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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Satoshi Morimoto, professor on security issues at Takushoku University Graduate School. Morimoto was appointed defense minister, replacing Naoki Tanaka and becoming Japan's first nonparliamentarian defense chief, as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet on June 4, 2012.

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Japan, China agree to prevent maritime troubles

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Yonghua hold talks at the ministry in Tokyo on May 17, 2012. They agreed on the need to establish a liaison network immediately to prevent maritime troubles between the two countries, particularly in the East China Sea, Japanese officials said.

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Australian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (2nd from R) meet in Tokyo on May 17, 2012.

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Australian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka shake hands in Tokyo on May 17, 2012.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka meet the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Defense minister in Ishigaki

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) and Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama shake hands before their meeting on Ishigaki Island of Okinawa Prefecture on April 23, 2012. Tanaka thanked the mayor for the deployment of Japan's ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors on the island.

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Upper house OKs censure motions

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Takeshi Maeda (R) waits for the result of a vote on a censure motion against him during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. The upper house approved censure motions against him and Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) later in the day. Tanaka was criticized over his handling of a string of security issues, and Maeda for allegedly trying to meddle in a recent local election.

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Opposition to file censure motions against 2 ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) and Takeshi Maeda, minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, attend a House of Councillors plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on April 16, 2012. Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party plans to submit censure motions against them to the upper house on April 18, 2012. The LDP has criticized Tanaka for what it sees as improper handling of a number of security issues and Maeda for allegedly trying to meddle in a local election.

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N. Korea launches rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters crowd around Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka for comments as he enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the morning of April 13, 2012, after media reports that North Korea has launched a rocket.

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat.

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka raises his hand to speak during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat.

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SDF told to prepare for N. Korea's rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka answers reporters' questions at the ministry in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, concerning his order earlier in the day for the Self-Defense Forces to prepare for the possible fall of a North Korean rocket, suspected to be a long-range ballistic missile, on Japanese territory in mid-April.

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SDF told to prepare for N. Korea's rocket launch

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R back) convenes a meeting of top ministry officials at the ministry in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, to discuss Japan's response to North Korea's planned launch of a rocket, suspected to be a long-range ballistic missile, in mid-April.

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Defense chief Tanaka, U.S. envoy Roos

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador John Roos prior to their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on March 22, 2012. Tanaka and Roos agreed during their meeting that their countries will keep on working together in dealing with Pyongyang's planned rocket launch in mid-April.

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Defense chief encourages GSDF members in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) speaks in the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012, via videophone with Col. Toru Namatame (R) of the Ground Self-Defense Force deployed in South Sudan. Tanaka encouraged GSDF personnel who arrived in the African nation the previous day to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Defense minister in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., Okinawa area coordinator and commanding officer of the III Marine Expeditionary Force of the United States, at Camp Foster in Okinawa Prefecture on Feb. 18, 2012.

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Defense minister in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (front L) views the planned relocation site at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for functions of the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan in the same prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2012.

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Japanese Defense Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2012, after reporting the outcome of Japan-U.S. talks in Washington to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), chief of the Defense's Ministry's Okinawa bureau, speaks as a witness during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Manabe testified at parliament as he has been under fire for an accusation that he meddled in a local election linked to the planned relocation of a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture. Behind Manabe is Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka.

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Defense Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) answers reporters' questions in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012, over Ro Manabe, the ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, giving a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Defense chief Tanaka meets Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) hands written requests regarding U.S. military bases in the prefecture to new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 23, 2012.

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Defense chief Tanaka meets Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (far L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R front) hold talks at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 23, 2012, over a controversial plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture.

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Japanese defense chief, U.S. ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) holds talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. During their meeting, Roos, who paid a courtesy call on Tanaka, reaffirmed the importance of the bilateral alliance.

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New defense chief meets Okinawa gov.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) holds talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. The governor reiterated his call for the central government to reconsider its plan to relocate a key U.S. base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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New defense chief meets Okinawa gov.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima bow to each other when they met at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. The governor reiterated his call for the central government to reconsider its plan to relocate a key U.S. base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Tanaka wants to create Japan-China liaison

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka is interviewed by Kyodo News and other media outlets in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2012. Tanaka said he is keen on speeding up efforts to create a maritime liaison system between Japan and China to avoid disputes in the East China Sea, given Beijing's assertiveness at sea.

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Literary awards

TOKYO, Japan - Writers (from R) To Enjo, Shinya Tanaka and Rin Hamuro pose for photos in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2012, as Enjo and Tanaka shared the Akutagawa literary award and Hamuro won the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Outgoing Defense Minister Ichikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa heads for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to replace Ichikawa with Naoki Tanaka, a ruling Democratic Party of Japan member in the House of Councillors, later in the day.

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Tanaka to become new defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Naoki Tanaka, a ruling Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, DPJ chief, has decided to appoint Tanaka as defense minister, replacing Yasuo Ichikawa who was censured in the upper house in December 2011, DPJ lawmakers said Jan. 13, 2012.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to join DPJ

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) speaks at a press conference, together with her husband and House of Councillors lawmaker Naoki Tanaka (R) and Yukio Hatoyama (C), president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan at a hotel in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 15. Makiko Tanaka, who is an independent in the House of Representatives after being ousted from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2002, will seek reelection in the Aug. 30 general election as a DPJ candidate.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Tanaka to join DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L in this undated file photo) announces on Aug. 15 that she will seek reelection in the Aug. 30 general election as a candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Tanaka is an independent in the lower house after being ousted from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2002. Her husband Naoki Tanaka (R), an independent in the House of Councillors, will also join the DPJ.

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LDP's Tanaka set to retain upper house seat

NIIGATA, Japan - Naoki Tanaka (L) shakes hands with his wife, former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, at a hotel in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on July 11 as a Kyodo News projection showed he was set to retain his seat in the House of Councillors election.

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(14)Official campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Tanaka (R), along with his wife and former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, attends a ceremony in Nishiyama, Niigata Prefecture, on June 24 before starting campaigning in the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Postal panel hands final report on privatization to Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Tanaka (L), head of a private advisory panel to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, hands a final report proposing three options for privatizing the currently state-run postal services to Koizumi at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 6.

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Tanaka hosts reception for foreign envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (R), flanked by her husband Naoki Tanaka (2nd from L), greets guests at a reception she hosted June 1 for foreign ambassadors and acting ambassadors to Japan. The foreign minister urged the envoys to cooperate with Japan in a ''joint endeavor'' to achieve world peace and prosperity.

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Double Giken's Communication Tool for ALS Patients

Double Giken has developed a technology to identify the words a patient thinks from the blood flow in the brain and project them on a screen for ALS patients who cannot move their eyelids or fingers. The technology is based on a device that uses near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to determine "yes/no" from brain activity. The patient selects one word at a time and only the vowel sound of the word to be communicated, and the number of words is used to analogize the candidate words to be communicated and show them on the screen. The system, which consists of a personal computer and a terminal, will go on sale in September at the earliest. It was developed with the support of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in collaboration with Professor Naoki Tanaka of Toyo University and others. Photo taken on June 4, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Postal panel hands final report on privatization to Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Tanaka (L), head of a private advisory panel to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, hands a final report proposing three options for privatizing the currently state-run postal services to Koizumi at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 6. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Tanaka set to retain upper house seat

NIIGATA, Japan - Naoki Tanaka (L) shakes hands with his wife, former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, at a hotel in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on July 11 as a Kyodo News projection showed he was set to retain his seat in the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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(14)Official campaigning for upper house election starts

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Tanaka (R), along with his wife and former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, attends a ceremony in Nishiyama, Niigata Prefecture, on June 24 before starting campaigning in the July 11 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China agree to prevent maritime troubles

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Yonghua hold talks at the ministry in Tokyo on May 17, 2012. They agreed on the need to establish a liaison network immediately to prevent maritime troubles between the two countries, particularly in the East China Sea, Japanese officials said. (Kyodo)

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Australian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (2nd from R) meet in Tokyo on May 17, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Australian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr (L) and Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka shake hands in Tokyo on May 17, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka raises his hand to speak during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat. (Kyodo)

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Censure motion planned against defense chief

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting in the Diet in Tokyo on April 3, 2012. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party decided the same day to submit a censure motion against Tanaka, whose verbal gaffes have been criticized as being improper for a defense minister, within the current parliament session through June, in a new move to put the ruling party in the hot seat. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka meet the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere. (Kyodo)

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Defense minister in Ishigaki

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) and Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama shake hands before their meeting on Ishigaki Island of Okinawa Prefecture on April 23, 2012. Tanaka thanked the mayor for the deployment of Japan's ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors on the island. (Kyodo)

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Upper house OKs censure motions

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Takeshi Maeda (R) waits for the result of a vote on a censure motion against him during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on April 19, 2012. The upper house approved censure motions against him and Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) later in the day. Tanaka was criticized over his handling of a string of security issues, and Maeda for allegedly trying to meddle in a recent local election. (Kyodo)