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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

TOKYO, Japan, July 12 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after the ministry disciplined 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information. (Kyodo)

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, apologizes during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats were disciplined by the ministry in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after the ministry disciplined 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara apologizes during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after it disciplined 218 Self-Defense Force members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after the ministry disciplined 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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Trump pleads not guilty to mishandling classified documents

Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump gather near a courthouse in Miami, Florida, on June 13, 2023. Trump pleaded not guilty the same day to federal criminal charges accusing him of mishandling classified national security documents after he left the White House.

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Trump pleads not guilty to mishandling classified documents

Former U.S. President Donald Trump waves from inside a car as he leaves a courthouse in Miami, Florida, on June 13, 2023. Trump pleaded not guilty the same day to federal criminal charges accusing him of mishandling classified national security documents after he left the White House.

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Abe battling dwindling popularity at home despite improving diplomacy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference after reshuffling his 11-month-old Cabinet on Aug. 27. Abe is facing dwindling public popularity at home over domestic issues including a pension fiasco, social disparities and political funds mishandling involving some members of his first Cabinet.

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Chinese families protest at Malaysian Embassy

BEIJING, China - Chinese relatives of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 stage a protest in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing on March 25, 2014, venting their anger against what they call Malaysia's mishandling of the plane's loss a day after it was concluded the aircraft crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.

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MRI headquarters in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, United States - Photo taken April 26, 2013, shows the headquarters in Las Vegas of asset management firm MRI International Inc. Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission raided the Tokyo office of MRI that day as the company is suspected of mishandling funds invested by thousands of Japanese clients.

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MRI International

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the building housing MRI International Inc.'s Japan office in Tokyo on April 26, 2013. The U.S. asset management firm is suspected of mishandling funds invested by thousands of Japanese clients, resulting in losses totaling more than 130 billion yen, sources familiar with the matter said April 26. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission raided the Tokyo office of the Nevada-based company and other related locations that afternoon.

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Noda apologizes to Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) bows during a meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) at the Okinawa prefectural hall in Naha on Feb. 27, 2012, in a gesture of apology for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's mishandling of issues related to the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture. (Pool photo)

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H.K. protesters mourn Wenzhou train crash victims

HONG KONG, China - About 200 people hold a rally in Hong Kong on July 31, 2011, against China's one-party rule and blaming the Chinese Communist Party for mishandling the collision between two high-speed trains on July 23 that killed 40 people and injured 190 in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou.

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Embattled Hatoyama meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama bows as he wraps up a press conference at his office April 22, 2010. The premier came under fire again after a court found one of his former aides guilty of mishandling his political funds.

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Embattled Hatoyama meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at his office April 22, 2010. The premier came under fire again after a court found one of his former aides guilty of mishandling his political funds.

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Hatoyama attends lower house budget committee

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee on Jan. 21, 2010. Hatoyama faced a barrage of attacks by the opposition camp over problems including his own mishandling of funds.

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Hatoyama, Hirano chat in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano chat during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee on Jan. 21, 2010. Hatoyama faced a barrage of attacks by the opposition camp over problems including his own mishandling of funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office finish a search of an office of Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, over alleged mishandling of political funds by his former aide at Tokyo's Akasaka district Jan. 13, 2010.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party, addresses a New Year gathering of the party's Aichi prefectural chapter at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party, shakes hands with a supporter during a New Year gathering of the party's Aichi prefectural chapter at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, acknowledges the crowd during a New Year gathering of the party's Aichi prefectural chapter at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party, addresses a New Year gathering of the party's Aichi prefectural chapter at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves the vehicle for a DPJ gathering at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - This combination photo shows Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, addressing a New Year gathering of the party's Aichi prefectural chapter at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - This Jan. 7, 2010, photo shows an apartment building in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward for the families of secretaries to ruling Democratic Party of Japan power broker Ichiro Ozawa that was built on land purchased by Ozawa's fund management body. Prosecutors searched an office of the country's kingpin Jan. 13 over an alleged mishandling of political funds by his former aide.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - This Jan. 7, 2010, photo shows an apartment building in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward for the families of secretaries to ruling Democratic Party of Japan power broker Ichiro Ozawa that was built on land purchased by Ozawa's fund management body. Prosecutors searched an office of the country's kingpin Jan. 13 over an alleged mishandling of political funds by his former aide.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads for the venue of a DPJ gathering at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves the vehicle for a DPJ gathering at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves the vehicle for a DPJ gathering at a hotel in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling by his former aide of political funds.

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Ozawa's office searched over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - A throng of reporters and photographers surround the building which houses an office of Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo's Akasaka district Jan. 13, 2010. The office of the country's kingpin was searched by prosecutors over an alleged mishandling of political funds by his former aide.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma addresses an inaugural ceremony for Japan Pension Service in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 4, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) and Takashi Kiriku, head of Japan Pension Service, shake hands after an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 3, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Kiriku (standing R), head of Japan Pension Service, addresses an inaugural ceremony of the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 4, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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Ex-MSDF officer denies organized refueling data coverup

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Teraoka (C), a retired senior Maritime Self-Defense Force officer, leaves a closed-door session of the House of Representatives committee on antiterrorism and Iraq reconstruction affairs on Nov. 7. Teraoka denied an organized coverup of the MSDF's mishandling of refueling data in 2003 in testimony at the session.

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Japan envoy to China apologizes for Shenyang fiasco

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to China Koreshige Anami apologizes at the House of Representatives committee on foreign relations July 26 for mishandling an asylum bid by North Koreans who were seized by Chinese police at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, in May.

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Kanzaki demands Takebe's rsignation

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki says at a news conference April 2 that farm minister Tsutomu Takebe should resign over the ministry's mishandling of the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan.

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Consul general buys furniture for ambassador

DENVER, United States - File photo shows the Japanese consulate general in Denver, Colorado. Consul General Makoto Mizutani, 52, has been dismissed for mishandling about $81,600 in public funds. Sources close to the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo on July 28 Mizutani spent about $5,800 in public funds for purchasing furniture in a bid to win a favor of Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai in December 1999.

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Faulty U.S. immigration policy erodes human rights at Mexican border

STORY: Faulty U.S. immigration policy erodes human rights at Mexican border DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: REYNOSA, Mexico CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mexican towns along the border 2. various of migrants 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ROSALINA, Honduran migrant 4. various of Senda de Vida 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): CARLOS PENA ORTIZ, Mayor of Reynosa 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): HECTOR SILVA, Founder of Senda de Vida migrant shelter STORYLINE: The United States' mishandling of the immigration influx on its southern border is generating a human rights crisis for regional communities. Mexican towns along the border are struggling to accommodate swelling numbers of undocumented migrants refused entry by the U.S., leaving the refugees increasingly exposed to unsafe, unsanitary and unsustainable conditions. Rosalina, a Honduran who seeks to enter the U.S. legally, has been staying in the Mexican border town of Reynosa for six months. She hopes for bringing her daughter to the

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Kanden Engineering's Newly Introduced VR Device for Experiencing Danger

Kanden Engineering Co., Ltd. (Kita Ward, Osaka City) expanded its facilities for experiencing dangerous acts during construction, inspection, and diagnosis of electrical equipment, etc., and opened the new "Safety and Technology Training Center" (Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture) on April 14. The facility will be used to train about 600 people a year, including all employees and subcontractors. The company analyzed past occupational accidents such as electric shock, crashes and falls, and equipment accidents caused by mishandling, and compiled a booklet with mottoes and lessons learned, "100 Failures of Engineering Version," which took two years to complete. The related investment was about 45 million yen. Mr. Aoshima hopes that the booklet and the facility will "help people improve their sensitivity to danger with their minds and bodies. (November 14, 2019, Safety & Technology Training Center, Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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N. Korea's Kim sacks close aide as key ruling party committee member

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has apparently sacked one of his close aides as a member of a key committee of the ruling party over what he considers mishandling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. Kim's aide, Ri Pyong Chol, has led North Korea's nuclear and missile development. He was removed from the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea at its meeting late last month, the sources said. People walk in Pyongyang on July 6, 2021, wearing a face mask to prevent coronavirus infection.

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Kanzaki demands Takebe's rsignation

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki says at a news conference April 2 that farm minister Tsutomu Takebe should resign over the ministry's mishandling of the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan.

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Abe battling dwindling popularity at home despite improving dipl

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference after reshuffling his 11-month-old Cabinet on Aug. 27. Abe is facing dwindling public popularity at home over domestic issues including a pension fiasco, social disparities and political funds mishandling involving some members of his first Cabinet. (Kyodo)

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Ex-MSDF officer denies organized refueling data coverup

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Teraoka (C), a retired senior Maritime Self-Defense Force officer, leaves a closed-door session of the House of Representatives committee on antiterrorism and Iraq reconstruction affairs on Nov. 7. Teraoka denied an organized coverup of the MSDF's mishandling of refueling data in 2003 in testimony at the session. (Kyodo)

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Consul general buys furniture for ambassador

DENVER, United States - File photo shows the Japanese consulate general in Denver, Colorado. Consul General Makoto Mizutani, 52, has been dismissed for mishandling about $81,600 in public funds. Sources close to the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo on July 28 Mizutani spent about $5,800 in public funds for purchasing furniture in a bid to win a favor of Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai in December 1999.

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Education, sports minister Shimomura attends press conference

Education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015, before stepping down following a Cabinet reshuffle. He expressed regret over the mishandling of a project to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports minister Shimomura to step down over stadium blunder

Education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2015. He will step down in a Cabinet reshuffle in early October over the mishandling of a project to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports minister Shimomura to step down over stadium blunder

Education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2015. He will step down in a Cabinet reshuffle in early October over the mishandling of a project to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports minister Shimomura to step down over stadium blunder

Education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2015. He will step down in a Cabinet reshuffle in early October over the mishandling of a project to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports minister Shimomura to step down over stadium blunder

Education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2015. He will step down in a Cabinet reshuffle in early October over the mishandling of a project to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports minister Shimomura to step down over stadium blunder

Photo shows education and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura attending a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2015. He will step down in a Cabinet reshuffle in early October over the mishandling of a project to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo