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Kan skips visit to Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki visits the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 15, 2010. Neither Prime Minister Naoto Kan nor any of his Cabinet members visited the shrine that day.

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(3)Ministers complete fine-tuning FY 2005 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks at a press conference at his ministry on Dec. 22 after completing a round of negotiations with other Cabinet ministers to fine-tune an 82,182.9 billion yen draft state budget for fiscal 2005.

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(1)Ministers complete fine-tuning FY 2005 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) bows to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) as they begin talks on reinstating budget spending cuts at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 22. Cabinet ministers completed fine-tuning an 82,182.9 billion yen draft state budget for fiscal 2005, paving the way for its approval as the government's budget plan at a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 24.

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(2)Ministers complete fine-tuning FY 2005 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (3rd from R) is in talks with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (3rd from L) on reinstating budget spending cuts at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 22. Cabinet ministers completed fine-tuning an 82,182.9 billion yen draft state budget for fiscal 2005, paving the way for its approval as the government's budget plan at a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 24.

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Fukuda drawing widening support for his premiership bid

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda is surrounded by reporters at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14 after talks with former LDP Secretary General Makoto Koga, former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki and former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki.

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Sadakazu Tanigaki

Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (photo taken on Aug. 19, 2015)

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LDP to win lower house majority

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, smiles during an interview for TV broadcasts on the results of the lower house election at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on the night of Dec. 14, 2014. The LDP will likely secure a majority in the election, according to Kyodo News exit polls and projections.

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LDP secretary general makes speech ahead of election

KYOTO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech in a meeting with LDP chapter members in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 22, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 14 general election.

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New LDP Secretary General Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, the newly appointed secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a press conference at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. Tanigaki was LDP leader when the Democratic Party of Japan was in power from 2009 to 2012.

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New LDP Secretary General Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki arrives at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. Tanigaki was appointed as secretary general of the LDP later in the day.

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LDP chief Abe, Secretary General Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe (L) and Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki hold hands for photos after the launch of the party's new leadership at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. Tanigaki was LDP leader when the Democratic Party of Japan was in power from 2009 to 2012.

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New LDP leadership launched

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the newly launched leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party join hands for photos at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. They are (from L) election strategy chief Toshimitsu Motegi, policy chief Tomomi Inada, Vice President Masahiko Komura, President Shinzo Abe, Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki and General Council chief Toshihiro Nikai.

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Abe to appoint Tanigaki as LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki enters the prime minister's office to attend a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 2, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to appoint Tanigaki as the Liberal Democratic Party's secretary general.

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Japan hangs 2 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, on the execution of two death row inmates he ordered earlier that day. Japan hanged two death row inmates in the 10th and 11th executions since the December 2012 launch of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's current government.

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Japan hangs man

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki tells a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on June 26, 2014, that he ordered the execution earlier that day of a male death-row inmate, Masanori Kawasaki, at the Osaka Detention House.

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Tougher child pornography law enacted in upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (standing) bows at the House of Counsellor's plenary session in Tokyo on June 18, 2014, after the enactment of a law designed to ban the possession by individuals of photos and videos of child pornography.

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Ministers in casual wear

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a Cabinet meeting wearing "kariyushi" -- an aloha shirt-like garment worn in summertime in Okinawa -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 3, 2014, to push the government's "Cool Biz" campaign. The campaign is intended to promote energy conservation in the workplace by having air conditioners set at 28 C and encouraging employees to dress more casually.

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Actor Sugi awarded for supporting inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Ryotaro Sugi (R) and Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki are pictured at the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo on March 24, 2014, after Sugi received a special merit award from the minister for his years of support for inmates at prisons.

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Caroline Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) toast during a reception at Kennedy's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Cabinet meeting

Tokyo, Japan - (From L) Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, who doubles as finance minister, are pictured ahead of attend a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2013.

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Guide dog raised by inmate

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (far L) meets a guide dog and its partner, a 48-year-old blind man, at the ministry in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. The Labrador retriever, aged 2 years and 5 months, was raised by a prison inmate and has been recognized as a guide dog by the Japan Guide Dog Association in the first such instance.

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Ministers in casual wear

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a Cabinet meeting wearing "kariyushi" -- an aloha shirt-like clothing item for summertime in Okinawa -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2013, in a bid to give a push to the government's "Super Cool Biz" campaign. The campaign, launched the previous day for this year, is intended to promote energy conservation in the workplace by having air conditioners set at 28 C and encouraging employees to dress more casually.

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Japan's immigration system

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (L) listens to Tsutomu Kimura, head of a Justice Ministry panel of experts, on a proposal by the panel at the ministry in Tokyo on May 20, 2013. The panel proposed the introduction of a system of "trusted travelers" to simplify Japan's immigration checks for foreign visitors deemed unlikely to be a terrorist or criminal, ministry officials said.

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Japan hangs 2 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. He announced Japan had hanged two death row inmates the same day in the second round of executions carried out under the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched in December 2012.

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Japan hangs 2 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. He announced Japan had hanged two death row inmates the same day in the second round of executions carried out under the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched in December 2012.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki at the ministry in Tokyo on April 18, 2013, to seek Tokyo's help in developing her country's legal systems and judiciary.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki at the ministry in Tokyo on April 18, 2013, to seek Tokyo's help in developing her country's legal systems and judiciary.

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Japan executes 3 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki holds a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2013, as Japan executed three death row inmates the same day. The executions were the first to be conducted under the Liberal Democratic Party-led government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that was launched in December.

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PM Abe in Ise

ISE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2013. To the right is Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki.

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named justice 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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Abe makes comeback as LDP chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Sadakazu Tanigaki, the outgoing president of the Liberal Democratic Party, after being elected leader of the main opposition party at its headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2012.

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LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, announces at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, that he has decided not to run in the party's presidential election later in the month.

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LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, announces at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, that he has decided not to run in the party's presidential election later in the month.

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LDP lawmakers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki, LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara and LDP Vice President Tadamori Oshima are pictured at a meeting of LDP lawmakers in the Diet Building in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2012.

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Opposition leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki answers reporters' questions at the opposition party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2012, after meeting with Makoto Koga, head of the intraparty faction to which Tanigaki belongs. Tanigaki said he had been urged by Koga not to run in the LDP's presidential election later in September.

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Opposition leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Koga, head of the intraparty faction to which Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki belongs, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2012, after meeting with Tanigaki. Koga urged Tanigaki not to run in the opposition party's presidential election later in September.

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LDP presidential race

MORIOKA, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, the head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, delivers a speech in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2012. Tanigaki said in an NHK program the same day that he will decide by the end of the ongoing Diet session on Sept. 8 whether to seek reelection.

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Meeting of three party leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R), who heads the Democratic Party of Japan, and the leaders of the two main opposition parties, Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the New Komeito party, hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2012.

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Noda, Tanigaki hold party head meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R), who heads the Democratic Party of Japan, and Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2012.

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LDP convention

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (2nd from R in front) and other members of the main opposition party raise their fists during a party convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2012. Tanigaki vowed to pressure Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to dissolve the lower house as early as possible for an election, saying the country needs the LDP back in power.

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PM Noda, LDP chief Tanigaki in parliamentary debate

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photos show Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Sadakazu Tanigaki, chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, during their first one-on-one debate as party leaders in parliament on Nov. 30, 2011, in Tokyo.

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LDP's Tanigaki at party meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki (2nd from L), chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, attends a meeting of the party's General Council at its headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. During the meeting, Tanigaki proposed making some changes in the party's executive lineup, including appointing Toshimitsu Motegi, chairman of the LDP's public relations section, as the party's new policy chief, which was approved.

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PM Noda, LDP's Tanigaki at parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photos show Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Sadakazu Tanigaki, chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaking at the plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011.

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LDP chief Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, announces the party's proposal to keep Japan's existing nuclear power plants running with enhanced safety during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2011.

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LDP chief Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki (C, back), president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, attends a meeting of party executives at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 7, 2011.

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LDP chief Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a press conference at the party's head office in Tokyo on June 2, 2011, after a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet was rejected by parliament.

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LDP chief Tanigaki at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gives a press conference at the party's head office in Tokyo on April 14, 2011. Tanigaki called for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign over his handling of relief work since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the ensuing nuclear power plant crisis.

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LDP chief Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters after holding talks with former prime minister and LDP chief Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo on April 5, 2011. During the talks, Koizumi voiced opposition to the idea of the LDP joining a grand coalition government to carry out post-quake relief and reconstruction measures, as proposed by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.

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Kan says FY 2011 budget vital for Japan's economic recovery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, exchange words ahead of their debate in the Diet on Feb. 23, 2011. Kan told opposition party leaders that the country must avoid ''pouring cold water on the economy'' as he stressed the importance of parliamentary passage of the fiscal 2011 budget and related bills.

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LDP disagrees with FY 2011 budget, tax-related bills

TOKYO, Japan - Main opposition Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (L) greets members of Japan's largest business lobby Nippon Keidanren in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2011. Tanigaki said the LDP disagrees with the government's fiscal 2011 budget and related tax bills, refusing to heed Keidanren chief Hiromasa Yonekura's call for it to cooperate to implement the budget.