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Ex-Itochu chairman Sejima dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - Ryuzo Sejima (file photo taken in 1997), an Imperial Headquarters staffer-turned-Itochu Corp. chairman, died of old age on Sept. 4 at his Tokyo home. He was 95. While Itochu chairman, Sejima played a major role in privatizing Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. and the Japan National Railways as a member of the government's commission on administrative reform. He was also known for his close ties with former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.

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Ex-premier Nakasone

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 28, 2014, shows former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone speaking at a party at a Tokyo hotel to celebrate his 96th birthday the previous day.

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Ex-premier Nakasone

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 28, 2014, shows former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone after giving a speech at a party at a Tokyo hotel to celebrate his 96th birthday the previous day.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1986 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (R) during a summit of major countries in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1986 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (2nd from R), Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (2nd from L), U.S. President Ronald Reagan (far L) and other leaders during a summit of major countries in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor shaking hands with then Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone during her AIDS relief campaign at the premier's office in Tokyo in April 1987. Taylor died at the age of 79 on March 23, 2011.

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Mubarak not to seek reelection

TOKYO, Japan - In this April 1983 file photo, then Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (L) and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meet at the State Guest House in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Mubarak said Feb. 1, 2011, he will not seek reelection in the next presidential race, currently slated for September, but rejected calls for an immediate resignation.

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Japan's Nakasone meets with S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (L) meets with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2010. The 92-year-old veteran was visiting South Korea as the Japanese head of a bilateral cooperation committee.

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Yosano prepares to launch new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, who submitted a letter of resignation to the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 5, 2010. Yosano met with Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone to convey his intention to form a new political party.

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Yosano prepares to launch new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (L) shakes hands with Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on April 5, 2010. Yosano, who submitted a letter of resignation to the Liberal Democratic Party, sought Nakasone's understanding of his intention to form a new political party.

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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)

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Hu Jintao meets with ex-Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hu Jintao meets with ex-Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) holds talks with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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S. Korea's Lee agrees to summit among S. Korea, Japan, China

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (R) shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (R) at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Feb. 26. Lee agreed to a proposal for a three-way summit among South Korea, Japan and China by inviting China to a regular Seoul-Tokyo summit. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Venue of 1983 'Ron-Yasu' summit opens as memorial hall

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on Nov. 10 walks by the tea room of his private mountain cottage in western Tokyo, where he held summit talks with then U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1983. The cottage was opened as a memorial hall in a ceremony attended by about 150 guests later on the day.

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Venue of 1983 'Ron-Yasu' summit opens as memorial hall

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone makes a speech on Nov. 10 during a ceremony celebrating the opening as a memorial hall of his private mountain cottage in western Tokyo known as a place where he held summit talks with then U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1983. Nakasone, 89, said, ''I used to come to this place secretly whenever I wanted to be freed from heavy pressures of prime minister.''

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Nakasone on visit to China

SHANGHAI, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone speaks to a gathering in Shanghai of 200 members of a Japanese friendship delegation shortly after they arrived there on June 14. The delegation is visiting China at the invitation of the Chinese government as part of events to mark the 35th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic ties. Nakasone is scheduled with meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on June 19.

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Abe starts busy 1st day as LDP chief with courtesy calls

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (L), who was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 20, shakes hands with former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone as he visits Nakasone's office in Tokyo on Sept. 21.

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Ex-premier Nakasone visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (C) leaves the main hall of Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II, after paying his respects to the war dead enshrined there.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985.

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Koizumi to outpace Nakasone as Japan's 3rd-longest-serving premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his official residence on April 4. He will tie on April 5 with Yasuhiro Nakasone as the third-longest-serving prime minister in Japan's post-World War II history. ''I'm always guarded by something,'' Koizumi said, alluding to the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan's scandal over a fake e-mail at a time he was on the defensive over Livedoor Co.-linked and other scandals involving the government and his ruling party.

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LDP names former premiers to lead drafting of new constitution

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former prime ministers Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa and Ryutaro Hashimoto attend the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of a drafting committee on a new constitution at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24. At the meeting, the party endorsed a plan to have 10 subcommittees headed by former prime ministers and other key members draft reports by March on a new constitution.

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Nakasone reiterates support for amending Constitution

WASHINGTON, United States - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone addresses scholars, experts and reporters at the John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington on Nov. 19. He reiterated his support for amending Japan's Constitution, saying Japan is on the path to becoming a ''normal'' country as the Liberal Democratic Party has started drafting an outline for an amended Constitution.

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Koizumi meets former prime ministers on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, front) holds talks on the future of Iraq with former Japanese prime ministers -- (from L to R) Yoshiro Mori, Toshiki Kaifu, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Ryutaro Hashimoto -- at his office in Tokyo on June 15.

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(3)Nakasone mourns Reagan as great leader

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (fore) treats U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in a traditional tea ceremony in this photo taken at his cottage on a western Tokyo suburb in November 1983. The two leaders maintained close relationships through the years, calling each other by their shortened first names ''Ron'' and ''Yasu.''

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(1)Nakasone mourns Reagan as great leader

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Ronald Reagan (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone smile at a joint press conference following their talks in Tokyo in November 1983. Nakasone, in a statement June 6, described Reagan as ''a great president who led the Cold War against communism to the victory of freedom and democracy'' and mourned him as a friend of Japan.

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Nakasone meets with his supporters

TAKASAKI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who has given up seeking reelection to the House of Representatives, speaks at a news conference following a meeting with his supporters in Takasaki on Oct. 28. He told them he wished to have been returned to the lower house.

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Nakasone to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone pauses for thought during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27 after the Liberal Democratic Party excluded him from an official list of its candidates for the Nov. 9 general election.

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(1)Nakasone rejects plea to retire, Miyazawa accepts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 23 after talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Nakasone rejected a request by Koizumi to retire from politics in accordance with an age rule of the Liberal Democratic Party banning candidates over 73 from running in the proportional representation bloc in the House of Representatives election on Nov. 9.

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(1)Nakasone, Miyazawa express intention to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (in undated photo) expressed his intention Oct. 9 to run in the upcoming House of Representatives election expected to be held Nov. 9. Nakasone, 85, told a meeting of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction, ''I would like to continue (as a lower house member) by being the first candidate from the northern Kanto proportional representation bloc.''

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Wu meets with Nakasone

TOKYO, Japan - Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the standing committee of China's National People's Congress, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone shake hands before their talks at the government's guesthouse in Tokyo on Sept. 6.

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S. Korean President Roh talks with former Premier Nakasone

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (R) talks with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on June 7, the second day of his four-day state visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Nakasone speaks on 85th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone speaks at his 85th birthday party given by his friends at a Tokyo hotel on May 27.

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Koizumi talks with former prime ministers on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (3rd from R) holds talks with former prime ministers and a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) head at the premier's office on March 11. (From L to R) Former LDP President Yohei Kono and former prime ministers Ryutaro Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa and Yoshiro Mori.

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Yasuhiro Nakasone

Served as Japan's prime minister from November 1982 to November 1987, the third-longest tenure in the postwar period. Nakasone is known as an advocate of revising Japan's postwar Constitution. Born May 27, 1918.

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Koizumi meets former premiers before trip to U.S., Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) visits former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone in Tokyo on June 27 to ask for advice on a trip to the United States, Britain and France starting June 29. Koizumi also met other former prime ministers for the same purpose.

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Mori hosts dinner for Khatami

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori shake hands at the beginning of a welcome dinner Mori hosted for the Iranian leader at his official residence Nov. 1. Seated on the left is former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. (Pool photo)

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Yamasaki launches new LDP faction

Senior Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member Taku Yamasaki launches a new LDP faction on Nov. 30, declaring his independence from the faction founded by former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and subsequently led by the late Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe. Yamasaki made the announcement at a party of a study group he heads at a Tokyo hotel.

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Chinese Vice Pres. Hu meets ex-PM

Visiting Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone before their talks on April 24. They met at a Tokyo hotel in the morning.

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Funeral for ex-Japan PM Kishi+

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 17 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone bows after giving a memorial address for former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi at his funeral sponsored jointly by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Cabinet at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 1987.

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TOY TIME IN TOKYO

TOY TIME IN TOKYO==Date:Sept, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan-S. Korea summit talks in 1984

Photo taken in September 1984 shows Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (R) and South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan shaking hands before their summit talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

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Nakasone reiterates support for amending Constitution

WASHINGTON, United States - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone addresses scholars, experts and reporters at the John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington on Nov. 19. He reiterated his support for amending Japan's Constitution, saying Japan is on the path to becoming a ''normal'' country as the Liberal Democratic Party has started drafting an outline for an amended Constitution. (Kyodo)

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LDP names former premiers to lead drafting of new constitution

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former prime ministers Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa and Ryutaro Hashimoto attend the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of a drafting committee on a new constitution at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24. At the meeting, the party endorsed a plan to have 10 subcommittees headed by former prime ministers and other key members draft reports by March on a new constitution. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi to outpace Nakasone as Japan's 3rd-longest-serving premi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his official residence on April 4. He will tie on April 5 with Yasuhiro Nakasone as the third-longest-serving prime minister in Japan's post-World War II history. ''I'm always guarded by something,'' Koizumi said, alluding to the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan's scandal over a fake e-mail at a time he was on the defensive over Livedoor Co.-linked and other scandals involving the government and his ruling party. (Kyodo)

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Ex-premier Nakasone visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (C) leaves the main hall of Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II, after paying his respects to the war dead enshrined there. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985. (Kyodo)

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Abe starts busy 1st day as LDP chief with courtesy calls

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (L), who was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 20, shakes hands with former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone as he visits Nakasone's office in Tokyo on Sept. 21. (Kyodo)