initiative aimed at ensuring food safety at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 31, with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L in back) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama observing. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China sign bilateral initiative on food safey

TOKYO, Japan - Wang Yong (L), China's Minister of General Administration for Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine, and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma shake hands after signing a new bilateral initiative aimed at ensuring food safety at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 31. (Kyodo)

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DPJ-led ruling bloc gets key child benefits law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma bows in appreciation after a bill to offer monthly benefits to families with children is passed at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 26, 2010. The bill will provide 13,000 yen a month to households for every child of junior high school age or younger from April 1. (Kyodo)

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Okada elected as DPJ president after runoff against Hosono

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Goshi Hosono, Katsuya Okada and Akira Nagatsuma raise their hands at an extraordinary meeting of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2015, after Okada won the DPJ' presidential election. Former Foreign Minister Okada defeated Goshi Hosono, DPJ secretary general, in a runoff after former health minister Akira Nagatsuma was eliminated in the first round of voting. (Kyodo)