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Concert to pray for Yokotas' reunion with abducted daughter

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (C) and his wife Sakie listen to music played by violinist Naoya Yoshida at a concert held in Tokyo on May 3, 2014, to pray for the couple's reunion as soon as possible with their daughter Megumi, who was abducted by North Korean agents. Yoshida was a classmate of Megumi at a junior high school in Niigata.

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military.

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Fire guts former house of ex-premier Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters try to put out a fire at what remains of a house formerly used by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida as his residence in the town of Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 22. The house where Yoshida met with foreign leaders while in office was gutted in a morning fire police suspect was caused by a short circuit.

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Fire guts former house of ex-premier Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1985 shows a chair used by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in a drawing room of his residence in the town of Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. The house where Yoshida met with foreign leaders while in office was gutted in a morning fire police suspect was caused by a short circuit on March 22.

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Fire guts former house of ex-premier Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1967 shows the former residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in the town of Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. The house where Yoshida met with foreign leaders while in office was gutted in a morning fire police suspect was caused by a short circuit.

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Provisional deposition filed to suspend online music-swapping

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Tomizuka (L), president of the Recording Industry Association of Japan, Shigeru Yoshida, president of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29 after filing a provisional deposition with the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday seeking to have MMO Japan Ltd., which provides an online music-swapping service, suspend the sending and receiving of music files.

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Hot-spring hotel frequented by prime ministers to close

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuruya Hotel, a posh hot-spring resort frequented by Japanese prime ministers and based in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, is reported to close on Nov. 1. Known for its beautiful natural surroundings on the Pacific coast, the resort has drawn dignitaries such as Shigeru Yoshida, a five-time prime minister between 1946 and 1954 as well as Takeo Fukuda, who served as prime minister from 1976 to 1978.

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YOSHIDA signs San Francisco Peace Treaty

On September 8, 1951, name commonly given to the treaty of peace signed by Japan and 48 other nations at San Francisco on 8 September 1951 and formally implemented on 28 April 1952. Japanese prime minister Shigeru YOSHIDA is signing the treaty.

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Aso named as Nukaga's successor

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, newly named state minister for economic and fiscal policy, walks into the prime minister's official residence Jan. 23. Aso, 60, is a former Olympic competitor and grandchild of the late Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.

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Ex-Japan PM Yoshida's state funeral

File photo shows the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida on Oct. 31, 1967, at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall.

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Ex-Japan PM Yoshida's state funeral

File photo shows people lining up to offer flowers at the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida on Oct. 31, 1967, at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall.

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Ex-Japan PM Yoshida's state funeral

File photo shows people offering flowers at the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida on Oct. 31, 1967, at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall.

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Ex-PM Shigeru Yoshida's state funeral

Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato delivers a eulogy at former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's state funeral in Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Oct. 31, 1967.

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Ex-PM Shigeru Yoshida's state funeral

Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko offer flowers at the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Oct. 31, 1967.

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Provisional deposition filed to suspend online music-swapping

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Tomizuka (L), president of the Recording Industry Association of Japan, Shigeru Yoshida, president of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29 after filing a provisional deposition with the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday seeking to have MMO Japan Ltd., which provides an online music-swapping service, suspend the sending and receiving of music files.

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STATE FUNERAL FOR THE LATE SHIGERU YOSHIDA

STATE FUNERAL FOR THE LATE SHIGERU YOSHIDA==Date:Nov, 1967, Place:,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Prosperity

A general compilation of the year 1967. The seats in the House of Representatives remain unchanged after the dissolution of the Black Fog, and distrust of politics increases the strain on society. An old man's suicide note, the state funeral of former Prime Minister Yoshida, the Osaka Detention Center, boxing, wads of cash, date of shooting unknown, release date: December 22, 1967.

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Launch of the Self-Defense Forces

Inauguration of the Self-Defense Forces 　　　Shigeru Yoshida riding in a car, the National Police Reserve, a confused Diet, the inauguration of the Self-Defense Forces, Prime Minister Kishi 　*Filming date unknown, Release date: July 1, 1954.

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Documents of former chief aide to Emperor Hirohito

Photo taken Aug. 19, 2019, in Tokyo shows journals and notebooks of Michiji Tajima, who headed Japan's imperial household office from 1948 to 1953. The documents detailing exchanges between him and Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, show that the emperor wanted to express regret and remorse over World War II in a speech in 1952 but was stopped from doing so by then Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documents of former chief aide to Emperor Hirohito

Photo taken Aug. 19, 2019, in Tokyo shows journals and notebooks of Michiji Tajima, who headed Japan's imperial household office from 1948 to 1953. The documents detailing exchanges between him and Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, show that the emperor wanted to express regret and remorse over World War II in a speech in 1952 but was stopped from doing so by then Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire guts former house of ex-premier Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1985 shows a chair used by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in a drawing room of his residence in the town of Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. The house where Yoshida met with foreign leaders while in office was gutted in a morning fire police suspect was caused by a short circuit on March 22. (Kyodo)

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Fire guts former house of ex-premier Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters try to put out a fire at what remains of a house formerly used by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida as his residence in the town of Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 22. The house where Yoshida met with foreign leaders while in office was gutted in a morning fire police suspect was caused by a short circuit. (Kyodo)

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Fire guts former house of ex-premier Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1967 shows the former residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in the town of Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. The house where Yoshida met with foreign leaders while in office was gutted in a morning fire police suspect was caused by a short circuit. (Kyodo)

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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Gov't confirms Abe not to be 1st Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2016. Suga said the government has confirmed that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii will not be the first by a sitting Japanese leader, as Shigeru Yoshida did so in 1951 while prime minister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documents of former chief aide to Emperor Hirohito

Photo taken Aug. 19, 2019, in Tokyo shows the Japanese word for "regret" (center in 2nd line from L) in a journal written by Michiji Tajima, who headed Japan's imperial household office from 1948 to 1953. The journal entry, dated Feb. 20, 1952, shows that Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, wanted to express regret and remorse over World War II in a speech in 1952 but was stopped from doing so by then Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documents of former chief aide to Emperor Hirohito

Photo taken Aug. 19, 2019, in Tokyo shows the Japanese word for "regret" in a journal written by Michiji Tajima, who headed Japan's imperial household office from 1948 to 1953. The journal entry, dated Feb. 20, 1952, shows that Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, wanted to express regret and remorse over World War II in a speech in 1952 but was stopped from doing so by then Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documents of former chief aide to Emperor Hirohito

Photo taken Aug. 19, 2019, in Tokyo shows journals and notebooks of Michiji Tajima, who headed Japan's imperial household office from 1948 to 1953. The documents detailing exchanges between him and Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, show that the emperor wanted to express regret and remorse over World War II in a speech in 1952 but was stopped from doing so by then Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Japan PM Shigeru Yoshida

File photo shows Shigeru Yoshida, who served as Japanese prime minister from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Bhutan talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (L) and his Bhutanese counterpart Damcho Dorji shake hands in the former residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in Oiso, near Tokyo, on April 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hot-spring hotel frequented by prime ministers to close

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuruya Hotel, a posh hot-spring resort frequented by Japanese prime ministers and based in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, is reported to close on Nov. 1. Known for its beautiful natural surroundings on the Pacific coast, the resort has drawn dignitaries such as Shigeru Yoshida, a five-time prime minister between 1946 and 1954 as well as Takeo Fukuda, who served as prime minister from 1976 to 1978.

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Aso named as Nukaga's successor

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso, newly named state minister for economic and fiscal policy, walks into the prime minister's official residence Jan. 23. Aso, 60, is a former Olympic competitor and grandchild of the late Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.