Factory worker arrested over alleged frozen food poisoning

Factory worker arrested over alleged frozen food poisoning

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 25, 2014, shows a factory operated by Aqlifoods Co., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., in the town of Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture. Police arrested Toshiki Abe, a 49-year-old worker at the factory, the same day on suspicion of poisoning food products four separate times between last Oct. 3 and Oct. 7. More than 2,800 people have reported falling ill in possible connection with the poisoning.

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Four former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Toshiki Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe -- and Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) pose for photos before their breakfast meeting at a hotel in Tokyo on May 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on display at an art exhibition by politicians and celebrities being held at the Kensei Kinenkan building in Tokyo. Art works by former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and 16 other Diet members are also on display. The admissions-free exhibition will last through April 13.

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

China's Hu meets former Japanese prime minsters

TOKYO, Japan - Four former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Toshiki Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe -- and Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) pose for photos before their breakfast meeting at a hotel in Tokyo on May 8. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

(CORRECTED) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

(CORRECTED) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on display at an art exhibition by politicians and celebrities being held at the Kensei Kinenkan building in Tokyo. Art works by former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and 16 other Diet members are also on display. The admissions-free exhibition will last through April 13. (Kyodo)

Factory worker sentenced to 3.5 yrs for food poisoning

Factory worker sentenced to 3.5 yrs for food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Toshiki Abe, 49, who was sentenced on Aug. 8, 2014 to three and a half years in prison for lacing frozen food products with pesticide at a factory of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, last fall. (Kyodo)

Baseball in Japan

Baseball in Japan

Toshiki Abe (L) of the Chunichi Dragons is tagged out at home plate by DeNA BayStars catcher Shuto Takajo in the fourth inning at Yokohama Stadium on June 23, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo