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1st female secretary to premier

TOKYO, Japan - Makiko Yamada (R), deputy director general for IT strategy at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, receives her letter of appointment from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to become one of Abe's secretaries at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2013. The 53-year-old senior official at the economy ministry is the first woman to serve as a prime ministerial secretary in postwar Japan.

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1st female secretary to premier

TOKYO, Japan - Makiko Yamada (R), deputy director general for IT strategy at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, chats with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after receiving her letter of appointment from Abe to become one of his secretaries at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2013. The 53-year-old senior official at the economy ministry is the first woman to serve as a prime ministerial secretary in postwar Japan.

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (R), chief of the Social Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference following a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military.

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, chief of the Social Democratic Party, attends a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military.

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, chief of the Social Democratic Party, addresses a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military.

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, chief of the Social Democratic Party, addresses a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military.

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Tsujimoto to run in lower house election on SDP ticket

OSAKA, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto announces she will run in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election on an SDP ticket on Aug. 16. She was convicted of fraud for misusing state funds purportedly for her secretaries and received a suspended prison term in February last year.

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Tsujimoto loses in upper house election

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former House of Representatives member convicted earlier this year of defrauding the state out of secretaries' salaries, speaks to supporters in Osaka on July 11 about her failure in the upper house election.

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Ex-SDP policy chief Tsujimoto not to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - The Osaka chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) decided Oct. 4 not to support former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto (file photo) in the next House of Representatives election. Tsujimoto was indicted in August on charges of defrauding the state out of nearly 19 million yen in funds earmarked for her secretaries.

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Police arrest former SDP lawmaker Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (file photo) was arrested on July 18 on suspicion of defrauding the state by misappropriating money that had been intended for the salaries of her policy secretaries. Tsujimoto, 43, resigned as a House of Representatives lawmaker after the scandal surfaced in March 2002.

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SDP leader Doi's ex-policy secretary arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Goto (file photo), former policy secretary of Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi, was arrested on July 18 in connection with a fraud case in which former SDP lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto is accused of misusing the salaries of her state-paid policy secretaries.

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(2)Tanaka testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka leaves the room of the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics after testifying on allegations she misused state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries in 1998. Standing behind her is Seisuke Okuno, chairman of the council.

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(1)Tanaka testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka testifies before a Diet ethics panel on allegations she misused state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries in 1998.

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(2)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, surrounded by Diet security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on July 24 after testifying at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka denied the allegation.

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(1)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics in Tokyo on July 24 about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka categorically denied the allegation. (Pool Photo)

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Tsujimoto sheds tears during testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who allegedly misused her secretaries' salaries, tries to hold back her tears during her unsworn testimony at the lower house Budget Committee on April 25.

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(3)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, wipes away tears at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 while answering questions about her alleged misuse of her secretaries' salaries.

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(2)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, answers questions at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 about her alleged misuse her secretaries' salaries

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(1)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, bows at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 before answering questions about her alleged misuse of her secretaries' salaries.

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Koizumi asks Tanaka to address embezzlement allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Isao Iijima, secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaks to reporters April 17 in Tokyo after delivering a letter from Koizumi to former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka. It asked for her cooperation in his Liberal Democratic Party probes into allegations she misused her secretaries' state-paid salaries.

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Tanaka insists on innocence at LDP ethics committee

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks to the media in the Diet building on April 16. Tanaka insisted on her innocence in explaining the alleged misuse of the state-paid salaries of her secretaries to the head of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ethics committee.

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Tanaka denies allegations of misusing aides' pay

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka is surrounded by members of the media as she comes out of a House of Representatives plenary session April 5. She categorically denied allegations that she misused state-paid salaries of two of her secretaries.

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Tanaka angry at reports of alleged salary misuse

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka smilingly responds to one of her colleagues in the Diet building April 4. She expressed indignation at magazine reports of her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries to two of her secretaries, saying ''I have nothing to comment on at this stage.''

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Tanaka insists on innocence at LDP ethics committee

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks to the media in the Diet building on April 16. Tanaka insisted on her innocence in explaining the alleged misuse of the state-paid salaries of her secretaries to the head of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ethics committee.

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Tanaka angry at reports of alleged salary misuse

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka smilingly responds to one of her colleagues in the Diet building April 4. She expressed indignation at magazine reports of her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries to two of her secretaries, saying ''I have nothing to comment on at this stage.''

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Tanaka denies allegations of misusing aides' pay

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka is surrounded by members of the media as she comes out of a House of Representatives plenary session April 5. She categorically denied allegations that she misused state-paid salaries of two of her secretaries.

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Ex-aides of lawmaker Obuchi indicted over falsified funds reports

Combined photo shows Kenichiro Orita (L), former mayor of the town of Nakanojo in Gunma Prefecture, and Yuko Obuchi, a lawmaker who resigned as industry minister in 2014. On April 28, 2015, prosecutors indicted two former secretaries of Obuchi, including Orita, over suspected falsification of political funds reports from her funds management body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Communications minister denies report of links to questionable loans

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a press conference at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 6, 2015, holding a magazine that reported alleged involvement by one of her secretaries in a state-owned lender's loans to an agricultural firm. She denied the report. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Communications minister denies report of links to questionable loans

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a press conference at the parliament building in Tokyo on April 6, 2015, holding a magazine that reported alleged involvement by one of her secretaries in a state-owned lender's loans to an agricultural firm. She denied the report. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse of secretary

Photo taken in April 2012 shows Mayuko Toyota, a lawmaker of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Toyota submitted an application to leave the party on June 22, 2017, following allegations she physically and verbally attacked one of her secretaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsujimoto to run in lower house election on SDP ticket

OSAKA, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto announces she will run in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election on an SDP ticket on Aug. 16. She was convicted of fraud for misusing state funds purportedly for her secretaries and received a suspended prison term in February last year. (Kyodo)

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Tsujimoto loses in upper house election

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former House of Representatives member convicted earlier this year of defrauding the state out of secretaries' salaries, speaks to supporters in Osaka on July 11 about her failure in the upper house election. (Kyodo)

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (R), chief of the Social Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference following a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, chief of the Social Democratic Party, addresses a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, chief of the Social Democratic Party, addresses a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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SDP to leave ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, chief of the Social Democratic Party, attends a meeting with secretaries general of her party's local chapters at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2010. The party decided the same day to leave the tripartite ruling coalition due to differences over the policy on hosting the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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(2)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, answers questions at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 about her alleged misuse her secretaries' salaries

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(1)Tanaka testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka testifies before a Diet ethics panel on allegations she misused state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries in 1998.

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(1)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics in Tokyo on July 24 about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka categorically denied the allegation. (Pool Photo)

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(1)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, bows at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 before answering questions about her alleged misuse of her secretaries' salaries.

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LDP lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse of secretary

Mayuko Toyota, a lawmaker of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, seen in this undated photo, submitted an application to leave the party on June 22, 2017, following allegations she physically and verbally attacked one of her secretaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsujimoto gets suspended prison term for defrauding state

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto (L), former policy chief of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Masako Goto, who was policy secretary to former SDP chief Takako Doi, arrive at the Tokyo District Court to hear rulings on them. Tsujimoto was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for five years, for defrauding the state of funds earmarked for her secretaries while Goto was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for four years, for collaborating with Tsujimoto by introducing the secretaries to her. (Kyodo)

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Ex-SDP policy chief Tsujimoto not to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - The Osaka chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) decided Oct. 4 not to support former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto (file photo) in the next House of Representatives election. Tsujimoto was indicted in August on charges of defrauding the state out of nearly 19 million yen in funds earmarked for her secretaries. (Kyodo)

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SDP leader Doi's ex-policy secretary arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Goto (file photo), former policy secretary of Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi, was arrested on July 18 in connection with a fraud case in which former SDP lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto is accused of misusing the salaries of her state-paid policy secretaries. (Kyodo)

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Police arrest former SDP lawmaker Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto (file photo) was arrested on July 18 on suspicion of defrauding the state by misappropriating money that had been intended for the salaries of her policy secretaries. Tsujimoto, 43, resigned as a House of Representatives lawmaker after the scandal surfaced in March 2002.

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Tsujimoto sheds tears during testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who allegedly misused her secretaries' salaries, tries to hold back her tears during her unsworn testimony at the lower house Budget Committee on April 25.

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(3)Ex-lower house member Tsujimoto testifies at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a former member of the House of Representatives, wipes away tears at the lower house budget committee in the Diet on April 25 while answering questions about her alleged misuse of her secretaries' salaries.