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CORRECTED Secretaries general of DPJ, LDP, New Komeito

TOKYO, Japan - ADDING 'PARTY' AFTER NEW KOMEITO Secretaries general of the ruling and two largest opposition parties -- (from R) Azuma Koshiishi of the Democratic Party of Japan, Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Yoshihisa Inoue of New Komeito party -- hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. The DPJ called for the opposition parties' cooperation to secure quick Diet passage of the third extra budget for FY 2011, designed to fund reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hatoyama says he wants to start anew after ex-aides' indictments

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama looks up at the sky as he walks out of the prime minister's office on the morning of Dec. 25, 2009, a day after the indictments of two of his former secretaries over the falsification of political fund reports. Hatoyama, who held a press conference the previous evening to publicly apologize for the scandal, told reporters he wants to start anew, steeling himself to fix what needs to be fixed.

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama bites his lips during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down.

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama leaves a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, after a news conference over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries.

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama picks up a pen during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down.

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama reacts during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down.

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama apologizes during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said, however, he does not intend to step down.

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama puts a finger on his forehead during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down.

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Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters on Dec 24, 2009, outside the prime minister's office, about the expected indictments of two of his former secretaries on charges of falsifying funding reports. He said he plans to give an explanation after the indictments.

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Hatoyama speaks about indictments of ex-secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters on Dec 24, 2009, outside the prime minister's office, about the expected indictments of two of his former secretaries on charges of falsifying funding reports. He said he plans to give an explanation after the indictments.

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DPJ lawmaker Matsui admits Murakami Fund links

KYOTO, Japan - Koji Matsui, a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors, apologizes during a press conference in Kyoto on June 20. He said a company affiliated with the Murakami Fund temporarily paid the salaries of his two secretaries and he himself received payments from the fund under an employment contract.

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Miyazaki firm paid salaries of lawmaker Uesugi's aides

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mitsuhiro Uesugi, a House of Councillors lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. A construction company in Miyazaki paid half the salaries of two secretaries to Uesugi, the lawmaker's office and the firm admitted Feb. 21.

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(2)Tanaka testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka leaves the room of the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics after testifying on allegations she misused state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries in 1998. Standing behind her is Seisuke Okuno, chairman of the council.

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(1)Tanaka testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka testifies before a Diet ethics panel on allegations she misused state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries in 1998.

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(2)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, surrounded by Diet security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on July 24 after testifying at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka denied the allegation.

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(1)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics in Tokyo on July 24 about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka categorically denied the allegation. (Pool Photo)

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U.N. chief Annan meets with Japan's ruling coalition leaders

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (L) shakes hands with Toshiro Nikai, secretary general of the New Conservative Party in Japan's ruling coalition, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30. Looking on are the secretaries general of the other two coalition parties -- Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from R) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (2nd from R).

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Japan ruling coalition group heads to U.S. to discuss Mideast

TOKYO, Japan - Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, heads for a plane at Narita airport, Chiba Prefecture, on April 29 to leave for Washington. Yamazaki and the secretaries general of the LDP's two coalition partners -- Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of New Komeito party and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party -- will visit Washington for discussions with the United States on Japan's role in the Middle East peace process.

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Nonaka, Koga talk with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang

BEIJING, China - Two former secretaries general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- Hiromu Nonaka (L) and Makoto Koga -- speak to reporters in Beijing on April 14 after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan.

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Tanaka denies allegations of misusing aides' pay

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka is surrounded by members of the media as she comes out of a House of Representatives plenary session April 5. She categorically denied allegations that she misused state-paid salaries of two of her secretaries.

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Tanaka angry at reports of alleged salary misuse

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka smilingly responds to one of her colleagues in the Diet building April 4. She expressed indignation at magazine reports of her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries to two of her secretaries, saying ''I have nothing to comment on at this stage.''

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Kano to quit DPJ over suspected ties to scandal-hit firm

TOKYO, Japan - Michihiko Kano, a vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks at a news conference Feb. 5 about his decision to quit the party following allegations that two of his secretaries were paid salaries by a scandal-hit consulting firm.

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Kono instructs new team to look further into scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono is surrounded by reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after the first meeting of two senior vice foreign ministers and three parliamentary foreign secretaries tasked with thoroughly probing alleged embezzlement of public funds by a ministry official.

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LDP's Nonaka shakes hands with Chinese Premier Zhu

BEIJING, China - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji before talks in Beijing on Oct. 8. Zhu met with Nonaka and the secretaries general of Japan's two other ruling parties -- the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party. Zhu will visit Japan on Oct. 12-17.

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China's Jiang urges Japan to face up to history

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) meets the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties --Hiromu Nonaka of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (3rd from R) and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (L) at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on May 30. Jiang told them that the two countries should live in harmony over future generations, overcoming differences in their perceptions of World War II during which they were enemies.

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China Premier Zhu meets with Japanese ruling parties' bosses

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (C) shakes hands with Takeshi Noda (far L), secretary general of Japan's New Conservative Party, in Beijing on May 29. Noda, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (2nd from L) and Hiromu Nonaka (far R), the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties, arrived in Beijing earlier in the day for a two-day visit to meet with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu.

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DPJ lawmaker Matsui admits Murakami Fund links

KYOTO, Japan - Koji Matsui, a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors, apologizes during a press conference in Kyoto on June 20. He said a company affiliated with the Murakami Fund temporarily paid the salaries of his two secretaries and he himself received payments from the fund under an employment contract. (Kyodo)

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Nonaka, Koga talk with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang

BEIJING, China - Two former secretaries general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party -- Hiromu Nonaka (L) and Makoto Koga -- speak to reporters in Beijing on April 14 after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan.

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Tanaka angry at reports of alleged salary misuse

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka smilingly responds to one of her colleagues in the Diet building April 4. She expressed indignation at magazine reports of her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries to two of her secretaries, saying ''I have nothing to comment on at this stage.''

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Tanaka denies allegations of misusing aides' pay

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka is surrounded by members of the media as she comes out of a House of Representatives plenary session April 5. She categorically denied allegations that she misused state-paid salaries of two of her secretaries.

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Miyazaki firm paid salaries of lawmaker Uesugi's aides

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mitsuhiro Uesugi, a House of Councillors lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. A construction company in Miyazaki paid half the salaries of two secretaries to Uesugi, the lawmaker's office and the firm admitted Feb. 21. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors not to file graft charges against ex-minister Amari

Prosecutors have decided not to file graft charges against former Japanese economy minister Akira Amari, seen in this undated photo, and his two former secretaries over a money-for-favors scandal, citing insufficient evidence, sources close to the matter said on May 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Food items except at restaurants to be exempt from sales tax hike

Sadakazu Tanigaki (L) and Yoshihisa Inoue, secretaries general of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party, respectively, meet the press at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2015. The two parties making up the ruling coalition reached a final agreement that day to designate all food products except at restaurants as subject to a lower consumption tax rate when the government raises the rate to 10 percent in fiscal 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-aides of lawmaker Obuchi indicted over falsified funds reports

Combined photo shows Kenichiro Orita (L), former mayor of the town of Nakanojo in Gunma Prefecture, and Yuko Obuchi, a lawmaker who resigned as industry minister in 2014. On April 28, 2015, prosecutors indicted two former secretaries of Obuchi, including Orita, over suspected falsification of political funds reports from her funds management body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tillerson, Mattis to visit Australia for ministerial talks

Combined file photo shows U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. U.S. officials said on May 31, 2017, that the two secretaries will visit Australia the following week for talks with their counterparts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kano to quit DPJ over suspected ties to scandal-hit firm

TOKYO, Japan - Michihiko Kano, a vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks at a news conference Feb. 5 about his decision to quit the party following allegations that two of his secretaries were paid salaries by a scandal-hit consulting firm.

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Okubo, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Okubo, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Ishikawa, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsutomo Ikeda, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Ikeda, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Ozawa aides plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Okubo, a former secretary to ruling party veteran Ichiro Ozawa, bows to reporters in front of the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 7, 2011. Okubo, along with two other former secretaries to Ozawa, pleaded not guilty to a charge of false reporting of Ozawa's political funds during their first hearing of the trial. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Secretaries general of DPJ, LDP, New Komeito

TOKYO, Japan - ADDING 'PARTY' AFTER NEW KOMEITO Secretaries general of the ruling and two largest opposition parties -- (from R) Azuma Koshiishi of the Democratic Party of Japan, Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Yoshihisa Inoue of New Komeito party -- hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. The DPJ called for the opposition parties' cooperation to secure quick Diet passage of the third extra budget for FY 2011, designed to fund reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tanaka testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka testifies before a Diet ethics panel on allegations she misused state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries in 1998.

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(1)Tanaka denies misusing aides' pay in Diet testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at the House of Representatives Deliberative Council on Political Ethics in Tokyo on July 24 about her alleged misuse of state-paid salaries for two of her secretaries. Tanaka categorically denied the allegation. (Pool Photo)

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Hatoyama says he wants to start anew after ex-aides' indictments

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama looks up at the sky as he walks out of the prime minister's office on the morning of Dec. 25, 2009, a day after the indictments of two of his former secretaries over the falsification of political fund reports. Hatoyama, who held a press conference the previous evening to publicly apologize for the scandal, told reporters he wants to start anew, steeling himself to fix what needs to be fixed. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama leaves a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, after a news conference over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama picks up a pen during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama puts a finger on his forehead during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama reacts during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama bites his lips during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said he does not intend to step down. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama to remain in office despite indictment of ex-aides

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama apologizes during a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2009, over the falsification of his political fund reports that led to the indictment earlier in the day of two of his former secretaries. Hatoyama said, however, he does not intend to step down. (Kyodo)