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Date: 1998-07-15
Title: Obuchi to run in LDP presidenti
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Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi has decided to run in an election next week to pick next president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a role that brings with it the post of prime minister, his aides said. The photo shows Obuchi chatting with guests at a party held in Tokyo on Tuesday July 14 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
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Date: 1998-07-21
Title: Obuchi toasts for victory
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Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) toasts with his supporters at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday July 21 after filing his candidacy for the LDP presidency, the post that carries the premiership because the party holds majority in the House of Representatives.
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Date: 1998-08-05
Title: Obuchi vows to carry out adminis
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (far L) expresses his resolve Aug. 4 to carry forward administrative reform to reorganize the existing 22 government ministries and agencies into 13 entities, preferably by 2001. The photo shows Obuchi, who took office July 30, making a speech at a meeting of a group of his advisers on administrative reform, headed by Takashi Imai (far R), chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren).
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Date: 1998-10-21
Title: Obuchi welcomes UN Secretary General Annan
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 21 before their talks. Annan arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 20. During his three-day stay in Japan, Annan is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and attend the Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
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Date: 1998-07-24
Title: Obuchi wins LDP election
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Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi was elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday July 24 to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. The photo shows Obuchi taking a bow after LDP parliamentarians and representatives of 47 LDP prefectural chapters elected him on the first ballot over his two rivals, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama and Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi. At left is Koizumi.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-08-05
Title: Obuchi, Foley hold talks
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New Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley when they hold talks at the prime minister's official residence in downtown Tokyo on Aug. 4. Foley also meet separately with Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura. During these talks, the U.S. ambassador urges Japan to take resolute measures to revive the ailing Japanese economy.
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Date: 1998-12-16
Title: Obuchi, Hun Sen meet in Hanoi
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen meet in Hanoi on Dec. 15. Obuchi invited Hun Sen to visit Japan next February to attend a planned meeting between Cambodia and its donor nations in Tokyo. The two leaders were in Hanoi to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-12-15
Title: Obuchi, Kajiyama agree to promote LDP-LP coalition
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Veteran lawmaker Seiroku Kajiyama (C), who heads a new group within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), leaves Dec. 14 from the prime minister's official residence after talks with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. The two agreed to work toward forming a coalition between the LDP and the Liberal Party (LP).==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-11-20
Title: Obuchi, LP's Ozawa strike coalition deal
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L), head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and opposition Liberal Party (LP) leader Ichiro Ozawa (3rd from L) shake hands Nov. 19 after striking a deal to form a coalition government. The two leaders are flanked by LDP Secretary General Yoshiro Mori (L) and LP Secretary General Takeshi Noda (R).
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Date: 1998-11-14
Title: Obuchi, Primakov exchange Moscow
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov (R) exchange Nov. 13 the Moscow Declaration during a meeting. The joint declaration was signed separately by President Boris Yeltsin and Obuchi.
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Date: 1999-01-04
Title: Obuchi, cabinet ministers visit Ise Shrine
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Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) and members of his cabinet visit Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4 to make New Year offerings. New Year visits by the cabinet to Ise Shrine, one of the most important Shinto shrines in Japan, have become almost customary despite the Constitution's provision that the state and its organs should refrain from any kind of religious activity.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-05-05
Title: Obuchi, Chernomyrdin shake hands at meeting
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) and Viktor Chernomyrdin (L), Russia's special envoy on the Kosovo crisis, shake hands before their meeting in Washington on May 4. The Japanese premier expresses the country's willingness to play a role in seeking a political solution to the crisis.
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Date: 1999-01-08
Title: Obuchi, Chirac hold joint press conference in Paris-replace
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and French President Jacques Chirac hold a press conference after their summit talks at the Elysee Palace, Paris, on the evening of Jan. 7.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-05-04
Title: Obuchi, Clinton shake hands at joint news conference
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and U.S. President Bill Clinton shake hands after a joint press conference held at the White House in Washington, on May 3.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-01-09
Title: Obuchi, his wife enjoy shopping in Paris
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Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko (C) enjoy shopping at a Paris department store on Jan. 8 with their euro-denominated traveler's check. They are on an eight-day official visit to France, Italy and Germany.==Kyodo
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