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Swiss garment recycling firm

TOKYO, Japan - Stephan Wiegand (L), chief executive officer of Swiss garment and shoe recycling company I:Collect AG, and Akifumi Okamoto, president of Don Don Up Co., a Japanese vintage clothing chain, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2013. I:Collect will establish a Japanese unit in July 2013 in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, which Okamoto will head.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (R) defeats WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee (L) in a unanimous decision after a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (L) fights with WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee in a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense, losing in a unanimous decision.

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (R) and Masahiro Sampei hold up their medals after winning silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010.

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (L) and Masahiro Sampei (2nd from L, 16) compete in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010. Sakamoto and Sampei won silver and bronze, respectively.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (R) defeats WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee (L) in a unanimous decision after a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense. (Kyodo)

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (L) fights with WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee in a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense, losing in a unanimous decision. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (R) and Masahiro Sampei hold up their medals after winning silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins silver and bronze at men's BMX

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Akifumi Sakamoto (L) and Masahiro Sampei (2nd from L, 16) compete in the men's cycling BMX at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 19, 2010. Sakamoto and Sampei won silver and bronze, respectively. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Sukenobu Shiba (L), assistant director at Ebara Hospital, and Akifumi Imamura, head of the infectious disease department of Komagome Hospital, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2020, to talk about the health conditions of five Japanese nationals sent to the hospitals following their return from the central China city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of a new coronavirus. The five are among 206 Japanese evacuees who returned on a government-chartered flight earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Sukenobu Shiba (L), assistant director at Ebara Hospital, and Akifumi Imamura, head of the infectious disease department of Komagome Hospital, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2020, to talk about the health conditions of five Japanese nationals sent to the hospitals following their return from the central China city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of a new coronavirus. The five are among 206 Japanese evacuees who returned on a government-chartered flight earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo