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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) along with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato on a plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (R) and Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto meet the press in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2014. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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4 disaster-hit prefectures urge continued gov't aid

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of four prefectures in northeastern Japan ravaged by the 2011 disaster present a joint request to Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (extreme R) for continuation of intensive government support for reconstruction work in Tokyo on July 10, 2014. (From L) Vice Governor Yuji Aoyama of Aomori, Vice Governor Fumio Murata of Fukushima, Governor Takuya Tasso of Iwate and Governor Yoshihiro Murai of Miyagi.

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Kawauchi Village's petition for thorough decontamination

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Yuko Endo (L), mayor of Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture, hands a petition requesting thorough decontamination of radiation to Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto at the village office in Fukushima Prefecture on June 19, 2014.

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shakes hands with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from front, R) holds talks with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L front) at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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Kennedy to visit Fukushima Daiichi complex

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) is pictured during talks with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on May 12, 2014. Kennedy told Nemoto she will visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant later in the week during her first trip to Fukushima Prefecture since assuming her post in November 2013.

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Japan gov't briefs plan for radioactive waste storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (standing), accompanied by Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (fore L), explains a new plan for the interim storage of radioactive waste from crippled nuclear reactors in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (2nd from R) and others at the Fukushima prefectural government office on March 27, 2014.

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Official abuses citizens groups on Twitter

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference on June 13, 2013, that reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto is expected to take punitive action against Yasuhisa Mizuno, a senior official of the Reconstruction Agency which deals with the rebuilding of areas damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after revelations that Mizuno abused citizens groups and Diet members via the online social networking site Twitter.

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Official abuses citizens groups on Twitter

TOKYO, Japan - Reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto, speaking at a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on June 13, 2013, says Twitter messages by Yasuhisa Mizuno, a senior official of the Reconstruction Agency which deals with the rebuilding of areas damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, were "inappropriate as a national government official" and he offered an apology.

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NAMIE, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto (C) listen as Tamotsu Baba (L), mayor of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town on March 24, 2013, during their visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Fukushima

NAMIE, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto (C) listen as Tamotsu Baba (L), mayor of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, describes the situation in the town on March 24, 2013, during their visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

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Abe visits tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto lay a floral tribute at a cenotaph for the victims of the 2011 tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2013. The one-day visit to the city in Iwate Prefecture is Abe's third to a disaster-stricken area since assuming the premiership for the second time on Dec. 26.

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Takumi Nemoto enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named reconstruction minister by Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who took office as Japan's new prime minister the same day.

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Gov't needs to take 'bold' antideflationary steps: Nemoto

TOKYO, Japan - Takumi Nemoto, senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. Nemoto said the government needs to take ''bold'' steps to fight deflation, especially those to stimulate property and stock transactions.

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Ex-Hanshin ace Koyama named to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers ace Masaaki Koyama (L) and ex-Hiroshima side-arm pitcher Ryohei Hasegawa (R) pose for pictures Jan. 12 after being named to the Japanese baseball Hall of Fame. Also named along with them were the late Rikuo Nemoto, the architect of championship teams for Hiroshima, Seibu and Daiei, and the late Tsutomu Takeda, who helped popularize college baseball.

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Minister asks for advice on fostering students' independence

TOKYO, Japan - Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) on May 29 asks his advisory panel to launch a study on how to foster independent decision-making among students to help them succeed in a rapidly changing society. Nakasone requested the Central Council for Education, chaired by Jiro Nemoto (L), to develop a continuous curriculum that could be applied to youth beginning in infant stages through to university students.

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Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto.

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Nikkeiren chairman speaks at extraordinary general assembly

Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) speaks Jan. 12 at its extraordinary general assembly in Tokyo. The meeting endorsed a committee report advising that basic wage raises should be avoided for the seventh consecutive year.

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Toyota's Okuda to become Nikkeiren chairman

This file photo shows Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., who has been nominated by the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) as its next chairman. The appointment will be formalized at the federation's general assembly in May, Nikkeiren officials said Jan. 8. Jiro Nemoto, who will step down as chairman after four years in office, said Okuda, 66, was chosen because of his reputation as an internationally minded business executive.

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Japan business dons pin hope on 2nd-half recovery

The leaders of Japan's top four big-business groups hold a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, voicing hope that the nation's economy will be put on a recovery track in the second half of this year, while expressing shock at a series of negative developments at the new year's onset. From left to right are Jiro Ushio, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Jiro Nemoto, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), and Kosaku Inaba, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Breakdancing competition

Isshin Hishikawa (L) and Yurie Nemoto pose with their champions plaques at a breakdancing event in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, on Sept. 25, 2022. The national champions go on to represent Japan at the World Final in New York in November.

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Breakdancing competition

Yurie Nemoto reacts after winning the B-Girl title at a national-level breakdancing event held in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, on Sept. 25, 2022.

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Breakdancing competition

Japan's Yurie Nemoto hits the floor in the B-Girl final at a national-level breakdancing event held in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, on Sept. 25, 2022.

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Breakdancing competition

Japan's Yurie Nemoto hits the floor in the B-Girl final at a national-level breakdancing event held in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan, on Sept. 25, 2022.

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Minister asks for advice on fostering students' independence

TOKYO, Japan - Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) on May 29 asks his advisory panel to launch a study on how to foster independent decision-making among students to help them succeed in a rapidly changing society. Nakasone requested the Central Council for Education, chaired by Jiro Nemoto (L), to develop a continuous curriculum that could be applied to youth beginning in infant stages through to university students.

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Gov't needs to take 'bold' antideflationary steps: Nemoto

TOKYO, Japan - Takumi Nemoto, senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. Nemoto said the government needs to take ''bold'' steps to fight deflation, especially those to stimulate property and stock transactions. (Kyodo)

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AMRO chief says Asia "resilient," can weather any economic crisis

Yoichi Nemoto, director of the ASEAN-plus-three Macroeconomic Research Office, also called AMRO, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Singapore on Feb. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido firms developing electric vehicle for cold regions

Photo taken Feb. 8, 2016 in Sapporo shows Hideki Nemoto, president of "Will-E," a company helping to develop an electric vehicle especially for cold weather regions, holding an "omnidirectional wheel," one of the company's patented products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo woman recounts day after massive air raids on capital

Kimie Nemoto, pictured in Tokyo on June 28, 2015, recalls her experience of watching U.S. reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Japanese capital on March 10, 1945, the day after massive air raids on the metropolis in the closing days of World War II. ==Kyodo

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Police send 3 suspected baby kidnappers in Sendai to prosecutors

SENDAI, Japan - Nobuyasu Nemoto, who is suspected of kidnapping a newborn baby, leaves the Sendai-Higashi Police Station in Sendai on Jan. 9 to be sent to prosecutors. Nemoto's Filipino wife Carmencita and an acquaintance, Kazuyoshi Sato, were also arrested on Jan. 8. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) along with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato on a plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (R) and Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto meet the press in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2014. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)

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G-20 summit

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto meet the press after attending a meeting of the Group of 20 finance and health ministers in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-20 summit

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto meet the press after attending a meeting of the Group of 20 finance and health ministers in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-20 summit in Osaka

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (R) and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto chair the meeting of the Group of 20 finance and health ministers being held in Osaka on June 28, 2019, on the sidelines of the G-20 summit. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Revised law to ban physically punishing children+

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto bows during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on June 19, 2019, as the parliament enacts a revised law banning parents and other guardians from physically punishing children following several fatal cases of abuse committed in the name of discipline. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Revised law to ban punishing children

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto bows during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on June 19, 2019, as the parliament enacts a revised law banning parents and other guardians from physically punishing children following several fatal cases of abuse committed in the name of discipline. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Princess Mako attends a memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery for the war dead in Tokyo on May 27, 2019. Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto can be seen to her left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe at parliamentary session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a session of the House of Representatives' health, labor and welfare committee in Tokyo on May 24, 2019, alongside health minister Takumi Nemoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe at parliamentary session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (standing) attends a session of the House of Representatives' health, labor and welfare committee in Tokyo on May 24, 2019, alongside health minister Takumi Nemoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe at parliamentary session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a session of the House of Representatives' health, labor and welfare committee in Tokyo on May 24, 2019, alongside health minister Takumi Nemoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's minister of health, labor and welfare

Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on May 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's minister of health, labor and welfare

Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on May 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parliamentary session in Japan

Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto (standing) speaks at a session of the House of Councillors budget committee in Tokyo on March 14, 2019, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) listening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese labor minister Nemoto at parliament

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Takumi Nemoto speaks at a budget committee meeting of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese visitors to Russian-held islands

(From R) Chizuko Yamaguchi, Osamu Okada and Kakeru Nemoto visit a Japanese graveyard on Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that are claimed by Japan, on Aug. 24, 2018. Soviet troops seized Kunashiri and the other islands at the end of World War II and the Russian government has allowed a limited number of Japanese to make visa-free visits to the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farmers' rally against TEPCO

Satoshi Nemoto (R), leader of a farmers' group of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, hands down a written request to a Tokyo Electric Power Co. official on Nov. 10, 2016, in the city of Fukushima, demanding the utility retract a proposal to eventually stop paying compensation over damage to agriculture and forestry caused by the nuclear disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Hanshin ace Koyama named to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers ace Masaaki Koyama (L) and ex-Hiroshima side-arm pitcher Ryohei Hasegawa (R) pose for pictures Jan. 12 after being named to the Japanese baseball Hall of Fame. Also named along with them were the late Rikuo Nemoto, the architect of championship teams for Hiroshima, Seibu and Daiei, and the late Tsutomu Takeda, who helped popularize college baseball.

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Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto. ==Kyodo