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Kumagai sorry over Twitter uproar

SAITAMA, Japan - Saki Kumagai, defender on Japan's national women's soccer team, speaks with reporters in Saitama, near Tokyo, on July 22, 2011, to offer an apology over the Twitter uproar her night out with university students has caused. She converted the winning penalty in the Women's World Cup final against the United States in Germany on July 17.

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DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickly

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28 to apologize for disrupting the Diet by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows in apology during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He is flanked by DPJ Diet affairs chief Yoshihiko Noda (L) and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama.

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes for the uproar he caused by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official as he leaves the hospital he had been admitted to due to fatigue caused by the scandal.

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Koizumi rejects Okada's charge of partly causing China uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) speaks in reply to opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada during their Diet debate on April 20. Koizumi rejected accusations by Okada that his lack of regard for Japan's Asian neighbors may have led to Japan's soured ties with China and South Korea.

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Koizumi rejects Okada's charge of partly causing China uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) speaks in reply to opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada during their Diet debate on April 20. Koizumi rejected accusations by Okada that his lack of regard for Japan's Asian neighbors may have led to Japan's soured ties with China and South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes for the uproar he caused by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official as he leaves the hospital he had been admitted to due to fatigue caused by the scandal. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28 to apologize for disrupting the Diet by alleging, without hard evidence, that Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie had ordered a payment to the son of a top ruling party official. (Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Nagata apologizes for e-mail uproar

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata (C), a House of Representatives member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows in apology during a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He is flanked by DPJ Diet affairs chief Yoshihiko Noda (L) and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama. (Kyodo)

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DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickl

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party. (Kyodo)

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Emperor Hirohito makes last visit to Yasukuni Shrine in 1975

The late Japanese Emperor Hirohito makes his last visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Nov. 21, 1975. He stopped visiting the shrine as a result of its decision to enshrine Class A war criminals. The shrine's move led to an international uproar, particularly in China and other Asian neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports minister Hase meets with reporters

Sports minister Hiroshi Hase meets with reporters in the western Japan city of Kurashiki on March 6, 2016. Following an uproar over the lack of a location for the Olympic cauldron at the new national stadium, Hase said a team will review the issue and put together a policy by late April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suga attends press conference over costly Olympic stadium

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2015, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested the previous day the contentious construction plan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium will be reviewed, given public uproar over its soaring cost. Suga indicated it would be necessary to change its design to reduce the construction costs as the design itself leads to huge expenses. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe suggests review of costly stadium plan for Tokyo Olympics

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who serves as president of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, heads for a dinner meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on July 16, 2015, to discuss the construction plan for the 2020 Olympics stadium. Earlier, Abe suggested the plan be reviewed given public uproar over its soaring cost. ==Kyodo

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Abe suggests review of costly stadium plan for Tokyo Olympics

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters about the construction plan for the 2020 Olympics stadium at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 16, 2015. Abe suggested the plan will be reviewed given public uproar over its soaring cost. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe suggests review of costly stadium plan for Tokyo Olympics

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads for a dinner meeting with former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori who serves as president of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo on July 16, 2015, to discuss the construction plan for the 2020 Olympics stadium. Earlier, Abe suggested the plan be reviewed given public uproar over its soaring cost. ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Park replaces prime minister amid uproar over scandal

South Korean President Park Geun Hye, seen in this undated photo, replaces the prime minister, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs, and the minister for public safety and security on Nov. 2, 2016, amid an escalating public uproar over a political scandal involving her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kumagai sorry over Twitter uproar

SAITAMA, Japan - Saki Kumagai, defender on Japan's national women's soccer team, speaks with reporters in Saitama, near Tokyo, on July 22, 2011, to offer an apology over the Twitter uproar her night out with university students has caused. She converted the winning penalty in the Women's World Cup final against the United States in Germany on July 17. (Kyodo)

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Open-air public urinal in Paris

Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2018, shows a bright-red, fully exposed urinal next to the Seine River in Paris. The open-air public urinal, the fourth in Paris, has provoked uproar from locals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo chief, Japanese gov't meet

Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (L) apologizes to Japan Sports Agency Minister Daichi Suzuki on Nov. 28, 2017, over the uproar caused by the alleged assault case involving grand champion wrestler Harumafuji. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo chief, Japanese gov't meet

Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (C) leaves a press conference Nov. 28, 2017, after meeting Japan Sports Agency Minister Daichi Suzuki in Tokyo over the uproar caused by the alleged assault case involving grand champion wrestler Harumafuji. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo association apologizes

Flanked by wrestlers, Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (C) apologizes to the crowd at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 26, 2017, over the uproar during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament stemming from grand champion Harumafuji's alleged assault on a fellow wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo association apologizes

Flanked by wrestlers, Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (C) apologizes to the crowd at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 26, 2017, over the uproar during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament stemming from grand champion Harumafuji's alleged assault on a fellow wrestler. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo