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Japan's first person in space

Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for the Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, signs the Soyuz space capsule, which was charred upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere, in a field in Arkalyk in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan on Dec. 10, 1990. He became the first Japanese to travel into space.

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Soyuz rocket launch in 1990

The Soyuz TM-11 rocket carrying Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, and two Soviet cosmonauts -- commander Victor Afanasyev and engineer Musa Manarov -- launches off from the Baikonur space center in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan on Dec. 2, 1990.

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Japan's first man in space

Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, is pictured in a space suit on Nov. 2, 1990. He became the first Japanese to travel into space as a crew member of the Soyuz TM-11 rocket launched a month later from the Baikonur space center in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.

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Japan's first man in space

Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, waves from on top of the Soyuz space capsule in a field in Arkalyk in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan on Dec. 10, 1990, after returning to Earth. He became the first Japanese to travel into space. (Pool photo)

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Japanese rally against G7 summit in Hiroshima, calling for "No War Accomplices"

STORY: Japanese rally against G7 summit in Hiroshima, calling for "No War Accomplices" DATELINE: May 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protest STORYLINE: Over 200 Japanese people rallied at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in a strong protest against the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit, carrying banners reading "No War Accomplices" and "No G7." In a speech delivered at the gathering on Sunday, Ichiro Yuasa, a representative of Japanese civic group Peace Depot, said, "Japan is saying that it will send a peaceful message of abolishing nuclear weapons to the world through this summit, but at the same time it is seeking to rely on nuclear weapons to achieve 'national security.' This is contradictory." Participant Fumi Akiyama told Xinhua that Japan's use of Hiroshima, which had suffered the atomic bombing during World War II, to hold the G7 summit completely went against the good wishes of the people of Hiroshima to pray for peace. The famil

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Softbank 'dad' dog in a funk as ball club near the cellar

FUKUOKA, Japan - A mascot dog of Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank Mobile Corp. is photographed with a Softbank Hawks baseball cap on with team manager Koji Akiyama at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka on April 13. But the dog, nicknamed ''dad,'' was not in a tail-wagging mood during the photo opportunity apparently because the Hawks have gotten off to a lackluster start, placing fifth in the six-team Pacific League.

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Hawks players visit shrine to wish for victorious 2014 season

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka Softbank Hawks players watch manager Koji Akiyama (2nd from L), Sadaharu Oh (3rd), chairman of the professional baseball club, and two others break the cover of a sake barrel with baseball bats as part of a traditional ceremony to wish for a victorious 2014 season for the team at the Hakozaki Shrine in Fukuoka on Jan. 30, 2014.

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Japanese entrepreneur to join Russia space agency's training program

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Takamatsu (R), 51, president of Space Travel, a Japanese startup firm providing space travel services, shakes hands with Toyohiro Akiyama, a journalist known as the first Japanese to have flown in space, during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, held to announce that Takamatsu will join a space flight training program provided by the Russian Federal Space Agency after being accepted as a standby for a visit to the International Space Station.

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Vice Tokyo gov. addresses session of 2020 advisory panel

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Toshiyuki Akiyama addresses the first session of an advisory panel for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo at a Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Dec. 8, 2014. Akiyama chairs the panel of experts tasked with recommending how to use Olympic facilities after the event.

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Softbank Hawks unveil new manager Kudo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 1, 2014, after signing a three-year contract to manage the Softbank Hawks. Kudo succeeds Koji Akiyama, who stepped down after leading the club to its sixth Japan Series title this year.

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Hawks clinch Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks players toss manager Koji Akiyama into the air at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 30, 2014, after beating the Hanshin Tigers 1-0 in Game 5 of the Japan Series to win the team's first title in three years.

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Hawks clinch Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks players toss manager Koji Akiyama into the air at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 30, 2014, after beating the Hanshin Tigers 1-0 in Game 5 of the Japan Series to win the team's first title in three years.

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Hawks clinch Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks players toss manager Koji Akiyama into the air at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 30, 2014, after beating the Hanshin Tigers 1-0 in Game 5 of the Japan Series to win the team's first title in three years.

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Softbank manager Akiyama pats retiring Inaba on back

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama (R) commends retiring Nippon Ham Fighters infielder Atsunori Inaba after the latter's last game on Oct. 20, 2014. Softbank won 4-1 over Nippon Ham in the Pacific League Climax Series final stage at Yafuou! Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

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Hawks manager Akiyama to step down at end of season

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama, who guided the club to its first Pacific League championship in three years, tells a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2014, that he will step down from his post at the end of the season.

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Hawks manager Akiyama to step down at end of season

FUKUOKA, Japan - Koji Akiyama (C), manager of the Softbank Hawks professional baseball club, is surrounded by reporters upon his arrival at Yafuoku Dome in the city of Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2014. Akiyama, 52, who guided the club to its first Pacific League championship in three years, will step down from his post at the end of the season, team officials confirmed the same day.

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Hawks clinch 18th league title

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama (C) and team players celebrate after defeating the Orix Buffaloes 2-1 to clinch the Pacific League championship at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 2, 2014. It was the Hawks' 18th league championship and the first since 2011.

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Protesters seek elimination of nuclear power in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Toyohiro Akiyama (front R) and novelist Kenzaburo Oe (front 2nd from R) join a march calling for the elimination of nuclear power generation in Japan on March 15, 2014 in Tokyo. About 5,500 people gathered at Hibiya Park in Tokyo before the march.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Akiyama (R), manager of the Softbank Hawks, and former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Sasaki pose for photos at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to the hall of fame.

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Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Akiyama (R), manager of the Softbank Hawks, and former pro baseball player Kazuhiro Sasaki shake hands at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014, after being elected to the hall of fame.

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to chemical arms watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Ichiro Akiyama, a former Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer, is pictured after the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2013. Akiyama joined the ceremony as he served as the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the OPCW, created in 1997.

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Former Japan officer invited to Nobel Prize ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Akiyama, who served as first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks about his tenure at the global chemical weapons watchdog during an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2013. Akiyama was invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo earlier in December 2013 as his contributions to the organization, recipient of the year's prize, were highly acclaimed.

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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on Dec. 9, 2013, in Oslo, Norway, holds an invitation letter for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to be held in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks in an interview in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2013. Akiyama has been invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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1st OPCW Inspectorate director

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in a group interview in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2013.

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Miyagi police officer brings cheer to hometown with pistol gold

NATORI, Japan - Photo taken June 12, 2013 at Miyagi Prefectural Police School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Teruyoshi Akiyama, an assistant inspector in the Miyagi Prefectural Riot Police who won the Gold medal in the Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Munich, Germany in May.

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Japan's swimmers aiming high at Paralympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rina Akiyama practices on Aug. 21, 2012, during final preparations for the London Paralympics in a training session opened up to the media at their base in Basildon, around 40 kilometers east of the Olympic Park in London.

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Softbank manager Akiyama named Shoriki award winner

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama laughs during a press conference at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2011, after he was named as the recipient of the Matsutaro Shoriki award for his contribution to the development of Japanese baseball.

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Hawks win Japan Series title

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama is tossed in the air after the Hawks beat the Chunichi Dragons 3-0 in Game 7 of the Japan Series at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 20, 2011. It was the Hawks' first series title since the then Daiei Hawks won it in 2003.

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Softbank advances to Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayoshi Son (2nd from R, front row), chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp. and owner of the baseball club Softbank Hawks, Sadaharu Oh (3rd from L, front row), chairman of the Pacific League club, and manager Koji Akiyama (4th from L, front row) pose with the Hawks players at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Hawks advanced to the Japan Series by beating the Seibu Lions in the Climax Series.

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Hawks clinch PL title

SENDAI, Japan - Fukuoka Softbank Hawks players toss manager Koji Akiyama after the team clinched the Pacific League title at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai on Sept. 26, 2010.

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Hawks clinch PL title

SENDAI, Japan - Fukuoka Softbank Hawks players toss manager Koji Akiyama after the team clinched the Pacific League title at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai on Sept. 26, 2010.

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Hawks clinch PL title

SENDAI, Japan - Fukuoka Softbank Hawks players toss manager Koji Akiyama after the team clinched the Pacific League title at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in Sendai on Sept. 26, 2010.

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Japan's Pacific League opens 2010 season

SAPPORO, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama (L) and Nippon Ham Fighters manager Masataka Nashida shake hands at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on March 20, 2010, before their opening game for the 2010 season of the Pacific League.

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Hawks pray for victory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks chairman Sadaharu Oh (C), the baseball club's manager Koji Akiyama (2nd from L) and shortstop Munenori Kawasaki (R) break the lid of a sake barrel with baseball bats during a ceremony to wish for victory at Hakozakigu, a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka, on Jan. 30, 2010.

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Lee looking forward to challenge with Softbank

MIYAZAKI, Japan - South Korean third baseman Lee Bum Ho (L) poses for photos with Softbank Hawks manager Koji Akiyama during a press conference in Miyazaki on Nov. 20, 2009, at which he formally announced he is joining the Pacific League baseball club.

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Men in search of healing turn to tea ceremonies

TOKYO, Japan - Men participate in a tea ceremony class taught by Sowa Akiyama (far L), a teacher at the Urasenke tea school in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 14.

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Baseball: Sadaharu Oh to quit as Softbank Hawks manager

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh (L) sits on the bench with his eyes closed alongside coach Koji Akiyama during Softbank's game with the Nippon Ham Fighters at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka on Sept. 23. Oh, 68, the all-time home run king in Japanese baseball, has decided to bring an end to his long, illustrious career as a player and manager two years after being diagnosed with cancer and having had his stomach removed, baseball sources said.

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TV Asahi emerges as 4th biggest shareholder in Asahi Shimbun

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Kimiwada (L), president of TV Asahi Corp., and Kotaro Akiyama, president of Asahi Shimbun Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 6. They announced that TV Asahi has bought 380,000 shares in Asahi Shimbun Co. for 23.94 billion yen to strengthen their business alliance.

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Akiyama denies he got funds from defense firm Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Akiyama, 58, executive director of the Japan-U.S. Center for Peace and Cultural Exchange, speaks as an unsworn witness at the House of Councillors' Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Jan. 8. Akiyama denied media reports that his organization got 100 million yen from scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house Yamada Corp.

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Akiyama denies he got funds from defense firm Yamada

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Akiyama, 58, executive director of the Japan-U.S. Center for Peace and Cultural Exchange, speaks as an unsworn witness at the House of Councillors' Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Jan. 8. Akiyama denied media reports that his organization got 100 million yen from scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house Yamada Corp.

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Asahi admits 'uncertain' info contained in article on NHK

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Shimbun Co. President Kotaro Akiyama holds a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 30. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper admitted the same day that an article the paper ran in January about an NHK 2001 documentary contained ''uncertain'' information although the newspaper has no plan to correct it.

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Japanese astronaut Akiyama speaks to children

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Japanese astronaut Toyohiro Akiyama speaks to children on the importance of environmental preservation during his visit to the 2003 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture on July 6.

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Akiyama to remain in Kansai Economic Federation's top post

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Yoshihisa Akiyama (R) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on March 31 after he decided to stay on in the post for at least one year.

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(2)Chirac visits Japan

OSAKA, Japan - French President Jacques Chirac speaks during a luncheon meeting with dignitaries from the Kansai region in western Japan, including Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Yoshihisa Akiyama.

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Kansai Electric President Fuji to step down in June

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. Chairman Yoshihisa Akiyama (C), flanked by President Yosaku Fuji (L) and Vice President Shosuke Mori (R), speaks at a press conference in Osaka on March 25. Akiyama said that Fujii will step down in June to take responsibility for the 2005 fatal but non-radioactive accident at a nuclear power plant. Mori will succeed Fuji as president of Japan's second largest electric utility.

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Nakamura wins 81 kg in Kano Cup judo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Former Olympic judo champion Kenzo Nakamura (R) beat Asian Games champion Yoshihiro Akiyama to win in the 81-kilogram division on the opening day of the Kano Cup international tournament at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Jan. 11 .

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Akiyama wins in judo event

PUSAN, South Korea - Yoshihiro Akiyama wins gold Oct. 1 in the men's 81-kilogram judo event in the Asian Games in Pusan.

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Daiei outfielder Akiyama to hang up spikes

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks outfielder Koji Akiyama (R) shakes hands with Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh at Fukuoka Dome on Aug. 26 after he announced his retirement at a press conference there.

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Akiyama belts solo homer

KOBE, Japan - Fukuoka Daiei Hawks outfielder Koji Akiyama is greeted by his teammates after slamming a solo homer with one out in the top of the fourth inning against the Orix Bluewave at Kobe Ball Park on June 8.