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Executives of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - New executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party --election strategy chief Keiji Furuya, General Council chair Haruko Arimura, Vice President Taro Aso, President Sanae Takaichi, Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki and policy council chief Takayuki Kobayashi -- pose for a photo at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.(Kyodo)

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Executive of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

Keiji Furuya, newly appointed election strategy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.

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Executives of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

New executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- (from L) election strategy chief Keiji Furuya, General Council chair Haruko Arimura, Vice President Taro Aso, President Sanae Takaichi, Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki and policy council chief Takayuki Kobayashi -- pose for a photo at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2025.

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Hitachi, Ltd. President's Change Press Conference

Hitachi, Ltd. press conference on the change of president. Photo shows from left to right: Toshiaki Tokunaga, President and CEO; Keiji Kojima, Vice Chairman of the Board (currently President).=December 16,2024,Tokyo

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Hitachi, Ltd. President's Change Press Conference

Hitachi, Ltd. press conference on the change of president. Photo shows from left to right: Toshiaki Tokunaga, President and CEO; Keiji Kojima, Vice Chairman of the Board (currently President).=December 16,2024,Tokyo

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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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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. Photo from left to right: Keiji Yamamoto, Senior Fellow, Toyota Motor Corporation; Tsuneji Sato, President, Toyota Motor Corporation; Akira Shimada, President, NTT; Sachiko Onishi, Managing Director, NTT.=October 31,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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New Year Greeting Party of Five Automobile Organizations

New Year Greeting Party of Five Automobile Organizations. Photo from left to right: Masanori Katayama, Chairman, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA); Koji Arima, Chairman, Japan Auto Parts Industries Association (JAPIA); Keiji Masui, Chairman, Japan Auto Body Association (JABIA); Katsumi Yamada, President, Japan Automobile Machinery and Appliance Manufacturers Association (JAMA); Naomiki Kaneko, Chairman, Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JATRA)=Date:January 5, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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New Year Greeting Party of Five Automobile Organizations

New Year Greeting Party of Five Automobile Organizations. Photo from left to right: Masanori Katayama, Chairman, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA); Koji Arima, Chairman, Japan Auto Parts Industries Association (JAPIA); Keiji Masui, Chairman, Japan Auto Body Association (JABIA); Katsumi Yamada, President, Japan Automobile Machinery and Appliance Manufacturers Association (JAMA); Naomiki Kaneko, Chairman, Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JATRA)=Date:January 5, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You in Japan

Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (L) visited Irizaki, a cape on Japan's westernmost inhabited island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, from where Taiwan can be seen on a clear day, accompanied by Japan's House of Representative lawmaker Keiji Furuya of the Liberal Democratic Party, who also heads the Diet's caucus promoting Japan-Taiwan relations, on July 4, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Keiji Suzuki, head coach of Japan men's national judo team, is given a victory toss after Japan became world mixed team champions in Doha, Qatar, on May 14, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Keiji Takahashi of Japan pitches against Australia in a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 12, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Keiji Takahashi of Japan pitches against Australia in a World Baseball Classic Pool B game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 12, 2023.

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Tamada strike gives Nagoya draw with Newcastle in ACL

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Grampus forward Keiji Tamada (C) celebrates with teammate Rafael Magnum (L) and Yoshizumi Ogawa (R) after firing an equalizer and earning his team a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw with Australia's Newcastle Jets in the Asian Champions League on April 7 at Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) is received by Keiji Furuya, Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals, before talks at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Keiji Furuya (R), Japan's state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals, meet at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. (Pool photo)

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JETRO to help Kyoto promote Japanese food exports

KYOTO, Japan - Satoshi Miyamoto (C), president of the Japan External Trade Organization, shakes hands with Kyoto Governor Keiji Yamada (L) and Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa in the ancient Japanese capital on Nov. 14, 2014, following JETRO's decision to establish a trade information center to promote exports of vegetables and other food products from Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan.

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Japan prefectural governors meet press in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese prefectural governors attend a press conference on the occasion of a gubernatorial forum between Japan and China in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2014. From L: Hiroshima Deputy Gov. Yoshiaki Nakashita, Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki, Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai, Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada serving as president of the National Governors Association, Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida, Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe, and Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka.

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Kyoto govenor addresses Japan-China gubernatorial forum

BEIJING, China - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada addresses a gubernatorial forum between Japan and China in Beijing on Oct. 28, 2014.

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Shiki to perform Broadway musical Aladdin

TOKYO, Japan - Chiyoki Yoshida (L), president of Shiki Theatre Company, and actor Keiji Kato (C) attend a press conference on Sept. 29, 2014, in Tokyo, where Yoshida announced that the Japanese theatrical company will perform Disney's Broadway musical Aladdin starting in May next year. The musical will be performed outside the United States for the first time.

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Mascot 'Kumamon' fails to win top prize in national contest

TOKYO, Japan - "Kumamon," a popular mascot character of Kumamoto Prefecture widely used to publicize the southwestern Japan prefecture, holds an award certificate during a prefectural policymaking contest from Kyoto Governor Keiji Yamada (R), head of the National Governors' Association, in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2014. Osaka Prefecture received the best award.

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Mascot 'Kumamon' fails to win top prize in national contest

TOKYO, Japan - "Kumamon," a popular mascot character of Kumamoto Prefecture widely used to publicize the southwestern Japan prefecture, receives an award during a prefectural policymaking contest from Kyoto Governor Keiji Yamada (R), head of the National Governors' Association, in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2014. Osaka Prefecture received the best award.

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Landslide disaster in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiji Furuya (2nd from R), minister of state for disaster management, is briefed by Self-Defense Forces personnel on Aug. 21, 2014, about deadly landslides in Asaminami Ward in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Landslide disaster in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiji Furuya (R), minister of state for disaster management, inspects on Aug. 21, 2014, an area devastated by landslides in Asaminami Ward in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including him drew criticism from China and South Korea.

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Abduction issue council meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (standing), minister in charge of the abduction issue, speaks at a meeting of the Liaison Council of Government and Ruling and Opposition Parties Institutions for Measures against Abduction Issue in Tokyo on July 29, 2014.

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'Loophole drugs' now called 'dangerous drugs'

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, announces in Tokyo on July 22, 2014, that authorities will use the term "dangerous drugs" instead of "loophole drugs" to raise awareness of their risks.

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US-Japan workshop on resilience building in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The U.S.-Japan workshop on resilience building is held in Tokyo, on July 7, 2014, to draw up guidelines to better cope in large-scale disasters, with the participation of Keiji Furuya, Japan's minister in charge of building national resilience, and Robert Eldridge, deputy assistant chief of staff for U.S. Marine Corps Installations Pacific, among others.

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Support meeting for Japanese abductees by N. Korea

FUKUOKA, Japan - Keiji Furuya (4th from front L), minister in charge of the abduction issue, and members of a group representing relatives of the Japanese abducted by North Korea, raise their fists at a meeting in Fukuoka City, on June 29, 2014.

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Singer Kato to release song about Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (C) talks with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) at Hiroshima City Hall on June 24, 2014, a day before releasing her song CD of a poem by Keiji Nakazawa, late cartoon artist from Hiroshima who wrote manga series "Barefoot Gen." On the left is Katsuhiko Yamamoto, who composed the music.

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Japan determined to stay tough against N. Korea on abductions

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, Japan's state minister in charge of the abduction issue, speaks during a parliamentary session on June 17, 2014, in Tokyo. Furuya reiterated his determination to bring home all of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, ahead of the upcoming launch of Pyongyang's abduction probe unit.

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Dasho Nishioka memorial museum opens in Bhutan

PARO, Bhutan - People look up a framed photograph of late Keiji Nishioka, Japanese contributor on the modernization of Bhutan's agriculture, at the Dasho Nishioka memorial museum in Paro, Bhutan, on June 17, 2014.

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Dasho Nishioka memorial museum opens in Bhutan

PARO, Bhutan - A photograph of Keiji Nishioka, Japanese contributor to the modernization of Bhutan's agriculture, is seen in the newly opened Dasho Nishioka memorial museum in Paro, Bhutan, on June 17, 2014.

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'Rimpa' school of painting's 400th anniv. in 2015

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (L) and Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada hold a press conference on June 2, 2014, in Kyoto on the establishment of a committee to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2015 of the start of "Rimpa" -- a major school of Japanese painting created in the western Japanese city by Honami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu. The "Rimpa" school is said to have a far-reaching influence on today's Japanese fine arts and traditional craft.

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Gov't, Tokyo team up for Tokyo area quakes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Minister of State for Disaster Management Keiji Furuya (L) shakes hands with Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on May 19, 2014, following their agreement on establishing a collaborative team to prepare for possible massive earthquakes in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Japan close in on World Cup rugby spot

INCHEON, South Korea - Keiji Horie of Japan runs the ball during the first half of an Asian 5 Nations match against South Korea at Munhak Stadium in Incheon, South Korea, on May 17, 2014. Japan won 62-5 and moved within one win of an automatic spot at next year's Rugby World Cup.

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WHO's Fukuda

GENEVA, Switzerland - Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organization, holds a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 30, 2014.

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State minister Furuya visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (R), state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, arrives at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 20, 2014. Furuya's visit came ahead of the shrine's annual spring festival from April 21.

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State minister Furuya visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, leaves the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo after offering prayers on April 20, 2014. Furuya's visit came ahead of the shrine's annual spring festival from April 21.

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U.N. rep meets Japan minister on N. Korea's abductions

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman (R) meets with Keiji Furuya, Japan's minister in charge of the issue of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea, in Tokyo on April 9, 2014.

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Pact on fingerprint data

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, Parliamentary Senior Vice Foreign Minister Norio Mitsuya and Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, shake hands after Mitsuya and Kennedy signed the Agreement on Preventing and Combating Serious Crime, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2014. The agreement is intended to provide each country instant access to fingerprint data to check the identity of people suspected of involvement in serious crimes such as terrorism.

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State minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and state minister in charge of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, leaves the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2013, after offering prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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State minister visits Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (2nd from R), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and state minister in charge of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2013, to offer prayers during its annual autumn festival.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and Keiji Furuya (to the left), state minister for disaster prevention, attend a disaster response meeting held as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Robert King in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (L), a Cabinet minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, shakes hands with Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, ahead of their talks at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013.

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U.N. panel on N. Korean human rights visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya (C), state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, speaks in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013, during a briefing on the issue for members of a U.N. commission investigating human rights violations in North Korea. To the right is Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

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U.N. panel on N. Korean human rights visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Kirby of Australia (C), chairman of a U.N. commission investigating human rights violations in North Korea, poses for photos with Keiji Furuya (L), state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, prior to a briefing for the panel members on unresolved cases of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013.

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Controversy over A-bomb comic

MATSUE, Japan - File photo shows copies of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic serial about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, authored by the late Keiji Nakazawa. The Matsue city education board in Shimane Prefecture asked local elementary and junior high schools in December 2012 to restrict students' access to the cartoon books over some of the comic's graphics deemed violent. The request has sparked controversy.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens, emerges after offering prayers at Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2013, the 68th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens, visits Yasukuni Shrine, the World War II-related Shinto shrine, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.