Nippon Meat subsidiary official says ordered beef scam

Nippon Meat subsidiary official says ordered beef scam

HIMEJI, Japan - Shunji Tanaka, chief of the marketing department of Nippon Food Inc.'s Himeji branch in Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters Aug. 8. He admitted he ordered imported beef to be passed off as domestic to abuse a state-run beef buy-back scheme.

Tanaka hints at punishment for envoy to U.S.

Tanaka hints at punishment for envoy to U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka indicates Oct. 12 she may consider imposing some kind of punishment on Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai for proposing ways for Japan to assist the U.S. military campaign against terrorism. ''It may be a warning or something like that. But I do not intend to fire him over the case,'' Tanaka told a press conference.

Tanaka agrees to Koizumi's plan to sack envoy

Tanaka agrees to Koizumi's plan to sack envoy

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (upper row from L to R) Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima and Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai, (lower row from L to R) Japan International Cooperation Agency head Kunihiko Saito and Ambassador to Britain Sadayuki Hayashi whom Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to replace after a feud with Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, a government source said August 2.

Tanaka says Yanai should remain ambassador to U.S.

Tanaka says Yanai should remain ambassador to U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka tells Foreign Ministry staff on Aug. 2 she intends to go through with her plan to retain Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai for the time being, despite reported instructions to the contrary from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

Tanaka says Yanai should remain ambassador to U.S.

Tanaka says Yanai should remain ambassador to U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka tells Foreign Ministry staff on Aug. 2 she intends to go through with her plan to retain Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai for the time being, despite reported instructions to the contrary from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

Nippon Meat subsidiary official says ordered beef scam

Nippon Meat subsidiary official says ordered beef scam

HIMEJI, Japan - Shunji Tanaka, chief of the marketing department of Nippon Food Inc.'s Himeji branch in Hyogo Prefecture, speaks to reporters Aug. 8. He admitted he ordered imported beef to be passed off as domestic to abuse a state-run beef buy-back scheme. (Kyodo)

Tanaka hints at punishment for envoy to U.S.

Tanaka hints at punishment for envoy to U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka indicates Oct. 12 she may consider imposing some kind of punishment on Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai for proposing ways for Japan to assist the U.S. military campaign against terrorism. ''It may be a warning or something like that. But I do not intend to fire him over the case,'' Tanaka told a press conference.

Tanaka agrees to Koizumi's plan to sack envoy

Tanaka agrees to Koizumi's plan to sack envoy

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (upper row from L to R) Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima and Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai, (lower row from L to R) Japan International Cooperation Agency head Kunihiko Saito and Ambassador to Britain Sadayuki Hayashi whom Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to replace after a feud with Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, a government source said August 2.

Yanai expresses intention to resign

Yanai expresses intention to resign

WASHINGTON, July 27 Kyodo - Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai (L) said July 27 it is up to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka whether he should resign over an embezzlement scandal involving Makoto Mizutani (R), who has been dismissed as Japanese Consul General in Denver, Colorado.