PM Noda meets GSDF members

PM Noda meets GSDF members

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) meets with Ground Self-Defense Force captains Takuhiko Hosokawa (L) and Shinji Nakamura at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, prior to their departure to South Sudan on Nov. 28 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

GSDF members to be dispatched to South Sudan

GSDF members to be dispatched to South Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Shinji Nakamura (C front) and Takuhiko Hosokawa (R front) take part in a ceremony at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, before their dispatch to South Sudan to join a U.N. peacekeeping operation. On the left is Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Katsuyuki Ishida.

Request not to cancel another sumo meet

Request not to cancel another sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Head of the yokozuna deliberation council Takuhiko Tsuruta (C) and members of the council head to an extraordinary board meeting at Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on March 10, 2011. The council said the same day that it had asked the Japan Sumo Association to hold the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled in Tokyo in May as the spring tournament scheduled for March was scrapped in the wake of a bout-rigging scandal. The council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, before passing its recommendations to the JSA.

Nikkei Chairman Tsuruta steps down following scandals

Nikkei Chairman Tsuruta steps down following scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoki Sugita, president of Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc., publisher of the namesake business daily known as the Nikkei, tells reporters in Tokyo on May 16 that Chairman Takuhiko Tsuruta has stepped down and become an adviser.

Nikkei Chairman Tsuruta steps down following scandals

Nikkei Chairman Tsuruta steps down following scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoki Sugita, president of Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc., publisher of the namesake business daily known as the Nikkei, tells reporters in Tokyo on May 16 that Chairman Takuhiko Tsuruta has stepped down and become an adviser. (Kyodo)

Request not to cancel another sumo meet

Request not to cancel another sumo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Head of the yokozuna deliberation council Takuhiko Tsuruta (C) and members of the council head to an extraordinary board meeting at Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena in Tokyo on March 10, 2011. The council said the same day that it had asked the Japan Sumo Association to hold the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled in Tokyo in May as the spring tournament scheduled for March was scrapped in the wake of a bout-rigging scandal. The council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, before passing its recommendations to the JSA. (Kyodo)

PM Noda meets GSDF members

PM Noda meets GSDF members

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) meets with Ground Self-Defense Force captains Takuhiko Hosokawa (L) and Shinji Nakamura at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, prior to their departure to South Sudan on Nov. 28 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission. (Kyodo)

GSDF members to be dispatched to South Sudan

GSDF members to be dispatched to South Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Shinji Nakamura (C front) and Takuhiko Hosokawa (R front) take part in a ceremony at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, before their dispatch to South Sudan to join a U.N. peacekeeping operation. On the left is Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Katsuyuki Ishida. (Kyodo)