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Upper House President Eda offers flowers at Chidorigafuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda (L), who assumed the post of president of the House of Councillors earlier this month, offers flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 62nd anniversary of the end of World War II. The cemetery, built by the state in 1959, is dedicated to unknown soldiers who died abroad in World War II.

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Diet in the House of Councillors chamber on Aug. 7. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took control of the upper house for the first time, with senior DPJ lawmaker Satsuki Eda elected president of the chamber, marking the start of political gridlock between the ruling and opposition camps.

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda (R), a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, presides over a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956.

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a speech at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first upper house member from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956.

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DPJ nominates Satsuki Eda as House of Councillors president

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, 66, of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 6 after the DJP nominated him as the party's first president of the House of Councillors. The DPJ emerged as the largest party in the upper house after the July 29 election, and its candidate for the upper house presidency will be voted to be job by tradition.

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Japan-China territorial dispute

BEIJING, China - Yohei Kono (far R), former Japanese House of Representatives speaker, Satsuki Eda (2nd from R), a senior lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Japan, and other Japanese delegates attend a press conference at a Beijing hotel on the night of Sept. 27, 2012, after holding talks with top Communist Party of China official Jia Qinglin. Jia, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who ranks fourth in Beijing's leadership, urged the Japanese delegation led by Kono to recognize the existence of a territorial dispute with China over a group of Japanese-administered, Chinese-claimed islands in the East China Sea, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

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Hawaii delegates visit Japan's Environment Ministry to promote Aloha shirts

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Hawaii USA 2009 Aureana Tseu (L) and Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda pose for photos after Eda put on an Aloha shirt presented by Tseu as a gift at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 27, 2011. She and other delegates from the American state visited the ministry to promote the shirt as a tool to implement the ministry's Cool Biz campaign encouraging Japanese public and private sectors to dress casually as part of power saving efforts.

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Hawaii delegates visit Japan's Environment Ministry to promote Aloha shirts

TOKYO, Japan - A dancer from Hawaii (L) performs a hula dance in front of Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda (R) and other ministry officials at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 27, 2011. Delegates from the American state visited the ministry to promote Aloha shirts as a tool to implement the ministry's Cool Biz campaign encouraging Japanese public and private sectors to dress casually as part of power saving efforts.

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Hawaii delegates visit Japan's Environment Ministry to promote Aloha shirts

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Hawaii USA 2009 Aureana Tseu (L) presents an Aloha shirt as a gift to Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 27, 2011. She and other delegates from the American state visited the ministry to promote the shirt as a tool to implement the ministry's Cool Biz campaign encouraging Japanese public and private sectors to dress casually as part of power saving efforts.

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Cabinet meeting on Libya

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from R) and members of his Cabinet -- (from L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano and Justice Minister Satsuki Eda -- attend a Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East and North Africa at a Diet building in Tokyo on March 7, 2011.

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Cabinet reshuffle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from L), Justice Minister Satsuki Eda (2nd from R), Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Kaoru Yosano (R), state minister for economic and fiscal policy, attend the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after Kan's Cabinet reshuffle on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Satsuki Eda speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Eda, a former judge, said the country's capital punishment system has problems.

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Japanese Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Satsuki Eda (C) fixes the tie of Kaoru Yosano, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, ahead of a group photograph of members of the new Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Eda and Yosano were among the newcomers to the Cabinet.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Satsuki Eda enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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DPJ lawmaker Eda talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Satsuki Eda speaks to reporters in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2010 after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Eda, former president of the House of Councillors, said the two agreed to make efforts to mend bilateral ties, which have deteriorated since the recent maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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DPJ lawmaker Eda talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Satsuki Eda (C) leaves after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2010. Eda, former president of the House of Councillors, met with Yang in support of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's efforts to improve bilateral ties with Beijing, which have deteriorated since the recent maritime collision near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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DPJ lawmaker Eda talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Satsuki Eda (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Eda, former president of the House of Councillors, met with Yang in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2010 in support of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's efforts to improve bilateral ties with Beijing, which have deteriorated since the recent maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after meeting with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties.

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after arriving in China for talks with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties.

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China's Wen meets with Eda

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) meets with House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda at the Diet on May 31, 2010.

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Ex-farm minister Wakabayashi offers to quit as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on April 2, 2010, after submitting to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda a letter of resignation as a lawmaker. Wakabayashi, of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, has been under fire for pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, who was absent from a house plenary vote to approve the budget for public broadcaster NHK.

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Upper house president Eda meets Russian counterpart Mironov

MOSCOW, Russia - Satsuki Eda (R), president of Japan's House of Councillors, and Sergei Mironov, chairman of the Council of Federation, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, holds a joint news conference in Moscow on Oct. 12, 2009, after their talks.

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Okinawa marks 64th anniversary of WWII battle

ITOMAN, Japan - (From R to L) Prime Minister Taro Aso, House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono, and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda offer silent prayers during a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, June 23 to mark the 64th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in which more than 200,000 people were killed during World War II.

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Emperor, empress receive New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) receive New Year's greetings from House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (both in front of the emperor) at the Imperial Palace on Jan. 1. (Pool photo)

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Opposition introduces censure motion against Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata (3rd from L) of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, hands to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (R) a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on June 11. The DPJ and two smaller opposition parties have criticized Fukuda's handling of elderly healthcare insurance and other domestic problems.

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Extra Diet session adjourns, regular session to begin Jan. 18

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda pose for photographers during a meeting at parliament on Jan. 15 after the Diet breaks off for a two-day recess. The extraordinary Diet session, which was convened Sept. 10 under then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and adjourned Jan. 15, was twice extended to allow the government to push through a new law to allow Japan to resume its refueling mission for allied warships in the Indian Ocean. The regular Diet session convenes on Jan. 18.

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DPJ files criminal complaint against Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (C), policy chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and Satsuki Eda (R), a DPJ member of the House of Councillors, speak at a news conference May 19 after filing a criminal complaint against Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, alleging he illegally assumed the post of acting premier after then Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a stroke.

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Japanese opposition leaders meet Belo in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - East Timor spiritual leader Bishop Carlos Belo (C) meets Japanese opposition politicians Tsutomu Hata (L) and Satsuki Eda at his home in Dili on Nov. 10. Hata, ex-premier and now secretary general of the major opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and Eda, a DPJ upper house member, also met with resistance leader Xanana Gusmao in Laga, a village east of Dili, the same day.

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Hata in East Timor

DILI, East Timor - Tsutomu Hata (L), secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and Satsuki Eda, a DPJ member of the House of Councillors, listen to East Timorese people during their visit to a refugee camp in Dili on Nov. 9.

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Japanese lawmakers depart for E. Timor to observe ballot

NARITA, Japan - Six Japanese legislators depart for East Timor on the morning of Aug. 28 to observe a referendum on Aug. 30, in which East Timorese will choose whether to accept autonomy within Indonesia or to go independent. The photo shows Satsuki Eda (2nd from L), a House of Councillors member, and other members of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan meeting the press at Narita airport before leaving for East Timor.

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DPJ nominates Satsuki Eda as House of Councillors president

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, 66, of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 6 after the DJP nominated him as the party's first president of the House of Councillors. The DPJ emerged as the largest party in the upper house after the July 29 election, and its candidate for the upper house presidency will be voted to be job by tradition. (Kyodo)

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a speech at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first upper house member from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956. (Kyodo)

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda (R), a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, presides over a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956. (Kyodo)

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Diet in the House of Councillors chamber on Aug. 7. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took control of the upper house for the first time, with senior DPJ lawmaker Satsuki Eda elected president of the chamber, marking the start of political gridlock between the ruling and opposition camps. (Kyodo)

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Upper House President Eda offers flowers at Chidorigafuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda (L), who assumed the post of president of the House of Councillors earlier this month, offers flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 62nd anniversary of the end of World War II. The cemetery, built by the state in 1959, is dedicated to unknown soldiers who died abroad in World War II. (Kyodo)

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Extra Diet session adjourns, regular session to begin Jan. 18

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda pose for photographers during a meeting at parliament on Jan. 15 after the Diet breaks off for a two-day recess. The extraordinary Diet session, which was convened Sept. 10 under then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and adjourned Jan. 15, was twice extended to allow the government to push through a new law to allow Japan to resume its refueling mission for allied warships in the Indian Ocean. The regular Diet session convenes on Jan. 18. (Kyodo)

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Opposition introduces censure motion against Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata (3rd from L) of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, hands to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (R) a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on June 11. The DPJ and two smaller opposition parties have criticized Fukuda's handling of elderly healthcare insurance and other domestic problems. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese parliamentarians hold talks in Beijing

Kensei Mizote (L), a lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting between a group of Japanese lawmakers and their Chinese counterparts at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Feb. 22, 2016. At right is Satsuki Eda, a lawmaker of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan and former upper house president. The cross-party group of House of Councillors members met with lawmakers in China's National People's Congress for the first time in four years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ lawmaker Eda to retire from politics in summer

Undated photo shows Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda, who has held several ministerial posts in the past. The 74-year-old said on Jan. 9, 2016, that he will retire from politics when his upper house term ends in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa marks 64th anniversary of WWII battle

ITOMAN, Japan - (From R to L) Prime Minister Taro Aso, House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono, and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda offer silent prayers during a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, June 23 to mark the 64th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in which more than 200,000 people were killed during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress receive New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) receive New Year's greetings from House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono and House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (both in front of the emperor) at the Imperial Palace on Jan. 1. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker Eda talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Satsuki Eda speaks to reporters in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2010 after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Eda, former president of the House of Councillors, said the two agreed to make efforts to mend bilateral ties, which have deteriorated since the recent maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after meeting with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties. (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker Eda talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Satsuki Eda (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Eda, former president of the House of Councillors, met with Yang in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2010 in support of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's efforts to improve bilateral ties with Beijing, which have deteriorated since the recent maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker Eda talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Satsuki Eda (C) leaves after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2010. Eda, former president of the House of Councillors, met with Yang in support of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's efforts to improve bilateral ties with Beijing, which have deteriorated since the recent maritime collision near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo)

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Japan-China friendship talks

BEIJING, China - Satsuki Eda, a veteran Japanese lawmaker and former upper house chief, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2010, after arriving in China for talks with Song Jian, chief of the China-Japan Friendship Association. Eda, who is heading a Japanese governmental friendship delegation to China, and Song agreed that both countries should work hard to improve their strained ties. (Kyodo)

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Hawaii delegates visit Japan's Environment Ministry to promote Al

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Hawaii USA 2009 Aureana Tseu (L) and Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda pose for photos after Eda put on an Aloha shirt presented by Tseu as a gift at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 27, 2011. She and other delegates from the American state visited the ministry to promote the shirt as a tool to implement the ministry's Cool Biz campaign encouraging Japanese public and private sectors to dress casually as part of power saving efforts. (Kyodo)

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Hawaii delegates visit Japan's Environment Ministry to promote Al

TOKYO, Japan - A dancer from Hawaii (L) performs a hula dance in front of Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda (R) and other ministry officials at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 27, 2011. Delegates from the American state visited the ministry to promote Aloha shirts as a tool to implement the ministry's Cool Biz campaign encouraging Japanese public and private sectors to dress casually as part of power saving efforts. (Kyodo)

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Hawaii delegates visit Japan's Environment Ministry to promote Al

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Hawaii USA 2009 Aureana Tseu (L) presents an Aloha shirt as a gift to Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 27, 2011. She and other delegates from the American state visited the ministry to promote the shirt as a tool to implement the ministry's Cool Biz campaign encouraging Japanese public and private sectors to dress casually as part of power saving efforts. (Kyodo)