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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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Disabled should be tapped as agents of change

NEW YORK, United States - Akiko Fukuda, the secretary general of the World Federation of the Deafblind, speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States on Dec. 3, 2014. She pressed the international community to include the perspectives of the disabled in devising plans for disaster preparedness.

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Ex-Japanese premier Fukuda receives U.N. population award

NEW YORK, United States - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) receives a medal from U.N. Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro on June 3, 2010, as a parliamentarians' forum chaired by Fukuda received an award for its contribution to addressing population issues. Fukuda picked up the 2010 U.N. Population Award on behalf of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development at a ceremony in New York.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected party president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and presumptive prime minister, speaks at a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after winning the LDP presidential election. Aso is slated to succeed Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister on Sept. 24.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected party president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and presumptive prime minister, speaks at a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after winning the LDP presidential election. Aso is slated to succeed Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister on Sept. 24.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected party president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and presumptive prime minister, speaks at a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after winning the LDP presidential election. Aso is slated to succeed Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister on Sept. 24.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected party president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and presumptive prime minister, sits at the desk in the office of the president at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after winning the LDP presidential election. Aso is slated to succeed Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister on Sept. 24.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with outgoing Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after winning the LDP presidential election. Aso is slated to succeed Fukuda as prime minister on Sept. 24.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso (C), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, joins hands with outgoing Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd from L) and four other candidates in the LDP presidential election at the party's headquarters on Sept. 22 after winning the LDP leadership race. Aso is slated to succeed Fukuda as prime minister on Sept. 24.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, acknowledges applause from LDP parliamentarians at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after being elected new LDP president to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, acknowledges applause from LDP parliamentarians at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after being elected new LDP president to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

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LDP Secretary General Aso elected LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, acknowledges applause from LDP parliamentarians at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22 after being elected new LDP president to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

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LDP Secretary General Aso set to win LDP presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters in front of his house in Tokyo on Sept. 22. Aso is certain to win the LDP presidential election later in the day to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

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5 lawmakers file candidacies for LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Five candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election -- (From L to R) Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, LDP Secretary General Taro Aso, former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike and former LDP policy chief Nobuteru Ishihara -- pose for photos after a joint news conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10. The election will be held on Sept. 22 following the abrupt resignation announcement Sept. 1 of Yasuo Fukuda, who doubles as LDP chief and prime minister.

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5 lawmakers file candidacies for LDP leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso (center) and his supporters hold a kick-off rally at LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10 after he and four other LDP lawmakers filed candidacies for the Sept. 22 party presidential election, following the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the LDP leader.

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5 lawmakers file candidacies for LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Five candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election -- (From L to R) Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, LDP Secretary General Taro Aso, former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike and former LDP policy chief Nobuteru Ishihara -- pose for photos after a joint news conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10. The election will be held on Sept. 22 following the abrupt resignation announcement Sept. 1 of Yasuo Fukuda, who doubles as LDP chief and prime minister.

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5 lawmakers file candidacies for LDP leadership

TOKYO, Japan - (L to R) Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso, former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike and Former LDP policy chief Nobuteru Ishihara shake hands at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10 after they filed their candidacies for the Sept. 22 LDP presidential election. The winner will succeed Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister as the LDP commands a majority in the House of Representatives, which has exclusive power to appoint the prime minister.

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Aso to run in LDP presidential race, election eyed for Sept. 22

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2. Aso reiterated his willingness to run in the party's presidential election after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda abruptly announced his intention to resign the previous night.

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Aso to run in LDP presidential race, election eyed for Sept. 22

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2. Aso reiterated his willingness to run in the party's presidential election after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda abruptly announced his intention to resign the previous night.

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LDP executives meet to begin party leadership race process

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) and Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, sit for an LDP's executive meeting at LDP headquarters in Tokyo Sept. 2. The meeting was held to set a schedule for the party's presidential election following Fukuda's announcement of his resignation Sept. 1.

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Opposition camp calls Fukuda's resignation 'irresponsible'

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 1 after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation. Hatoyama said Fukuda was ''extremely irresponsible for suddenly giving up (on his) administration.''

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Aso to run in LDP presidential race, election eyed for Sept. 22

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2. Aso reiterated his willingness to run in the party's presidential election after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda abruptly announced his intention to resign the previous night.

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Prime Minister Fukuda announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters at LDP headquarters in Tokyo early Sept. 2 after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his resignation Sept. 1. Aso is widely believed to be the front-runner in the LDP presidential race following Fukuda's resignation.

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Fukuda chooses new LDP leadership ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, new secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks at a news conference at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who doubles as LDP president, appointed new LDP top executives, including Aso, ahead of reshuffling his Cabinet.

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Fukuda chooses new LDP leadership ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso (L), new secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Bunmei Ibuki, LDP's outgoing secretary general, shake hands at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appointed new executives in the LDP ahead of reshuffling his Cabinet.

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Fukuda chooses new LDP leadership ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (4th from L) poses with new top executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Fukuda, who doubles as LDP president, appointed the new LDP executives, including new secretary general Taro Aso (3rd from L), ahead of reshuffling his Cabinet.

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Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito (L-R: New Komeito Secretary General Kazuo Kitagawa, New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota, Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda, LDP Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura of the LDP) gather at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ota said Fukuda sought New Komeito's cooperation in the reshuffling of his Cabinet later in the day.

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Fukuda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki responds to questions from reporters about a meeting between Prime Minister and LDP chief Yasuo Fukuda and Akihiro Ota, head the LDP's junior coalition partner New Komeito, at the prime minister's office Aug. 1. Ibuki said Fukuda has decided to reshuffle his Cabinet later in the day.

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (From L to R) are IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants pose for a commemorative photo on July 7, the opening day of the three-day G-8 summit at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido. From L to R: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ghana's President John Kufuor, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. (Pool photo)

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Fukuda meets U.N. Secretary General Ban

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) at the end of a press conference after their talks at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 30.

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Fukuda meets U.N. Secretary General Ban

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at his office in Tokyo on June 30.

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Fukuda meets U.N. Secretary General Ban

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) holds talks with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) at his office in Tokyo on June 30.

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Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

ROME, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at the U.N. Conference on World Food Security in Rome on June 3. To his right is U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. In his speech, Fukuda pledged an additional $50 million in aid to help the poor survive the current food crisis and called for a mechanism to survey food markets to make sure there are no speculative elements causing food price surges. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Interpellation on PM Fukuda's policies begins

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (front), secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, asks questions about Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's policies during an interpellation at the House of Representatives plenary session on Jan. 21. Fukuda (R in back) and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L in back) listen to Hatoyama.

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NATO chief talks with Prime Minister Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 13 prior to their talks.

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Ex-Prime Minister Abe resumes political activities

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Taro Aso, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as he attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Nov. 13. It is Abe's first public appearance since he attended the lower house's plenary session on September 25 to elect Yasuo Fukuda as his successor.

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Fukuda faces DPJ questioning at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, questions key policies of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R, in back) during a House of Representatives session on Oct. 3.

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Fukuda faces DPJ questioning at Diet over refueling mission

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (front) replies to questions by Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Oct. 3.

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Fukuda faces DPJ questioning at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, questions Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's key policies during a House of Representatives session on Oct. 3.

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:Bummei Ibuki, LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Bummei Ibuki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after he was appointed to the job. Ibuki, an LDP factional leader, backed Yasuo Fukuda, winner of the Sept. 23 LDP presidential election.

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:Premier-to-be Fukuda names senior LDP executives

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Yasuo Fukuda poses with the new lineup of top LDP executives he appointed on Sept. 24. From L to R: Masaaki Yamazaki, secretary general of the LDP House of Councillors caucus; Makoto Koga, chairman of the LDP election strategy committee; Bummei Ibuki, LDP secretary general; Fukuda; Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the LDP General Council; Sadakazu Tanigaki, chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council; and Hidehisa Otsuji, head of the LDP House of Councillors caucus. Fukuda is expected to be elected prime minister by parliament on Sept. 25 as the LDP controls the House of Representatives.

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:Bummei Ibuki, LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Education Minister Bummei Ibuki shows up at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after he was named LDP Secretary general. Ibuki, an LDP factional leader, backed Yasuo Fukuda, winner of the Sept. 23 LDP presidential election.

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Makoto Koga, head of LDP election strategy committee

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Makoto Koga shows up at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 24 after he was named as head of the LDP election strategy committee with the same ranking as the three top LDP executive posts. Koga, an LDP factional leader, backed Yasuo Fukuda, winner of the Sept. 23 LDP presidential election.

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Veteran Fukuda elected LDP chief to be Japan's new leader after Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso (L) offers former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda congratulations on his election as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a meeting of LDP lawmakers at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 23.

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Veteran Fukuda elected LDP chief to be Japan's new leader after Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda stands up after being elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to succeed embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a meeting of the LDP lawmakers at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 23. Fukuda, 71, took 330 of the 528 votes, beating his sole rival, LDP Secretary General Taro Aso, 67, who got 197 votes.

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Fukuda, Aso stress need for new law to extend refueling mission

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso (R) speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 21 as former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda listens. The two politicians held a debate ahead of the Sept. 23 LDP presidential election in which they are candidates.

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Fukuda, Aso speak in Sendai ahead of LDP presidential election

SENDAI, Japan - The two candidates in the Sept. 23 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election -- former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (L) and LDP Secretary General Taro Aso (R) -- speak in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 22.

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Fukuda, Aso hold debate at Japan National Press Club

TOKYO, Japan - The two candidates for the Sept. 23 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election -- former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (L) and LDP Secretary General Taro Aso (R) --confront the media in a public debate at the Japan National Press Club on Sept. 21. The winner of the race will become prime minister as the LDP holds a large majority in the House of Representatives.

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Fukuda, Aso stress need for new law to extend refueling mission

TOKYO, Japan - The two candidates in the Sept. 23 presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (L) and LDP Secretary General Taro Aso -- shake hands after the end of their debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 21.