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PM Takeshita of Japan Meets Leader Foley

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita of Japan, left, meets United States House Majority Leader Tom Foley (Democrat of Washington) in Washington, DC, US on January 13, 1988. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Painter/poet Takeshita's unknown paintings found

TOKYO, Japan - A curator introduces two recently found paintings of renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takeshita (1884-1934) at the Takeshita Yumeji Museum in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2014. Takeshita reportedly gave the paintings to a Japanese expatriate in Germany during a trip to Europe from 1932 to 1933.

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Japanese abductee kin call for help at U.N. meet

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of a group of families of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea, calls for international cooperation to prevent such crimes during a symposium at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva on Sept, 10, 2014. Tamaji Takeshita, a sister of suspected abductee Noriko Furukawa, holds a picture of Masumoto's abducted sister Rumiko.

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Engineer recalls developing 'online system' for 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former IBM systems engineer Toru Takeshita recalls in an interview at his home in Tokyo on July 30, 2014, how he worked to develop an online computer system for instant reporting of scores at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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New reconstruction minister visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Newly appointed Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita shakes hands with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural office in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 4, 2014. They exchanged views on how to promote rehabilitation from the March 2011 disasters and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Takeshita, the newly appointed minister for reconstruction, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014.

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Japan whips S. Korea to win women's volleyball bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's coach Masayoshi Manabe (R) hugs Japan's Yoshie Takeshita after the team beat South Korea in straight sets 25-22, 26-24, 25-21 in the women's volleyball bronze medal match at Earls Court at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 11, 2012. Japan claimed their first medal since taking the bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

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Japan reaches women's volleyball semis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yukiko Ebata, Saori Kimura, Erika Araki, Yoshie Takeshita and Hitomi Nakamichi (from L in front row) rejoice after beating China 28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16 in a London Olympic women's volleyball quarterfinal at Earls Court on Aug. 7, 2012. Japan advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 1988.

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Japan reaches women's volleyball semis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yoshie Takeshita (C), Kaori Inoue (Back C) and their teammates celebrate after beating China 28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16 in a London Olympic women's volleyball quarterfinal at Earls Court on Aug. 7, 2012. Japan advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 1988.

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Japan reaches women's volleyball semis

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yoshie Takeshita (3) and Erika Araki (5) block the ball during the second set of a match against China in the women's volleyball quarterfinals at Earls Court at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Japan beat China 28-26, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 18-16 and advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 1988. At left is China's Wang Yimei.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Players of the Japanese team (From L) Yoshie Takeshita, Kaori Inoue, Saori Kimura, Yuko Sano, Saori Sakoda and Risa Shinnabe leave the court after being defeated by Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan women fall to Russia in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yoshie Takeshita (Back L) tosses the ball during the fourth set of a match against Russia in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 3, 2012. Japan lost to Russia 27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19.

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Japan beats Dominican Republic in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kaori Inoue (7) spikes during the first set of a match against the Dominican Republic in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court, London, on Aug. 1, 2012. Japan won 3-0. Her teammate Yoshie Takeshita can be seen at the net.

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Japan Women off to winning start in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - (From L) Saori Kimura, Yoshie Takeshita, and Erika Araki rejoice after the team scored during the third set of a match against Algeria in the women's Olympic volleyball tournament at Earls Court on July 28, 2012. Japan beat Algeria 3-0.

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Japan Women off to winning start in volleyball

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Yoshie Takeshita and Risa Shinnabe (R) celebrate after the team scored during the third set of a match against Algeria in the women's volleyball tournament at Earls Court at the 2012 Summer Games on July 28, 2012. Japan beat Algeria 3-0.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers try to regulate pedestrian traffic along Takeshita Street in Harajuku, a popular Tokyo shopping district, after a street stampede on March 26, 2010. The stampede, apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area, caused three teenage girls to be taken to the hospital.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police steer pedestrian traffic on a jam-packed Takeshita Street in Tokyo's popular Harajuku shopping district, after a street stampede on March 26, 2010. The stampede, apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area, caused three teenage girls to be taken to the hospital.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police steer pedestrian traffic on a jam-packed Takeshita Street in Tokyo's popular Harajuku shopping district, after a street stampede on March 26, 2010. The stampede, apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area, caused three teenage girls to be taken to the hospital.

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3 teenage girls taken to hospital after stampede in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emergency services personnel carry a person on a stretcher on Takeshita Street in Harajuku, a popular Tokyo shopping district, on March 26, 2010. Three teenage girls suffering from nausea and chest pains were taken to the hospital after a stampede apparently triggered by rumors that some celebrities were in the area.

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Japanese painter Hirayama, PM Takeshita

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama (C) is seen viewing Buddhism art in Dunhuang, in China's Gansu Province, in August 1988 together with then Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita (L). Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke Dec. 2, 2009.

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MOF lowers economic views for all 11 regions for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Wataru Takeshita addresses a meeting of the chiefs of the 11 regional bureaus of the Finance Ministry at the ministry on Jan. 28. The ministry lowered its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the October-December period from the previous three months. It adopted the word ''worsening'' in the overall assessment for the first time since comparable data became available in 1985.

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Japan falls to Brazil in women's volleyball quarterfinals

BEIJING, China - Japanese volleyball players in action while trying to defend against a strong spike from Brazil in the third set in the quarterfinals of the women's volleyball tournament of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 19. (From R to L) are Erika Araki, Yoshie Takeshita (3), Yuko Sano (6) and Miyuki Takahashi.

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Olympics: Japan's Takeshita 4th in kayak slalom

BEIJING, China - Japan's Yuriko Takeshita finished fourth in the women's single kayak slalom final, the best showing by a Japanese woman in Olympic canoeing, on Aug. 15 at the whitewater course of Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 15. The 19-year-old had a combined time of 219.30 seconds in the race, won by Slovakia's Elena Kaliska with a total time of 192.64.

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Actress Keiko Takeshita named ambassador for product safety

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari (L), minister of economy, trade and industry, shakes hands with actress Keiko Takeshita at the ministry in Tokyo on May 19 after she was named the nation's first ambassador for product safety to help raise public awareness about the handling of consumer products to avoid fires and other hazards. According to government data, authorities registered 1,300 cases last year of deaths, fires and other incidents linked to the use of consumer products.

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Japan soccer coach, actress form policy group for environment

Actress Keiko Takeshita (R), Japan's national soccer coach Takeshi Okada (C) and Zenko Oda pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11. Okada and others have set up the policy recommendation group ''Group Environment Initiative,'' headed by Oda, aimed at helping build a society that is mainly based on renewable energy.

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Police burst into Tokyo apartment, arrest armed man

TOKYO, Japan - Paramedics carry out Yuji Takeshita, a member of a gang affiliated with the Kyokuto-kai underworld syndicate, from an apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on April 21. Takeshita shot himself in the head after holing up in the apartment and firing shots from a window. The stand-off ended after about 15 hours when a squad for police officers fired tear gas and burst in.

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New images at Japan pavilion screen shown to press

NAGAKUTE, Japan - New images at Japan pavilion's global screen at the World Exposition site are shown to the press under the guidance of Japanese actress Keiko Takeshita (L) in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on May 26.

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Sousuke Uno

Named Japan's 75th prime minister on June 3, 1989 following the resignation of Noboru Takeshita over a stocks-for-favors scandal. Uno resigned after only 69 days. Born Aug. 27, 1922, died May 19, 1998.

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Noboru Takeshita

Served as Japan's 74th prime minister from November 1987 to June 1989 and played a key role in the implementation of the consumption tax in April 1989. Takeshita was forced to step down as prime minister to take responsibility for the Recruit stock-for-favors scandal implicating politicians, senior government officials and businessmen. Born Feb. 26, 1924, died June 19, 2000.

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Koizumi gets cabinet post

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with Takeo Nishioka in December 1988 while waiting for their turns to appear at a news conference after being named health and welfare minister and education minister, respectively, in the cabinet of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.

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4,000 attend funeral for former Prime Minister Takeshita

KAKEYA, Japan - About 4,000 people, including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley and former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil, attend a funeral for former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita at a Kakeya municipal gymnasium in his hometown of Kakeya, Shimane Prefecture, on July 29. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, who chairs the funeral committee for Takeshita, said in a memorial address, weeping, ''He returned to dust in Shimane at last.''

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Takeshita's brother cheered

MATSUE, Japan - Wataru Takeshita (L), younger brother and former secretary of the late Noboru Takeshita, a former prime minister, is cheered June 25 after he appeared certain to win the House of Representatives seat vacated by his elder brother.

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Takeshita's coffin carried from funeral hall

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin of former Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita is carried at the end of a memorial service at Tokyo's Tsukiji Honganji Temple on June 21.

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Funeral of former Prime Minister Takeshita held

TOKYO, Japan - Mourners arrive at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo to attend the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita on June 21.

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Wake for former premier Takeshita held

TOKYO, Japan - A wake for former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita is held at Tokyo's Tsukiji Honganji Temple on June 20. Takeshita died of respiratory failure on June 19 at age 76.

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Hearse carrying body of Takeshita passes by Diet building

TOKYO, Japan - A hearse carrying the body of former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita passes by the Diet building in Tokyo on June 20, while Diet guards give a salute to the deceased premier. Takeshita died of respiratory failure the previous day.

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Ex-premier Takeshita dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who continued to exert a strong influence on Japanese politics long after stepping down as premier, died of respiratory failure at 12:53 a.m. June 19 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76. His file photo was taken in September 1996.

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Prominent politicians make list of undesirable candidates

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the civic group Shimin Rentai -- Nami 21, present a list in Tokyo on May 10 of what it called ''candidates we do not want elected'' in the next general election, which is expected to be held June 25. Topping the list is former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who said this month he would not run in the election, followed by Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Shizuka Kamei, the party's top policy-maker. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori was ranked fifth on the list.

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Former Prime Minister Takeshita to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita will retire from politics at the end of his current term in the House of Representatives, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (2nd from R) announces at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo on May 1. Since April, leaders of the LDP's Obuchi faction and Takeshita have discussed whether Takeshita, one of Japan's most influential politicians, should run in the upcoming general election. Takeshita has been hospitalized for more than a year.

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Kim, former Japanese prime ministers toast at luncheon

South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (C) and former Japanese prime ministers make a toast at a luncheon at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka on Oct. 9. Kim was seated between Noboru Takeshita (L of Kim) and Toshiki Kaifu. Ryutaro Hashimoto sat to the left of Takeshita. After the luncheon, Kim, who arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 7, left for Osaka, which has the largest Korean community of all Japanese cities. He will return home Oct. 10.

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LDP faction boss Takeshita dies at 74

Undated file photo shows Wataru Takeshita, a veteran member of the House of Representatives and head of a major faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The younger brother of the late former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita died Sept. 17 at age 74, after battling esophageal cancer

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Actress Keiko Takeshita named ambassador for product safety

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari (L), minister of economy, trade and industry, shakes hands with actress Keiko Takeshita at the ministry in Tokyo on May 19 after she was named the nation's first ambassador for product safety to help raise public awareness about the handling of consumer products to avoid fires and other hazards. According to government data, authorities registered 1,300 cases last year of deaths, fires and other incidents linked to the use of consumer products. (Kyodo)

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Olympics: Japan's Takeshita 4th in kayak slalom

BEIJING, China - Japan's Yuriko Takeshita finished fourth in the women's single kayak slalom final, the best showing by a Japanese woman in Olympic canoeing, on Aug. 15 at the whitewater course of Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 15. The 19-year-old had a combined time of 219.30 seconds in the race, won by Slovakia's Elena Kaliska with a total time of 192.64. (Kyodo)

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MOF lowers economic views for all 11 regions for 2nd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Wataru Takeshita addresses a meeting of the chiefs of the 11 regional bureaus of the Finance Ministry at the ministry on Jan. 28. The ministry lowered its economic assessments for all of Japan's 11 regions for the October-December period from the previous three months. It adopted the word ''worsening'' in the overall assessment for the first time since comparable data became available in 1985. (Kyodo)

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Former Prime Minister Takeshita to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita will retire from politics at the end of his current term in the House of Representatives, Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (2nd from R) announces at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo on May 1. Since April, leaders of the LDP's Obuchi faction and Takeshita have discussed whether Takeshita, one of Japan's most influential politicians, should run in the upcoming general election. Takeshita has been hospitalized for more than a year.

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PRIME MINISTER NOBORU TAKESHITA

JAPAN CHANGES PILOTS,Noboru Takeshita,DAIGO?,Family==Date:circa 1987, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Seoul Olympics Opening - Prime Minister Takeshita's Visit to Korea

It's a beautiful autumn day in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is filled with energy on the opening day of the Olympic Games. The streets of the capital city of Seoul, Prime Minister Takeshita on his way to the Olympic Stadium during his visit to South Korea, the Japanese and Korean teams entering the stadium, President Roh Tae-woo's opening proclamation, the lighting of the torch on the torch stand, Prime Minister Takeshita visiting the presidential palace, the Japan-Korea summit meeting, date of shooting unknown, release date: 19 Date of release: October 1, 1988.

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Seoul Olympics Opening - Prime Minister Takeshita's Visit to Korea

It's a beautiful autumn day in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The city is abuzz with activity as the Olympic Games begin. Keywords: President of the Salamanca I.O.C., stadium, stands, President of South Korea Noh Tae-woo, entrance march, flag, Japanese flag, Japanese athletes, ignition, Prime Minister Takeshita Noboru, Prime Minister Takeshita, torch, torch stand, opening declaration, Cheong Wa Dae, leaders *Shooting date unknown, release date: October 1, 1988.

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Prime Minister Tanaka steps down

The post-Tanaka struggle. How long will the politics without the people continue? President Gerald Rudolph Ford attends a welcome sporting event at the Nippon Budokan, watches kendo and judo, President Ford visits the Kinkakuji Temple, President Ford boards an airplane to return to Japan, the plane takes off, members of the Diet enter the Diet, Chief Cabinet Secretary Noboru Takeshita reads Prime Minister Tanaka's resignation letter on his behalf, LDP Legislative Assembly. Date of shooting unknown, Date of release: November 29, 1974.

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Intellectuals discuss future vision for 12 Fukushima municipalities

Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita addresses a meeting of intellectuals on July 3, 2015, in Fukushima City, northeastern Japan, held to discuss the future vision for 12 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture that have been affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo