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Over 30,000 people rally in Tokyo to defend Japan's pacifist constitution

STORY: Over 30,000 people rally in Tokyo to defend Japan's pacifist constitution SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024 DATELINE: May 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): KANEHISA YAMAUCHI, Protester 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): AKIKO NOGAKI, Protester 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): SHOICHI ITOH, Protester STORYLINE: More than 30,000 peace-seeking Japanese participated in a massive rally in Tokyo on Friday to defend the country's pacifist constitution, chanting "No constitutional amendments, defend the constitution, protect peace!" Japan marked the 77th memorial day of its pacifist post-war Constitution on May 3. The supreme law's Article 9 renounces war and bans the country from maintaining land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential. However, nowadays, concerns mount among Japanese people regarding the steadfastness in upholding the principles of the war-renouncing constitution. Kanehisa Yamauchi, who just returned

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(1)Ministers complete fine-tuning FY 2005 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) bows to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) as they begin talks on reinstating budget spending cuts at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 22. Cabinet ministers completed fine-tuning an 82,182.9 billion yen draft state budget for fiscal 2005, paving the way for its approval as the government's budget plan at a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 24.

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Lawyer criticizes foreign workers' bad conditions

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawyer Shoichi Ibusuki (R) explains the poor working conditions foreign trainees are forced to endure, including low wages, in this file photo taken in June 2009. Workers chiefly from Asian countries are subjected to conditions of forced labor, sometimes through the government's industrial training and technical internship program.

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Researcher explains equipment at nuclear safety center

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Shoichi Sato, head of the nuclear safety technology research center located on the premises of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, explains equipment at the center's laboratory building on April 8, 2014.

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Farmers reap benefits from smartphone apps

HIKONE, Japan - Photo taken in September 2013 shows Shoichi Fukuhara, president of agricultural entity Fukuhara Farm in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture.

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Photographer keeps taking photos on Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 26, 2013, in Tokyo shows Shoichi Ono, who takes photographs of views from the top of Mt. Fuji such as the morning sun and dynamic clouds. Ono has scaled Mt. Fuji every year for the past nine years, spending a total of more than 80 days on the mountain.

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Japanese 'Outsiders' to stage art exhibition in London

LONDON, Britain - This photo taken March 27, 2013, in London shows a range of figures made by Shoichi Koga who was inspired by traditional folklore and action fantasy films. This work forms part of an exhibition of more than 300 pieces by Japanese artists suffering from a variety of mental illnesses and behavioral disorders that will open at the Wellcome Collection in the city the following day.

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Actor, folk art researcher Shoichi Ozawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 1974 shows Shoichi Ozawa singing during a concert at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo. Ozawa, a Japanese character actor and folk art researcher, died of prostate cancer on Dec. 10, 2012, at the age of 83.

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Actor, folk art researcher Shoichi Ozawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shoichi Ozawa, a Japanese character actor and folk art researcher. Ozawa died of prostate cancer on Dec. 10, 2012, at the age of 83.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to share disaster info

SEOUL, South Korea - (from L) South Korean Environment Minister Lee Maanee, Japanese Senior Environment Vice Minister Shoichi Kondo and Chinese Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian shake hands after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, on April 29, 2011. They agreed to promote information-sharing and personnel training to help minimize the impact on the environment in times of major natural disasters.

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2 Japanese in space together for 1st time as shuttle docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows Japanese astronaut Shoichi Noguchi (L), who is stationed at the International Space Station, posing as he welcomes U.S. astronaut Clayton Anderson (R) from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery after it docked at the ISS. Noguchi later met with Naoko Yamazaki, another Japanese astronaut on the Discovery, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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2 Japanese in space together for 1st time as shuttle docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (C) entering the International Space Station from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. Yamazaki met with Shoichi Noguchi, another Japanese astronaut who was already stationed at the ISS, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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2 Japanese in space together for 1st time as shuttle docks at ISS

TOKYO, Japan - NASA Television on April 7, 2010 in Tokyo shows Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (front) entering the International Space Station from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery with other crew members. Yamazaki met with Shoichi Noguchi, another Japanese astronaut who was already stationed at the ISS, for the first such meeting between two Japanese astronauts in space.

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Fire in Chiba Pref. kills 2, believed to be sisters

CHIBA, Japan - Firefighters check the burned house of Shoichi Nasa in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2010. Two people -- believed to be Nasa's daughters 16-year-old Yurika and 12-year-old Shiori -- were killed in a predawn fire.

