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Japanese violinist Takashima named goodwill ambassador to Laos

Japanese violinist Chisako Takashima reacts after receiving a letter from Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Iwaya appointing her as goodwill ambassador to Laos in 2025, which will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2024.

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Japanese violinist Takashima named goodwill ambassador to Laos

Japanese violinist Chisako Takashima (R) receives a letter from Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Iwaya appointing her as goodwill ambassador to Laos in 2025, which will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2024.

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Nitta wins Japan's 1st gold in Paralympics

WHISTLER, Canada - Yoshihiro Nitta (R) of Japan celebrates with his wife Chisako after winning the men's 10-kilometer classic cross country standing race at the Vancouver Paralympics in Whistler on March 18, 2010. Nitta won the country's first gold medal at the event.

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(3)Top exec of bird flu-hit farm, wife hang themselves

HIMEJI, Japan - Police officers examine a site near a poultry house of Asada Nosan Co.'s farm in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 8, where the company's chairman, Hajimu Asada, and his wife Chisako were found to have hanged themselves earlier in the day.

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(1)Top exec of bird flu-hit farm, wife hang themselves

OSAKA, Japan - Hajimu Asada (file photo), chairman of Asada Nosan Co., was found to have hanged himself near a poultry house of the company's farm in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 8. His wife, Chisako, was also found to have hanged herself. The company's Funai chicken farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, is under fire for a delay in alerting authorities about an outbreak of bird flu.

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(2)Top exec of bird flu-hit farm, wife hang themselves

OSAKA, Japan - Hajimu Asada (R), chairman of Asada Nosan Co. appeared despondent at a news conference in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 7. He and his wife Chisako were found to have hanged themselves on March 8 near a poultry house of the company's farm in Himeji on March 8. At left is Hideaki Asada, the couple's eldest son and president of Asada Nosan.

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Novelist Chisako Wakatake

TOKYO, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - File photo taken on Oct. 19, 2018, shows Japanese novelist Chisako Wakatake at the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature in Tokyo. She won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2018. 2018112619040

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Novelist Chisako Wakatake

TOKYO, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - File photo taken on Oct. 19, 2018, shows Japanese novelist Chisako Wakatake at the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature in Tokyo. She won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2018.

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Novelist Chisako Wakatake

TOKYO, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - File photo taken on Oct. 30, 2017, shows Japanese novelist Chisako Wakatake in Tokyo. She won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2018.

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Novelist Chisako Wakatake

TOKYO, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - File photo taken on Oct. 19, 2018, shows Japanese novelist Chisako Wakatake in front of the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature in Tokyo. She won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2018.

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Novelist Chisako Wakatake

TOKYO, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Chisako Wakatake attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2018, after she was told earlier in the day she won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.

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Novelist Chisako Wakatake

TOKYO, Japan, April 7 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Japanese novelist Chisako Wakatake. She won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2018.

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Civic group demands state redress for civilian victims in WWII

Chisako Sugiyama (in wheelchair), who was wounded in the bombing of Nagoya during World War II, attends a civic group meeting calling for the state to give compensation to civilian victims of air raids in the war and their families, in Tokyo on July 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Widow indicates involvement in some deaths besides husband, partner

Photo taken May 23, 2014, shows four-time widow Chisako Kakehi, who was arrested in November 2014 on suspicion of murdering her husband and served a fresh arrest warrant in January 2015 on suspicion of murdering another partner, by cyanide in both cases. Kakehi, 68, has hinted at her involvement in the deaths of several other men, investigative sources said on Feb. 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women cooks shaking up male bastion of Japanese restaurants

TOKYO, Japan - Chisako Hori (R), a senior official of Kyoto-based Japanese restaurant chain Kikunoi, works to develop new dishes in the kitchen of one of the company's restaurants in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 15, 2010. Hori is in charge of the Tokyo operations of Kikunoi, whose flagship restaurant in Kyoto boasts three stars in the 2010 Michelin Guide. (Kyodo)

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(3)Top exec of bird flu-hit farm, wife hang themselves

HIMEJI, Japan - Police officers examine a site near a poultry house of Asada Nosan Co.'s farm in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 8, where the company's chairman, Hajimu Asada, and his wife Chisako were found to have hanged themselves earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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(2)Top exec of bird flu-hit farm, wife hang themselves

OSAKA, Japan - Hajimu Asada (R), chairman of Asada Nosan Co. appeared despondent at a news conference in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 7. He and his wife Chisako were found to have hanged themselves on March 8 near a poultry house of the company's farm in Himeji on March 8. At left is Hideaki Asada, the couple's eldest son and president of Asada Nosan. (Kyodo)

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(1)Top exec of bird flu-hit farm, wife hang themselves

OSAKA, Japan - Hajimu Asada (file photo), chairman of Asada Nosan Co., was found to have hanged himself near a poultry house of the company's farm in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 8. His wife, Chisako, was also found to have hanged herself. The company's Funai chicken farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, is under fire for a delay in alerting authorities about an outbreak of bird flu. (Kyodo)

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Nitta wins Japan's 1st gold in Paralympics

WHISTLER, Canada - Yoshihiro Nitta (R) of Japan celebrates with his wife Chisako after winning the men's 10-kilometer classic cross country standing race at the Vancouver Paralympics in Whistler on March 18, 2010. Nitta won the country's first gold medal at the event. (Kyodo)

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Woman admits involvement in cyanide killing of husband

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2014 shows Chisako Kakehi, who was arrested on Nov. 19, 2014, for allegedly murdering her husband in December 2013 at their home in the city of Muko, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, by giving him a fatal dose of cyanide. Kakehi, 68, strongly denied the allegations after her arrest but admitted involvement in the crime several days before her indictment on Dec. 10, sources close to the investigation said Dec. 12. (Kyodo)

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USA International Ballet Competition in Mississippi

Chisako Oga performs at the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 21, 2018. Oga secured bronze in the Senior Women category. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Yoshihiro Nitta (front) of Japan celebrates with his wife Chisako (back C) and sons Daito (back R) and Kento after winning the standing category of the cross-country 10-kilometer classical skiing at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in South Korea on March 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Yoshihiro Nitta (front) of Japan celebrates with his wife Chisako (back C) and sons Daito (back R) and Kento after winning the standing category of the cross-country 10-kilometer classical skiing at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in South Korea on March 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards in Japan

Japanese authors Chisako Wakatake (R) and Yoshinobu Kadoi pose for a photo in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2018, after winning the Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize, respectively. Yuka Ishii (not pictured) also won the Akutagawa Prize. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's "black widow" serial killer sentenced to death

The Kyoto District Court sentences to death Chisako Kakehi, 70, a serial killer dubbed Japan's "black widow" on Nov. 7, 2017 for the murders of her husband and two common-law partners, as well as the attempted murder of an acquaintance, between 2007 and 2013. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo