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Consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2012. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura gave Yamaoka a verbal warning the same day over remarks he made on the possible collapse of the euro and the bursting of the Chinese economic ''bubble.''

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Defense minister Ichikawa, consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to remove Ichikawa and Yamaoka, who were both censured in parliament, from the posts possibly on Jan. 13, 2012, according to political sources.

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"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in the city of Hiroshima in October 2004 shows Michiko Yamaoka speaking about her experience of the 1945 atomic bombing to elementary school students visiting the city on a school trip. Yamaoka, one of the "Hiroshima Maidens" who underwent reconstructive surgery for facial burns in the United States from 1955, died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, 2013, at a Hiroshima nursing facility for the elderly. She was 82.

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"Hiroshima Maiden" Yamaoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 shows Michiko Yamaoka, one of the "Hiroshima Maidens" who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the city and underwent reconstructive surgery for facial burns in the United States from 1955. Yamaoka died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, 2013, at a Hiroshima nursing facility for the elderly. She was 82.

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Outgoing national public safety chief Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and consumer affairs minister, attends a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December, was replaced by senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara the same day.

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New consumer affairs minister Matsubara

Undated file photo shows senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed Matsubara on Jan. 13, 2012, as public safety commission chief and consumer affairs minister, succeeding Kenji Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December.

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Envoys shown film on girl kidnapped by N. Korean agents

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front R) speaks after the screening for ambassadors in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2011, of a documentary film of a Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1977. Left of Noda are (from R to L) Shigeru Yokota, father of the girl, Megumi, Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group of abductees' relatives, Megumi's mother, Sakie, and Cabinet minister for the abduction issue Kenji Yamaoka.

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U.S. envoy Davies in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - National Public Safety Commission chief Kenji Yamaoka (L), the state minister in charge of matters involving North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals, and U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Glyn Davies (R) hold talks at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2011.

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Cabinet ministers Ichikawa, Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and Kenji Yamaoka, who concurrently serves as minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue. They were at a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against them to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day.

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Censure motions against 2 of Noda Cabinet members

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the Diet building in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against two of his Cabinet members -- Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa and consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka -- to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day.

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Consumer minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Kenji Yamaoka heads to a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against Yamaoka, who also serves as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue, and against Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day.

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Censure motions against 2 Cabinet members

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house Diet affairs chiefs Masashi Waki (R) of the Liberal Democratic Party and Yuichiro Uozumi (C) of the New Komeito party, submit censure motions against Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa and Kenji Yamaoka, who concurrently serves as minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue, to Masafumi Hashimoto, secretary general of the upper house, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011.

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Defense Minister Ichikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa is pictured in the Diet building in Tokyo after attending a Cabinet meeting on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against Ichikawa and another Cabinet member, Kenji Yamaoka, to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day.

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Yamaoka to head national public safety commission

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Kenji Yamaoka, former Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, who will become chairman of the National Public Safety Commission in the new Cabinet under incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011.

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DPJ execs attend meeting with gov't

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Azuma Koshiishi, acting secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, DPJ secretary general, and Kenji Yamaoka, chief of the DPJ parliamentary proceedings committee, attend a meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and top officials of his government at the premier's office Jan. 11, 2010.

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Opposition parties submit no-confidence motion against Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka (3rd from R), chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, submits a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono at the Diet building in Tokyo on July 13.

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DPJ defeats LDP in 1st nat'l-level election under Fukuda

IWAKUNI, Japan - Hideo Hiraoka of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates at his election campaign office in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefectrue, on April 27 after winning the House of representatives by-election in No. 2 constituency in the prefecture. Hiraoka defeated Shigetaro Yamaoka of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party by a wide margin.

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Nakashima bags Japan's 1st gold at Winter Asian Games

CHANGCHUN, China - Shiho Nakashima (R) beats compatriot Soko Yamaoka (L) in the women's snowboard halfpipe final to give Japan its first gold medal of the Winter Asian Games in China on Jan. 29. Nakashima shows off the gold medal and Yamaoka the silver medal.

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Yamaoka gets silver at snowboard worlds

AROSA, Switzerland - Japan's Soko Yamaoka smiles with the silver medal she got in the women's half pipe at the Snowboard World Championships on Jan. 20 in Switzerland.

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Pesko win at World Cup halfpipe

FURANO, Japan - Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland (C) wins the women's halfpipe title at the World Cup Furano meet on March 18. Japan's Soko Yamaoka (L) finished runner-up and fellow Japanese Shiho Nakashima was (R) third.

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Nakashima leads Japanese trio into halfpipe final

BARDONECCHIA, Italy - Shiho Nakashima smiles after qualifying for the women's halfpipe final by finishing fifth in the first run at the Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 13. Nakashima advanced to the final with compatriots veteran Soko Yamaoka and Chikako Fushimi.

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Japan's snowboarders test Olympic course

TURIN, Italy - Japan's Soko Yamaoka, the overall women's World Cup champion in the 2003-2004 season, practices on the Bardonecchia halfpipe track on Feb. 7. Japanese halfpipe snowboarders got the feel of Turin's extended 150-meter Olympic course with an official practice session head of the upcoming Winter Games.

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Japan's Yamaoka wins World Cup halfpipe title

LAKE PLACID, New York - Japan's Soko Yamaoka produced a solid display to capture her first women's halfpipe title of the season at a World Cup competition on March 5 in Lake Placid.

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American Teter wins World Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - American Hannah Teter outperforms Japan's Soko Yamaoka to win the women's halfpipe event on the final day of a World Cup meet in Sapporo on Feb. 22.

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Yamaoka wins women's halfpipe at World Cup

STONEHAM, Canada - Soko Yamaoka of Japan (C), who won the women's halfpipe final at the World Cup snowboarding competition in Stoneham, Canada, on Dec. 20, poses with silver medalist Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland (L) and bronze medalist Lesley McKenna of England.

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Japan's Yamaoka wins World Cup halfpipe title

LAKE PLACID, New York - Japan's Soko Yamaoka produced a solid display to capture her first women's halfpipe title of the season at a World Cup competition on March 5 in Lake Placid. (Kyodo)

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Pesko win at World Cup halfpipe

FURANO, Japan - Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland (C) wins the women's halfpipe title at the World Cup Furano meet on March 18. Japan's Soko Yamaoka (L) finished runner-up and fellow Japanese Shiho Nakashima was (R) third. (Kyodo)

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Yamaoka gets silver at snowboard worlds

AROSA, Switzerland - Japan's Soko Yamaoka smiles with the silver medal she got in the women's half pipe at the Snowboard World Championships on Jan. 20 in Switzerland. (Kyodo)

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Nakashima bags Japan's 1st gold at Winter Asian Games

CHANGCHUN, China - Shiho Nakashima (R) beats compatriot Soko Yamaoka (L) in the women's snowboard halfpipe final to give Japan its first gold medal of the Winter Asian Games in China on Jan. 29. Nakashima shows off the gold medal and Yamaoka the silver medal. (Kyodo)

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DPJ defeats LDP in 1st nat'l-level election under Fukuda

IWAKUNI, Japan - Hideo Hiraoka of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates at his election campaign office in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefectrue, on April 27 after winning the House of representatives by-election in No. 2 constituency in the prefecture. Hiraoka defeated Shigetaro Yamaoka of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party by a wide margin. (Kyodo)

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Opposition parties submit no-confidence motion against Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka (3rd from R), chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, submits a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono at the Diet building in Tokyo on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Japan's snowboarders test Olympic course

TURIN, Italy - Japan's Soko Yamaoka, the overall women's World Cup champion in the 2003-2004 season, practices on the Bardonecchia halfpipe track on Feb. 7. Japanese halfpipe snowboarders got the feel of Turin's extended 150-meter Olympic course with an official practice session head of the upcoming Winter Games. (Kyodo)

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Nakashima leads Japanese trio into halfpipe final

BARDONECCHIA, Italy - Shiho Nakashima smiles after qualifying for the women's halfpipe final by finishing fifth in the first run at the Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 13. Nakashima advanced to the final with compatriots veteran Soko Yamaoka and Chikako Fushimi. (Kyodo)

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DPJ execs attend meeting with gov't

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Azuma Koshiishi, acting secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, DPJ secretary general, and Kenji Yamaoka, chief of the DPJ parliamentary proceedings committee, attend a meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and top officials of his government at the premier's office Jan. 11, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Yamaoka to head national public safety commission

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Kenji Yamaoka, former Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, who will become chairman of the National Public Safety Commission in the new Cabinet under incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Defense minister Ichikawa, consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to remove Ichikawa and Yamaoka, who were both censured in parliament, from the posts possibly on Jan. 13, 2012, according to political sources. (Kyodo)

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Consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2012. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura gave Yamaoka a verbal warning the same day over remarks he made on the possible collapse of the euro and the bursting of the Chinese economic ''bubble.'' (Kyodo)

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Censure motions against 2 of Noda Cabinet members

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the Diet building in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against two of his Cabinet members -- Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa and consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka -- to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day. (Kyodo)

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Censure motions against 2 Cabinet members

TOKYO, Japan - Upper house Diet affairs chiefs Masashi Waki (R) of the Liberal Democratic Party and Yuichiro Uozumi (C) of the New Komeito party, submit censure motions against Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa and Kenji Yamaoka, who concurrently serves as minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue, to Masafumi Hashimoto, secretary general of the upper house, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet ministers Ichikawa, Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and Kenji Yamaoka, who concurrently serves as minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue. They were at a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against them to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day. (Kyodo)

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Consumer minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Kenji Yamaoka heads to a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against Yamaoka, who also serves as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and minister for the abduction issue, and against Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day. (Kyodo)

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Defense Minister Ichikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa is pictured in the Diet building in Tokyo after attending a Cabinet meeting on the morning of Dec. 9, 2011. The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party submitted censure motions against Ichikawa and another Cabinet member, Kenji Yamaoka, to the opposition-controlled upper house the same day. (Kyodo)

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Envoys shown film on girl kidnapped by N. Korean agents

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front R) speaks after the screening for ambassadors in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2011, of a documentary film of a Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1977. Left of Noda are (from R to L) Shigeru Yokota, father of the girl, Megumi, Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group of abductees' relatives, Megumi's mother, Sakie, and Cabinet minister for the abduction issue Kenji Yamaoka. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy Davies in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - National Public Safety Commission chief Kenji Yamaoka (L), the state minister in charge of matters involving North Korea's past abductions of Japanese nationals, and U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Glyn Davies (R) hold talks at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Named consumer affairs minister Matsubara

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced Matsubara on Jan. 13, 2012, as public safety commission chief and consumer affairs minister, succeeding Kenji Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December. (Kyodo)

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Outgoing national public safety chief Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and consumer affairs minister, attends a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December, was replaced by senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara the same day. (Kyodo)

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Yamaoka Tetsutaro

Yamaoka Tetsutaro==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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American Teter wins World Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - American Hannah Teter outperforms Japan's Soko Yamaoka to win the women's halfpipe event on the final day of a World Cup meet in Sapporo on Feb. 22. (Kyodo)

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Yamaoka wins women's halfpipe at World Cup

STONEHAM, Canada - Soko Yamaoka of Japan (C), who won the women's halfpipe final at the World Cup snowboarding competition in Stoneham, Canada, on Dec. 20, poses with silver medalist Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland (L) and bronze medalist Lesley McKenna of England. (Kyodo)