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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from R) listens to former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) speak at an intraparty gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (4th from L) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from L) at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) at a gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) raises his cup with fellow DPJ lawmakers at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Son of late Japanese political bigwig meets N. Korea's top figure

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasunobu Kanemaru (L), the eldest son of the late Shin Kanemaru, a former kingpin of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam in Pyongyang on Sept. 8, 2014.

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Son of late Japanese political bigwig meets N. Korea's top figure

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasunobu Kanemaru (L), the eldest son of the late Shin Kanemaru, a former kingpin of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam, head for their meeting in Pyongyang on Sept. 8, 2014.

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Son of late Japanese political bigwig meets N. Korea's top figure

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasunobu Kanemaru (center L), the eldest son of the late Shin Kanemaru, a former kingpin of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam (center R), hold talks in Pyongyang on Sept. 8, 2014.

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Son of late Japanese political bigwig meets N. Korea's top figure

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasunobu Kanemaru (L), the eldest son of the late Shin Kanemaru, a former kingpin of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam, hold talks in Pyongyang on Sept. 8, 2014.

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Economy minister Banri Kaieda

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda heads to a meeting of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers belonging to a faction led by party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2011.

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DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads to a meeting of DPJ lawmakers who belong to his faction at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2011. Ozawa has decided to back industry minister Banri Kaieda in the party's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan, a lawmaker close to Ozawa said Aug. 26.

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DPJ's No. 2 Okada cautious over sworn Diet testimony by Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2010. Okada said his party will continue to seek unsworn testimony by ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa before the House of Representatives' ethics panel for now.

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Ozawa, Yosano play go

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Kaoru Yosano, co-leader of the small opposition Sunrise Party of Japan, shake hands before playing go in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2010. Ozawa won the game, which was shown live on the Nico Nico Douga video-sharing website.

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Ozawa, Yosano play go

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Kaoru Yosano, co-leader of the small opposition Sunrise Party of Japan, play go in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2010. Ozawa won the game, which was shown live on the Nico Nico Douga video-sharing website.

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Ozawa snubs calls to testify over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa leaves his home in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2010. The former DPJ leader rejected calls the same day to testify before a parliamentary ethics panel about a fund reporting scandal.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) heads to a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) shakes hands with ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa at a press conference where she announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career as a DPJ lawmaker.

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Lawmaker Tani retires from judo

TOKYO, Japan - Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2010. The lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan announced she was retiring from the sport to focus on her political career. On the left is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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DPJ kingpin Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa leaves home in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010. An independent judicial panel recommended the previous day that Ozawa should be indicted over a political funds scandal involving his fund management body, making him the first politician to be indicted under the review system.

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PM Kan reelected as DPJ leader

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to members of the Democratic Party of Japan after being reelected as leader of the party in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2010. In the background is DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa, Kan's sole challenger in the election.

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Kan keeps power beating Ozawa in election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan is seen at the venue of the presidential election of his ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2010. Kan was reelected as party leader beating the party's kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Kan keeps power beating Ozawa in election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan casts his ballot in the presidential election of his ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2010. Kan was reelected as party leader beating the party's kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Kan keeps power beating Ozawa in election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan shakes hands with a lawmaker of his ruling Democratic Party of Japan at a gathering of DPJ lawmakers backing Kan in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2010, ahead of the party's presidential election the same day. Kan was reelected as party leader beating the party's kingpin Ichiro Ozawa.

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Ozawa denies giving Kan cold shoulder

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party, speaks about his challenge to Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the party's presidential election during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2010. Ozawa said he would give a key Cabinet post to Kan if he is elected as DPJ leader and becomes prime minister.

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Ozawa denies giving Kan cold shoulder

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party, speaks about his challenge to Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the party's presidential election during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2010. Ozawa said he would give a key Cabinet post to Kan if he is elected as DPJ leader and becomes prime minister.

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Inquest into Ozawa's non-indictment

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (R) shakes hands with his key supporter, former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2010. An independent judicial panel has reportedly launched its second review of whether decisions by prosecutors not to indict Ozawa over false financial reporting by his political fund management body were appropriate.

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PM Kan to face Ozawa's challenge in DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (R), a kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, walks past Naoto Kan, Japanese prime minister and DPJ president, prior to a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sep. 1, 2010. Ozawa and Kan filed their candidacies for the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa set to battle with Kan for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa heads for a meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The ruling party kingpin said he will challenge Kan in the upcoming DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa in battle with Kan for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa heads for a press conference at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The ruling party kingpin said he will challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the upcoming DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa in battle with Kan for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The ruling party kingpin said he will challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the upcoming DPJ presidential election.

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Kan, Ozawa set to battle for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa (L) at news conferences in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. Ozawa, the ruling party kingpin, reiterated that he will challenge Kan in the upcoming DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa set to battle with Kan for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The ruling party kingpin reiterated that he will challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the upcoming DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa set to battle with Kan for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa attends a meeting with former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Aug. 31, 2010, at a lower house lawmakers' hall in Tokyo. The ruling party kingpin reiterated the same day that he will challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the upcoming DPJ presidential election.

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Kan faces Ozawa's challenge

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2010. Ichiro Ozawa, a kingpin of Kan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan, announced the same day to run for the party presidential election to challenge Kan.

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Kan faces Ozawa's challenge

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan talks to first-term lawmakers of his ruling Democratic Party at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2010. Kan took part in the meeting after Ichiro Ozawa, a kingpin of the DPJ, announced he would run in the party presidential election.

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Hatoyma backs Ozawa in DPJ presidential bid

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, a former Japanese prime minister, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2010, after meeting with Ichiro Ozawa, a kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Hatoyama said he will back Ozawa's bid to run for the upcoming DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa gives speech

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a seminar in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2010. Attention was focused on whether he would run in the party's leadership race, but he did not mention the matter.

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Ozawa gives speech

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a seminar in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2010. Attention was focused on whether he would run in the party's leadership race, but he did not mention the matter.

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Japan's ruling party prepares for leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Hirofumi Hirano, a former Japanese chief Cabinet secretary, heads for a meeting with other lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2010, to discuss a plan to urge the party's kingpin Ichiro Ozawa to run in the DPJ presidential election to challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Japan's ruling party prepares for leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, a senior member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads for a meeting with other DPJ lawmakers in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2010, to discuss a plan to urge the party's kingpin Ichiro Ozawa to run in the DPJ presidential election to challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Ozawa in election campaigning

MINOBU, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa gives a street-corner speech in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day.

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Hatoyama successor election

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) enters a room in the Diet to cast a vote in an election of DPJ lawmakers on June 4, 2010, to pick a new party leader who will be Japan's next prime minister. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his entire cabinet resigned en masse that day.

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Scandal-hit Ozawa likely to avoid prosecution

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, scandal-hit kingpin of Japan's ruling party, leaves his house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Feb. 4, 2010. Speculation was growing that the secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan would likely to avoid prosecution over a political funds scandal.

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Hatoyama says he believes Ozawa's claim of innocence

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010. Hatoyama said he believes ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa's claim of innocence in a scandal involving accounting irregularities at his fund management body.

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Hatoyama says he believes Ozawa's claim of innocence

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010. Hatoyama said he believes ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa's claim of innocence in a scandal involving accounting irregularities at his fund management body.

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Hatoyama says he will 'calmly watch' developments in Ozawa case

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of his official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010, about a scandal involving the fund management body of ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa. Hatoyama said he will calmly watch developments as prosecutors are in the middle of their investigation.

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Campbell meets with Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell (2nd from R), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, meets with Japan's ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (L) at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010. Campbell said the bilateral relationship is key to U.S. policies in Asia.

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Ozawa hints could step down as DPJ No. 2 man

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. The DPJ secretary general hinted he may step down if criminally charged in connection with a political funds scandal.

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Ozawa hints could step down as DPJ No. 2 man

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, walks past posters of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, also DPJ president, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010.