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Former sumo grand champion Akebono dies at 54

Photo shows sumo wrestler Akebono holding the Emperor's Cup after winning his first top-division championship as a sekiwake at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan in May 1992. The former grand champion died at 54 in early April, 2024, of heart failure.

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Toyota's development center in China

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp.'s recently launched development center in China's Changshu, Jiangsu Province, is seen in this photo taken in April, 2014.

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Tourists flock to Tomioka Silk Mill

TOMIKOKA, Japan - Tourists flock to the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic building in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on April, 26, 2014, the day after the facility was endorsed to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and the first day of the year's Golden Week holiday season.

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Filter vent system at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 7

KARIWA, Japan - The filter vent system of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station's Unit 7 (R front) in the village of Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, is photographed on April, 10, 2014. Tokyo Electric Power Co. completed a ventilation test of the system that day.

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Rally against nuclear plant in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Protesters gather at Union Square in New York on April, 2, 2011, calling for the immediate shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in the wake of the crisis at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (R) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack shake hands at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April, 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

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Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting between Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is held at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April, 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

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Former Mitsubishi Bank head Ibuki dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Ibuki (file photo taken in April, 1988), former president of Mitsubishi Bank, one of the predecessors of the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, died of acute pneumonia at his home in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2009. He was 89.

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Former pro baseball player Kazuhisa Inao dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhisa Inao (file photo taken in April, 2003), a former professional baseball player who was once called an ''iron man,'' died of cancer at a Fukuoka hospital on Nov. 13. He was 70. Widely seen as one of Japanese pro baseball's all-time great pitchers, Inao logged a lifetime 276-137 record, playing his entire career with the Lions until 1969.

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Former Ishikawajima-Harima President Inaba dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - Kosaku Inaba (file photo taken in April, 2003), former president of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., died of heart failure on Nov. 26. Inaba, who also served as chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was 82.

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Ex-Narita airport operator officials arrested over bid-rigging

NARITA, Japan - Masahiko Kurono (L), president of Narita International Airport Corp., bows in apology during a press conference at Narita international airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Dec. 5 after two officials of the New Tokyo International Airport Authority were arrested by prosecutors over alleged bid-rigging in electrical installation projects at the airport. The airport authority is the predecessor of Narita International Airport Corp., launched in April, 2004.