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Ex-official speaks on Aceh restoration

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, former chairman of the Aceh-Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency, speaks in an interview in Jakarta on April 21, 2011. He spoke on the restoration of Aceh from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and of areas hit by a major quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Ex-official of Chongryon affiliate to be arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Riot police confront supporters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, as police searched Chongryon's federation of chambers of commerce and industry in Tokyo's Taito Ward Nov. 27. Police plan to arrest a former official of a Chongryon affiliate on suspicion of violating the certified tax accountant law.

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Police quiz ex-official of Toyo Tire unit over data manipulation

File photo taken in February 2016 shows a building that houses a fire department in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture. Japanese police questioned several people on a voluntary basis, including a former executive and employees of a Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. subsidiary, who are suspected of shipping 19 substandard shock absorber units in September 2014 for use in construction of the city's fire department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-official argues security laws unconstitutional

Tokinao Chindo, a former local government official, attends a press conference in the central Japan city of Tsu on Nov. 16, 2015, after filing a lawsuit seeking the nullification of recently enacted security laws, which will expand the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities. Chindo, 76, argues the laws are against Japan's pacifist Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New arrest warrant served over attacks on ex-official, kin

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Koizumi is transferred by police car from the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo to Urawa police station after being served a new arrest warrant on Dec. 4. Koizumi, 46, was rearrested on suspicion of murdering a former vice health minister and his wife and on attempted murder of the wife of another former vice health minister last month. (Kyodo)

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Ex-official of Chongryon affiliate to be arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Riot police confront supporters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, as police searched Chongryon's federation of chambers of commerce and industry in Tokyo's Taito Ward Nov. 27. Police plan to arrest a former official of a Chongryon affiliate on suspicion of violating the certified tax accountant law. (Kyodo)

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Ex-official speaks on Aceh restoration

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, former chairman of the Aceh-Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency, speaks in an interview in Jakarta on April 21, 2011. He spoke on the restoration of Aceh from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and of areas hit by a major quake and tsunami in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Documents existed hinting Abe involved in school scandal: ex-official

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, wipes his face during a press conference in Tokyo on May 25, 2017. Maekawa said that documents existed hinting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tried to influence a government decision related to a university department building's construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documents existed hinting Abe involved in school scandal: ex-official

Kihei Maekawa (L), former vice minister of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, speaks to his lawyer during a press conference in Tokyo on May 25, 2017. Maekawa said that documents existed hinting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tried to influence a government decision related to a university department building's construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documents existed hinting Abe involved in school scandal: ex-official

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, listens to a question from the media at a press conference in Tokyo on May 25, 2017. Maekawa said that documents existed hinting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tried to influence a government decision related to a university department building's construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documents existed hinting Abe involved in school scandal: ex-official

Kihei Maekawa, former vice minister of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 25, 2017. Maekawa said that documents existed hinting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tried to influence a government decision related to a university department building's construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Gas suggested backdoor talks for new fish market: ex-official

Takeo Hamauzu, former Tokyo deputy governor, speaks as a sworn witness over the controversial relocation plan for a new Tokyo fish market during a session of a special investigative committee of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on March 19, 2017. Hamauzu, close aide of then-Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, said Tokyo Gas Co. suggested backdoor negotiations on the sale of contaminated land for the market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Gas suggested backdoor talks for new fish market: ex-official

Takeo Hamauzu, former Tokyo deputy governor, speaks as a sworn witness over the controversial relocation plan for a new Tokyo fish market during a session of a special investigative committee of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on March 19, 2017. Hamauzu, close aide of then-Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, said Tokyo Gas Co. suggested backdoor negotiations on the sale of contaminated land for the market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Gas suggested backdoor talks for new fish market: ex-official

Takeo Hamauzu, former Tokyo deputy governor, speaks as a sworn witness over the controversial relocation plan for a new Tokyo fish market during a session of a special investigative committee of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly on March 19, 2017. Hamauzu, close aide of then-Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, said Tokyo Gas Co. suggested backdoor negotiations on the sale of contaminated land for the market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. could gain from China's irritation at N. Korea: ex-official

Gary Samore, a nuclear nonproliferation expert who served under former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, gives an interview to Kyodo News in New York on Feb. 23, 2017. The United States under President Donald Trump should take advantage of China's increasing irritation at North Korea's recent provocative acts, Samore said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. prodded Boeing to act over 1985 JAL jet crash: ex-official

Linda Candler, former international affairs prosecutor with the United States Justice Department, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News near Los Angeles, California, on Aug 8, 2016. Candler, who was in charge of probing the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, revealed that the U.S. government urged Boeing Co. to cooperate with Japanese authorities' criminal investigation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo