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Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988.

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Health minister eats Fukushima vegetables

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Ritsuo Hosokawa eats dishes using vegetables from Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located, to assure the safety of the products at a cafeteria in the building housing the health and other ministries in Tokyo on April 12, 2011. The cafeteria started on the day to use some vegetables from the prefecture, such as tomatoes and cucumbers, whose shipments are not restricted by the government in support of Fukushima farmers hit by radiation fears.

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Settlement plan for Iressa drug damages suits rejected

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa announces the government's decision to reject a court settlement plan for damages suits over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa in a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011.

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Japan, China, S. Korea health ministers meet

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) joins hands with his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu (L) and South Korean counterpart Chin Soo Hee after a press conference on Cheju Island, South Korea, on Nov. 21, 2010. The ministers discussed cooperation in dealing with the new influenza, securing food safety and offering medical treatment for people injured in natural disasters.

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Japan, China, S. Korea health ministers meet

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) joins hands with his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu (L) and South Korean counterpart Chin Soo Hee ahead of their meeting on Cheju Island, South Korea, on Nov. 21, 2010. The ministers discussed cooperation in dealing with the new influenza, securing food safety and offering medical treatment for people injured in natural disasters.

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Acquitted welfare official returns to work

TOKYO, Japan - Senior welfare ministry official Atsuko Muraki (L) receives the letter of appointment from Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Ritsuo Hosokawa at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2010. Muraki was acquitted of a postal abuse charge and reinstated to the ministry after 15 months.

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Japan's health minister Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health and welfare minister Ritsuo Hosokawa speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Japan's health minister Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health and welfare minister Ritsuo Hosokawa speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Japan's new health minister Hosokawa

NARITA, Japan - Ritsuo Hosokawa, a veteran lower house member, speaks to reporters at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as health and welfare minister in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet. Hosokawa was promoted from senior vice minister of health and welfare.

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Petition for mandatory videotaping of police questioning

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Federation of Bar Associations Vice President Tatsuya Kawasaki (2nd from R) hands a petition signed by 1.1 million people to Ritsuo Hosokawa (C), a lower house member from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, that urges Diet members to pass a bill requiring investigative authorities to fully videotape the questioning of criminal suspects.

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Petition for mandatory videotaping of police questioning

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Federation of Bar Associations Vice President Tatsuya Kawasaki (2nd from R) hands a petition signed by 1.1 million people to Ritsuo Hosokawa (C), a lower house member from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, that urges Diet members to pass a bill requiring investigative authorities to fully videotape the questioning of criminal suspects. (Kyodo)

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Acquitted welfare official returns to work

TOKYO, Japan - Senior welfare ministry official Atsuko Muraki (L) receives the letter of appointment from Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Ritsuo Hosokawa at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2010. Muraki was acquitted of a postal abuse charge and reinstated to the ministry after 15 months. (Kyodo)

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Japan's health minister Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health and welfare minister Ritsuo Hosokawa speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Japan's health minister Hosokawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health and welfare minister Ritsuo Hosokawa speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2010, after taking the post in a reshuffle of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new health minister Hosokawa

NARITA, Japan - Ritsuo Hosokawa, a veteran lower house member, speaks to reporters at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2010, after being named as health and welfare minister in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet. Hosokawa was promoted from senior vice minister of health and welfare. (Kyodo)

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Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988. (Kyodo)

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Health minister eats Fukushima vegetables

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Ritsuo Hosokawa eats dishes using vegetables from Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located, to assure the safety of the products at a cafeteria in the building housing the health and other ministries in Tokyo on April 12, 2011. The cafeteria started on the day to use some vegetables from the prefecture, such as tomatoes and cucumbers, whose shipments are not restricted by the government in support of Fukushima farmers hit by radiation fears. (Kyodo)

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Settlement plan for Iressa drug damages suits rejected

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa announces the government's decision to reject a court settlement plan for damages suits over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa in a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea health ministers meet

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) joins hands with his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu (L) and South Korean counterpart Chin Soo Hee after a press conference on Cheju Island, South Korea, on Nov. 21, 2010. The ministers discussed cooperation in dealing with the new influenza, securing food safety and offering medical treatment for people injured in natural disasters. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea health ministers meet

CHEJU, South Korea - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) joins hands with his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu (L) and South Korean counterpart Chin Soo Hee ahead of their meeting on Cheju Island, South Korea, on Nov. 21, 2010. The ministers discussed cooperation in dealing with the new influenza, securing food safety and offering medical treatment for people injured in natural disasters. (Kyodo)