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Japan PM Ishiba with expo mascot

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Yoshitaka Ito, minister for the World Exposition in Osaka, pose for a photo with dolls of Myaku-Myaku, the expo's official mascot, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2025, a day after the event's conclusion.

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Tadahiko Ito, who is set to become reconstruction minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Yoshitaka Ito, who is set to become minister in charge of regional revitalization in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Spring sumo tournament on verge of cancellation

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ito (C), leader of the Japan Sumo Association's special board of investigation committee on a match-fixing allegation, attends a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2011. The JSA has reportedly decided to cancel the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka over the scandal.

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) holds an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito (L), who heads a special investigative panel, and JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L).

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) hold an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito, who heads a special investigative panel (L), JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L) and Hiroyoshi Murayama, former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief who is now a board member outside the JSA.

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Maruha to relocate factory within Miyagi Pref.

Maruha Nichiro Corp. President Shigeru Ito (C) poses for photos in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2015, after the marine products company signed a deal with the prefectural and Ishinomaki city governments to relocate its Ishinomaki factory, damaged by the 2011 tsunami, to a new site about 10 kilometers inland. Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai is on the left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spring sumo tournament on verge of cancellation

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ito (C), leader of the Japan Sumo Association's special board of investigation committee on a match-fixing allegation, attends a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2011. The JSA has reportedly decided to cancel the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka over the scandal. (Kyodo)

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) holds an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito (L), who heads a special investigative panel, and JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L). (Kyodo)

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) hold an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito, who heads a special investigative panel (L), JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L) and Hiroyoshi Murayama, former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief who is now a board member outside the JSA. (Kyodo)

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SDP's Ito to retire from politics

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeru Ito, vice chairman of the Social Democratic Party and former transport minister, tells reporters at the Kanagawa prefectural office in Yokohama he will not run in the next general election. Ito, 72, won eight terms in the Diet, having been first elected to the House of Representatives in 1976.