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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi speaks at news conference in Tokyo on June 1. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named Akagi, a former farm ministry bureaucrat, to replace Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi speaks at news conference in Tokyo on June 1. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named Akagi, a former farm ministry bureaucrat, to replace Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Norihiko Akagi, a former senior vice minister who was named as farm minister to replace the late Toshikatsu Matsuoka, surrounded by reporters at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on June 1.

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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Norihiko Akagi (C), a former senior vice minister who was named as farm minister on June 1 to replace the late Toshikatsu Matsuoka, arrives at the Prime Minister's Official Residence for a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe to pick Norihiko Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former senior vice minister Norihiko Akagi, who has been named to succeed the late Toshikatsu Matsuoka as agriculture minister.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - People attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28, watch a hearse carrying Matsuoka's body leave a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Akie Abe (C), the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaves a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30 after attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28.

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka arrives in hometown for wake

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing the body of deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at a temple in his hometown of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29 for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Wake for ex-farm minister Matsuoka held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Mourners visit a temple in the town of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, to attend a wake for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe comments on farm minister's suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at his office on May 29 about a farewell note addressed to him by deceased farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka. Abe said the note from Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28, did not touch on the alleged political fund scandals facing the minister before his death.

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka taken to his home

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at his home in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C in front) and other Cabinet members line up in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 29 to see off a hearse carrying the body of former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - Staffers at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry see off a hearse (L) May 29 carrying the body of the deceased farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - A hearse carrying the body of former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28 passes in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on May 29 before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Passers-by take a special edition newspaper at JR Osaka Station on May 28 which reports the suicide of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) leaves the site of a wake in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward May 28 for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, arrives at the site of a wake in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward the same day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves the site of a wake May 28 for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L in center, back to camera) steps toward an altar May 28 at the site of a wake for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, is loaded into a hearse at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to head to the site of a wake. At right is his wife Hatsumi.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the site of a wake for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Matsuoka committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, responds to questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session May 23.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki on May 28 announced the death of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe responds to questions from reporters at his office May 28 about the suicide of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward May 28 after observing the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves his office May 28 for a Tokyo hospital where farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka was taken after he committed suicide earlier in the day amid various political funds scandals.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Police stand guard May 28 in front of a parliamentary housing building in Tokyo's Akasaka District where farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28 after Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka hanged himself the same day. Matsuoka died after being taken to hospital.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Media crew gather in front of a parliamentary housing building in Tokyo's Akasaka district on May 28 where Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka hanged himself the same day. Matsuoka died after being taken to hospital.

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Farm minister Matsuoka dies at hospital after suicide attempt

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (file photo) died at a hospital in Tokyo on May 28 after being found to have hanged himself with a rope at a parliamentary housing building in Tokyo's Akasaka district.

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U.S. accepts Japanese inspection of beef exporters

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 24 about U.S. acceptance of Japan's request that it accept Japanese inspections at U.S. meatpacking plants.

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China signs deal to lift ban on Japanese rice imports

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang (L), director of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, sign a rice trade resumption accord in Tokyo on April 11. Beijing's lifting of its four-year ban on Japanese rice imports paves the way for Japan to resume rice shipments to China as early as July.

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China signs deal to lift ban on Japanese rice imports

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang (L), director of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, shake hands after signing a rice trade resumption accord in Tokyo on April 11. Beijing's lifting of its four-year ban on Japanese rice imports paves the way for Japan to resume rice shipments to China as early as July.

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Mitsubishi vice president to be BOJ policymaker

TOKYO, Japan - The government decided March 7 to appoint Hidetoshi Kamezaki (file photo), vice president of trading house Mitsubishi Corp., as Bank of Japan policymaker. Kamezaki, along with Seiji Nakamura, president of MOL Ferry Co., a wholly owned unit of shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., are to replace current members of the central bank's Policy Board Hidehiko Haru and Toshikatsu Fukuma in April following approval by the Diet.

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Miyazaki wants state aid to cope with aftermath of bird flu

TOKYO, Japan - Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (R) of Miyazaki, which has been plagued by an outbreak of bird flu, hands a pack of Miyazaki broiler to Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka in a meeting at the Agriculture Ministry on Jan. 29 as he called for government support to cope with the aftermath of the bird flu outbreak.

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Japan, China agree to resume rice imports by China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang, director of China's State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Jan. 18. Matsuoka said later he and Li agreed in principle on China's resumption of rice imports from Japan.

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Johanns seeks talks to expand U.S. beef exports to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a joint news conference with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in Washington on Jan. 11.

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Minister did not declare contribution from scandal-linked group

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29 about a 1 million yen contribution he received from a scandal-linked group last December.

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Farm minister Matsuoka

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Farm minister Matsuoka

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Japanese lawmakers pitch rice from Japan in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Toshikatsu Matsuoka (L) of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party introduced ''Uonuma Koshihikari,'' the top brand rice in Japan, to Zhou Qiang, first secretary of the Communist Youth League of China on Jan. 20. Matsuoka and other lawmakers made a pitch for the start of Japanese rice exports to China, inviting Chinese officials to try some of the top Japanese brands of rice at an event held in Beijing.

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Fukuma, Haru as appointed BOJ Policy Board members

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikatsu Fukuma (R), vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), and Hidehiko Haru (L), executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speak with the media April 5 after being appointed as members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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Fukuma to be named BOJ Board member

TOKYO, Japan - The government informally decided March 8 to appoint Toshikatsu Fukuma (in file photo), vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), as a member of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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Fukuma, Haru as appointed BOJ Policy Board members

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikatsu Fukuma (R), vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), and Hidehiko Haru (L), executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speak with the media April 5 after being appointed as members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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Minister did not declare contribution from scandal-linked group

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29 about a 1 million yen contribution he received from a scandal-linked group last December. (Kyodo)

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Johanns seeks talks to expand U.S. beef exports to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a joint news conference with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in Washington on Jan. 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China agree to resume rice imports by China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang, director of China's State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Jan. 18. Matsuoka said later he and Li agreed in principle on China's resumption of rice imports from Japan. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki wants state aid to cope with aftermath of bird flu

TOKYO, Japan - Gov. Hideo Higasahikunibara (R) of Miyazaki, which has been plagued by an outbreak of bird flu, hands a pack of Miyazaki broiler to Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka in a meeting at the Agriculture Ministry on Jan. 29 as he called for government support to cope with the aftermath of the bird flu outbreak. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi vice president to be BOJ policymaker

TOKYO, Japan - The government decided March 7 to appoint Hidetoshi Kamezaki (file photo), vice president of trading house Mitsubishi Corp., as Bank of Japan policymaker. Kamezaki, along with Seiji Nakamura, president of MOL Ferry Co., a wholly owned unit of shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., are to replace current members of the central bank's Policy Board Hidehiko Haru and Toshikatsu Fukuma in April following approval by the Diet. (Kyodo)

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China signs deal to lift ban on Japanese rice imports

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang (L), director of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, sign a rice trade resumption accord in Tokyo on April 11. Beijing's lifting of its four-year ban on Japanese rice imports paves the way for Japan to resume rice shipments to China as early as July. (Kyodo)