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New Japan LDP leadership

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 13 Kyodo - The Liberal Democratic Party's top four executives under prime minister and party chief Fumio Kishida -- Policy Research Council Chairman Koichi Hagiuda, Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi, General Council Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama and Election Strategy Committee Chairman Yuko Obuchi -- pose for a photo at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo after the ruling party's leadership reshuffle. (Kyodo)

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Japan ruling LDP's election campaign chief

Yuko Obuchi, election campaign chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2023.

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Japan ruling LDP's election campaign chief

Yuko Obuchi, election campaign chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2023.

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Japan ruling LDP's election campaign chief

Yuko Obuchi, election campaign chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2023.

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New Japan LDP leadership

Yuko Obuchi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after being picked as new election strategy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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New Japan LDP leadership

Yuko Obuchi, new election strategy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, for a past scandal over misuse of political funds that led to her stepping down from a ministerial post in 2014.

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New Japan LDP leadership

The Liberal Democratic Party's top four executives under prime minister and party chief Fumio Kishida -- (from L) Policy Research Council Chairman Koichi Hagiuda, Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi, General Council Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama and Election Strategy Committee Chairman Yuko Obuchi -- pose for a photo at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo after the ruling party's leadership reshuffle.

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New Japan LDP leadership

Yuko Obuchi, the second daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after being picked as the Liberal Democratic Party's new election strategy chief as the party leadership changed along with the reshuffle of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet.

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New Japan LDP leadership

Prime minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Fumio Kishida (4th from L) poses for a photo with other LDP executives -- (from L) Election Strategy Committee Chairman Yuko Obuchi, General Council Chairman Hiroshi Moriyama, Vice President Taro Aso, Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi and Policy Research Council Chairman Koichi Hagiuda -- at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023, after the ruling party's leadership reshuffle.

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Obuchi to retain Diet seat

TAKASAKI, Japan - Scandal-hit former trade minister Yuko Obuchi, a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the lower house election, smiles during an interview in her electoral district in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture after securing victory in the election on the night of Dec. 14, 2014. Obuchi, the daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, resigned from the Cabinet post in October less than two months after assuming it over dubious political funds reports.

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Campaigning starts for general election

SHIBUKAWA, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, who is running in the Dec. 14 general election with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, bows to her supporters in the central Japan city of Shibukawa on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of the official campaigning. Obuchi gave up her trade minister post due to political fund scandal in October.

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Campaigning starts for general election

SHIBUKAWA, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, who is running in the Dec. 14 general election with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech in the central Japan city of Shibukawa on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of the official campaigning. Obuchi gave up her trade minister post due to political fund scandal in October.

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Scandal-tainted ex-minister Obuchi to seek LDP seat

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's former trade minister Yuko Obuchi heads to the House of Representatives chamber in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014, prior to its dissolution for a general election. Obuchi, who resigned from Cabinet over dubious political funds reports, said she plans to run in the election with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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Ex-Obuchi aide says funds discrepancies "clerical errors"

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 31, 2014 shows the Nakanojo municipal government offices in Gunma Prefecture, which was raided by prosecutors the same day in connection with discrepancies in political funds reports linked to former industry minister Yuko Obuchi. Kenichiro Orita, a former aide to Obuchi and a former mayor of Nakanojo, told prosecutors the discrepancies were caused by "clerical errors," sources with knowledge of the matter said.

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Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TAKASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the office of a group of supporters of former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, in the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2014. Prosecutors raided the office the same day as they launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi.

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Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TAKASAKI, Japan - Special investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, holding cardboard boxes, enter the office of a group of supporters of former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, in the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2014. Prosecutors raided the office as they launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi.

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Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TAKASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the office of a group of supporters of former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, in the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2014. Prosecutors raided the office the same day as they launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi.

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Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi. On Oct. 30, 2014, prosecutors launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi, searching the home of her former secretary and the office of a group of her supporters.

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Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

MAEBASHI, Japan - Special investigators from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter the home of Kenichiro Orita, a former secretary to former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi, in the town of Nakanojo, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2014, as they launched a formal investigation into irregularities in the political funds reports of groups related to Obuchi.

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Prosecutors launch probe into ex-minister's funds irregularities

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kenichiro Orita, a former secretary to former trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi. For decades, Orita served as a secretary to former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and after his death in 2000, to his daughter, Yuko, who succeeded her father in representing a constituency in Gunma Prefecture in the House of Representatives.

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Japanese PM Abe attends Cabinet meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a Cabinet meeting with Akira Amari (L), minister in charge of economic revitalization, and Finance Minister Taro Aso at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2014, a day after two ministers -- Justice Minister Midori Matsushima and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi -- stepped down.

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Japan's new industry minister attends attestation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2014, to attend an attestation ceremony. Miyazawa succeeded Yuko Obuchi, who resigned over political funds scandal the previous day.

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Japanese PM Abe attends Cabinet meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to a Cabinet meeting at his office on Oct. 21, 2014, a day after two female ministers resigned. Justice Minister Midori Matsushima was accused of distributing free paper fans to voters in her district in possible violation of the election law, while Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi was involved in a political funds scandal.

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2 female ministers resign

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Miyazawa, who was picked by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to become industry minister, enters Abe's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Miyazawa will succeed Yuko Obuchi, who resigned earlier in the day due to a money scandal.

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2 female ministers resign

TOKYO, Japan - Composite photo shows Justice Minister Midori Matsushima (R) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi announcing their resignations due to money scandals, at press conferences in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Matsushima distributed paper fans to voters in her electoral district, while Obuchi's political groups are suspected of having partially shouldered her supporters' expenses for theater outings, both possible violations of the election law.

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2 female ministers resign

TOKYO, Japan - Composite photo shows Justice Minister Midori Matsushima (L) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi during press conferences in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, at which they announced their resignations due to money scandals. Matsushima distributed paper fans to voters in her electoral district, while Obuchi's political groups are suspected of having partially shouldered her supporters' expenses for theater outings, both possible violations of the election law.

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2 female Cabinet ministers step down

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters at his office on Oct. 20, 2014, after accepting the resignations of two female Cabinet ministers. Justice Minister Midori Matsushima was accused of distributing free paper fans to voters in her district in possible violation of the election law, while Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi was involved in a political funds scandal.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi bows her head at the end of a press conference at her ministry on Oct. 20, 2014, after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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2 female ministers step down

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Justice Minister Midori Matsushima (L) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi, both of whom stepped down on Oct. 20, 2014. Matsushima was accused of distributing free paper fans to voters in her district in possible violation of the election law, while Obuchi was involved in a political funds scandal.

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Japan's justice minister Matsushima to resign

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 3, 2014, shows industry minister Yuko Obuchi (L) and Justice Minister Midori Matsushima heading to the Imperial Palace for the attestation ceremony following the Cabinet reshuffle of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Obuchi stepped down on Oct. 20, while it was reported that Matsushima has also decided to resign over her distribution of free paper fans to voters in her district in possible election law violation.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves her ministry on Oct. 20, 2014, as she steps down from her post over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves her ministry on Oct. 20, 2014, as she steps down from her post over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi attends a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi holds up a document at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi holds up a document at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 3, 2014, shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi (L on the front row) posing for a commemorative photo after assuming her post in a Cabinet reshuffle. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20 over a political funds scandal.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi bows her head at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi bows her head at a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 7, 2014, shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi giving an address at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shortly after assuming her post. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20 over political funds scandal.

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Industry minister Obuchi resigns from post

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi attends a press conference on Oct. 20, 2014, at her ministry after submitting her resignation over a political funds scandal. Obuchi was one of the five women who joined Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 3.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2000 shows Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi (C) expressing joy after winning her Diet seat for the first time. She submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 20, 2014, over a political funds scandal.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, after submitting her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a political funds scandal. Obuchi, daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and a fifth-term House of Representatives member, joined the Abe government in the Sept. 3 Cabinet reshuffle.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, to submit her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over a political funds scandal. Obuchi, daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and a fifth-term House of Representatives member, joined the Abe government in the Sept. 3 Cabinet reshuffle.

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Industry minister Obuchi offers resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. He accepted the resignation submitted by Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi, who has been involved in a political funds scandal.

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Trade minister meets with reporters over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi meets with reporters at her ministry in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 18, 2014, over a political funds scandal. A government source said she intends to resign.

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Trade minister meets with reporters over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi meets with reporters at her ministry in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 18, 2014, over a political funds scandal. A government source said she intends to resign.

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Industry minister Obuchi grilled over use of political fund

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yuko Obuchi meets with reporters on Oct. 17, 2014, at the Diet building in Tokyo to answer questions over the alleged dubious use of her political funds.

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Industry minister Obuchi grilled over use of political fund

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Yuko Obuchi (C) meets with reporters on Oct. 17, 2014, at the Diet building in Tokyo to answer questions over alleged dubious use of her political funds.

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Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi (C) is seen after attending a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Minister spent 3.6 mil. yen from political funds on kin's businesses

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi heads for a committee session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. Obuchi spent a total of 3.62 million yen from her political funds in connection with a design office and a clothing-sundries shop run by her relatives over five years through 2012, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.