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ALTRO - Skateboard - WST - World Cup Rome 2025 - Quarterfinals - Men

Taijo Amano (JPN) Men's Quarterfinals WST World Cup Rome 2025 at Ostia Park, on June 6, 2025 in Rome, Italy

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ALTRO - Skateboard - WST - World Cup Rome 2025 - Quarterfinals - Men

Taijo Amano (JPN) Men's Quarterfinals WST World Cup Rome 2025 at Ostia Park, on June 6, 2025 in Rome, Italy

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ALTRO - Skateboard - WST - World Cup Rome 2025 - Quarterfinals - Men

Taijo Amano (JPN) Men's Quarterfinals WST World Cup Rome 2025 at Ostia Park, on June 6, 2025 in Rome, Italy

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ALTRO - Skateboard - WST - World Cup Rome 2025 - Quarterfinals - Men

Taijo Amano (JPN) Men's Quarterfinals WST World Cup Rome 2025 at Ostia Park, on June 6, 2025 in Rome, Italy

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ALTRO - Skateboard - WST - World Cup Rome 2025 - Quarterfinals - Men

Taijo Amano (JPN) Men's Quarterfinals WST World Cup Rome 2025 at Ostia Park, on June 6, 2025 in Rome, Italy

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Football: ACLE

Jun Amano (R) of Yokohama F Marinos celebrates after scoring in the second half of an Asian Champions League Elite league stage match against Shanghai Port at Pudong Stadium in Shanghai on Feb. 19, 2025.

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Football: ACLE

Jun Amano (R) of Yokohama F Marinos celebrates after scoring in the second half of an Asian Champions League Elite league stage match against Shanghai Port in Shanghai on Feb. 19, 2025.

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Football: ACLE

Jun Amano (2nd from L) of Yokohama F Marinos celebrates with teammates after scoring in the second half of an Asian Champions League Elite league stage match against Shanghai Port at Pudong Stadium in Shanghai on Feb. 19, 2025.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Peru

Japan's Princess Kako waves after visiting the Amano Museum of ancient textiles in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 8, 2023, during her official visit to commemorate 150 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Peru

Japan's Princess Kako waves after visiting the Amano Museum of ancient textiles in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 8, 2023, during her official visit to commemorate 150 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Peru

Japan's Princess Kako (R) visits the Amano Museum of ancient textiles in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 8, 2023, during her official visit to commemorate 150 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.

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Talks on Iran's nuclear program to continue

VIENNA, Austria - Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says at the IAEA's special board meeting in Vienna on Dec. 11, 2014, that six major powers and Iran will extend their talks on Tehran's nuclear ambitions until June 30, 2015, to attain a lasting and comprehensive solution to the Islamic nation's nuclear program.

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Nobel laureate Amano with family after award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (C) poses with his family after receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014.

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3 Japan-born Nobel laureates receive prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Nagoya University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, pose for photos with their medals after the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya TV Tower and the Oasis 21 complex (foreground) are illuminated in blue with light-emitting diodes in Nagoya on Dec. 10, 2014, in celebration of the winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics by Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano and Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki for inventing the blue LED. Both universities are located in the central Japan city. Another Japanese scientist, University of California professor Shuji Nakamura, also shared the honor for the same invention.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, shake hands during a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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3 Nobel laureates get ready for award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From L) Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, attend a press conference on Dec. 8, 2014, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the award ceremony for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics on Dec. 10.

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IAEA chief Amano meets press on Iran nuclear deal

VIENNA, July 17 Kyodo - Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks at a press conference at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on July 14, 2015. He said he welcomes the agreement by the E3/EU + 3 and Iran which will facilitate the IAEA's further verification work in Iran.

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Japan accedes to compensation pact for nuke damage

VIENNA, Austria - Mitsuru Kitano (L), permanent Japanese representative to international organizations in Vienna, Austria, shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano on Jan. 15, 2015, after submitting Japan's instrument of acceptance to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage.

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Japan, China hold 1st gov't meeting since leaders' summit

BEIJING, China - Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japan-born scientists to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing efficient blue light-emitting diodes, delivers a speech at the eighth Japan-China Energy Conservation Forum in China's capital Beijing on Dec. 28, 2014. The forum is the first major governmental meeting since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 10.

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Nobel laureate Amano shows certificate upon return home

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japanese physicists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, shows his certificate at a press conference at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, upon returning home from an award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds his Nobel Prize medal as he arrived at the Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds up the Nobel Prize medal in his left hand and a medal made from chocolate in his right, while his wife Kasumi holds the Nobel Prize diploma, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Dec. 16, 2014, upon arrival from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, and his wife Kasumi arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Nobel laureate Amano gives lecture at Swedish university

UPPSALA, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University and one of the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, gives a lecture at Sweden's Uppsala University in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, on Dec. 13, 2014, following the Dec. 10 Nobel award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Amano gives lecture at Swedish university

UPPSALA, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University and one of the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, gives a lecture at Sweden's Uppsala University in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, on Dec. 13, 2014, following the Dec. 10 Nobel award ceremony. In response to a question from the audience, Amano advised attendees to think deeply before making career decisions.

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3 Nobel laureates make commemorative speeches

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - (From R) Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, Isamu Akasaki, a professor at Japan's Meijo University, and Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, receive applause after making commemorative speeches for the year's Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Amano makes speech in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University and one of three scientists awarded the year's Nobel Prize in Physics, makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Amano in Stockholm for ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University and one of the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, gives an interview with Kyodo News at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, ahead of the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano (2nd from R), a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, attend an official press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, who did not attend the press conference, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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Nobel laureates meet the press prior to award ceremony

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura (R), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Japan's Nagoya University, share a lighthearted moment during a press conference with other 2014 Nobel Prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Dec. 7, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony. Nakamura and Amano, along with Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki, won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing and developing the blue light-emitting diode.

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Nobel laureates Amano, Nakamura donate items to Nobel Museum

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Items donated by two Japan-born winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics are seen at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm on Dec. 6, 2014. At front are experimental tools used by Hiroshi Amano, a professor at Nagoya University, while donations by Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, are shown in back.

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Nobel laureate Amano leaves for Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, waves at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokoname on Dec. 5, 2014, as he leaves for Stockholm to attend the Dec. 10 award ceremony. He said he hopes to encourage young people in his speech in the Swedish capital.

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Nobel laureate Amano to leave for Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, attends a press conference on Dec. 5, 2014, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokoname before leaving for Stockholm to attend the Dec. 10 award ceremony. He said he hopes to encourage young people in his speech in the Swedish capital.

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Nobel winner Amano, previous laureates pose for photos

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (4th from L), one of the three Japan-born scientists to win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, poses for photos with previous Nobel laureates, Swedish Ambassador to Japan Magnus Robach (5th from L) and others at the Swedish ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014.

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Nobel laureate Amano feted by previous Nobel winners

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (back C), a winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, smiles as he is flanked by previous Nobel laureates -- 1987 Physiology or Medicine winner Susumu Tonegawa (back L) and 2002 Physics laureate Masatoshi Koshiba -- during an event at the Swedish ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014.

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IAEA holds board meeting in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, attends a meeting of the IAEA's Board of Governors at the agency's headquarters in Vienna on Nov. 20, 2014.

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Winter illuminations light up Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (front C) is congratulated on his winning of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics along with two other Japanese-born scientists, as he participated in a lighting ceremony to kick off winter illuminations in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Winter illuminations light up Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Amano (4th from L), one of the three Japanese-born scientists who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, joins others at a ceremony to light up the "Rainbow Tree" on Nov. 14, 2014, kicking off winter illuminations around the Nagoya TV Tower in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Japan vice foreign minister, IAEA chief meet in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - Kentaro Sonoura (L), Japanese parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, and Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shake hands before their talks in Vienna on Nov. 5, 2014.

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IAEA chief urges int'l safety norms for closing nuke plants

NEW YORK, United States - Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, calls for studies to lay down international safety standards for decommissioning nuclear power plants during an interview at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Nov. 3, 2014.

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Nobel laureate Amano addresses gov't innovation panel

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japanese-born scientists awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, delivers a lecture at the government's Council for Science, Technology and Innovation at the Prime Minister' Office in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Nobel laureate Amano meets with Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Amano (L), a Nagoya University professor and one of the three Japan-born scientists to win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, shakes hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Japan envoy offers flowers at 'Leyte Landing' ceremony

PALO, Philippines - Tetsuro Amano, Japanese deputy chief of mission to the Philippines, offers a wreath of flowers in Palo on the Philippine island of Leyte on Oct. 20, 2014, at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the "Leyte Landing" during World War II that freed the country from Japanese occupation in 1941.

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Nobel winner Amano to search for solutions to Japan's energy problems

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Nagoya on Oct. 10, 2014, three days after the award announcement. Amano said he will remain engaged in research and look for additional ways to apply his groundbreaking work on light-emitting diodes to addressing Japan's energy problems.

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Nobel winner Amano to search for solutions to Japan's energy problems

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Nagoya on Oct. 10, 2014, three days after the award announcement. Amano said he will remain engaged in research and look for additional ways to apply his groundbreaking work on light-emitting diodes to addressing Japan's energy problems.

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Nobel winners Amano, Akasaki show blue LEDs

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Amano (R) and Isamu Akasaki, winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014, show blue light-emitting diodes at a press conference held at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan, on Oct. 10, 2014. Akasaki, Amano and Shuji Nakamura won the prize for the invention of efficient blue LEDs.

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Nobel laureates Akasaki, Amano attend press conference

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobel laureates Hiroshi Amano (L) and Isamu Akasaki shake hands on Oct. 10, 2014, at Nagoya University in the central Japan city of Nagoya prior to their joint press conference. The two won the Nobel Prize in Physics together with another researcher for inventing blue light-emitting diodes.

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Nobel laureates Akasaki, Amano attend press conference

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobel laureates Hiroshi Amano (R) and Isamu Akasaki show blue light-emitting diodes during their joint press conference at Nagoya University in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Oct. 10, 2014. The two won the Nobel Prize in Physics together with another researcher for inventing the blue LED.

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Nobel laureate Amano returns home

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobel laureate Hiroshi Amano smiles at Chubu International Airport as he receives a bouquet from a student of his Nagoya University laboratory on Oct. 10, 2014, after returning from his business trip to France. Amano won the Nobel Prize in Physics together with two other researchers for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes.