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Hirano to run in election as independent

MORIOKA, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, who served as reconstruction minister under the government led by the Democratic Party of Japan, tells a press conference at the Iwate prefectural government office building in Morioka on April 2, 2013, that he will run in the upcoming House of Councillors election as an independent. Hirano submitted a letter the same day to the DPJ stating his intention to leave the main opposition party.

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9/11 group seeks continued support for Tohoku disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Ielpi (far L), head of the September 11th Families' Association, meets reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (R) in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Bereaved families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States called for continued support for survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern and northeastern Japan in their meeting with the Japanese minister.

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Hirano unveils Reconstruction Agency logo

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano (L), head of the newly formed Reconstruction Agency, unveils the agency's logo at a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012.

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote the reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, put up a signboard bearing the name of the agency at the new entity in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012, as it was launched the same day. (Pool Photo)

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo as the agency was launched on Feb. 10, 2012.

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Reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda the same day appointed Hirano as head of a new agency to bolster efforts to rebuild areas ravaged by the natural disaster.

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Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Panel calls for legal revisions for disaster prevention

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiaki Kawata (R), a professor at Kansai University who heads a panel of the Central Disaster Prevention Council, hands a report to Tatsuo Hirano, disaster management minister, in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. In the report, the panel calls for reviewing disaster-related laws to maintain the functions of local governments and smooth long-distance evacuations if a massive natural disaster occurs.

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Reappointed reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano walks into the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2011. Hirano was retained the same day as minister in charge of Japan's reconstruction from the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Hosono, Hirano, Jimi in new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photos show (from L) Goshi Hosono, Tatsuo Hirano and Shozaburo Jimi, who will become ministers in the new Cabinet under Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011. Hosono will remain minister in charge of handling the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture and double as environment minister, Hirano will retain the post of reconstruction minister, and Jimi, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's coalition partner the People's New Party, will keep his post as postal reform minister.

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Reconstruction Minister Tatsuo Hirano take part in a news conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 1, 2011, as part of a disaster exercise. Emergency drills were held the same day across Japan in commemoration of the Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923.

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PM Kan in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks at a meeting between the national and Fukushima prefectural governments on the prefecture's revival from the nuclear plant disaster in Fukushima on Aug. 27, 2011. Tatsuo Hirano (L), minister in charge of reconstruction, and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono also attended the meeting.

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Kan, ministers meet local leaders in Fukushima Pref.

KORIYAMA, Japan - (From L) Reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of the nuclear disaster, attend a meeting in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, with leaders of municipalities near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Kan told reporters after the meeting that the government will make utmost efforts to complete the second phase of work to contain the crisis earlier than planned.

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Reconstruction minister Hirano in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (L) receives a letter of request from Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka on July 9, 2011, during his first visit to areas devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami since assuming the post. Hirano told Tasso he hopes the central government can team up with prefectures in reconstructing the disaster-hit areas.

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Appointment of reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after Kan appointed Hirano and Yamaguchi to their posts.

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Hirano to be Japan's new reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Hirano will replace Ryu Matsumoto as reconstruction minister as Matsumoto stepped down over controversial remarks he made.

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New reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after his appointment to the post. Hirano, a House of Councillors member, hails from Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hatoyama formally appoints Kan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, education minister Tatsuo Kawabata, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010. Kan officially assumed the post of finance minister, while Sengoku and Kawabata respectively took over the post of state minister in charge of national strategy and the post in charge of science and technology policies from Kan.

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LDP to regain upper house majority for 1st time in 27 years

Undated photo shows House of Councillors member Tatsuo Hirano, who was reconstruction minister in 2012 under the government led by the then Democratic Party of Japan. The Liberal Democratic Party is set to regain a majority of upper house seats for the first time in 27 years after Hirano, who had been an independent after leaving the DPJ in April 2013, submitted an application to join the party, LDP lawmakers said July 13, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel calls for legal revisions for disaster prevention

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiaki Kawata (R), a professor at Kansai University who heads a panel of the Central Disaster Prevention Council, hands a report to Tatsuo Hirano, disaster management minister, in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. In the report, the panel calls for reviewing disaster-related laws to maintain the functions of local governments and smooth long-distance evacuations if a massive natural disaster occurs. (Kyodo)

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Reappointed reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano walks into the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2011. Hirano was retained the same day as minister in charge of Japan's reconstruction from the March earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hosono, Hirano, Jimi in new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photos show (from L) Goshi Hosono, Tatsuo Hirano and Shozaburo Jimi, who will become ministers in the new Cabinet under Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011. Hosono will remain minister in charge of handling the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture and double as environment minister, Hirano will retain the post of reconstruction minister, and Jimi, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's coalition partner the People's New Party, will keep his post as postal reform minister. (Kyodo)

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Hosono, Hirano, Jimi in new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photos show ifrom L) Goshi Hosono, Tatsuo Hirano and Shozaburo Jimi, who will become ministers in the new Cabinet under Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011. Hosono will remain minister in charge of handling the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture and double as environment minister, Hirano will retain the post of reconstruction minister, and Jimi, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's coalition partner the People's New Party, will keep his post as postal reform minister. (Kyodo)

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Hosono, Hirano, Jimi in new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photos show ifrom L) Goshi Hosono, Tatsuo Hirano and Shozaburo Jimi, who will become ministers in the new Cabinet under Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011. Hosono will remain minister in charge of handling the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture and double as environment minister, Hirano will retain the post of reconstruction minister, and Jimi, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's coalition partner the People's New Party, will keep his post as postal reform minister. (Kyodo)

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Reconstruction Minister Tatsuo Hirano take part in a news conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 1, 2011, as part of a disaster exercise. Emergency drills were held the same day across Japan in commemoration of the Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923. (Kyodo)

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PM Kan in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks at a meeting between the national and Fukushima prefectural governments on the prefecture's revival from the nuclear plant disaster in Fukushima on Aug. 27, 2011. Tatsuo Hirano (L), minister in charge of reconstruction, and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono also attended the meeting. (Kyodo)

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Reconstruction minister Hirano in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (L) receives a letter of request from Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka on July 9, 2011, during his first visit to areas devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami since assuming the post. Hirano told Tasso he hopes the central government can team up with prefectures in reconstructing the disaster-hit areas. (Kyodo)

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Appointment of reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after Kan appointed Hirano and Yamaguchi to their posts. (Kyodo)

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New reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after his appointment to the post. Hirano, a House of Councillors member, hails from Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hirano to be Japan's new reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Hirano will replace Ryu Matsumoto as reconstruction minister as Matsumoto stepped down over controversial remarks he made. (Kyodo)

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Kan, ministers meet local leaders in Fukushima Pref.

KORIYAMA, Japan - (From L) Reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of the nuclear disaster, attend a meeting in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, with leaders of municipalities near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Kan told reporters after the meeting that the government will make utmost efforts to complete the second phase of work to contain the crisis earlier than planned. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo as the agency was launched on Feb. 10, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda the same day appointed Hirano as head of a new agency to bolster efforts to rebuild areas ravaged by the natural disaster. (Kyodo)

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Hirano unveils Reconstruction Agency logo

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano (L), head of the newly formed Reconstruction Agency, unveils the agency's logo at a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote the reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, put up a signboard bearing the name of the agency at the new entity in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012, as it was launched the same day. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)

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Hatoyama formally appoints Kan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, education minister Tatsuo Kawabata, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010. Kan officially assumed the post of finance minister, while Sengoku and Kawabata respectively took over the post of state minister in charge of national strategy and the post in charge of science and technology policies from Kan. (Kyodo)

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Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)