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Operations at Snow Brand's Hokkaido factory suspended

SAPPORO, Japan - Toshiaki Endo (C), head of the Hokkaido branch of Snow Brand Milk Products Co., apologizes at a press conference Aug. 23 for his company's poor control of bacteria. The Hokkaido prefectural government ordered the company to suspend operations at its plant in Taiki after discovering a bacterial toxin in samples of powdered skimmed milk produced at the plant.

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Japan LDP leadership shake-up

The Liberal Democratic Party's top four executives under prime minister and party chief Fumio Kishida -- (from L) Policy Research Council Chairman Koichi Hagiuda, Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi, General Council Chairman Toshiaki Endo and Election Strategy Committee Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama -- pose for a photo at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2022, after the ruling party's leadership shake-up.

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Japan LDP leadership shake-up

The Liberal Democratic Party's top four executives under prime minister and party chief Fumio Kishida -- (from L) Policy Research Council Chairman Koichi Hagiuda, Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi, General Council Chairman Toshiaki Endo and Election Strategy Committee Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama -- pose for a photo at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2022, after the ruling party's leadership shake-up.

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Japan LDP leadership shake-up

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishia (3rd from L) poses for a photo on Aug. 10, 2022, with other Liberal Democratic Party executives -- (from L) General Council Chairman Toshiaki Endo, Vice President Taro Aso, Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi and Policy Research Council Chairman Koichi Hagiuda -- at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo after the ruling party's leadership shake-up.

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Japan upper house election

Toshiaki Endo, chairperson of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's election strategy committee, has a TV interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 10, 2022, as the results of Japan's House of Councillors election come in.

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Model of Tokyo Olympics main stadium

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (R) and education minister Hiroshi Hase (C) look at a model of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium in the Japanese capital on June 17, 2016. The 120 centimeters by 120 cm model was made for display at Japan House during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo wrestlers attend workshop to avoid illegal activities

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (L) and Japan Sports Agency commissioner Daichi Suzuki attend a workshop for wrestlers organized by the Japan Sumo Association with the aim of preventing them from being involved in illegal activities in the wake of scandals over gambling and drug use in sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Olympic minister wants Fukushima to stage baseball, softball

Japanese Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo speaks in a meeting in Tokyo on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster. Endo reiterated his hope at a press conference the same day that Fukushima Prefecture can host the first rounds of baseball and softball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic minister denies doing favors for donor over teachers

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo attends a parliamentary session in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2016. He denied a media report that he exerted influence on behalf of a company placing assistant language teachers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan assures IOC main stadium for 2020 on track

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo (far R) and International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates (2nd from L) hold talks in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2016. Endo told Coates, who heads the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Olympics, construction plans for the main stadium to be used in 2020 are on track despite controversy surrounding the scrapping of the design originally chosen for the facility. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan assures IOC main stadium for 2020 on track

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo (L) and International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates shake hands in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2016. Endo told Coates, who heads the Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Olympics, construction plans for the main stadium to be used in 2020 are on track despite controversy surrounding the scrapping of the design originally chosen for the facility. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kengo Kuma's design adopted for 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015, after architect Kengo Kuma's design was adopted for the main stadium of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The facility will be built by a joint venture led by contractor Taisei Corp., which won the bid for its construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kengo Kuma's design adopted for 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015, after architect Kengo Kuma's design was adopted for the main stadium of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The facility will be built by a joint venture led by contractor Taisei Corp., which won the bid for its construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kengo Kuma's design adopted for 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) announces the selection of a design by architect Kengo Kuma for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015. At right is Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. to boost cybersecurity cooperation ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Toshiaki Endo, Japan's Olympic minister, speaks to the press in Washington on Dec. 3, 2015, after holding talks with Michael Daniel, special U.S. presidential assistant and cybersecurity coordinator. The two agreed to enhance cooperation to prevent cyberattacks ahead of Tokyo's hosting of the 2020 Olympic Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo agrees to bear 39.5 billion yen of new Nat'l Stadium costs

Hiroshi Hase (L), minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (C) and Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo shake hands in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2015. The three agreed that the Tokyo metropolitan government will bear around 39.5 billion yen of the total cost -- about 158.1 billion yen -- of the new National Stadium, which will serve as the main venue for the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic minister Endo meets with TV personality Takigawa

Toshiaki Endo (L), minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, holds talks with TV personality Christel Takigawa in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2015, to exchange ideas on how to link the hosting of the sport events with promoting Japanese culture overseas. Takigawa gave a speech in French to International Olympic Committee members in Buenos Aires in 2013 inviting them to Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic minister Endo meets with Tokyo Gov. Masuzoe

Toshiaki Endo (L), minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, shakes hands with Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe after their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2015. They exchanged views on the government's basic policy regarding the management of the sport event, including measures against terrorism and cyber attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic minister Endo meets with TV personality Takigawa

Toshiaki Endo (L), minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, shakes hands with TV personality Christel Takigawa ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2015, to exchange ideas on how to link the hosting of the sport events with promoting Japanese culture overseas. Takigawa gave a speech in French to International Olympic Committee members in Buenos Aires in 2013 inviting them to Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister for Tokyo Olympics meets with London mayor

Toshiaki Endo (L), Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, shakes hands with London Mayor Boris Johnson at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic minister says Japan to showcase itself at 2020 Games

Toshiaki Endo, minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2015. He said Japan will show to the world its strength as a mature nation through advanced technologies in the environmental field. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe reshuffles Cabinet

Toshiaki Endo, a House of Representatives member of the Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015, ahead of his reappointment as minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic minister talks about Japan Sports Agency

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo speaks during an interview on Sept. 29, 2015, about the newly established Japan Sports Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 ministers grilled over Olympics plans

Japan's Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (R) attends a lower house panel meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015, together with sports minister Hakubun Shimomura (L). Asked about the scrapping of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics logo, he said he "takes the issue seriously. I will promote cooperation with the Olympic organizing committee so that such a situation will never be repeated." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 ministers to be grilled over Olympics plans

Japan's sports minister Hakubun Shimomura (C) and Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (R) attend a lower house panel meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015. On the withdrawal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics logo as well as the initial construction plan for the main stadium for the games, Shimomura stressed the need to present brighter prospects for 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 ministers grilled over dismal Olympics plans

Japan's sports minister Hakubun Shimomura (L) and Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo attend a lower house panel meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015. On the withdrawal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics logo as well as the initial construction plan for the main stadium for the games, Shimomura stressed the need to present brighter prospects for 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 ministers to be grilled over Olympics plans

Japan's sports minister Hakubun Shimomura (L) and Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo attend a lower house panel meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015. On the withdrawal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics logo as well as the initial construction plan for the main stadium for the games, Shimomura stressed the need to present brighter prospects for 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic committee scraps controversial logo

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee scrapped the logo for the 2020 Games that sparked accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic committee scraps controversial logo

Japanese Olympic Minister Toshiaki Endo speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015, after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic organizing committee scrapped the logo for the Games that sparked accusations of plagiarism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC wants stadium ready by Jan. 2020 but Japan can't promise

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (L) shakes hands with International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates ahead of their meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2015. Coates asked Endo at the meeting to have the main Olympic stadium ready by January 2020, but the minister told reporters following the talks, "It was going to be April on a very tight schedule." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC wants stadium ready by Jan. 2020 but Japan can't promise

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (L), International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates (C), and Yoshiro Mori (R), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, meet in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2015. Coates asked Endo at the meeting to have the main Olympic stadium ready by January 2020, but the minister told reporters following the talks, "It was going to be April on a very tight schedule." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic minister seeks cooperation from governors

Tokyo Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (C) attends a meeting of governors nationwide in Okayama, western Japan, on July 29, 2015. Endo sought cooperation in exchange projects with countries participating in the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's soccer chief calls for 80,000-capacity Olympic stadium

Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) receives a written request from Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini on July 28, 2015, in Tokyo. Daini stated that the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics should accommodate 80,000 people, following the government's scrapping of the initial construction plan due to soaring costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's soccer chief calls for 80,000-capacity Olympic stadium

Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (C) speaks to the press after his talks with Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo in Tokyo on July 28, 2015. Daini handed in a written request stating that the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics should accommodate 80,000 people, following the government's scrapping of the initial construction plan due to soaring costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo gov., Olympic minister to cooperate for new stadium

Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) meets with Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe at the metropolitan government office on July 22, 2015. In their talks, they agreed to cooperate in devising a new plan for the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the previous plan was scrapped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo gov., Olympic minister to cooperate for new stadium

Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) meets with Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe at the metropolitan government office on July 22, 2015. In their talks, they agreed to cooperate in devising a new plan for the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the previous plan was scrapped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet ministers meet to reconsider new Olympic stadium

Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 21, 2015, after the first session of a meeting of Cabinet ministers in charge of reconsidering a plan to build a new main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Graffiti critical of PM Abe found scribbled on local party office

A police officer checks a graffiti message that reads, "Japan's shame, Shinzo Abe," scribbled on the entrance door of an office of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the northeastern city of Yamagata on July 18, 2015. The office also serves as an office of Toshiaki Endo, an LDP lawmaker elected from Yamagata who serves as minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Graffiti critical of PM Abe found scribbled on local party office

A police officer checks a graffiti message that reads, "Japan's shame, Shinzo Abe," scribbled on a signboard of an office of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the northeastern city of Yamagata on July 18, 2015. The office also serves as an office of Toshiaki Endo, an LDP lawmaker elected from Yamagata who serves as minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't clings to original Olympic stadium design amid criticism

Sports minister Hakubun Shimomura speaks at a House of Councillors committee meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on July 14, 2015. Shimomura and Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo, the ministers in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, reiterated at the meeting the government's intent to construct an Olympic stadium as originally planned despite growing criticism, even within the ruling camp, over the soaring cost. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't clings to original Olympic stadium design amid criticism

Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo speaks at a House of Councillors committee meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on July 14, 2015. Endo and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura, the ministers in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, reiterated at the meeting the government's intent to construct an Olympic stadium as originally planned despite growing criticism, even within the ruling camp, over the soaring cost. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo governor, Olympic minister talk about new national stadium

Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe (R) meets with Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo in Tokyo on July 8, 2015. They agreed to set up a taskforce over cost burden for constructing Japan's new national stadium to be used as the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Rugby World Cup 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo governor, Olympic minister talk about new national stadium

Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe (R) meets with Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo in Tokyo on July 8, 2015. They agreed to set up a taskforce over cost burden for constructing Japan's new national stadium to be used as the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Rugby World Cup 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Questions arise over donations to newly appointed Olympics minister

Toshiaki Endo, the newly appointed minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, answers reporters' questions at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on July 8, 2015, after political funds reports showed political groups linked to Endo received millions of yen in donations from executives of a meat producer on the same day in 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics, sports ministers meet for Olympic preparations

Sports minister Hakubun Shimomura speaks to reporters after attending a coordination meeting for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo on June 29, 2015. At the meeting, also attended by Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics minister Toshiaki Endo, Shimomura reported that the construction of the new National Stadium, which will serve as the main venue for the event, would cost 252 billion yen and will be completed by May 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics, sports ministers meet for Olympic preparations

Sports minister Hakubun Shimomura (C) and Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) attend a coordination meeting for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo on June 29, 2015. Shimomura reported that the construction of the new National Stadium, which will serve as the main venue for the event, would cost 252 billion yen and will be completed by May 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics minister meets with Tokyo governor

Toshiaki Endo (L), newly named Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe meet at the metropolitan government office on June 26, 2015. In their talks, they agreed to cooperate in making a success of the sports event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics minister meets with Tokyo governor

Toshiaki Endo (L), newly named Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe meet at the metropolitan government office on June 26, 2015. In their talks, they agreed to cooperate in making a success of the sports event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics minister meets with Tokyo governor

Toshiaki Endo (L), newly named Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe meet at the metropolitan government office on June 26, 2015. In their talks, they agreed to cooperate in making a success of the sports event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's Endo assumes 2020 Tokyo Olympics minister

Toshiaki Endo (L), a member of the House of Representatives from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, after Endo assumed the post of a Cabinet minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo