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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Yoshiwara, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Yoshiwara said fellow LDP assembly member Akihiro Suzuki has admitted to having made a sexist remark while a female assembly member posed questions during a session on maternity support measures.

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Yoshiwara red-light district

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Yoshiwara, Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The Taisho-period (1912-1926) photo was taken before the Great Kanto Earthquake struck areas in and around Tokyo in 1923.

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Oiran parade

TOKYO, Japan - An ''oiran'' (courtesan) parade is held April 9, 1950 for the first time in 37 years in Yoshiwara, then Japan's largest licensed red-light district, located in Tokyo.

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Teahouses in Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows teahouses in Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989).

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Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989).

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Ageya, Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows the Ageya area in Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989).

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Yoshiwara Omon

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows the Yoshiwara Omon (main gate). Yoshiwara was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989).

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 15

15 Yoshiwara - A road lined with trees running through ricefields, along which a man leads a horse carrying three women; Fuji in the distance. This section of highway was lined with pine trees for the comfort of travellers. Through the trees, Mount Fuji was seen on the left-hand side of the highway and was popularly called "left Fuji". Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Big gate of shinyoshiwara

A view of the Nakanomachi street in the Yoshiwara district from the front of the Great Gate built in 1881. Gas lamps are seen on the gate, and calligraphy by Fukuchi Ochi is inscribed on the pillars of the gate. Several people including a rickshaw man in the center look in this direction.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐21‐0]

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Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989). (Kyodo)

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Oiran parade

TOKYO, Japan - An ''oiran'' (courtesan) parade is held April 9, 1950 for the first time in 37 years in Yoshiwara, then Japan's largest licensed red-light district, located in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Teahouses in Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows teahouses in Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989). (Kyodo)

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Yoshiwara red-light district

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows Yoshiwara, Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The Taisho-period (1912-1926) photo was taken before the Great Kanto Earthquake struck areas in and around Tokyo in 1923. (Kyodo)

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Ageya, Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows the Ageya area in Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989). (Kyodo)

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Yoshiwara Omon

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows the Yoshiwara Omon (main gate). Yoshiwara was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989). (Kyodo)

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A cargo carrier

Three thousand ryo a day falls where it must. This senryu poem means that everyday people spend three thousand ryo (monetary unit in the Edo Period), one thousand in the fish market in the morning, one thousand in the theatres during the daytime, and one thousand in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter in the evening. There was a fish market on the east side of the northern edge of Nihonbashi Bridge during the Edo Period. The man in this photograph is selling fish he just bought at the fish market. Probably taken near Nihonbashi. Since there was no refrigeration then, fish had to be sold within a day and people ate fresher fish than today. This stereograph is dated 1904.==Date:1904, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐77‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

Northern view of Mt. Fuji from Tagonoura (formerly Yoshiwara Minato) harbour in Fuji City. Since the stone dam is visible in the distance, this photograph must have been taken after 1886. The X-shaped reinforcements and the low parapet indicate that Tagonoura Bridge had been rebuilt by this time. There is a rickshaw on the bridge, and four boats of various sizes are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐18‐0]

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Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Men looking up at Mt.Fuji

It is difficult to determine the exact location, but the shape of Mt. Fuji and the fact that there are neither trees on the north side of the street nor a pond indicates that this was taken on the Tokaido Highway east of Yoshiwara Post Town, facing north. A house with a thatched roof, a rickshaw man, and a man carrying a load are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐20‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Yoshiwara

Mt. Fuji viewed from around Yodabashi-cho, Fuji City. Tokaido Highway follows the line of pine trees in the centre. The trees were planted between Yoshihara Post Town and Moto Yoshiwara. The only area along the Tokaido Highway where Mt. Fuji rises on the left, this spot was referred to as Hidari Fuji (Left Fuji). Rice paddies were found throughout the area.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐143‐0]

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Tagonoura Bridge and Mt. Fuji

Northern view of Mt. Fuji from the mouth of Tagonoura (formerly Yoshiwara Minato) harbour in Fuji City. The reinforcements to the girders of Tagonoura Bridge (built in 1873) indicate that this photograph was taken after photograph #3146. Also, because the stone gate to block the back flow is missing in the inner part of the harbour, this photograph must have been taken before 1886. Four or five people can be seen standing on the bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐48‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Yoshiwara

Mt. Fuji viewed from Yoshihara Shinmachi, Fuji City (Yoshihara Post Town on the Tokaido Highway), facing north. The presence of Mt. Hoei to the right of Mt. Fuji indicates that this photograph was taken from Suruga Bay River, but the exact location cannot be determined. Houses with thatched roofs and huge trees are visible in the centre, suggesting proximity to the post town.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐74‐0]

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Tagonoura Bridge and Mt. Fuji

Northern view of Mt. Fuji from the mouth of Tagonoura (formerly Yoshiwara Minato) harbour in Fuji City. A rickshaw driver is carrying a passenger with an umbrella over the Tagonoura Bridge built in 1873. Since the stone gate to block the back flow is missing in the inner part of the harbour, this photograph must have been taken before 1886. Two boats are docked on the left.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐44‐0]

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Yoshiwara

View of Nakanocho, the main street in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter with the main gate, Ohmon, in the rear. It is said that cherry trees were transported to this spot in spring, mainly from Angyo. Teahouses line both sides of the street. The tower visible in the distance to the right is the clock tower of Kadoebi-ro built around 1884. Kadoebi-ro was not a brothel but a large store opened in the Meiji Period, and the clock was installed to attract customers. Taken in the mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐26‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

Northern view of Mt. Fuji from Tagonoura (formerly Yoshiwara Minato) harbour in Fuji City. Since the stone dam has already been built, this photograph was taken after 1886. Only part of the foundation of the former bridge remains. Two cargo ships are docked, one with sails hoisted.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐166‐0]

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Winter scenery at Sanyabori

Sanya Moat looking upstream from Imadobashi, the bridge furthermost downstream on the moat. Until the mid-Meiji Period, this area was a pleasure quarter with restaurants and geisha houses. The Choki-bune (boats) that ferried customers to the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter used to pass here, and thus going to Sanya became a synonym for going to Yoshiwara. Nine bridges spanned Sanya Moat, but they were all later removed as part of land reclamation projects. The site is now Sanyabori Park. This photograph was taken in 1868 by Uchida Kuichi.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐34‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

Northern view of Mt. Fuji from Tagonoura (formerly Yoshiwara Minato) harbour in Fuji City. Since the stone dam has already been built, this photograph was taken after 1886. Only part of the foundation of former bridge remains. Many boats are docked in the harbour. Taken by Hanbei Mizuno, the photograph may have been sold by Tamamura.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Mizuno Hanbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐131‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tokaido Road

Northern view of Mt. Fuji from Tagonoura (formerly Yoshiwara Minato) harbour in Fuji City. Since the stone dam has already been built, this photograph was taken after 1886. Only part of the foundation of former bridge remains. Many boats are docked in the harbour. Taken by Mizuno Hanbei Mizuno, the photograph may have been sold by Tamamura.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Mizuno Hanbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐100‐0]

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Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara in the mid-Meiji period. The first floor of whore houses had lattices as in this picture, and prostitutes waited for customers here, called Harimise. The elderly woman in the back is the Yaritebaba.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number43‐27‐0]

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Imato Bridge and Sanya Cave

Sanya became a red-light district when the Yoshiwara red-light district moved over for temporary business when it was burned out of its original location in the fire of Meireki. The boat going under the Imado bridge seen in the center, carrying guests visiting whore houses, called Sanya boats, is seen to the right of the photo.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐96‐0]

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Yoshiwara

The street in Nakanomachi stretching from the Great Gate of Yoshiwara red-light district. To the left are Hikitejaya, with lanterns and banners with the names of the shops characteristic of Hikitejaya. Not many people pass by due to the time being daytime.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐34‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Omiya

A magnificent water wheel can be seen to the left. Omiya is located on the left bank of Urui River in the Fuji River system. It was a commercial centre as an important crossroad in Koshu, with the Asama Shrine of Omiya in the centre. From the Anei years, it was a temporary support town for lodgings in Yoshiwara on the Tokaido.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐24‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Yoshiwara

The view of Mt. Fuji from Yoshiwara is also called Hidari Fuji (Fuji to the left). This is because, going to Kyoto, the view of Fuji is always to the right, but from this route, the view was sometimes to the left because of the way the road was built.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐22‐0]

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Snow scene of sanyabori canal

The same picture as that numbered 3-26. The canal came directly from the border between Asakusa and Imaido to Minowa in the west reaching Negishi. Many people took this route by Chokibune on the way to Yoshiwara along the Sumida River. In 1958, when the Yoshiwara red light district was abolished, most of the canal was filled in.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐35‐0]

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Mt. FUJI from kawai bridge of suzukawa river

Suzu River was formerly called Moto Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara station was moved to avoid floods in 1639, and Suzukawa station was later built on the spot. The railroad station is the nearest station to Mt. Fuji, and the coast opens on Tagonoura Bay.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐30‐0]

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Asakusa sanyabori canal

The same photo as the one numbered 14-35, showing a canal leading to Negishi from Asakusa and Imado. Many passengers took boats along the Sumida River to visit the red-light district of Yoshiwara. The chokibune boats were not roofed and so must have been different from those shown in this photo. The cottages on the left may be boat houses. Most of the canals ware filled in when the Yoshiwara district was abolished in 1958.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐26‐0]

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Yoshiwara, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party group in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Yoshiwara said fellow LDP assembly member Akihiro Suzuki has admitted to having made a sexist remark while a female assembly member posed questions during a session on maternity support measures. (Kyodo)

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Yoshiwara Nakano-machi

Yoshiwara Nakano-machi==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Yoshiwara Yokohama

Yoshiwara Yokohama==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Mt. Fuji seen from Yoshiwara

Mt. Fuji seen from Yoshiwara==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Group led by Japan ex-PMs proposes nuke-free draft bill

Japanese lawyer Hiroyuki Kawai (2nd from R) speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2018, at a press conference at which the Japan Assembly for Nuclear Free Renewable Energy proposed a bill to halt the country's nuclear power plants. Former prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi (far R) and Morihiro Hosokawa (far L), founders of the group, and Tsuyoshi Yoshiwara, the group's chairman, also attended the press conference. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo