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2 female ministers resign

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Kamikawa, who was picked by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to become justice minister, enters Abe's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Kamikawa will succeed Midori Matsushima, who resigned earlier in the day due to a money scandal.

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PM Abe's mother talks at calligraphy exhibit in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Yoko Abe, the mother of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, makes a speech at the opening of a Japan-Mongolia friendship calligraphy exhibition in Ulan Bator on Aug. 20, 2014. On display were works by some 70 politicians and other people of both countries, including those of the Japanese leader and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.

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PM Abe's mother joins opening of calligraphy show in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongol - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's mother Yoko (4th from L) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the start of a Japan-Mongolia friendship calligraphy exhibition in Ulan Bator on Aug. 20, 2014. On display were works of some 70 politicians and other people of both countries, including those of the Japanese leader and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.

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Japan hangs 1 death-row inmate

Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2015, to announce that a death-row inmate was hanged, in the 12th execution since the December 2012 launch of the government headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. She ordered the execution of Tsukasa Kanda, who was convicted of killing a woman in 2007 in Nagoya, central Japan, after he and his two accomplices met via an Internet site for finding "crime partners." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 female ministers resign

TOKYO, Japan - Yoko Kamikawa, who was picked by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to become justice minister, enters Abe's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Kamikawa will succeed Midori Matsushima, who resigned earlier in the day due to a money scandal. (Kyodo)

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PM Abe's mother talks at calligraphy exhibit in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Yoko Abe, the mother of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, makes a speech at the opening of a Japan-Mongolia friendship calligraphy exhibition in Ulan Bator on Aug. 20, 2014. On display were works by some 70 politicians and other people of both countries, including those of the Japanese leader and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 2 inmates, 20th, 21st executions under 2nd Abe gov't

Japanese Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2017. Japan hanged two death row inmates the same day in the 20th and 21st executions since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected as Japan PM

Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa leaves the office of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2017, to attend an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet reshuffle amid waning support for PM Abe

Liberal Democratic Party lower house member Yoko Kamikawa arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, to be named as justice minister in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet reshuffle amid waning support for PM Abe

Liberal Democratic Party lower house member Yoko Kamikawa arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, to be named as justice minister in a Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe visits his constituency

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), his wife Akie (2nd from R, front) and his mother Yoko (far R, front) raise their glasses during a meeting with supporters in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on Jan. 8, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo