Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

BEIJING, China - Yosuke Takagi (L), senior vice minister of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, attend the eighth Japan-China Energy Conservation Forum in China's capital Beijing on Dec. 28, 2014. The forum is the first major governmental meeting since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 10.

Japan gov't to delay lifting of evacuation order for Fukushima town

Japan gov't to delay lifting of evacuation order for Fukushima town

Yosuke Takagi (standing), a senior Japanese vice industry minister, tells Naraha Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto (2nd from L) on July 6, 2015, in Naraha that the central government plans to lift its evacuation order for the town in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 5, rather than in mid-August as earlier proposed, after some residents forced to evacuate after the 2011 nuclear disaster said they were not ready to return. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

State economy minister Takagi at Fukushima town assembly

State economy minister Takagi at Fukushima town assembly

Yosuke Takagi, state minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, answers questions at a meeting of the Naraha town assembly in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 17, 2015. Takagi, who is in charge of the government's headquarters for the nuclear emergency field response task force, explained a plan to lift the evacuation order for the town and let residents return before the "obon" week in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

State minister drinks purified Fukushima water to show safety

State minister drinks purified Fukushima water to show safety

Yosuke Takagi, state minister of economy, trade and industry, drinks a glass of water treated at a purification plant in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during his visit to the facility on April 3, 2015, in an attempt to show the water is safe and to dispel concerns about radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

BEIJING, China - Yosuke Takagi (L), senior vice minister of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, attend the eighth Japan-China Energy Conservation Forum in China's capital Beijing on Dec. 28, 2014. The forum is the first major governmental meeting since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 10. (Kyodo)