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Ex-weekly mag photographer focuses on Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Washio, a photographer who used to work for the now defunct "Focus" weekly photo magazine, poses in this file photo taken on Oct. 29, 2014. He has published a collection of photos extensively taken in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, since around 2011.

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Ex-union leader Washio

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2002 shows Etsuya Washio, former chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo. Washio was found collapsed at his home in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2012, and confirmed dead. He was 73.

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Emperor hands out gov't spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) hands out the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor in this spring's decorations awarded by the Japanese government, to former Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Etsuya Washio (2nd from R) as Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) looks on at the Imperial Palace on May 8. Washio was among seven recipients who were given the highest award this spring. About 4,000 people were awarded spring decorations for their contributions to the nation and public in various fields such as politics, business, and arts and culture. (Pool photo)

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Sasamori replaces Washio as president of Rengo labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at the close of its two-day annual meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Sasamori was elected president of the 7.61 million-strong organization to succeed Etsuya Washio, who is retiring.

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Rengo calls on Koizumi to draft law, budget for employment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) receives a document Aug. 27 from Etsuya Washio, head of the eight-million-member Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), which called on the premier to compile a special law and supplementary budget for fiscal 2001 in the fall to stave off joblessness.

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Employers, unions team up to solve job mismatch

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (L) addresses a meeting called March 15 to discuss Japan's soaring unemployment as Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, and Etsuya Washio (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (R), listen. The three agreed to join hands in solving the growing mismatch between job seekers and offers.

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Rengo celebrates 10th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio, chief of Rengo, Japan's largest labor organization, gives an address at Tokyo International Forum on Oct. 14 at a ceremonial event to celebrate Rengo's 10th anniversary. Washio told the meeting the labor movement must prove its real worth at a time when Japan is undergoing an economic ordeal.

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Labor leader calls for extra budget on employment

Etsuya Washio (C), head of the eight-million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), in a meeting with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) June 9, urges the government to swiftly compile a supplementary budget focusing on measures to stave off joblessness. Seated at left is Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka.

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Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto.

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Emperor hands out gov't spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) hands out the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor in this spring's decorations awarded by the Japanese government, to former Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Etsuya Washio (2nd from R) as Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) looks on at the Imperial Palace on May 8. Washio was among seven recipients who were given the highest award this spring. About 4,000 people were awarded spring decorations for their contributions to the nation and public in various fields such as politics, business, and arts and culture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Labor leader calls for extra budget on employment

Etsuya Washio (C), head of the eight-million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), in a meeting with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) June 9, urges the government to swiftly compile a supplementary budget focusing on measures to stave off joblessness. Seated at left is Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka.

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Ex-union leader Washio

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2002 shows Etsuya Washio, former chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo. Washio was found collapsed at his home in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2012, and confirmed dead. He was 73. (Kyodo)

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Ex-weekly mag photographer focuses on Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Washio, a photographer who used to work for the now defunct "Focus" weekly photo magazine, poses in this file photo taken on Oct. 29, 2014. He has published a collection of photos extensively taken in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, since around 2011. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge Japan to sign, ratify U.N. nuke ban treaty

Eiichiro Washio (R), senior vice foreign minister of Japan, receives a letter in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2020, from Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (C) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui urging the government to sign and ratify a U.N treaty banning nuclear weapons set to enter into force in January 2021.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki urge Japan to sign, ratify U.N. nuke ban treaty

Eiichiro Washio (R), senior vice foreign minister of Japan, receives a letter in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2020, from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (C) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue urging the government to sign and ratify a U.N treaty banning nuclear weapons set to enter into force in January 2021.

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Japan asks U.N. disarmament forum to take up N. Korea abduction issue

Minoru Kiuchi (C), chairman of Japan's House of Representatives special committee on North Korean abductions, Yasuhide Nakayama (R) of the Liberal Democratic Party and Eiichiro Washio of the Democratic Party attend a press conference in Geneva on Aug. 30, 2017. The three lawmakers requested that the U.N. Conference on Disarmament also take up the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s as the forum works to address Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sasamori replaces Washio as president of Rengo labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Sasamori, new president of Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at the close of its two-day annual meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 5. Sasamori was elected president of the 7.61 million-strong organization to succeed Etsuya Washio, who is retiring.

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Rengo calls on Koizumi to draft law, budget for employment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) receives a document Aug. 27 from Etsuya Washio, head of the eight-million-member Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), which called on the premier to compile a special law and supplementary budget for fiscal 2001 in the fall to stave off joblessness.

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Employers, unions team up to solve job mismatch

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (L) addresses a meeting called March 15 to discuss Japan's soaring unemployment as Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, and Etsuya Washio (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (R), listen. The three agreed to join hands in solving the growing mismatch between job seekers and offers.

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Rengo's Washio submits wage hike demand to Nikkeiren

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio (L), chief of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), Japan's largest confederation of labor unions, presents a letter containing the group's demand for a wage hike in ongoing spring wage negotiations to Tadao Suzuki, vice chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren) at a Tokyo hotel on March 10. Washio said, ''Japan's economy, on the whole, is showing an upward trend. Employers should pay more to their employees.'' Suzuki replied, ''Due to intensifying global competition, we need to ensure job security rather than raise wages.''

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Management, labor hold wage, employment discussion

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio (L, standing), chief of the eight million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at the beginning of a roundtable discussion with the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), Japan's largest employers' organization, at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 21. They discussed the upcoming spring wage negotiations, including wage and employment issues.

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Rengo celebrates 10th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio, chief of Rengo, Japan's largest labor organization, gives an address at Tokyo International Forum on Oct. 14 at a ceremonial event to celebrate Rengo's 10th anniversary. Washio told the meeting the labor movement must prove its real worth at a time when Japan is undergoing an economic ordeal.

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Rengo cancels promised support for LP in elections

Etsuya Washio (L), head of the 8-million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), meets Jan. 28 with Ichiro Ozawa, (R) leader of the Liberal Party, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo. Wasio told Ozawa that Rengo will scrap its promised support for the LP during the upcoming general election after the establishment of a coalition government between the LP and the Liberal Democratic Party(LDP).

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Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto. ==Kyodo