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Recipients of Japanese decorations

Recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, (from L) former Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa, former Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Nobuaki Koga, former United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Rashed Abdullah Alnuaimi and retired U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who served concurrently as head of the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, attend a photo session after a ceremony of conferment at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2024.

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to former Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2024 (Pool photo)

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Ex-environment chief Ozawa seeks to succeed Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan speaks at a gathering in Tokyo on June 9, 2011. He expressed his intention to succeed embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Environment Minister Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks at a press conference after he was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 9, 2010.

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Environment Minister S. Ozawa reappointed

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa 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, S. Korea joint plan on environment

SAPPORO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Maanee (L), Japanese environment minister Sakihito Ozawa (C) and China's Zhou Shengxian join hands after their two-day meeting in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on May 23, 2010. The three environment ministers adopted their countries' first joint action plan to deal with global warming, the problem of yellow dust and other priority environmental issues for the five years through 2014.

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Gov't to accept settlement for Minamata disease suit: Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Later, Hatoyama told reporters that he has decided to accept a court-brokered settlement plan for a damages suit filed by unrecognized sufferers of Minamata mercury poisoning disease.

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Gov't begins 'Challenge 25' greenhouse gas reduction campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R in center) and Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa (L in center) pose with some 30 celebrities, including actor Yuzo Kayama, actress Aya Ueto and Japan soccer coach Takeshi Okada during an event to begin the ''Challenge 25'' campaign at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2010. The campaign is designed to promote Japan's goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels.

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Japan's emissions cuts to rely mainly on domestic efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks to a group of news organizations in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2009. Ozawa said that Japan will try to achieve its new goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 mostly through domestic efforts.

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Environment minister Sakihito Ozawa gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks during his first news conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the formal inauguration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Environment minister Sakihito Ozawa arrives at PM office

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Japan, China, S. Korea joint plan on environment

SAPPORO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Maanee (L), Japanese environment minister Sakihito Ozawa (C) and China's Zhou Shengxian join hands after their two-day meeting in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on May 23, 2010. The three environment ministers adopted their countries' first joint action plan to deal with global warming, the problem of yellow dust and other priority environmental issues for the five years through 2014. (Kyodo)

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Gov't begins 'Challenge 25' greenhouse gas reduction campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R in center) and Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa (L in center) pose with some 30 celebrities, including actor Yuzo Kayama, actress Aya Ueto and Japan soccer coach Takeshi Okada during an event to begin the ''Challenge 25'' campaign at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2010. The campaign is designed to promote Japan's goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. (Kyodo)

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Environment Minister S. Ozawa reappointed

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa 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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Ex-environment chief Ozawa seeks to succeed Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan speaks at a gathering in Tokyo on June 9, 2011. He expressed his intention to succeed embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Kyodo)

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Environment Minister Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks at a press conference after he was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gov't to accept settlement for Minamata disease suit: Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 18, 2010, after talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Later, Hatoyama told reporters that he has decided to accept a court-brokered settlement plan for a damages suit filed by unrecognized sufferers of Minamata mercury poisoning disease. (Kyodo)

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Japan's emissions cuts to rely mainly on domestic efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks to a group of news organizations in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2009. Ozawa said that Japan will try to achieve its new goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 mostly through domestic efforts. (Kyodo)

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Environment minister Sakihito Ozawa gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa speaks during his first news conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the formal inauguration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet on Sept. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Environment minister Sakihito Ozawa arrives at PM office

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)