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School involved in controversial land deal approached LDP lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan, March 2 Kyodo - During a meeting with reporters in Tokyo on March 1, 2017, ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshitada Konoike admits that he met the administrator of a school operator at the center of a controversial land deal, while denying he played any role in lobbying the Finance Ministry on behalf of the operator over the deal.

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Aso admits responsibility for appointment of Konoike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions from reporters at his office on May 14. Aso acknowledged his responsibility for naming Yoshitada Konoike as deputy chief Cabinet secretary, reversing his comments of the previous day. Konoike resigned from the post May 13, citing ''health problems.'' But his resignation coincided with the release the same day of a weekly magazine article revealing his extramarital affair with a woman and reporting that he had used a free train pass on a trip with her.

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Konoike offers resignation as deputy chief Cabinet secretary

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows an image of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshitada Konoike, who tendered a letter of resignation from his post May 13, ahead of Wednesday's sale of a weekly magazine that features an article about an affair he had.

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Asano to replace Konoike in senior gov't post

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government decided May 13 to appoint Katsuhito Asano (in this file photo), 71, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors, to fill the government post of deputy chief Cabinet secretary being vacated by Yoshitada Konoike. Konoike resigned from his post earlier in the day over an affair with a woman reported in a weekly magazine that went on sale the same day.

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Deputy Cabinet member Konoike admonished over reported scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshitada Konoike responds to questions from reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15 about a magazine article that said a married woman had stayed at his unit in a housing compound for parliamentarians while his wife was away. (Pool photo)

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LDP rebel Konoike will back postal bills if coalition wins

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitada Konoike, former state minister for disaster management who voted against the premier's postal privatization bills in August, speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 9.

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(1)1.3 mil. take part in disaster-prevention drills

IRUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Yoshitada Konoike, state minister for disaster prevention, attend one of disaster-prevention meetings held across Japan on Sept. 1. Some 1.3 million people took part in disaster-prevention drills organized by central and local governments throughout the country.

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4 ministers pay visit to controversial Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (C) is seen among people waiting their turn to pay homage at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Japanese war criminals along with the nation's war dead, on Aug. 15. Yoshitada Konoike, minister in charge of disaster prevention, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei and National Public Safety Commission Chairman Sadakazu Tanigaki joined Hiranuma in visiting the shrine.

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Konoike suggests 4 confined girls were 'perpetrators'

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Yoshitada Konoike speaks at the House of Representatives Budget Committee about an incident in which four elementary school girls were confined in a man's Tokyo condominium for four days. ''I cannot tell whether the four girls are the victims or the perpetrators,'' said Konoike, who heads a government panel on youth crime prevention. He did not elaborate.

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Gov't panel starts studying how to curb juvenile crime

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Yoshitada Konoike addresses the first session of a government panel held July 15 to discus prevention of juvenile crime in response to a series of murders allegedly committed by minors in Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures.

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Murder suspect's parents should be executed: minister

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Yoshitada Konoike (L) walks in the Diet building along with land and transport minister Chikage Ogi (R) on July 11. Konoike ignited a firestorm of criticism with his remarks that the parents of a 12-year-old boy suspected of murdering a child in Nagasaki should be executed instead of their young son, who is exempted from criminal charges. The remarks mark a fresh blow to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi who has been taking much of the flak for a recent series of gaffes by ministers and senior lawmakers.

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Gov't OKs creation of 57 deregulation zones

TOKYO, Japan - State Minister Yoshitada Konoike speaks at a news conference April 17 on a government decision to create 57 special economic zones subject to preferential deregulatory treatment, including eight zones where private companies are allowed to engage in farming operations. They are Japan's first deregulation zones launched as part of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's drive to push through structural reforms.

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Konoike appointed disaster prevention minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitada Konoike, newly appointed state minister in charge of disaster prevention, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30.

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LDP rebel Konoike will back postal bills if coalition wins

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitada Konoike, former state minister for disaster management who voted against the premier's postal privatization bills in August, speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 9. (Kyodo)

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Deputy Cabinet member Konoike admonished over reported scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshitada Konoike responds to questions from reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15 about a magazine article that said a married woman had stayed at his unit in a housing compound for parliamentarians while his wife was away. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Konoike offers resignation as deputy chief Cabinet secretary

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows an image of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshitada Konoike, who tendered a letter of resignation from his post May 13, ahead of Wednesday's sale of a weekly magazine that features an article about an affair he had. (Kyodo)

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Asano to replace Konoike in senior gov't post

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government decided May 13 to appoint Katsuhito Asano (in this file photo), 71, a Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councillors, to fill the government post of deputy chief Cabinet secretary being vacated by Yoshitada Konoike. Konoike resigned from his post earlier in the day over an affair with a woman reported in a weekly magazine that went on sale the same day. (Kyodo)

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Aso admits responsibility for appointment of Konoike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions from reporters at his office on May 14. Aso acknowledged his responsibility for naming Yoshitada Konoike as deputy chief Cabinet secretary, reversing his comments of the previous day. Konoike resigned from the post May 13, citing ''health problems.'' But his resignation coincided with the release the same day of a weekly magazine article revealing his extramarital affair with a woman and reporting that he had used a free train pass on a trip with her. (Kyodo)

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Gov't OKs creation of 57 deregulation zones

TOKYO, Japan - State Minister Yoshitada Konoike speaks at a news conference April 17 on a government decision to create 57 special economic zones subject to preferential deregulatory treatment, including eight zones where private companies are allowed to engage in farming operations. They are Japan's first deregulation zones launched as part of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's drive to push through structural reforms. (Kyodo)

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Controversial Japan security bills clear upper house panel

Opposition lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike (upper L), chairman of a House of Councillors special committee on security bills, during a session of the panel in the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015, attempting to block a vote on the controversial national security legislation. The ruling camp majority passed the bills, which would greatly expand the role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition camp struggling to block vote on security bills

Ruling and opposition lawmakers gather around the seat of Yoshitada Konoike, who chairs a House of Councillors committee on security bills, at the panel chamber in the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015, after a no-confidence motion against him was submitted as the opposition bloc stepped up its last-minute demand for an end to the controversial bills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition camp struggling to block vote on security bills

Yoshitada Konoike, who chairs a House of Councillors committee on security bills, faces a no-confidence motion against him on Sept. 17, 2015, at the panel chamber in the Diet in Tokyo, as the opposition bloc stepped up its last-minute demand for an end to the controversial bills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition camp struggling to block vote on security bills

Opposition lawmakers storm Yoshitada Konoike (far L), who chairs a House of Councillors panel on controversial security bills, at a parliamentary chamber in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015, making last-ditch efforts to prevent Japan's ruling parties from moving for a vote on the bills designed to expand the scope of Japanese troops' overseas operations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition camp struggling to block vote on security bills

Yoshitada Konoike (R on front row), who chairs a House of Councillors panel on controversial security bills, attends a board meeting early Sept. 17, 2015, at the Diet building in Tokyo, ahead of the panel meeting where a final question-and-answer session on them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition camp struggling to block vote on security bills

Yoshitada Konoike (R on front row), who chairs a House of Councillors panel on controversial security bills, attends a board meeting early Sept. 17, 2015, at the Diet building in Tokyo, ahead of the panel meeting where a final question-and-answer session on them was supposed to be held. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer merchandise confiscated from man arrested for embezzlement

Photo taken at Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on July 1, 2015, shows a variety of soccer-related merchandise the police confiscated from Yoshitada Kamiya, 47, a former Sapporo Breweries Ltd. employee under arrest on embezzlement charges. Police suspect Kamiya had embezzled 128 million yen (about $1 million) in the brewer's money between 2006 and 2013 before his dismissal from the company and spent most of the sum in purchasing soccer items, including a jersey bearing a signature of superstar Lionel Messi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition camp struggling to block vote on security bills

Opposition lawmakers storm Yoshitada Konoike (2nd from L), who chairs a House of Councillors panel on controversial security bills, at a parliamentary chamber in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015, making last-ditch efforts to prevent Japan's ruling parties from moving for a vote on the bills designed to expand the scope of Japanese troops' overseas operations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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School involved in controversial land deal approached LDP lawmaker

During a meeting with reporters in Tokyo on March 1, 2017, ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshitada Konoike admits that he met the administrator of a school operator at the center of a controversial land deal, while denying he played any role in lobbying the Finance Ministry on behalf of the operator over the deal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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School involved in controversial land deal approached LDP lawmaker

During a meeting with reporters in Tokyo on March 1, 2017, ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshitada Konoike admits that he met the administrator of a school operator at the center of a controversial land deal, while denying he played any role in lobbying the Finance Ministry on behalf of the operator over the deal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)1.3 mil. take part in disaster-prevention drills

IRUMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Yoshitada Konoike, state minister for disaster prevention, attend one of disaster-prevention meetings held across Japan on Se@t. 1. Some 1.3 million people took part in disaster-prevention drills organized by central and local governments throughout the country. (Kyodo)

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4 ministers pay visit to controversial Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (C) is seen among people waiting their turn to pay homage at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Japanese war criminals along with the nation's war dead, on Aug. 15. Yoshitada Konoike, minister in charge of disaster prevention, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei and National Public Safety Commission Chairman Sadakazu Tanigaki joined Hiranuma in visiting the shrine. (Kyodo)

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4 ministers pay visit to controversial Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (C) is seen among people waiting their turn to pay homage at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Japanese war criminals along with the nation's war dead, on Aug. 15. Yoshitada Konoike, minister in charge of disaster prevention, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei and National Public Safety Commission Chairman Sadakazu Tanigaki joined Hiranuma in visiting the shrine. (Kyodo)

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Konoike suggests 4 confined girls were 'perpetrators'

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Yoshitada Konoike speaks at the House of Representatives Budget Committee about an incident in which four elementary school girls were confined in a man's Tokyo condominium for four days. ''I cannot tell whether the four girls are the victims or the perpetrators,'' said Konoike, who heads a government panel on youth crime prevention. He did not elaborate. (Kyodo)

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Gov't panel starts studying how to curb juvenile crime

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Yoshitada Konoike addresses the first session of a government panel held July 15 to discus prevention of juvenile crime in response to a series of murders allegedly committed by minors in Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Murder suspect's parents should be executed: minister

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Yoshitada Konoike (L) walks in the Diet building along with land and transport minister Chikage Ogi (R) on July 11. Konoike ignited a firestorm of criticism with his remarks that the parents of a 12-year-old boy suspected of murdering a child in Nagasaki should be executed instead of their young son, who is exempted from criminal charges. The remarks mark a fresh blow to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi who has been taking much of the flak for a recent series of gaffes by ministers and senior lawmakers. (Kyodo)

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Konoike appointed disaster prevention minister

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitada Konoike, newly appointed state minister in charge of disaster prevention, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30. (Kyodo)