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Shiozaki assures Negroponte of extending Indian Ocean mission

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki shake hands at the prime minister's office on Aug. 3 prior to their talks.

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Japan, China, S. Korea agree on Ebola cooperation

BEIJING, China - Japanese health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks to reporters in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2014, after a meeting of the health ministers of Japan, China and South Korea. The ministers confirmed to collaborate closely in preventing Ebola and other deadly diseases from entering their borders.

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Japan to strengthen border control over Ebola

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki explains on Oct. 24, 2014, in Tokyo that Japan will strengthen its airport quarantine system to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. All immigrants from overseas will be asked if they stayed in any of four African nations -- Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Congo.

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Honda's return to F1 is on track, Arai says

SUZUKA, Japan - Yasuhisa Arai, head of Honda Motor Co.'s F1 project, speaks at a press conference at the Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 3, 2014. He said the plan to provide an engine for Britain's McLaren is proceeding smoothly for the 2015 Formula One World Championship. Honda last competed in F1 in 2008.

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Shanghai orchestra concert at Japanese designed hall

SHANGHAI, China - The first music concert by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is held at a new music hall in Shanghai on Sept. 6, 2014, designed by world-renowned acoustic designer Yasuhisa Toyota and architect Arata Isozaki.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhisa Shiozaki, the newly appointed minister of health, labour and welfare, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014.

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Official abuses citizens groups on Twitter

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference on June 13, 2013, that reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto is expected to take punitive action against Yasuhisa Mizuno, a senior official of the Reconstruction Agency which deals with the rebuilding of areas damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after revelations that Mizuno abused citizens groups and Diet members via the online social networking site Twitter.

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Official abuses citizens groups on Twitter

TOKYO, Japan - Reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto, speaking at a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on June 13, 2013, says Twitter messages by Yasuhisa Mizuno, a senior official of the Reconstruction Agency which deals with the rebuilding of areas damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, were "inappropriate as a national government official" and he offered an apology.

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3rd-party panel concludes on TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Yasuhisa Tanaka, who heads a third-party panel set up by Tokyo Electric Power Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2013, after submitting a panel report to the company. The panel concluded that TEPCO did not intentionally provide erroneous information to a Diet-appointed committee tasked to investigate the 2011 accident at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Japan envoy in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Yasuhisa Shiozaki (R), acting policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, hands to Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Ulan Bator on March 3, 2013. Shiozaki was in Mongolia as a special envoy to deliver the letter.

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Japan envoy in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj (L) meets Yasuhisa Shiozaki (R), acting policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Ulan Bator on March 3, 2013. Shiozaki was in Mongolia as a special envoy to deliver a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japan envoy in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj (R) shakes hands with Yasuhisa Shiozaki, acting policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Ulan Bator on March 3, 2013. Shiozaki was in Mongolia as a special envoy to deliver a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Woodford at LDP meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford (R), former president and chief executive officer of Olympus Corp., attends a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party members to discuss corporate governance at the opposition party's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki is seated next to Woodford.

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Finland music center opens with help from Japanese acoustician

HELSINKI, Finland - Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2011 shows the exterior of the Helsinki Music Center, which officially opened the same day. The acoustics for the venue have been designed by Japanese sound expert Yasuhisa Toyota.

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Crane damage at Niigata nuke plant may delay core inspections

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - The ceiling crane on top of the No. 6 reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki expressed concern on July 25 that damage to the crane caused by the magnitude-6.8 earthquake which struck the region on July 16 may delay inspections of the reactor core.

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Economic policy blueprint features 'maximum' spending cuts

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from right) is flanked by economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota (far right) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy on June 4. The Cabinet Office unveiled a draft of the 2007 economic and fiscal policy guidelines at the session.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki on May 28 announced the death of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28 after Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka hanged himself the same day. Matsuoka died after being taken to hospital.

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Gov't remains upbeat on Japan economy except for output

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from right) talks to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa during a meeting of economic Cabinet ministers on May 22. The meeting endorsed a monthly economic report for June, in which the government maintained its view regarding Japan's economy, saying, ''The economy is recovering, despite weakness in industrial production in some sectors.''

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Abe sent offering to Yasukuni in 'private capacity': spokesman

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks to reporters at his official residence on May 8 on controversies surrounding an offering he made to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in late April. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said he made the offering -- an evergreen plant used in Shinto rituals -- in a ''private capacity'' but Abe refused to say whether he actually did so, reiterating that he will remain ambiguous on issues related to Yasukuni as long as it may have inclement political or diplomatic effects.

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Shiozaki says Abe sent offering to Yasukuni in private capacity

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's offering to Yasukuni Shrine at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8.

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Japan aims to cut suicide rate by 20% in 10 years

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (C) speaks at a Cabinet panel meeting convened on April 27 to address Japan's high suicide rate. The meeting approved a draft proposal for a policy outline aiming to cut suicide rate by 20 percent in 10 years. Shiozaki is flanked by health and welfare minister Hakuo Yanagisawa (L) and Sanae Takaichi, state minister in charge of declining birth rate.

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Gov't remains upbeat on economy, but notes weak output

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L), flanked by economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki 3rd from L), addresses a meeting of his economic ministers at his office on April 16. The government maintained its upbeat view on the Japanese economy in a monthly report, while tweaking details by noting weak industrial output and dropping negative wording on private consumption.

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Chinese Premier Wen's visit to Japan set for April 11-13

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, whose visit to Japan was officially set for April 11-13 on March 27. Wen will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other leaders to further enhance ''strategic and mutually beneficial'' relations, Japan's top government spokesman Yasuhisa Shiozaki said.

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Bombardier apologizes to transport ministry for plane trouble

TOKYO, Japan - Bombardier Inc. Vice President Todd Young (L) visits Yasuhisa Tani, a Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry official in Tokyo on March 16, apologizing after one of the Canadian aircraft manufacturer's planes made an emergency landing at a Japanese local airport earlier this week after a landing-gear failure.

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U.S. lifting of freeze on N. Korea assets won't affect Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki tells a regular press conference on March 15 that the United States' plan to lift the freeze on North Korean assets in a Macao bank ''will not suddenly change the tide'' of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program.

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Japan, N. Korea to hold talks March 7-8 on normalizing ties

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks about the working-group talks on normalization between Japan and North Korea at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 28. Shiozaki said the talks will be held in Hanoi on March 7 and 8.

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Cheney backs Japan not giving aid to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (L) holds talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd from R) at the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to Japan in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 21. Cheney expressed understanding over Japan's position of not providing energy aid to North Korea unless progress is made in resolving the issue of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese nationals in the past. (Pool photo)

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Government, Okinawa officials meet over Futemma base transfer

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the central government and Okinawa meet at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on Jan. 19 in the latest round of talks on moving the U.S. Marine Futemma Air Station from Ginowan in central Okinawa to Nago in the north. The latest talks concern a proposal from the city of Nago on how to reduce aircraft engine noise from the proposed base. The government is represented in the meeting by Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma (1st R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd R) and the Okinawa side is led by Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (3rd L)

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Gov't sees expansionary trend in personal spending: Shiozaki

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's official residence on Jan. 12. He said the government believes Japan's personal spending is ''basically following an expansionary trend,'' although some weak movements have been observed recently.

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Gov't sees expansionary trend in personal spending: Shiozaki

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's official residence on Jan. 12. He said the government believes Japan's personal spending is ''basically following an expansionary trend,'' although some weak movements have been observed recently.

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Cabinet adopts 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki meets the press at the prime minister's official residence on Dec. 24 after the Cabinet approved an 82,908.8 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2007.

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Mitsui, M'bishi, Shell cede majority stake in Sakhalin-2 to Gazprom

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks at a press conference on Dec. 22 on a deal made by Mitsui & Co., Mitsubishi Corp. and the Royal Dutch/Shell group with Russian state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom concerning their Sakhalin-2 oil and natural gas development project. Shiozaki said, ''Since our country relies on foreign energy sources...it is important for the project to progress smoothly to provide energy stably to Japan,'' adding ''We want the Russian side to act in a responsible manner.''

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Tax-panel chief to resign over scandal, deals blow to Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shozaki announces the resignation of government tax-panel chief Masaaki Homma at a press conference on Dec. 21. Homma offered to resign over a scandal involving his renting of an apartment for public servants, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who had handpicked him only two months ago.

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Japan recognizes woman as 17th N. Korea abduction victim

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said on Nov. 20 that the Japanese government has formally recognized Kyoko Matsumoto, a woman who has been missing since 1977, as the 17th Japanese victim of North Korean abduction.

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Cabinet OKs freeze in national civil service pay scale

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd from L) and other Cabinet members hold a meeting on Oct. 17 to endorse the National Personnel Authority's recommendation of maintaining the current levels of basic monthly pay and bonuses for national government workers in the current fiscal year that started April 1.

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Japan urges N. Korea to return abductees, warns of further steps

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (L) and Kyoko Nakayama, a special adviser to Prime Minister Shizo Abe on the North Korean abduction issue, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 16 after an inaugural meeting of the government task force on the issue.

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U.S. hopes for 'meaningful' Japan contribution in sanctions

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer speaks with reporters after meeting with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki in Tokyo on Oct. 13. He said the United States is hoping for a ''meaningful contribution'' from Japan in the event of inspections of ships to and from North Korea as part of international sanctions against the country following its claimed nuclear test.

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Japan adopts more sanctions on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki explains additional economic sanctions on North Korea that the Japanese government approved at the prime minister's office on Oct. 13. The sanctions, including a total ban on all imports from the country, will go into effect for six months from Oct. 14.

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Gov't to work on support measures for those affected by sanctions

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of a government crisis-response meeting at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 12. The meeting was called to draw up support measures for individuals and local businesses that will be affected by Japan's new sanctions against North Korea banning imports and port calls from the country.

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Japan on alert, decides on additional sanctions against N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks about Japan's additional sanctions against North Korea at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 11.

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Japan condemns N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki releases a statement lodging ''a strong protest and sternly condemning'' North Korea's announcement of the test at a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 9. ''Our country is considering taking stern measures immediately. North Korea must take all responsibility for this situation,'' the statement said.

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N. Korea claims to have conducted nuclear test

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks with reporters on Oct. 9 after his talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer on reports that North Korea successfully conducted an underground nuclear test.

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N. Korea claims to have conducted nuclear test

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer speaks with reporters after his talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (far R) on Oct. 9 on reports that North Korea successfully conducted an underground nuclear test.

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N. Korea claims to have conducted nuclear test

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (L) is in talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (far R) on Oct. 9 following reports that North Korea successfully conducted an underground nuclear test.

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Japan spokesman calls N. Korea nuke test, if true, 'serious threat'

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki tells a press conference on Oct. 9 that if North Korea's reported nuclear test really happened, it is a serious threat and Japan will lodge a stern protest. ''If it turns out to be a fact, it is a serious threat and goes against the Japan-North Korea declaration,'' Shiozaki said. ''We will lodge a stern protest and condemn it.''

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Abe Cabinet gets down to work

TOKYO, Japan - New Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks at a press conference on Sept. 27. He reiterated Japan's call on China and South Korea to resume summit talks and expressed hope that all sides will make efforts to rebuild ties under the new administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Japan, S. Korea agree to boost cooperation over abduction issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki arrives at Kimpo airport near Seoul on May 1. Following his meeting with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon later in the day, Shiozaki said that Japan and South Korea agreed to step up cooperation to resolve the issue of Japanese and South Korean nationals abducted by North Korea.

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Renown, D'urban to unify operations

TOKYO, Japan - Renown Inc. President Shozo Watanabe (L) and D'urban Inc. President Yasuhisa Oka pose for photos at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10 after announcing an agreement to integrate their operations under a holding company they will jointly establish March 1, 2004.