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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, Japan's new internal affairs minister, enters Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, as Noda reshuffled his Cabinet.

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3 lawmakers leaving DPJ to join Hashimoto's new party

TOKYO, Japan - Three lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan -- Yorihisa Matsuno (2nd from L), a former deputy chief Cabinet secretary and a House of Representatives member, Takashi Ishizeki (far R), also a lower house member, and Masashi Mito (C), a House of Councillors member -- carry their letters of resignation which they handed to DPJ Acting Secretary General Shinji Tarutoko at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2012. They are among seven lawmakers planning to join a new political party to be set up soon by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto.

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Tarutoko to become DPJ acting secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, former Diet affairs chief of the Democratic Party of Japan, meets with reporters at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2011, shortly after holding talks with Yoshihiko Noda, the ruling party's new leader. Noda, who was named prime minister in the Diet the same day, decided to appoint Tarutoko as the party's acting secretary general.

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko (C) of the Democratic Party of Japan receives applause from fellow DPJ members belonging to a faction he leads, at a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2011. Tarutoko's aides said the same day that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August.

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Shinji Tarutoko of the Democratic Party of Japan. Tarutoko's aides said on Aug. 11, 2011 that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August.

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Japan's ruling party prepares for leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, a senior member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads for a meeting with other DPJ lawmakers in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2010, to discuss a plan to urge the party's kingpin Ichiro Ozawa to run in the DPJ presidential election to challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ leadership launched ahead of Cabinet inauguration

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan (from left) Policy Research Council Chairman Koichiro Gemba, Diet affairs chief Shinji Tarutoko, Secretary General Yukio Edano, President Naoto Kan and other party members raise their fists as a new DPJ leadership was launched under Kan at a meeting in Tokyo on June 7, 2010. Kan is scheduled to become Japan's new prime minister the following day.

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DPJ leadership launched ahead of Cabinet inauguration

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan (from left) Policy Research Council Chairman Koichiro Gemba, Diet affairs chief Shinji Tarutoko, Secretary General Yukio Edano, President Naoto Kan and other party members raise their fists as a new DPJ leadership was launched under Kan at a meeting in Tokyo on June 7, 2010. Kan is scheduled to become Japan's new prime minister the following day.

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Hatoyama successor election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko enters a room in the Diet as a candidate in an election of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers on June 4, 2010, to pick a new party leader who will be Japan's next prime minister. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his entire cabinet resigned en masse that day.

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Takutoko announces candidacy for DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, announces his candidacy for the DPJ's presidential election during a press conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The DPJ will hold the election on June 4 following an abrupt announcement by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resign on June 2.

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Takutoko announces candidacy for DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, announces his candidacy for the DPJ's presidential election during a press conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The DPJ will hold the election on June 4 following an abrupt announcement by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resign on June 2.

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Takutoko announces candidacy for DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, announces his candidacy for the DPJ's presidential election during a press conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The DPJ will hold the election on June 4 following an abrupt announcement by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resign on June 2.

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Kan, Takutoko to run in DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), who doubles as finance minister, and Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, declare their candidacies for the DPJ's presidential election during separate news conferences at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. Kan is widely believed to be the front-runner to succeed Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama who abruptly announced his intention to resign on June 2 after eight months in office.

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Tarutoko to file candidacy as Hatoyama successor

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Shinji Tarutoko (C) leaves a Diet facility on June 3, 2010. Tarutoko reportedly expressed his intention to file his candidacy for an election to pick the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Takutoko announces candidacy for DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, announces his candidacy for the DPJ's presidential election during a press conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The DPJ will hold the election on June 4 following an abrupt announcement by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resign on June 2. (Kyodo)

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Tarutoko to file candidacy as Hatoyama successor

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Shinji Tarutoko (C) leaves a Diet facility on June 3, 2010. Tarutoko reportedly expressed his intention to file his candidacy for an election to pick the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. (Kyodo)

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Tarutoko to become DPJ acting secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, former Diet affairs chief of the Democratic Party of Japan, meets with reporters at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2011, shortly after holding talks with Yoshihiko Noda, the ruling party's new leader. Noda, who was named prime minister in the Diet the same day, decided to appoint Tarutoko as the party's acting secretary general. (Kyodo)

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Japan's ruling party prepares for leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, a senior member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads for a meeting with other DPJ lawmakers in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2010, to discuss a plan to urge the party's kingpin Ichiro Ozawa to run in the DPJ presidential election to challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Kyodo)

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko (C) of the Democratic Party of Japan receives applause from fellow DPJ members belonging to a faction he leads, at a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2011. Tarutoko's aides said the same day that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August. (Kyodo)

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Shinji Tarutoko of the Democratic Party of Japan. Tarutoko's aides said on Aug. 11, 2011 that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August. (Kyodo)

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DPJ leadership launched ahead of Cabinet inauguration

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan (from left) Policy Research Council Chairman Koichiro Gemba, Diet affairs chief Shinji Tarutoko, Secretary General Yukio Edano, President Naoto Kan and other party members raise their fists as a new DPJ leadership was launched under Kan at a meeting in Tokyo on June 7, 2010. Kan is scheduled to become Japan's new prime minister the following day. (Kyodo)

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DPJ leadership launched ahead of Cabinet inauguration

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan (from left) Policy Research Council Chairman Koichiro Gemba, Diet affairs chief Shinji Tarutoko, Secretary General Yukio Edano, President Naoto Kan and other party members raise their fists as a new DPJ leadership was launched under Kan at a meeting in Tokyo on June 7, 2010. Kan is scheduled to become Japan's new prime minister the following day. (Kyodo)

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Takutoko announces candidacy for DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, announces his candidacy for the DPJ's presidential election during a press conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The DPJ will hold the election on June 4 following an abrupt announcement by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resign on June 2. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama successor election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko enters a room in the Diet as a candidate in an election of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers on June 4, 2010, to pick a new party leader who will be Japan's next prime minister. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his entire cabinet resigned en masse that day. (Kyodo)

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Kan, Takutoko to run in DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), who doubles as finance minister, and Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, declare their candidacies for the DPJ's presidential election during separate news conferences at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. Kan is widely believed to be the front-runner to succeed Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama who abruptly announced his intention to resign on June 2 after eight months in office. (Kyodo)

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Takutoko announces candidacy for DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, announces his candidacy for the DPJ's presidential election during a press conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. The DPJ will hold the election on June 4 following an abrupt announcement by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to resign on June 2. (Kyodo)