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Toyota Motor Corporation and NTT Agree to Joint Efforts in “Mobility x AI and Communications”

Toyota Motor Corporation and NTT agreed to work together on “Mobility x AI and Communications. Pictured from left to right: Hiroki Nakajima, Vice President, Toyota Motor Corporation; Tsuneji Sato, President, Toyota Motor Corporation; Keiji Yamamoto, Senior Fellow, Toyota Motor Corporation; Akira Shimada, President, NTT; Sachiko Onishi, Managing Director, NTT; and Yuji Kawazoe, Vice President, NTT.=October 31,2024,Tokyo

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Yamamoto, Bernanke agree to keep watch on terrorist funding

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shake hands as they meet in Washington Jan. 11.

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Japan minister eyes int'l financial district like London's City

LONDON, Britain - Japanese financial services minister Yuji Yamamoto (R) shakes hands with Economic Secretary Ed Balls of the Treasury in London on Jan. 8.

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Tokyo stocks end 2006 with 4th year of growth

TOKYO, Japan - White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi (R) and Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) toll the bell in a traditional ceremony to mark the year-ending session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 29. Tokyo stocks ended 2006 with a fourth straight year of growth. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo stocks end 2006 with 4th year of growth

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. President Taizo Nishimuro (1st L, front), Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto (2nd L, front) and White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi (4th L, front) attend the traditional year-ending session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 29. Tokyo stocks ended 2006 with a fourth straight year of growth.

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Japan, China agree on regular working-level meetings on finance

BEIJING, China - People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan (L) and Japanese Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto greet each other in Beijing on Dec. 27.

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States Minister Yamamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Yamamoto, new state minister in charge of financial services, arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Japan, China agree on regular working-level meetings on finance

BEIJING, China - People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan (L) and Japanese Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto greet each other in Beijing on Dec. 27. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks end 2006 with 4th year of growth

TOKYO, Japan - White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi (R) and Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) toll the bell in a traditional ceremony to mark the year-ending session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 29. Tokyo stocks ended 2006 with a fourth straight year of growth. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks end 2006 with 4th year of growth

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. President Taizo Nishimuro (1st L, front), Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto (2nd L, front) and White Sox infielder Tadahito Iguchi (4th L, front) attend the traditional year-ending session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 29. Tokyo stocks ended 2006 with a fourth straight year of growth. (Kyodo)

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Japan minister eyes int'l financial district like London's City

LONDON, Britain - Japanese financial services minister Yuji Yamamoto (R) shakes hands with Economic Secretary Ed Balls of the Treasury in London on Jan. 8. (Kyodo)

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Yamamoto, Bernanke agree to keep watch on terrorist funding

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Financial Services Minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shake hands as they meet in Washington Jan. 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan farm minister to visit Europe for free trade talks

Japanese farm minister Yuji Yamamoto attends a parliamentary session in Tokyo on June 16, 2017. He plans to visit Europe in the final week of June for talks with the European Union's agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan to discuss the Japan-EU free trade deal, a source close to the matter said on June 21. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farm minister apologizes for remarks on TPP-related bills

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) bows in apology over recent remarks joking about forcing through the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, while opposition lawmakers call for his resignation, during a session of a House of Representatives special panel in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farm minister reprimanded over TPP remarks

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto attends a House of Representatives special panel on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2016. Yamamoto was reprimanded by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga over his controversial remarks indicating the possibility of railroading bills to approve the TPP. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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States Minister Yamamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Yamamoto, new state minister in charge of financial services, arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)

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Japan to slap emergency tariffs on U.S. frozen beef from Aug.

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yuji Yamamoto attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 28, 2017, as the government decided to impose emergency tariffs on frozen beef from the United States and other regions, raising from the current 38.5 percent to 50 percent, staring in August, due to soaring shipments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, EU resume free trade talks, dairy, autos remain as thorny issues

EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan (L) and Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yuji Yamamoto shake hands ahead of their talks on a free trade deal in Tokyo on July 1, 2017. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, EU resume free trade talks, dairy, autos remain as thorny issues

(From L) EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yuji Yamamoto pose for a photo in Tokyo on July 1, 2017, ahead of their talks on a free trade deal. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, EU remain apart in free trade talks, focus on dairy, autos

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yuji Yamamoto (R) and EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan hold talks in Tokyo on June 30, 2017. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet approves record-high 97.45 tril. yen budget plan

(From L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and agriculture minister Yuji Yamamoto attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2016, when it approved a record-high 97.45 trillion yen ($831 billion) budget for fiscal 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan parliament approves TPP despite grim U.S. outlook

(From L) Nobuteru Ishihara, Japan's minister in charge of economic revitalization, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and farm minister Yuji Yamamoto bow at an upper house session in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2016, as the country's parliament effectively ratified the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact in the face of overwhelming odds that the pact will fail to receive the U.S. ratification required for it to come into force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miss Nippon finalists visit farm minister

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) holds talks with the nine finalists in the Miss Nippon contest at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2016. The contest will be held Jan. 23 in Tokyo. The minister cracked some jokes in a meeting with the finalists, and at one point asked them, "Do any of you fancy having Mr. (U.S. President-elect Donald) Trump as a husband?" (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miss Nippon finalists visit farm minister

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto (C) is flanked by the nine finalists in the Miss Nippon contest at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2016. The contest will be held Jan. 23 in Tokyo. The minister cracked some jokes in a meeting with the finalists, and at one point asked them, "Do any of you fancy having Mr. (U.S. President-elect Donald) Trump as a husband?" (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bird flu strain detected in Japan

Japan's agriculture minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) tells officials of his ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2016 to take swift action to prevent the spread of bird flu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Agriculture minister attends upper house TPP session

Agriculture minister Yuji Yamamoto (far R) speaks at an upper house special committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2016. Yamamoto came under fire recently over his gaffes about steamrolling the TPP and related bills through parliament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Agriculture minister attends upper house TPP session

Agriculture minister Yuji Yamamoto speaks at an upper house special committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2016. Yamamoto came under fire recently over his gaffes about steamrolling the TPP and related bills through parliament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe attends upper house TPP session

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends an upper house special committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2016. Abe said Japan will send a message on the purpose and significance of the TPP to the world. At left is farm minister Yuji Yamamoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe acknowledges bleak TPP outlook ahead of talks with Trump

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yawns as farm minister Yuji Yamamoto answers questions during an upper house session on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2016. Abe admitted that the pact is in trouble after the election in the previous week of TPP opponent Donald Trump as U.S. president, but he said he will drive home his views on free trade in a meeting with Trump later in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe acknowledges bleak TPP outlook ahead of talks with Trump

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) yawns as farm minister Yuji Yamamoto answers questions during an upper house session on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2016. Abe admitted that the pact is in trouble after the election in the previous week of TPP opponent Donald Trump as U.S. president, but he said he will drive home his views on free trade in a meeting with Trump later in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP session at Japan's upper house

(From L) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, TPP minister Nobuteru Ishihara, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and farm minister Yuji Yamamoto attend an upper house special committee session on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2016. Abe seeks early ratification of the pact even though strident TPP opponent Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's upper house begins deliberations on TPP trade pact

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto attends an upper house plenary session, which started deliberations on ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2016. While Yamamoto is under fire over his gaffes related to the matter, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims for Japan to be the first of the 12 Pacific Rim signatories to ratify the pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's upper house begins deliberations on TPP trade pact

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto speaks at the upper house, which started deliberations on ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2016. While Yamamoto is under fire over his gaffes related to the matter, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims for Japan to be the first of the 12 Pacific Rim signatories to ratify the pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No-confidence motion against farm minister voted down

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) bows to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) after the lower house voted down a no-confidence motion against him, submitted by opposition parties over his verbal gaffes related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, on Nov. 10, 2016. At right is Finance Minister Taro Aso. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's lower house ratifies TPP as U.S. prospects diminish

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) claps his hands as the House of Representatives voted to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and passed a related bill on Nov. 10, 2016, despite diminished prospects for ratification of the pact by the United States following Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. At left is farm minister Yuji Yamamoto, who is under fire over his gaffes related to the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition submits no-confidence motion against farm minister

Four opposition parties jointly submit a no-confidence motion against farm minister Yuji Yamamoto, who is under fire for his remarks about railroading the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact through the Diet, to House of Representatives Secretary General Shinji Mukoono (2nd from R) on Nov. 10, 2016, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farm minister rejects to step down

At a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2016, farm minister Yuji Yamamoto rejects calls from the opposition bloc to step down for his remarks about steamrolling the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact and related bills through parliament. While apologizing for his gaffe, Yamamoto said he will perform his duties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ruling parties push TPP through committee

Ryu Shionoya (far R), chairman of a special lower house committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, leaves after the panel voted to approve the TPP and related bills in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016, following protests by opposition lawmakers seeking the resignation of farm minister Yuji Yamamoto over recent remarks joking about forcing through the trade pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ruling parties push TPP through committee

Ryu Shionoya (lower R), chairman of a special lower house committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, faces protests in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016, from opposition lawmakers seeking the resignation of farm minister Yuji Yamamoto over recent remarks joking about forcing through the trade pact. The panel voted to approve the pact and related bills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farm minister apologizes for gaffe on TPP related bills

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) apologizes over recent remarks joking about forcing through the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, while opposition lawmakers call for his resignation, during a session of a House of Representatives special panel in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farm minister apologizes for remarks on TPP-related bills

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto (L) bows in apology over recent remarks joking about forcing through the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, while opposition lawmakers call for his resignation, during a session of a House of Representatives special panel in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP committee vote halted amid opposition calls for minister's head

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto leaves his office at his ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2016. Opposition parties have called for his resignation over a gaffe, leading to the cancellation of a lower house panel vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP committee vote halted amid opposition calls for minister's head

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto leaves his office at his ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2016. Opposition parties have called for his resignation over a gaffe, leading to the cancellation of a lower house panel vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP committee vote halted amid opposition calls for minister's head

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto leaves his office at his ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2016. Opposition parties have called for his resignation over a gaffe, leading to the cancellation of a lower house panel vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP committee vote halted amid opposition calls for minister's head

Farm minister Yuji Yamamoto leaves his office at his ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2016. Opposition parties have called for his resignation over a gaffe, leading to the cancellation of a lower house panel vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TPP committee vote halted amid opposition calls for minister's head

Wataru Takeshita (R), chair of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet affairs committee, and his Democratic Party counterpart Kazunori Yamanoi meet at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2016. A vote in a lower house committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership was canceled the same day after opposition parties decided to sit out the vote after calling for the resignation of farm minister Yuji Yamamoto over a gaffe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga at press conference

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2016. While the opposition bloc seeks the resignation of farm minister Yuji Yamamoto over his comment indicating the possibility of railroading the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact through the Diet, Suga brushed away the calls, saying Yamamoto withdrew the remarks and apologized. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suga reprimands farm minister over TPP remarks

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2016, that he reprimanded farm minister Yuji Yamamoto over his controversial remarks indicating the possibility of railroading bills to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. Yamamoto reportedly expressed regret that he had created a misunderstanding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's farm minister, U.S. envoy Kennedy affirm ratifying TPP soon

Japanese farm minister Yuji Yamamoto (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy hold talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2016. The two sides affirmed in the talks the desire of the two countries' administrations to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact at an early date. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet

Yuji Yamamoto, newly appointed as agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister in a Cabinet reshuffle, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016, prior to the attestation ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo