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Imperial conferment of decorations

TOKYO, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - Recipients of Japanese grand cordons pose for photos following a ceremony of conferment at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 9, 2025. Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (9th from L) and former speaker of the House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima (10th from L) received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, while International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (2nd from L) was among the recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. (Kyodo)

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LDP lawmakers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki, LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara and LDP Vice President Tadamori Oshima are pictured at a meeting of LDP lawmakers in the Diet Building in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2012.

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New LDP lineup

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara (L), Vice President Tadamori Oshima (2nd from L), General Council Chair Yuriko Koike (2nd from R), who were newly appointed to their posts, and Shigeru Ishiba, Policy Research Council chairman, show solidarity on Sept. 9, 2010, after a press conference in Tokyo announcing the new party leadership.

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Opposition LDP celebrates election wins

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba (R), chief policymaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and Tadamori Oshima, secretary general, celebrate LDP wins in the House of Councillors election at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 11, 2010. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's ruling bloc looked certain to fail in its bid to secure a majority in the upper chamber.

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Opposition LDP celebrates election wins

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba (R), chief policymaker of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and Tadamori Oshima, secretary general, celebrate LDP wins in the House of Councillors election at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 11, 2010. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's ruling bloc looked certain to fail in its bid to secure a majority in the upper chamber.

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Lawmakers against giving foreign residents right to vote

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei (L), head of the People's New Party and state minister in charge of postal and financial affairs, addresses a gathering against proposed legislation to enfranchise permanent foreign residents for local elections. A group of lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties, including Kamei, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tadamori Oshima, took part in the rally.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Tadamori Oshima, secretary general of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on March 15, 2010, after veteran Kunio Hatoyama left the party.

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Liberal Democratic Party calls for Ozawa to appear at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Tadamori Oshima (front), secretary general of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at the plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Oshima demanded that Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, appear in the Diet to explain a funding scandal that has led to the arrest of three people close to him.

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Tanigaki taps Oshima as LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - New Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) joins hands with new party executives he tapped on Sept. 29, 2009. (From L to R) Policy Research Council Chairman Shigeru Ishiba, Secretary General Tadamori Oshima, Tanigaki, General Council Chairman Ryotaro Tanose and Hidehisa Otsuji, chairman of the LDP caucus in the House of Councillors.

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Ruling bloc agrees on education law revision bill

TOKYO, Japan - Tadamori Oshima, head of a ruling coalition task force, speaks at a press conference on April 12 after the panel agreed on revision of the Fundamental Law on Education. Under the agreement, the task force defines patriotism as ''a mind which respects tradition and culture, loves the nation and homeland that have fostered them and contributes to international peace and development.''

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Ruling bloc agrees on education law revision bill

TOKYO, Japan - Tadamori Oshima, head of a ruling coalition task force on revision of the Fundamental Law on Education, speaks at a panel meeting in Tokyo on April 12. Panel members agreed to revise the law following discussions over the definition of patriotism.

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Kamei attested as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Transport Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei (R), nominated minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), receives a letter of attestation from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace on April 1. Kamei replaced Tadamori Oshima, who resigned over his former aide's alleged misuse of a supporter's money (Pool photo)

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Kamei replacing Oshima as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Kamei, former transport minister, is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office April 1 after being named minister of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. Kamei will replace Tadamori Oshima, who resigned over his former aide's alleged misuse of a supporter's money.

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(2)Farm minister Oshima steps down over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo on March 31 after presenting a letter of resignation to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He resigned over allegations his former aide misused a supporter's money in 2000.

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(1)Farm minister Oshima steps down over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima (C) is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office on March 31 after submitting his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Oshima relinquished his cabinet post following allegations that a former aide misappropriated 6 million yen in connection with a House of Representatives election.

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(2)Farm minister's fate depends on explanation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gestures his farm minister Tadamori Oshima behind to speaks in reply to opposition questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee on Feb. 20 on allegations that his former aide misappropriated 6 million yen in connection with an election in 2000.

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(3)Farm minister's fate depends on explanation

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tadamori Oshima listens to an opposition lawmaker question at a House of Representatives Budget Committee on Feb. 20 about allegations that his former aide misappropriated 6 million yen in connection with an election in 2000.

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Farm minister's fate depends on explanation

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-hit farm minister Tadamori Oshima speaks in reply to opposition questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee on Feb. 20. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told the committee he expects Oshima to give a full explanation over an allegation that his former aide misappropriated 6 million yen in connection with an election in 2000.

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(3)WTO ministers wrap up Tokyo meeting with little headway

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 16 after ministers from 22 selected World Trade Organization (WTO) member economies wrapped their three-day meeting with little progress.

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(1) WTO ministers remain sharply divided on farm trade

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's farm minister Tadamori Oshima (L) shakes hands with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Feb. 15 at a Tokyo hotel before trade and farm ministers of 22 selected economies of the World Trade Organization (WTO) begin the second-day session of a three-day informal ministerial conference. The ministers remained sharply divided over the contentious issue of agriculture trade.

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Canada calls for more cuts in farm subsidies

TOKYO, Japan - Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lyle Vanclief (L) shakes hands with Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 14 prior to their talks. The two farm ministers met prior to the opening of a three-day 'mini-ministerial' meeting of the World Trade Organization.

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Ministers meet ahead of informal WTO meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma hold talks at the Diet building on Feb. 14 ahead of the opening the same day of a three-day informal ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Tokyo.

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Japanese farm chief opposes WTO 45% tariff cut proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Tadamori Oshima holds an emergency press meeting at his ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 13. Oshima dismissed a proposal by the chief of the farm negotiation group of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to cut import tariffs by up to 45% as ''unfairly in favor of some farm exporters' stand.''

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Japan, U.S. remain apart over farm trade liberalization

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks to reporters at the U.S. State Department in Washington on Jan. 8 after meeting with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Oshima failed to narrow the gap between Japan and the United States on how to reduce tariffs on agricultural products in a new round of global trade talks.

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Farm ministry adopts framework of rice policy reforms+

TOKYO, Japan - Farm Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks on a framework of rice policy reforms at a news conference at his ministry Dec. 3. The ministry will seek to cut the size of farmland for rice crops by 50,000 hectares to a record-high 1.06 million hectares in fiscal 2003 on continued falls in demand for rice.

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Japan under fire at WTO over farm tariff cuts

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Farm minister Tadamori Oshima, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and industry minister Takeo Hiranuma are in talks in the Diet building Nov. 19 after a Japanese proposal to apply flexibility in tariff cuts for farm imports drew fire from major agricultural exporters at farm trade talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva.

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Oshima tells Diet he won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in reply to opposition questions. Oshima said he will not resign from the post over allegations that his secretary took kickbacks related to public works projects.

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Farm minister won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 18 about allegations that his secretary took kickbacks from construction companies and brokers in return for helping them get contracts for public works projects.

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Oshima comments on magazine report on secretary

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tadamori Oshima responds to questions from reporters at the prime minister's office Oct. 17 following a report in a weekly magazine that his secretary received some 60 million yen from contractors and real estate brokers in return for helping secure public works projects for them.

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Japan urges WTO chief to seek U.S. flexibility in farm talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks to reporters in Geneva on Oct. 15 after meeting with WTO Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi.

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Oshima replaces Takebe as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tadamori Oshima, newly appointed minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30. Oshima replaced Tsutomu Takebe in the shuffle of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet.

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Panel urges schools to adopt absolute evaluation criteria+

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Kimura (L), head of the advisory Curriculum Council, submits a report to Education Minister Tadamori Oshima on Dec. 4 proposing that elementary and junior high schools scrap relative rankings of students' academic achievements and instead adopt absolute criteria for evaluation. Acceptance of the proposal would mark the first radical change in Japan's postwar schooling system.

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FIFA head Blatter meets Japan's education minister

TOKYO, Japan - The head of soccer's world governing body FIFA, Sepp Blatter (R), meets with Japanese Education Minister Tadamori Oshima, on Nov. 14. Blatter and Oshima discussed a proposal for the Japanese government to exempt FIFA from taxes on profits from commercial projects related to the 2002 World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The Education Ministry is in charge of sports affairs in Japan.

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Wakata talks with Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R on TV screen) talks with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and Science and Technology Agency chief Tadamori Oshima (C) Oct. 13. Hidenori Tsumura (R), captain of Miyake High School baseball club, has been invited to join. Wakata told Mori information technology (IT) will play a key role in advancing operations of space shuttles and other spacecraft.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima reads out a rescript signed by the emperor to dissolve the lower house during its plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021. With the dissolution, a general election will be held at the end of October under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government launched Oct. 4.

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Japan's lower house dissolved for general election

Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (R) reads out a rescript signed by the emperor to dissolve the lower house during its plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021. With the dissolution, a general election will be held at the end of October under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government launched Oct. 4.

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Ruling bloc agrees on education law revision bill

TOKYO, Japan - Tadamori Oshima, head of a ruling coalition task force, speaks at a press conference on April 12 after the panel agreed on revision of the Fundamental Law on Education. Under the agreement, the task force defines patriotism as ''a mind which respects tradition and culture, loves the nation and homeland that have fostered them and contributes to international peace and development.'' (Kyodo)

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Oshima tells Diet he won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in reply to opposition questions. Oshima said he will not resign from the post over allegations that his secretary took kickbacks related to public works projects. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 18 about allegations that his secretary took kickbacks from construction companies and brokers in return for helping them get contracts for public works projects. (Kyodo)

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Japan urges WTO chief to seek U.S. flexibility in farm talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks to reporters in Geneva on Oct. 15 after meeting with WTO Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi. (Kyodo)

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(2)Farm minister's fate depends on explanation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gestures his farm minister Tadamori Oshima behind to speaks in reply to opposition questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee on Feb. 20 on allegations that his former aide misappropriated 6 million yen in connection with an election in 2000. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister's fate depends on explanation

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-hit farm minister Tadamori Oshima speaks in reply to opposition questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee on Feb. 20. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told the committee he expects Oshima to give a full explanation over an allegation that his former aide misappropriated 6 million yen in connection with an election in 2000. (Kyodo)

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(1) WTO ministers remain sharply divided on farm trade

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's farm minister Tadamori Oshima (L) shakes hands with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick on Feb. 15 at a Tokyo hotel before trade and farm ministers of 22 selected economies of the World Trade Organization (WTO) begin the second-day session of a three-day informal ministerial conference. The ministers remained sharply divided over the contentious issue of agriculture trade. (Kyodo)

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Oshima comments on magazine report on secretary

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tadamori Oshima responds to questions from reporters at the prime minister's office Oct. 17 following a report in a weekly magazine that his secretary received some 60 million yen from contractors and real estate brokers in return for helping secure public works projects for them. (Kyodo)

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Kamei replacing Oshima as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Kamei, former transport minister, is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office April 1 after being named minister of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. Kamei will replace Tadamori Oshima, who resigned over his former aide's alleged misuse of a supporter's money. (Kyodo)

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(3) Monju nuclear reactor in Tsuruga

TSURUGA, Japan - Science and Technology Agency Director General Tadamori Oshima (L) inspects Japan's prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, the site of a coolant leakage accident that shut down the facility in 1995. Photo was taken on Nov. 26, 2000. (Kyodo)

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No-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet submitted

House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (3rd from L) receives a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet from senior lawmakers of four opposition parties at the Diet on May 31, 2016. The opposition bloc argues the government's economic policies, dubbed "Abenomics," have failed in light of Abe's decision to postpone the planned consumption tax hike. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house speaker Oshima attends press conference

Lower house speaker Tadamori Oshima (C) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016, after hearing each party's views on House of Representatives electoral reform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house speaker Oshima attends press conference

Lower house speaker Tadamori Oshima (C) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2016, after hearing each party's views on House of Representatives electoral reform. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel urges lower house seat cut, method to limit vote weight disparity

House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (R) receives a proposal on electoral reform from Takeshi Sasaki, head of a panel concerning the issue, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2016. The panel proposed cutting 10 seats in the chamber and adopting a new method for the allocation of seats to each prefecture in order to address vote weight disparities among single-seat electoral districts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo