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Philippines: Kanlaon Volcano Erupts And Spews Ash Plume

Two consecutive ash emissions from Kanlaon Volcano occurred on Monday morning, December 2. The plumes rose 400 to 600 meters high and drifted northwest. Due to increasing unrest, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology elevated Kanlaon Volcano's status to Alert Level 2.

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Book by Japanese TV team wins Gourmand cookbook award

BEIJING, China - TV Setouchi producer Miho Endo (L) and newscaster Hifumi Asai smile after the book "Obachan no Daidokoro Genki ni Kurasu Kenko Recipe" (Grandma's Kitchen - Recipes for healthy living) won the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards' Outside Europe Grand Prix at the award ceremony in the suburbs of Beijing on May 21, 2014. TV Setouchi Broadcasting Co. is based in Okayama City, western Japan.

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Cherry blossoms reflected in water

KURUME, Japan - A cherry tree known as Asai no Ippon Zakura is seen in bloom and illuminated up on a trial basis in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 31, 2014. Its image is reflected in the water.

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150th Naoki Prize winners Himeno and Asai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2014, shows Kaoruko Himeno (L) and Makate Asai, winners of the 150th Naoki Prize for popular literature, in Tokyo. Himeno and Asai received the award for their novels "Showa no Inu" (Dog in the Era of Showa) and "Renka" (Love Poem), respectively.

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Naoki award winner Asai

TOKYO, Japan - Makate Asai, 54, speaks with reporters at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 16, 2014, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular literature for her novel "Renka" (Love Song).

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Akutagawa, Naoki literary prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Ryutaro Abe, Ryo Asai and Natsuko Kuroda join hands in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2013, after Kuroda was awarded the Akutagawa award for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and Abe and Asai were awarded the Naoki award for popular literature.

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Akutagawa, Naoki literary prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Ryutaro Abe, Ryo Asai and Natsuko Kuroda hold their works in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2013, after Kuroda was awarded the Akutagawa award for up-and-coming authors of serious fiction and Abe and Asai received the Naoki award for popular literature.

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Winners of Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Ryo Asai (L) and Ryutaro Abe, who won the Naoki award for popular literature on Jan. 16, 2013.

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CERN physicists find new particle considered Higgs boson

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Asai (L back), associate professor at the University of Tokyo, speaks to researchers and reporters at the university in Tokyo on July 4, 2012. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced the same day the discovery of a new particle believed to be the so-called Higgs boson, the most fundamental particle that gives mass to all other elementary particles. Asai was among the members of the Atlas group of scientists at CERN, which has confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson with a certainty of more than 99.9999%.

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CERN physicists find new particle considered Higgs boson

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Asai, associate professor at the University of Tokyo, speaks at a press conference at the university in Tokyo on July 4, 2012. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced the same day the discovery of a new particle believed to be the so-called Higgs boson, the most fundamental particle that gives mass to all other elementary particles. Asai was among the members of the Atlas group of scientists at CERN, which has confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson with a certainty of more than 99.9999%.

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Police raid Asai over tainted rice sale

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshinori Asai (R), president of Nagoya-based glue maker Asai, accompanied by police, leaves his home in Nagoya Oct. 10 as police began searching several locations related to his company to build a criminal case against him on suspicion of selling tainted rice to a wholesaler knowing it would be later resold as food.

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Asai solid as Eagles blank Lions

SENDAI, Japan - Right-hander Hideki Asai pitched seven shutout innings, helping the Rakuten Eagles snap a three-game losing skid with a 1-0 victory over the Seibu Lions Fullcast Stadium Miyagi on April 22.

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JICA medical team in Syria to help Iraqi refugees

DAMASCUS, Syria - Japanese physician Yasufumi Asai and members of his medical team make preparations at the office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Damascus, Syria on March 22 prior to their departure for Haseke, northeastern Syria, where they are to provide medical support to refugees from neighboring Iraq.

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JICA medical team leaves for Syria to help Iraqi refugees

NARITA, Japan - A five-member team of doctors and nurses from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), including Yasufumi Asai (R), professor at Sapporo Medical College, prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Syria on March 21 to help refugees from neighboring Iraq.

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Pongsaklek TKOs Asai in WBC flyweight title match

NAGOYA, Japan - Thai champion Pongsaklek Singwangcha celebrates after beating Japanese challenger Hayato Asai with a fifth-round technical knockout at Aichi Budokan in Nagoya on July 15 to retain the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title.

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

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Japanese doctors, nurses start treating Salvadorans

SANTIAGO DE MARIA, El Salvador - Yasufumi Asai, one of seven Japanese medical-relief personnel, examines a girl who was injured by the Jan. 13 earthquake, at a hospital in Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, on Jan. 16. Some 300-400 people were killed and thousands were injured in the magnitude 7.6 quake that jolted Central America.

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Mitsubishi Chemical, Tokyo Tanabe to merge in Oct.

Akira Miura (R), president of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., and Ippei Asai, president of Tokyo Tanabe Co., shakes hands at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 20 after announcing a merger of their companies due to take place Oct. 1.

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Asai solid as Eagles blank Lions

SENDAI, Japan - Right-hander Hideki Asai pitched seven shutout innings, helping the Rakuten Eagles snap a three-game losing skid with a 1-0 victory over the Seibu Lions Fullcast Stadium Miyagi on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Lawyer Asai named ambassador to Ghana

TOKYO, Japan - Japan decided May 14 to appoint lawyer Kazuko Asai (L) as ambassador to Ghana, Takekazu Kawamura (C) as ambassador to Iran and Kenro Iino (R) as ambassador to Fiji as part of its efforts to streamline the scandal-hit Foreign Ministry.

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Japanese fermented food introduced at Milan

Nobutaro Asai (L), president of "miso" soybean paste maker Maruya Hatcho Miso, in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi, in the costume of a Japanese feudal lord, encourages a participant to sample the soybean paste during an event to introduce Japanese fermented food produced in the prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015, in Milan, Italy, where the food-themed world exposition is being held. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torch of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Michio Kawabe (C), who ran in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic torch relay, holds a torch used in 1964 and a photo from that year at the Toyohashi city office in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 2, 2021, alongside Yoshitaka Asai (L), mayor of Toyohashi, and Masazumi Kawai, president of Toyoken Co., which has kept the torch.

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"World's Cutest Museum" in Toyama attracts many visitors

Photo taken July 23, 2015 in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, shows Seiki Asai, who built "The World's Cutest Museum." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swiss roll made by Chiba chef wins contest in Tokyo

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2015, shows a Swiss roll cake using peanuts produced in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, which won the "ROLL-1" Swiss roll contest held at a confectionery school in Tokyo the same day. The cake was made by Kanako Asai, a pastry chef from the Chiba prefectural city of Kamogawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pastry chef from Chiba wins Swiss roll contest in Tokyo

Kanako Asai, a pastry chef from Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, shows off a grand prize medal and award certificate won in the "ROLL-1" Swiss roll contest held at a confectionery school in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo snapshot: Curry with leafy vegetable served at restaurant

Sakiko Asai in this photo taken at her restaurant in Tokyo's Edogawa district on Sept. 18, 2015, shows a curry dish made with the "komatsuna" green leafy vegetable produced in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Asai over tainted rice sale

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshinori Asai (R), president of Nagoya-based glue maker Asai, accompanied by police, leaves his home in Nagoya Oct. 10 as police began searching several locations related to his company to build a criminal case against him on suspicion of selling tainted rice to a wholesaler knowing it would be later resold as food. (Kyodo)

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Golf: Japan LPGA Tour's Stanley Ladies

Mone Inami (C) is congratulated by Japanese compatriot Saki Asai (L) and South Korea's Bae Seon Woo after winning the Stanley Ladies golf tournament in a three-way playoff at Tomei Country Club in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Susono, central Japan, on Oct. 11, 2020. (Pool photo)

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JICA medical team in Syria to help Iraqi refugees

DAMASCUS, Syria - Japanese physician Yasufumi Asai and members of his medical team make preparations at the office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Damascus, Syria on March 22 prior to their departure for Haseke, northeastern Syria, where they are to provide medical support to refugees from neighboring Iraq. (Kyodo)

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JICA medical team leaves for Syria to help Iraqi refugees

NARITA, Japan - A five-member team of doctors and nurses from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), including Yasufumi Asai (R), professor at Sapporo Medical College, prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Syria on March 21 to help refugees from neighboring Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Pongsaklek TKOs Asai in WBC flyweight title match

NAGOYA, Japan - Thai champion Pongsaklek Singwangcha celebrates after beating Japanese challenger Hayato Asai with a fifth-round technical knockout at Aichi Budokan in Nagoya on July 15 to retain the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title.

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

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Japanese doctors, nurses start treating Salvadorans

SANTIAGO DE MARIA, El Salvador - Yasufumi Asai, one of seven Japanese medical-relief personnel, examines a girl who was injured by the Jan. 13 earthquake, at a hospital in Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, on Jan. 16. Some 300-400 people were killed and thousands were injured in the magnitude 7.6 quake that jolted Central America.

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Mitsubishi Chemical, Tokyo Tanabe to merge in Oct.

Akira Miura (R), president of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., and Ippei Asai, president of Tokyo Tanabe Co., shakes hands at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 20 after announcing a merger of their companies due to take place Oct. 1.