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Japan's new farm minister

Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tetsushi Sakamoto (R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2023. Seen second from left is Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Pool photo)

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Japan's new ministers

Japan's four newly appointed Cabinet ministers -- economic minister Ken Saito (far L), internal affairs minister Takeaki Matsumoto (2nd from L), Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (2nd from R) and farm minister Tetsushi Sakamoto (far R) pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2023, together with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) after attending an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace.

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Japan's new ministers

Japan's four newly appointed Cabinet ministers -- economic minister Ken Saito (far L), internal affairs minister Takeaki Matsumoto (2nd from L), Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (2nd from R) and farm minister Tetsushi Sakamoto (far R) pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2023, together with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) after attending an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace.

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Senior official retracts remarks over jobless people

TOKYO, Japan - Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications Tetsushi Sakamoto retracted his controversial remarks Jan. 6 that cast doubt on whether unemployed people who took shelter in a Tokyo park over the New Year period possess the will to work. Sakamoto, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, apologized at a press conference, saying, ''I have caused trouble to concerned parties.''

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Senior official retracts remarks over jobless people

TOKYO, Japan - Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications Tetsushi Sakamoto retracted his controversial remarks Jan. 6 that cast doubt on whether unemployed people who took shelter in a Tokyo park over the New Year period possess the will to work. Sakamoto, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, apologized at a press conference, saying, ''I have caused trouble to concerned parties.'' (Kyodo)

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Members of Japan PM Suga's Cabinet

Combined file photo shows (from L) Tetsushi Sakamoto, Japan's minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens, in charge of regional revitalization and measures for declining birth rate, Yasutoshi Nishimura, minister in charge of economic revitalization and measures against the coronavirus pandemic, and Taro Kono, minister in charge of administrative reform and regulatory reform. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga formed his Cabinet in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2020.

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New Japan PM Suga's Cabinet

Tetsushi Sakamoto, minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo in the small hours of Sept. 17, 2020, after the launch of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet.

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Japan's new Cabinet under PM Suga

Tetsushi Sakamoto enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2020, after being named minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens in the Cabinet of Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

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Japan's new Cabinet under PM Suga

Tetsushi Sakamoto enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2020, after being named minister for promoting dynamic engagement of all citizens in the Cabinet of Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.