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Japan: Intense Rain Hits Evening Rush Hour In Tokyo, Trains Suspended 8

Heavy rainfall hit the Tokyo metropolitan area on Wednesday, August 21 disrupting some train services during evening rush hour. Videos posted on social media shows water falling from ceilings like a waterfall inside stations and streets flooded like a river across the city.

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Ex-upper house President Yutaka Inoue dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue, who died of lung fibrosis June 22 at a hospital in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, his family said. He was 80.

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Kamagaya mayor held on suspicion of bribery

CHIBA, Japan - Keiichiro Minagawa, mayor of Kamagaya in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, leaves his home in Kamagaya on May 30 to be questioned by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a construction company via an aide to former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue. The mayor was arrested later.

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Inoue bows at news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue bows at the end of his news conference May 2. He resigned as an upper house member to take responsibility for his former state-paid aide's involvement in a bribery scandal in 1998 in his constituency.

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Former upper house head Inoue tenders resignation from Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue holds a news conference in Tokyo on May 2 after tendering his resignation from the Diet to upper house president Hiroyuki Kurata to take responsibility for his former aide's involvement in a bribery scandal.

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Former upper house head Inoue to resign from Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue (file photo) indicates May 2 he will resign from the Diet to take responsibility for his aide's involvement in a money-related scandal. Inoue resigned as upper house president April 19 due to the scandal.

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Upper house president Kurata meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with new House of Councillors president Hiroyuki Kurata prior to their talks at his official residence in Tokyo on April 22. Kurata, of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, succeeded Yutaka Inoue, who resigned over allegations that one of his secretaries received kickbacks in connection with public works projects.

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Upper house picks Kurata to succeed scandal-hit Inoue

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kurata (C) of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) stands in appreciation on being elected president of the House of Councillors on April 22 to succeed Yutaka Inoue who resigned over allegations that one of his secretaries received kickbacks in connection with public works projects.

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Kurata to replace scandal-hit Inoue as upper house head

TOKYO, Japan - Former Home Affairs Minister Hiroyuki Kurata talks with the media on his way to the Diet on April 22. Kurata, a 64-year-old ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, is expected to replace Yutaka Inoue as president of the House of Councillors later in the day, following approval of Inoue's resignation over allegations one of his secretaries took kickbacks.

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Upper house head Inoue quits over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue leaves the president's room April 19 after tendering his resignation following allegations that one of his secretaries took 64 million yen in kickbacks from a construction company in connection with a public works project.

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Upper house head Inoue to resign over kickback scandal

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue (file photo) has decided to resign over allegations that his policy secretary received 64 million yen in kickbacks from a construction company in connection with a public works project, a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said April 19. Inoue has denied the allegations.

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Upper house head Inoue responds to bribery allegations

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue leaves the Diet on April 18 after responding to allegations his policy secretary received a bribe of 64 million yen from a construction firm in connection with a public works project.

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Upper house head Inoue to give account of bribe allegation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue who pledged April 17 to explain to house members about an allegation that his policy secretary received 64 million yen from a construction company over a public works project.

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Parliamentary leaders host reception for Li

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (2nd from R), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, toasts during a welcome reception hosted by House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue (R) and House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki (3rd from R) at the speaker's official residence in Tokyo on April 3.

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Li Peng meets with parliamentary leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Li Peng (R)), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, is in talks with House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki (2nd from L) and House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue (L) at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on April 2.

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Upper house accepts DPJ lawmaker Ohashi's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Kyosen Ohashi is surrounded by reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 31 after the House of Councillors approved his resignation from the upper house in a plenary session. Ohashi, 67, a former TV personality and lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), tendered a letter of resignation to upper house President Yutaka Inoue on Jan. 29.

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Tsurunen to be awarded upper chamber seat

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Marutei Tsurunen, a Finnish-born naturalized Japanese citizen, smiles at a news conference in Yokohama on Jan. 29 as he will be awarded an upper chamber seat after Kyosen Ohashi, a House of Councillors member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, tendered a resignation earlier in the day to upper house President Yutaka Inoue.

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DPJ upper house member Ohashi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Kyosen Ohashi, a House of Councillors member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), answers questions from reporters while walking in the Diet building Jan. 29 after tendering a letter of resignation to upper house President Yutaka Inoue. He said he submitted his resignation because of the public's lack of trust in politics and his dissatisfaction with the management of the DPJ.

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Inoue named upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Inoue (R), named as president of the House of Councillors on Oct. 19, prepares to take his seat. Inoue, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, succeeded Juro Saito, who submitted his resignation the previous day after failing to settle a Diet dispute over an electoral reform bill.

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LDP's Inoue to become new upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Former Education Minister Yutaka Inoue who will become new president of the House of Councillors succeeding Juro Saito. Inoue, 72, will be elected to the post after Saito's resignation is approved at an upper house plenary session Oct 19.

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