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Cooking expert Hattori at symposium

Photo taken on May 31, 1997, in Tokyo shows Yukio Hattori (L), head of Hattori Nutrition College, and sports writer Akemi Masuda attending a government symposium encouraging the cessation of cigarette smoking.

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Japan's police officers support Brazilian police

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Two Japanese police officers -- (from R) Akemi Shibuya from Saitama Prefecture and Katsuya Endo from Kanagawa Prefecture -- patrol in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with local officers on June 10, 2014, ahead of the World Cup. Japan has helped Brazil set up "koban" police boxes.

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Treatment of people exposed to Fukushima radiation changing

TAMURA, Japan - Nurse Akemi Suzuki (R) speaks to a woman during a consultation in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 23, 2013. Fukushima Medical University has organized such gatherings to give advice to people concerned about radiation on the occasion of municipalities' group medical examinations.

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Ex-AUM cult member given prison term

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day sentenced former AUM Shinrikyo cult follower Akemi Saito to 14 months in prison for harboring former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata, who had been on the run for nearly 17 years. Takimoto, who defended Saito in the trial, said the ruling was ''unjust.''

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Prince Hisahito enters Ochanomizu University Kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (2nd from R), flanked by his father Prince Akishino and mother Princess Kiko, is greeted by Akemi Miyasato (R), the deputy head of Ochanomizu University Kindergarten, at the gate of the school in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, before attending the enrollment ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Ruling recognizing 2 people as A-bomb sufferers upheld

SENDAI, Japan - Mitsuo Niinuma (center R), 84, and Akemi Hatano (center L), 69, celebrate after the Sendai High Court on May 28 upheld a lower court ruling that recognized them as suffering from radiation illnesses caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, while dismissing their demand for compensation. Hatano was on a street about 1.8 kilometers from ground zero in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped, and Niinuma was at barracks about 2 km away.

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(2)Middle school girl, producer strive to preserve Ainu music

OBIHIRO, Japan - Akemi Takeyama (C) and her mother, Miyuki (L), play Ainu traditional instruments ''mukkuri'' in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Oct. 17.

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Japanese singer-songwriter rehearses for Beijing concert

TSUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese singer-songwriter Akemi Mano rehearses in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, in preparation for a Beijing concert on June 25. Mano is to sing more than 10 songs aimed at raising awareness among Chinese people to the need to curb gun violence, according to organizers.

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Abe receives persimmons, gets comfort from sweetness

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) is flanked by representatives of Nara Prefecture promoting Japanese persimmon grown in the western Japanese prefecture -- Akemi Sakiyama (L) and Chizuko Yamamoto -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2015. After sampling two pieces of the fruit presented by them, Abe said it tastes very sweet which gives him "comfort." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police recruits learn makeup techniques in Hyogo Pref.

Mayumi Endo (R), who is graduating from a police academy soon, learns makeup techniques from instructor Akemi Sato in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 10, 2015, since makeup is part of proper professional attire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ruling recognizing 2 people as A-bomb sufferers upheld

SENDAI, Japan - Mitsuo Niinuma (center R), 84, and Akemi Hatano (center L), 69, celebrate after the Sendai High Court on May 28 upheld a lower court ruling that recognized them as suffering from radiation illnesses caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, while dismissing their demand for compensation. Hatano was on a street about 1.8 kilometers from ground zero in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped, and Niinuma was at barracks about 2 km away. (Kyodo)

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Prince Hisahito enters Ochanomizu University Kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (2nd from R), flanked by his father Prince Akishino and mother Princess Kiko, is greeted by Akemi Miyasato (R), the deputy head of Ochanomizu University Kindergarten, at the gate of the school in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, before attending the enrollment ceremony. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member given prison term

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former AUM Shinrikyo cult follower Akemi Saito. Saito was sentenced to 14 months in prison on March 27, 2012, for harboring former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata, who had been on the run for nearly 17 years. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member given prison term

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day sentenced former AUM Shinrikyo cult follower Akemi Saito to 14 months in prison for harboring former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata, who had been on the run for nearly 17 years. Takimoto, who defended Saito in the trial, said the ruling was ''unjust.'' (Kyodo)

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More firms let workers take leave to chase their dreams

TOKYO, Japan - Akemi Sakurai (L), 40, a member of a theater troupe, works on a stage rehearsal on Oct. 14, 2010. Sakurai also works for Ed1 Co., a Tokyo provider of vocational training services, and utilizes its flexible work schedule system to pursue her acting career and work at the same time. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Saito

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former AUM Shinrikyo follower Akemi Saito, who turned herself in to Tokyo police in the early hours of Jan. 10, 2012. Saito was arrested on suspicion of harboring former senior AUM member Makoto Hirata, who was arrested days earlier. (Kyodo)

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Judo: Japanese national c'ship

Wakaba Tomita (R) and Akemi Hashimoto fight in the final of the unlimited weight national women's judo championship at Tokyo's Kodokan Judo Institute on Dec. 27, 2020. (Pool photo)

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Judo: Japanese national c'ship

Wakaba Tomita (R) and Akemi Hashimoto fight in the final of the unlimited weight national women's judo championship at Tokyo's Kodokan Judo Institute on Dec. 27, 2020. (Pool photo)

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Judo: Japanese national c'ship

Wakaba Tomita (R) and Akemi Hashimoto fight in the final of the unlimited weight national women's judo championship at Tokyo's Kodokan Judo Institute on Dec. 27, 2020. (Pool photo)

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Japanese singer-songwriter rehearses for Beijing concert

TSUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese singer-songwriter Akemi Mano rehearses in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, in preparation for a Beijing concert on June 25. Mano is to sing more than 10 songs aimed at raising awareness among Chinese people to the need to curb gun violence, according to organizers.