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Funeral for ex-Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a eulogy during a funeral ceremony for former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa at a temple in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2009. Nakagawa was found dead at his home in Tokyo on Oct. 4. (Pool photo)

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Wake for ex-Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama offers a prayer at a temple in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2009, during a wake for former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa who was found dead at his home on Oct. 4. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa found dead at Tokyo home

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki responds to questions from reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2009, over the death of former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa. Nakagawa, an LDP member, was found dead at his home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward earlier in the day.

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa found dead at Tokyo home

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows then Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa replying to questions from the floor at a House of Councilors session in February 2009. Nakagawa was found dead at his home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Oct. 4, 2009.

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa found dead at Tokyo home

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 4, 2009, shows the home of former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. Nakagawa was found dead at his home earlier in the day.

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa found dead at Tokyo home

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who was found dead at his home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Oct. 4, 2009. Nakagawa's political career went downhill after a press conference in Rome in February 2009, at which he appeared to be drunk.

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa loses Diet seat

OBIHIRO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa of the Liberal Democratic Party bows at his campaign office in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 30. Nakagawa, who stepped down as finance minister after appearing to be drunk at a press conference at the Group of Seven financial meeting in Rome in February, lost his seat in the House of Representatives in the general election.

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa loses Diet seat

OBIHIRO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa of the Liberal Democratic Party talks on the cellphone while walking past a portrait of his deceased father Ichiro Nakagawa, also an LDP politician, in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 30. Nakagawa, who stepped down as finance minister after appearing to be drunk at a press conference at the Group of Seven financial meeting in Rome in February, lost his seat in the House of Representatives in the general election.

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa loses Diet seat

OBIHIRO, Japan - In his campaign office in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 30, 2009, former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa of the Liberal Democratic Party consoles a supporter who burst into tears after Nakagawa lost his seat in the House of Representatives election. Nakagawa stepped down as finance minister after appearing to be drunk at a press conference at the Group of Seven financial meeting in Rome in February.

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Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa loses Diet seat

OBIHIRO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa of the Liberal Democratic Party grimaces while speaking to supporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 30. Nakagawa, who stepped down as finance minister after appearing to be drunk at a press conference at the Group of Seven financial meeting in Rome in February, lost his seat in the House of Representatives in the general election.

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Kin of Chinese man seek compensation for his death from overwork

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Shoichi Ibusuki (L) holds up a photo of a daughter of Jiang Xiaodong, a Chinese man who died of heart failure last year in Ibaraki Prefecture, during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7. Jiang's relatives filed for compensation at a local labor standards inspection office the same day, claiming that his long working hours as a vocational trainee at a plating company in the prefecture caused his death.

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Tokyo noodle shop serves 'full-course meal' in 3,000-yen bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichi Fujimaki dishes up a 3,000-yen ramen noodle bowl at his restaurant Fujimaki Gekijo in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on May 12.

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Nakagawa suggests debate on Japan having nuclear weapons

KUSHIRO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa delivers a speech at a meeting in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on April 19. Nakagawa suggested that Japan should promote discussions on the possibility of possessing nuclear weapons.

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Budget deliberations stall after Nakagawa's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an empty room in the parliamentary building where the House of Representatives Budget Committee was supposed to hold deliberations on a fiscal 2009 budget on Feb. 18. Deliberations on the budget stalled the same day, with the opposition camp boycotting the panel and demanding that Prime Minister Taro Aso attend to explain the resignation of Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa the previous day.

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Yosano vows battle against economic crisis, mulls fresh stimulus

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano, who replaced Shoichi Nakagawa as finance and financial services minister, speaks at a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Yosano pledged to fight against the current economic crisis engulfing Japan, while hinting that the government will consider drafting a fresh stimulus package.

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Nakagawa quits over behavior at G-7, dealing fresh blow to Aso

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa attempts to hear a question from a reporter during a press conference at the Finance Ministry on Feb. 17. Nakagawa announced his resignation following criticism of his behavior at a weekend press conference after the Group of Seven meeting in Rome at which he appeared to be drunk.

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Nakagawa quits over behavior at G-7

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa enters the prime minister's office on Feb. 17. Nakagawa told Prime Minister Taro Aso of his intention to quit, taking the blame for his unusual behavior at a weekend Group of Seven press conference in Rome.

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Nakagawa quits over behavior at G-7

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) takes a look at a photocopy of a newspaper article on Feb. 17 about his resignation that was printed immediately after he announced the same day that he would step down from his post. Nakagawa told Prime Minister Taro Aso later in the day of his intention to quit, taking the blame for his unusual behavior at a weekend Group of Seven press conference in Rome.

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Nakagawa to resign over poor performance at G-7 press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa announces his resignation during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Nakagawa said he will step down after the fiscal 2009 budget and related bills clear the House of Representatives. Nakagawa has been under fire over his unusual behavior at a G-7 news conference in Rome.

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Nakagawa to resign over poor performance at G-7 press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa announces his resignation during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Nakagawa said he will step down after the fiscal 2009 budget and related bills clear the House of Representatives. Nakagawa has been under fire over his unusual behavior at a G-7 news conference in Rome.

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Nakagawa to resign over poor performance at G-7 press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa announces his resignation during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Nakagawa said he will step down after the fiscal 2009 budget and related bills clear the House of Representatives. Nakagawa has been under fire over his unusual behavior at a G-7 news conference in Rome.

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Nakagawa not to quit over G-7 blunder

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 17 after a Cabinet meeting. Nakagawa vowed to stay at his post after his wobbly behavior at a press conference in Rome drew fire.

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PM Aso tells Finance Minister Nakagawa to stay in post

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa listens to questions from reporters at the prime minister's office on Feb. 16 after meeting with Prime Minister Taro Aso. Nakagawa, who came under criticism for what appeared to be drunken behavior at a press conference Feb. 14 after a Group of Seven meeting in Rome, said the prime minister told him to continue to devote himself to serving as finance minister.

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Nakagawa under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa listens to questions at a House of Representatives finance panel on Feb. 16. Nakagawa came under fire for what appeared to be drunken behavior at a press conference after a Group of Seven economic powers' meeting in Rome through Feb. 14. Nakagawa said he had taken too much cold medicine.

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Nakagawa under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 16 about what appeared to be drunken behavior at a press conference after a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven economic powers in Rome through Feb. 14. Nakagawa said he had taken too much cold medicine.

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Deliberations on 2nd extra budget start in upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa explains the government's submission of a 4.79 trillion yen second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 at a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 19. Deliberations on the budget, which includes a controversial 2 trillion yen cash handout plan, began in the opposition-controlled upper house the same day.

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Diet convenes, debates to focus on extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa delivers a fiscal policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5. The ruling and opposition parties are expected to clash over a supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 presented at the outset of the session.

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MOF presents revised draft FY 2009 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa responds to questions from reporters at the Finance Ministry on Dec. 22 after the ministry presented a revised draft budget for fiscal 2009 to ministries and agencies which sets aside a total of 353 billion yen for priority policy matters and adjustments, following an instruction from Prime Minister Taro Aso.

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MOF tables record 88.55 trillion yen budget to buoy economy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks during a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after proposing to an extra cabinet meeting a state budget for fiscal 2009, reaching an all-time high of 88,548.0 billion yen.

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Nakagawa discusses market stabilization measures with TSE president

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (center) speaks at a meeting with leaders of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and the brokerage industry at the Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Dec. 8. They met to discuss measures to calm strained stock markets as the government eyes additional steps to stem the fallout from the ongoing global financial crisis.

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Masuzoe seeks tobacco tax hike to finance social security costs

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe talks with Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 4. During the meeting, Masuzoe called for raising the tobacco tax to partly finance ballooning social security costs in rapidly aging Japan.

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Gov't to take steps to stabilize markets

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister and Financial Services Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks about recent volatile movements on stock and currency markets at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 27.

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1.81 tril. yen extra budget enacted

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R in front) Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano and Prime Minister Taro Aso bow after the opposition-controlled House of Councillors passed into a law a 1.81 trillion yen supplementary budget to support businesses and livelihoods on Oct. 16.

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G-7 reflects Japan's experience of public money injection

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a news conference in Washington on Oct. 10 after attending a meeting of finance ministers and central governors from the Group of Seven economies.

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Japan to table emergency IMF loan scheme for emerging nations

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's Finance and Financial Services Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks to reporters in Washington on Oct. 9. Nakagawa said Japan propose creating a scheme under the International Monetary Fund to offer emergency loans to emerging nations to assist their efforts to deal with the financial crisis.

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Japan minister welcomes passage of U.S. financial bailout bill

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks to reporters about the U.S. Congress' passage of a financial bailout bill at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 4.