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Ex-posts minister Noda to marry NCP lawmaker Tsuruho

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Tsuruho (L), a House of Coucillors lawmaker in the New Conservative Party, and Seiko Noda, former posts and telecommunications minister of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pose for photographers in Tokyo on May 2 after announcing their engagement at a press conference. Noda, 40, became the youngest minister in postwar Japan at the age of 37 in the cabinet of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in 1998.

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Ex-posts minister Noda to marry lawmaker Tsuruho

GIFU, Japan - File photos show former Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda (L) and Yosuke Tsuruho, a House of Councillors lawmaker in the New Conservative Party. The two will marry as early as August, her supporters said May 2. Noda is a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Japan puts 2nd satellite into orbit to enhance GPS

Yosuke Tsuruho (C), Japan's state minister for space policy, speaks at a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 1, 2017. An H-2A rocket carrying the quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki No. 2 was launched to enhance the precision of Japan's global positioning system used in smartphones and car navigation equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa minister returns payments for tickets to fundraiser

Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister of state for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, attends a lower house committee in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2016, when it was reported that Tsuruho returned money paid for tickets to a fundraising party because an individual is suspected to have purchased them under different names, a practice prohibited by law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa minister refuses to call riot cop's slur discriminatory

Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2016. At a press conference, Tsuruho again refused to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory, which drew criticism of Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Onaga voices anger at Okinawa minister

At a press conference on Nov. 11, 2016, in Japan's southern city of Naha, Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga voices his anger at Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, who has refused to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory. "It is quite regrettable," Onaga said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa minister refuses to call riot cop's slur discriminatory

Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, meets with reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2016. Tsuruho again refused to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory, while saying intimidating words and actions are not permissible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa minister draws criticism

Yosuke Tsuruho, minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, heads to a Cabinet meeting on Nov. 8, 2016, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Tsuruho's refusal to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory has drawn criticism from the opposition bloc, with Democratic Party leader Renho saying on Nov. 9 that Tsuruho is not qualified to tackle Okinawa issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa issue minister fined for speeding

Undated photo shows Yosuke Tsuruho, Japan's state minister in charge of issues related to Okinawa and the Northern Territories. The Tokyo Summary Court ordered Tsuruho on Sept. 16, 2016, to pay a fine of 60,000 yen ($587) for speeding on a highway in Osaka Prefecture in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister Tsuruho apologizes for traffic violation

Yosuke Tsuruho, state minister for Okinawa and the Northern Territories, apologizes for a speeding offense during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2016. Tsuruho was accused of exceeding the speed limit by more than 40 kilometers per hour in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

Yosuke Tsuruho, newly appointed as state minister for Okinawa and northern territories affairs in a Cabinet reshuffle, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016, prior to the attestation ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-posts minister Noda to marry NCP lawmaker Tsuruho

TOKYO, Japan - Yosuke Tsuruho (L), a House of Coucillors lawmaker in the New Conservative Party, and Seiko Noda, former posts and telecommunications minister of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pose for photographers in Tokyo on May 2 after announcing their engagement at a press conference. Noda, 40, became the youngest minister in postwar Japan at the age of 37 in the cabinet of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in 1998.