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Ex-vice president of Cambodian opposition party in Tokyo

Mu Sochua, who was one of the vice presidents of the Cambodia National Rescue Party until it dissolved, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2024.

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Ex-vice president of Cambodian opposition party in Tokyo

Mu Sochua, who was one of the vice presidents of the Cambodia National Rescue Party until it dissolved, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2024.

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Taiwan ex-vice pres. Siew attends APEC

BEIJING, China - Vincent Siew, former vice president of Taiwan, speaks to the press in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2014, after attending the leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum as President Ma Ying-jeou's envoy.

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Taiwan's ex-vice president talks with China's president

BEIJING, China - Taiwan's former Vice President Vincent Siew (R) and Wang Yu-chi, head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, attend a news conference in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit.

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Ex-vice finance minister discusses G-20, other topics

TOKYO, Japan - Takatoshi Kato, president of the Japan Center for International Finance and former vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, before a meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies and an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington.

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Taiwan's ex-Vice Pres. Siew

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Former Taiwan Vice President Vincent Siew (R) and Wang Yu-chi, chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, hold a press conference in Bali, Indonesia, on Oct. 6, 2013.

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Ex-vice defense minister jailed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya who was imprisoned Sept. 21, 2010, for bribery and perjury. Moriya was imprisoned after he retracted his appeal to the Supreme Court on Aug. 27, 2010.

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Ex-Vice Finance Minister Saito tapped as Japan Post chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Finance Minister Jiro Saito, who has been picked as Japan Post Holdings Co. president to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21.

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Woman prays at home of ex-vice minister

SAITAMA, Japan - A woman lays flowers and prays in front of the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, former vice health and welfare minister, and his wife Michiko in Saitama's Minami Ward on Nov. 20, two days after the couple were found stabbed to death at their home.

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Bloody footprints are found on the street in front of the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Nov. 19. Police also found bloody footprints at the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, another former vice welfare minister, in Saitama.

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Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the house of Kenji Yoshihara, a former vice health and welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward after Yoshihara's wife Yasuko was stabbed in the entrance of their house by a man pretending to be from a parcel delivery service.

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19 shows the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where his wife Yasuko was stabbed by a man on the previous day.

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Ex-vice health minister, wife murdered in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 18 after Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko were found dead with stab wounds to their chests at their home.

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Ex-Vice Foreign Minister Takeuchi to be Supreme Court justice

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government has decided to appoint former Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi (file photo) as a Supreme Court justice, replacing Osamu Tsuno, who will retire, government officials said Thursday. Takeuchi, 65, held the top bureaucratic post at the Foreign Ministry from February 2002 to January 2005, assisting with then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to North Korea in September 2002 and May 2004, and helping strengthen Japan-U.S. relations.

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Ex-Vice Finance Minister Muto picked as BOJ deputy governor

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiro Muto, former vice finance minister, is surrounded by reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 24 following reports that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to name him deputy governor of the Bank of Japan.

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Ex-Vice Finance Minister Kagawa dies at 58

Undated photo shows former Japanese Vice Finance Minister Shunsuke Kagawa. Kagawa died at a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 9, 2015, at the age of 58, the Finance Ministry said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior Japanese lawmaker Nikai meets China's ex-vice premier

Toshihiro Nikai (L), chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, meets with former Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan in Beijing on Oct. 29, 2015. They agreed to expand bilateral economic ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prison sentence for ex-vice defense minister upheld

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, who was convicted of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing the former top bureaucrat in the Defense Ministry to two years and six months in prison. (Kyodo)

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Prison sentence for ex-vice defense minister upheld

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya, who was convicted of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing the former top bureaucrat in the Defense Ministry to two years and six months in prison. (Kyodo)

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Prison sentence for ex-vice defense minister upheld

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (L), who was convicted of taking bribes from a defense equipment trader, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing the former top bureaucrat in the Defense Ministry to two years and six months in prison. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice defense minister faces term without suspension

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 5. Moriya was sentenced to two years and six months in prison without suspension at the court for bribe-taking and other charges. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice defense chief Moriya called for discretionary defense co

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (in file photo) made suggestions to his subordinates several times while in office that the Defense Agency should sign a discretionary contract on jet engine procurement with defense equipment trading house Nihon Mirise Corp., sources familiar with the case said on Nov. 29. Moriya, 63, was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from Motonobu Miyazaki, 69, who set up Nihon Mirise last year. (Kyodo)

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Man who may be involved in murder of ex-vice minister arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Koizumi, 46, a man who may have killed a former vice minister and his wife, is transferred from Tokyo's Kojimachi police station to the Metropolitan Police Department on Nov. 23 after he was arrested early in the day. Koizumi turned himself in to the Metropolitan Police Department Nov. 22 and was found to have bloodstained knives in his possession. (Kyodo)

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Woman prays at home of ex-vice minister

SAITAMA, Japan - A woman lays flowers and prays in front of the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, former vice health and welfare minister, and his wife Michiko in Saitama's Minami Ward on Nov. 20, two days after the couple were found stabbed to death at their home. (Kyodo)

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Bloody footprints are found on the street in front of the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Nov. 19. Police also found bloody footprints at the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, another former vice welfare minister, in Saitama. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice health minister, wife found dead

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Yamaguchi (file photo taken in 1996), former vice health minister, and wife Michiko are found dead with stab wounds at their home in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Nov. 18. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice health minister, wife murdered in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the home of former vice health minister Takehiko Yamaguchi in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 18 after Yamaguchi and his wife Michiko were found dead with stab wounds to their chests at their home. (Kyodo)

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Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the house of Kenji Yoshihara, a former vice health and welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward after Yoshihara's wife Yasuko was stabbed in the entrance of their house by a man pretending to be from a parcel delivery service. (Kyodo)

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19 shows the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where his wife Yasuko was stabbed by a man on the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Vice Foreign Minister Takeuchi to be Supreme Court justice

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government has decided to appoint former Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi (file photo) as a Supreme Court justice, replacing Osamu Tsuno, who will retire, government officials said Thursday. Takeuchi, 65, held the top bureaucratic post at the Foreign Ministry from February 2002 to January 2005, assisting with then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to North Korea in September 2002 and May 2004, and helping strengthen Japan-U.S. relations. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice defense minister jailed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya who was imprisoned Sept. 21, 2010, for bribery and perjury. Moriya was imprisoned after he retracted his appeal to the Supreme Court on Aug. 27, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Man sentenced to death for killing ex-vice minister, wife

TOKYO, Japan - The Saitama District Court on March 30, 2010, sentenced Takeshi Koizumi (file photo), 48, death for killing a former top health ministry bureaucrat and his wife and attempting to kill another in a 2008 stabbing spree. Koizumi was convicted of fatally stabbing former Vice Health and Welfare Minister Takehiko Yamaguchi, 66, and his wife Michiko, 61 at their home in the city of Saitama on Nov. 17, 2008. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan ex-vice pres. Siew attends APEC

BEIJING, China - Vincent Siew, former vice president of Taiwan, speaks to the press in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2014, after attending the leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum as President Ma Ying-jeou's envoy. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's ex-vice president talks with China's president

BEIJING, China - Taiwan's former Vice President Vincent Siew (R) and Wang Yu-chi, head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, attend a news conference in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Vice Finance Minister Saito tapped as Japan Post chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Finance Minister Jiro Saito, who has been picked as Japan Post Holdings Co. president to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21. (Kyodo)

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Ex-vice finance minister Saito to succeed Nishikawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo obtained by Kyodo News on Oct. 21, 2009 of former Vice Finance Minister Jiro Saito, who is appointed as Japan Post Holdings Co. president to succeed Yoshifumi Nishikawa. Saito, 73, is currently Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. president and chief executive officer. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Vice Finance Minister Muto picked as BOJ deputy governor

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiro Muto, former vice finance minister, is surrounded by reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 24 following reports that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to name him deputy governor of the Bank of Japan. (Kyodo)