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Japan to donate picture books to Ukraine

Japanese education minister Yohei Matsumoto (R) poses with Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Yurii Lutovinov at his ministry in Tokyo on June 25, 2026, during a ceremony marking Japan's donation of 5,000 copies of picture books to schools and hospitals in the war-ravaged country.

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Education minister Matsumoto

Japanese education minister Yohei Matsumoto (C) admits to an extramarital affair reported in a weekly magazine during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on March 12, 2026.

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Education minister Matsumoto

Japanese education minister Yohei Matsumoto meets the press in Tokyo on March 12, 2026, over an extramarital affair reported in a weekly magazine.

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Education minister Matsumoto

Japanese education minister Yohei Matsumoto apologizes during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on March 12, 2026, over an extramarital affair reported in a weekly magazine.

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Education minister Matsumoto

Japanese education minister Yohei Matsumoto apologizes in Tokyo on March 12, 2026, over an extramarital affair reported in a weekly magazine.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Yohei Matsumoto, who is set to become education, culture, sports, science and technology minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Kono discharged from hospital after liver operation

NAGANO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono, who underwent an operation to receive part of his son's liver in April, leaves Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 16. He thanked the doctors and nurses, saying, ''I am feeling good. In fact, it is the first time for me to feel this way in a long time.''

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Kono receives part of son's liver in transplant

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) received part of his son's liver in an operation at Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on April 16. Kono, 65, underwent the operation to treat liver cirrhosis because his hepatitis C has worsened. His 39-year-old son Taro (R) is parliamentary secretary at the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.

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Kono receives part of son's liver in transplant

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) received part of his son's liver in an operation at Shinshu University Hospital in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on April 16. Kono, 65, underwent the operation to treat liver cirrhosis because his hepatitis C has worsened. His 39-year-old son Taro (R) is parliamentary secretary at the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry.

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"Takeshima Day" ceremony held, attended by central gov't rep

Yohei Matsumoto, Japan's Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary, addresses the 10th annual "Takeshima Day" ceremony hosted by the Shimane prefectural government in the prefectural capital Matsue on Feb. 22, 2015. Both Japan and South Korea claim sovereignty over a group of islets off the prefecture. South Korea, which calls the islets Dokdo, now administers them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior gov't official to attend "Takeshima Day" ceremony

Yohei Matsumoto, a Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary shown in this undated photo, will attend a ceremony on Feb. 22, 2015, in the western Japan city of Matsue, commemorating the day islets at the center of a territorial dispute with South Korea were declared Japanese territory more than a century ago, Eriko Yamatani, state minister in charge of territorial affairs, said on Feb. 17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kesennuma students to share 2011 quake lessons with Kochi students

(From R) Japanese parliamentary vice-minister for reconstruction Shinjiro Koizumi, parliamentary vice-minister of education Masaaki Akaike, and parliamentary vice-minister of Cabinet Office Yohei Matsumoto meet the press at the education ministry in Tokyo on May 29, 2015. They announced a plan to hold a class in which students at a junior high school in tsunami-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, share their experiences and disaster-prevention lessons learned from the 2011 earthquake via a video conference session with students at a junior high school in Kochi, southwestern Japan, which is likely to be affected should the Nankai Trough earthquake hit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.4 quake hits Tottori, no tsunami warning issued

Yohei Matsumoto (bottom R), senior vice minister of Japan's Cabinet Office, inspects the post-earthquake situation in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2016, about a week after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit the area. Another earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4, hit Tottori on Oct. 29. No tsunami warning was issued. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo