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Documentary film on Iwao Hakamata

Hideko Hakamata (L) appears on the stage of a movie house in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2024, as a documentary film on her 88-year-old brother, Iwao Hakamata, is released the same day, depicting his life through the recent acquittal in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case in Shizuoka Prefecture for which he had been sentenced to death. Standing by Hideko is Chiaki Kasai, who directed the film.

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Documentary film on Iwao Hakamata

Hideko Hakamata (L) appears on the stage of a movie house in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2024, as a documentary film on her 88-year-old brother, Iwao Hakamata, is released the same day, depicting his life through the recent acquittal in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case in Shizuoka Prefecture for which he had been sentenced to death. Standing by Hideko is Chiaki Kasai, who directed the film.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Chiaki Hatakeda of Japan performs in the floor exercise during the women's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 6, 2023.

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-ROWING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(230908) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Chiaki Tomita competes during Lightweight Women's Single Sculls Final B race at the 2023 World Rowing Championship in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 8, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-WORLD-ROWING-CHAMPIONSHIP

(230908) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Tomita Chiaki competes during lightweight women's single sculls semifinal race at the 2023 World Rowing Championship in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept. 7, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-ROWING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230905) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Chiaki Tomita competes during lightweight women's single sculls repechage race at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-ROWING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230905) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Chiaki Tomita competes during lightweight women's single sculls repechage race at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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(SP)SERBIA-BELGRADE-ROWING-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230905) -- BELGRADE, Sept. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Chiaki Tomita competes during lightweight women's single sculls repechage race at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)

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CHIAKI MUKAI A FIRST IN SPACE

CHIAKI MUKAI A FIRST IN SPACE,Interview with Chiaki Mukai, Japan's first female astronaut, Mamoru Mohri, Columbia launch, live video from the Space Shuttle, Columbia Captain Robert Cabana, Space Shuttle=Date:1994, Place:unknown

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Kishida, Biden meet ahead of G7 gathering in Hiroshima amid protests, tightened security

STORY: Kishida, Biden meet ahead of G7 gathering in Hiroshima amid protests, tightened security DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Japan-U.S. talks 2. various of the protest 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): RYO MIYAHARA, Head of a Hiroshima citizens' group and one of the protests' organizers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): AKAMINE CHIAKI, College student from Okinawa STORYLINE: Japanese and U.S. top leaders on Thursday met in Hiroshima prior to the larger gathering of Group of Seven (G7) nations, overshadowed by protests and a tense atmosphere. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who holds the G7's rotating presidency and will host a three-day G7 summit which starts Friday, held talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday evening in the western Japanese city. Hiroshima, devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945, has seen intense demonstrations decrying the bloc days before the summit, while police officers from all over the natio

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(SP)CHINA-HONG KONG-RUGBY-WORLD SEVENS SERIES 2023 (CN)

(230331) -- HONG KONG, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Caroline Drouin (L) of France vies with Saegusa Chiaki (R) of Japan during the women's Pool C match at World Rugby Sevens Series 2023 in south China's Hong Kong, March 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FIG-GYMNASTICS-WORLD CUP-WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE

(230305) -- DOHA, March 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hatakeda Chiaki of Japan competes during the women's floor exercise final at the 15th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Doha, Qatar, March 4, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FIG-GYMNASTICS-WORLD CUP-WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE

(230305) -- DOHA, March 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (C) of Romania, silver medalist Hatakeda (L) Chiaki of Japan and bronze medalist Breanna Scott of Australia pose for group pictures during the awarding ceremony after the women's floor exercise final at the 15th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Doha, Qatar, March 4, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FIG-GYMNASTICS-WORLD CUP-WOMEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE

(230305) -- DOHA, March 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hatakeda Chiaki of Japan competes during the women's floor exercise final at the 15th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Doha, Qatar, March 4, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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16-yr-old becomes youngest female 'go' game title holder

TOKYO, Japan - Rina Fujisawa, a female player of the "go" Japanese board game, wins the women's "Honinbo" title in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, by thrashing title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best-of-five competition, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month. Fujisawa eclipsed the previous record of 17 years and a month set in 2006 by Taiwanese player Hsieh Yi Min.

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Fujisawa beats 'go' game title holder to win top honor

TOKYO, Japan - Female "go" player Rina Fujisawa (R) grabs her first major title of the women's "Honinbo" when she beat title holder Chiaki Mukai 3-0 in the best of five matches in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2014, becoming the youngest holder of the top honor at the age of 16 years and a month.

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Buddhist temples bolster bond with communities as survival strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Chiaki Matsushima (R), a priest at Shogonji, and her husband Tadashi stand in front of Jam's Garden in Suo-Oshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on May 7, 2013. While supporting Shogonji, her father's temple, Matsushima helps her husband manage the home-made jam and marmalade store as part of efforts to invigorate the town on a picturesque island in the Seto Inland Sea.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Costume role players from China, Malaysia, Mexico and the Netherlands meet with State Foreign Secretary Chiaki Takahashi (L) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2011. The ''cosplayers'' will attend the World Cosplay Summit 2011 in Nagoya on Aug. 6 to 7.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Costume role players from China, Malaysia, Mexico and the Netherlands meet with State Foreign Secretary Chiaki Takahashi (L) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2011. The ''cosplayers'' will attend the World Cosplay Summit 2011 in Nagoya on Aug. 6 to 7.

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Actress Hara speaks about womb cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Chiaki Hara reveals her marriage and years-long fight against womb cancer during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2010. She revealed that the cancer forced her to have the whole organ removed.

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Initiation ceremony in water at aquarium

TSU, Japan - Visitors watch an initiation ceremony for a new employee in an acrylic water tank at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, on April 1. Chiaki Sawayama, surrounded by about 300 fish and turtles of 100 kinds, received a letter of approval for her recruitment from a deputy chief of the aquarium during the ceremony. An estimated 820,000 new recruits marked their first day of work across Japan the same day.

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Clinton arrives in Japan on 1st trip abroad to engage Asia

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with Naoko Yamazaki (L), the second Japanese female astronaut to go into space, and Chiaki Mukai (R), the first Japanese female astronaut, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 16, with Japanese athletes of the Special Olympics World Winter Games surrounding them. Clinton arrived in Tokyo to kick off her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese astronaut Doi talks with Fukuda, Tokai, school juniors

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R in front) is briefed at his office on March 20 on the inside of a stowage module for Japan's manned space laboratory Kibo by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (R in a monitor screen at rear), who is staying on the International Space Station in orbit some 400 kilometers above Earth. At right is astronaut Chiaki Mukai and at left are pupils of Doi's old school, Higashi Junior High School in Kofu, capital of Yamanashi Prefecture.

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(1)Small town post offices seek new businesses to survive

KAMITSUE, Japan - The Kamitsue Post Office, a ''tokutei'' office with only two regular staff, including the postmaster, Chiaki Koga, 31, is located in the mountains in the village of Kamitsue, Oita Prefecture.

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Mukai voices deep regret over Columbia

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, United States - Japan's first female astronaut Chiaki Mukai voices her deepest regret Feb. 2 over the breakup of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia during a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Mukai took part in shuttle missions in 1994 and 1998.

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Sugihara statue dedicated in L.A.'s Little Tokyo

LOS ANGELES, United States - A bronze statue of Chiune Sugihara (C) was dedicated Dec. 13 in the Little Tokyo district in downtown Los Angeles in a ceremony. The late Japanese diplomat disobeyed the Japanese government and rescued thousands of Jews from the Holocaust by issuing them exit visas when he was the consul general in the then Lithuanian capital of Kuanas from 1938 to 1940. Sugihara's son Chiaki Sugihara puts his hand on the left shoulder of the statue.

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Tokuno, Kusuhara win women's beach volleyball bronze

PUSAN, South Korea - Ryoko Tokuno (L) and Chiaki Kusuhara show off their beach volleyball bronze medals at the awards ceremony at Haeundae Beach on Oct. 4. The pair defeated Thailand's Kulna Kamoltip and Sannok Jarunee 21-18, 24-22. (Asian Games)

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NASDA appoints Sumino as Japan's 2nd female astronaut

TOKYO, Japan - Naoko Sumino, whom the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) appointed as its eighth astronaut, speaks to reporters at NASDA's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept 26. Sumino, NASDA's second female astronaut after Chiaki Mukai, will be trained in machinery operation for a mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Obuchi talks with Clinton

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) talks with U.S. President Bill Clinton during dinner on Nov. 19 at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo. The two leaders hailed bilateral cooperation such as exemplified by Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai's role in a space shuttle mission that also included U.S. Sen. John Glenn. Obuchi said the mission was a source of ''dreams and hopes'' for the people of Japan. (Pool photo)

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Astronaut Mukai autographs Discovery crew pictures

Astronaut Chiaki Mukai autographs pictures of U.S. space shuttle Discovery's crew Nov. 8 at a gathering in Houston, Texas, after the shuttle returned to Earth on Nov. 7 in Florida. Mukai, 46, is Japan's first female astronaut and the first Japanese to travel twice in space.

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Discovery crew waving hands for press

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (third from L), U.S. Sen. John Glenn (third from R) and the five other crew members of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery meet the press Nov. 8 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery returned home the previous day after successfully ending its nine-day mission. The crew members later returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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Space shuttle Discovery's crew meet press

The seven crew members on the space shuttle Discovery hold a press conference Nov. 5, with reporters posing questions through TV monitors at the Johnson Space Center. Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (R on TV screen) told reporters she would like to stay longer in space. Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth on Nov. 7.

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Mukai, Glenn head for press conference

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (L) heads for a press conference at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Nov. 8 after the U.S. space shuttle Discovery returned home with its seven-member crew including U.S. Sen. John Glenn (R). Discovery returned to Earth on Nov. 7, successfully ending its nine-day mission during which some 80 experiments ranging from biological to solar studies were conducted.

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Obuchi talks to Mukai

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), flanked by Science and Technology Agency chief Yutaka Takeyama, talks to Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (C in TV frame), now on board the U.S. shuttle Discovery, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 5. ''I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations on the success of the launching of the shuttle,'' Obuchi said during the 20-minute conversation which started shortly before 6 a.m.

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Mukai speaks to press before shuttle launch

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai speaks to the press upon her arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday Oct. 26. She talked about her hopes for the upcoming U.S. space shuttle mission which will take her to space for a second time. Her six colleagues aboard the space shuttle Discovery, to be launched on Oct. 29, include Sen. John Glenn, a former astronaut who first traveled to space 36 years ago.

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Protesters rally in Tokyo against U.S. political agenda in Asia-Pacific

STORY: Protesters rally in Tokyo against U.S. political agenda in Asia-Pacific DATELINE: May 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protest on Monday 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): KAYOKO ARAI, Protester 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KAYOKO ARAI, Protester 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): CHIAKI AKAMINE, Protester STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden has paid a three-day visit to Japan. High on his agenda were a U.S.-Japan summit and a summit of the Quad group, which also involves Japan, Australia and India. About 150 protesters took to the street in Tokyo on Monday against Biden's political agenda, after a similar protest of some 750 people was held a day earlier. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): KAYOKO ARAI, Protester "While visiting Japan, President Biden will hold talks with (Japanese Prime Minister) Fumio Kishida. We believe that this meeting aims to establish a U.S.-Japan alliance." SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KAYOKO ARAI, Protester "Yesterday (May 22) was Sunday. Many peop

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Tokyo Paralympics: Athletics

Japan's Chiaki Takada competes in the women's T11 long jump at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 27, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Athletics

Japan's Chiaki Takada competes in the women's T11 long jump at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 27, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo.

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Japanese astronaut Doi talks with Fukuda, Tokai, school juniors

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (2nd from R in front) is briefed at his office on March 20 on the inside of a stowage module for Japan's manned space laboratory Kibo by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi (R in a monitor screen at rear), who is staying on the International Space Station in orbit some 400 kilometers above Earth. At right is astronaut Chiaki Mukai and at left are pupils of Doi's old school, Higashi Junior High School in Kofu, capital of Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Clinton arrives in Japan on 1st trip abroad to engage Asia

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses with Naoko Yamazaki (L), the second Japanese female astronaut to go into space, and Chiaki Mukai (R), the first Japanese female astronaut, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 16, with Japanese athletes of the Special Olympics World Winter Games surrounding them. Clinton arrived in Tokyo to kick off her first overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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KILL BILL: VOL. 1

KILL BILL: VOL. 1 [US 2003] CHIAKI KURIYAMA Date: 2003

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THE HIDDEN FORTRESS

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS aka THREE RASCALS IN THE HIDDEN FORTRESS MISA UEHARA, TOSHIRO MIFUNE, MINORU CHIAKI, KAMATARI FUJIWARA Date: 1958

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THE HIDDEN FORTRESS

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS aka THREE RASCALS IN THE HIDDEN FORTRESS MINORU CHIAKI, MISA UEHARA, KAMATARI FUJIWARA Date: 1958

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THE HIDDEN FORTRESS

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS aka THREE RASCALS IN THE HIDDEN FORTRESS MISA UEHARA, TOSHIRO MIFUNE, KAMATARI FUJIWARA, MINORU CHIAKI Date: 1958

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Quality: 2nd Generation. Film Title: Kill Bill. KILL BILL

Quality: 2nd Generation. Film Title: Kill Bill. KILL BILL VOL 1 CHIAKI KURIYAMA, UMA THURMAN Date: 2003

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KILL BILL VOL 1

KILL BILL VOL 1 CHIAKI KURIYAMA Date: 2003

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Quality: 2nd Generation. Film Title: Kill Bill. For further

Quality: 2nd Generation. Film Title: Kill Bill. For further information: please contact your local Buena Vista International Press Office. KILL BILL VOL 1 CHIAKI KURIYAMA, LUCY LIU, JULIE DREYFUS Date: 2003

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (US 2003) aka "Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One" aka "Kill Bill: Volume 1" Chiaki Kuriyama Picture from the Ronald Grant Archive Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (US 2003) aka "Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One" aka "Kill Bill: Volume 1" Chiaki Kuriyama Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (US 2003) aka "Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One" aka "Kill Bill: Volume 1" Chiaki Kuriyama Picture from the Ronald Grant Archive Date: 2003

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THE HIDDEN FORTRESS

THE HIDDEN FORTRESS MINORU CHIAKI AND KAMATARI FUJIWARA Date: 1958

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Japanese astronaut Mukai gets France's highest honor

Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai receives France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor, at the French ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, for her contributions to strengthening cooperation between France and Japan in the field of space exploration. Mukai became Japan's first female astronaut when she boarded the space shuttle Columbia in 1994 as a payload specialist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo