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Welfare ministry official acquitted in postal abuse case

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Atsuko Muraki (L), former director general of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau, holds a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 10, 2010, with her lawyer Junichiro Hironaka after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization in an attempt to abuse a mail discount system for people with disabilities.(Kyodo)

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Tama marks 8 years since becoming "station master"

KINOKAWA, Japan - Tama (R), the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, and subordinate Nitama are surrounded by fans at the station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2015, during a ceremony to commemorate the eighth anniversary of Tama's appointment.

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Cat railway president writes book

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima promotes his new book in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. The book tells the story of efforts to revive a local railway line with the help of Tama (R), a popular calico cat assigned as a ''stationmaster.'' The other calico cat held by Kojima is Nitama, Tama's ''subordinate.''

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Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest.

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, smiles during a press conference in Osaka, after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of allegedly instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled.

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Impeachment panel rules judge be dismissed for harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Shimoyama, a judge at the Utsunomiya District Court, arrives at a House of Councillors building in Tokyo on Dec. 24 to attend the second session of the parliamentary Judges Impeachment Court. The court issued a ruling for the dismissal of Shimoyama, who was convicted of harassment for sending threatening e-mails to a female subordinate.

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Impeachment panel rules judge be dismissed for harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Iwao Matsuda (C), a House of Councillors member who heads the parliamentary Judges Impeachment Court, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24 after the court issued a ruling for the dismissal of Yoshiharu Shimoyama, an Utsunomiya District Court judge, who was convicted of harassment for sending threatening e-mails to a female subordinate.

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Impeachment trial opens for judge convicted of harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Judges Impeachment Court at the Diet which opens Dec. 3 to determine whether to dismiss Yoshiharu Shimoyama, a judge at the Utsunomiya District Court convicted of sending harassing e-mail messages to a female subordinate.

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Impeachment trial opens for judge convicted of harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Shimoyama, 55, a judge at the Utsunomiya District Court, arrives at the House of Councilors' building in Tokyo to attend his impeachment trial on Dec. 3. The Judges Impeachment Court at the Diet opened to determine whether to dismiss Shimoyama, who has been convicted of sending harassing e-mail messages to a female subordinate.

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Women shoot arrows in Coming-of-Age Day ritual

Women who will be turning 20 this year shoot arrows at a target in Sanjusangendo (the main hall of Rengeoin, a small Buddhist temple in Kyoto), on Coming-of-Age Day Jan. 15. This type of archery contest dates back to the times of Iemitsu Tokugawa (1604-1651), the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who forced his subordinate samurai warriors to compete in such contests.

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Abe addresses MSDF antiterrorism mission in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, Abu Dhabi - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspects the the Maritime Self-Defense Force supply vessel Hamana oberthed at an Abu Dhabi port on April 29. Abe told the crew he hopes they will help ''write a new chapter for Japan on the frontlines of international contribution,'' referring to the recent upgrading of the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities into one of its primary duties from previous subordinate status. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Abe addresses MSDF antiterrorism mission in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, Abu Dhabi - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (center right) inspects the the Maritime Self-Defense Force supply vessel Hamana oberthed at an Abu Dhabi port on April 29. Abe told the crew he hopes they will help ''write a new chapter for Japan on the frontlines of international contribution,'' referring to the recent upgrading of the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities into one of its primary duties from previous subordinate status. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Commemorative plaque praising Sugihara's acts shown in Moscow

Japan-Russia culture center chief Suguru Kawamura shows a commemorative plaque honoring the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara at a hotel in Moscow on Oct. 14, 2015. Kawamura worked for a trading company in Moscow after World War II as a subordinate of Sugihara, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during the war by issuing them with visas to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Impeachment trial opens for judge convicted of harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Shimoyama, 55, a judge at the Utsunomiya District Court, arrives at the House of Councilors' building in Tokyo to attend his impeachment trial on Dec. 3. The Judges Impeachment Court at the Diet opened to determine whether to dismiss Shimoyama, who has been convicted of sending harassing e-mail messages to a female subordinate. (Kyodo)

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Impeachment trial opens for judge convicted of harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Judges Impeachment Court at the Diet which opens Dec. 3 to determine whether to dismiss Yoshiharu Shimoyama, a judge at the Utsunomiya District Court convicted of sending harassing e-mail messages to a female subordinate. (Kyodo)

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Impeachment panel rules judge be dismissed for harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Iwao Matsuda (C), a House of Councillors member who heads the parliamentary Judges Impeachment Court, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24 after the court issued a ruling for the dismissal of Yoshiharu Shimoyama, an Utsunomiya District Court judge, who was convicted of harassment for sending threatening e-mails to a female subordinate. (Kyodo)

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Impeachment panel rules judge be dismissed for harassing woman

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Shimoyama, a judge at the Utsunomiya District Court, arrives at a House of Councillors building in Tokyo on Dec. 24 to attend the second session of the parliamentary Judges Impeachment Court. The court issued a ruling for the dismissal of Shimoyama, who was convicted of harassment for sending threatening e-mails to a female subordinate. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors' homes, offices raided over data tampering case

KYOTO, Japan - Members of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office walk into the Kyoto District Public Prosecutors Office to conduct a search on Oct. 2, 2010, after Hiromichi Otsubo and Motoaki Saga, the former chief and deputy chief of the special investigation department of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, were arrested on suspicion of covering up the alleged destruction of evidence by a subordinate during an investigation into a postal abuse scandal. Otsubo worked at the Kyoto prosecutors office by the time of his arrest. (Kyodo)

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Welfare official acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, smiles during a press conference in Osaka, after the Osaka District Court acquitted her of allegedly instructing a subordinate to fabricate and issue an official document for an organization to enable it to use a mail discount system for the disabled. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Cat railway president writes book

WAKAYAMA, Japan - CORRECTING NAME OF 2ND CAT Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima promotes his new book in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. The book tells the story of efforts to revive a local railway line with the help of Tama (R), a popular calico cat assigned as a ''stationmaster.'' The other calico cat held by Kojima is Nitama, Tama's ''subordinate.'' (Kyodo)

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Tama marks 8 years since becoming "station master"

KINOKAWA, Japan - Tama (R), the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, and subordinate Nitama are surrounded by fans at the station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2015, during a ceremony to commemorate the eighth anniversary of Tama's appointment. (Kyodo)

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Akashi Mayor under fire for derogatory remarks

Undated photo shows Fusaho Izumi, mayor of Akashi city in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo. Izumi has been criticized for calling a subordinate "stupid" and telling the official to "burn down" a local building that stood in the way of a new road construction project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police officer shot dead, colleague arrested+

Hitoshi Takeda, a senior official of the Shiga prefecture police, meets the press in Otsu, the capital of the western Japan prefecture, on April 12, 2018, about the suspected murder of a police officer by his subordinate at a police box in Hikone in the prefecture the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police officer shot dead, colleague arrested

Journalists gather in front of the Hikone police station in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on April 12, 2018, following the suspected murder of a police officer by his subordinate at a local police box the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women shoot arrows in Coming-of-Age Day ritual

Women who will be turning 20 this year shoot arrows at a target in Sanjusangendo (the main hall of Rengeoin, a small Buddhist temple in Kyoto), on Coming-of-Age Day Jan. 15. This type of archery contest dates back to the times of Iemitsu Tokugawa (1604-1651), the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who forced his subordinate samurai warriors to compete in such contests. ==Kyodo