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Honorary professor Ueno at the University of Tokyo

Chizuko Ueno, renowned sociologist and honorary professor of the University of Tokyo, makes a congratulatory speech to new students at the university's entrance ceremony at the Nippon Budokan on April 12, 2019.

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Honorary professor Ueno at the University of Tokyo

Chizuko Ueno, renowned sociologist and honorary professor of the University of Tokyo, makes a congratulatory speech to new students at the university's entrance ceremony at the Nippon Budokan on April 12, 2019.

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5 elderly bee hunters contributing to field over 5 decades

FUKUI, Japan - (From L) Chizuko Nozaka, Tadao Murota and Hideyoshi Kurokawa gather near Lake Kitagata in Awara, northern Fukui Prefecture, on April 5, 2013, to collect bees as part of their research into the insect's habitat. Including the three, five people now in their 70s to 90s have been chasing and collecting bees for more than half a century since the 1950s.

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Tourists given 'kochia' red carpet treatment

MITO, Japan - Tourists walk through some of the 30,000 kochia plants, most of which turn red, on a slope of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 2009. ''The ball-like shape of this plant is adorable. I feel as if I was in a picture book,'' said Chizuko Gemma, one of the visitors.

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Pantomime artist performs puppet play with Laotian partner

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pantomime artist Chizuko Asanuma performs puppet plays with a Laotian player.

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Exhibit of paintings on WWII internment opens

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese-American artist Chizuko Sugita holds one of her paintings depicting her childhood in a concentration camp during World War II at an exhibition of her works that opened in Hiroshima on Oct. 12.

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Parents of train accident victims talk over phone

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Song Dae (L) and Shin Yoon Chan (R), the parents of a South Korean student who was run over and killed by a train in Tokyo, talk to Chizuko Sekine, mother of Shiro Sekine, a photographer from Yokohama who died in the same accident, in Tokyo on Jan. 30. The student, Lee Su Hyon, and Sekine were killed Jan. 26 while trying to rescue a drunk Japanese man who had fallen onto the tracks.

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Photo magazine chief defends use of Obuchi hospital photo

TOKYO, Japan - A former editor-in-chief of weekly photo magazine Friday, Haruyuki Kato, shows a photo he says is of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in a hospital bed using a respirator, at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on June 22. Obuchi's widow Chizuko has said the photo, which appeared in the June 2 issue of Friday, is not of her late husband. The issue went on sale five days after Obuchi died May 14

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Clinton consoles Obuchi's widow

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) consoles Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, at a reception at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo held after the funeral of the late premier. Foreign dignitaries from some 180 countries, regions and international organizations were present at the funeral.

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Obuchi's widow mourns late husband at funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Chizuko Obuchi, widow of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, wipes tears from her eyes during the funeral for her husband at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on June 8. At her side are the three Obuchi children.

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Obuchi's wife, children at Diet to hear eulogy

TOKYO, Japan - Chizuko Obuchi (R), widow of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and the Obuchis' three children visit the public gallery of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on May 30 to listen to a eulogy for Obuchi, who died May 14. The eulogy was read by former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

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Obuchi's family mourn ex-premier's death at private funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Family members of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and their colleagues pay their respects to the former premier on May 16 at a private funeral in Tokyo's Aoyama Funeral Hall. Obuchi's wife, Chizuko (C), was among the mourners, who offered flowers on the altar one by one.

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Obuchi greeted by Wahid

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) is greeted by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (R) upon arriving in Jakarta for talks with Indonesian leaders. On the left is Obuchi's wife, Chizuko.

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Obuchi leaves for APEC summit in Auckland

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), together with his wife Chizuko (R), on Sept. 11, leave Tokyo for Auckland, New Zealand, where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit meeting is to be held on Sept. 12 and 13. Obuchi is to hold meetings with Chinese, Philippine, U.S. presidents on the sideline of the informal summit.

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Japanese Premier Obuchi goes Mongolian

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) and his wife Chizuko (L) don traditional Mongolian dress at a reception party July 10 held in their honor by Mongolian Prime Minister Janlavin Narantsatsralt (R) in Ulan Bator. Obuchi arrived earlier in the day in the Mongolian capital for a two-day visit.

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Chinese premier escorts Obuchi, his wife

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (2nd from L) and his wife Lao An (L) escort visiting Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from R) and his wife Chizuko at a welcome ceremony held in Beijing on July 9.

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Obuchi arrives in Beijing for 3-day visit

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) arrives in Beijing on July 8 to begin a three-day visit for talks with Chinese leaders on wide-ranging issues. Photo shows Obuchi waving on the ramp at Beijing airport, flanked by his wife Chizuko and Home Affairs Miniser Takeshi Noda.

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Obuchi, his wife Chizuko greeted

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and his wife Chizuko (2nd from L) were greeted by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) and his wife when they arrived at a reception of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit on June 18. The reception was held at the historic Cologne city hall. During the working dinner that followed, the G-8 leaders reaffirmed cooperation to implement the peace process in the war-torn Serbian province of Kosovo.

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Obuchi leaves for G-8 summit

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko wave hands at well-wishers prior to departure from Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 17 for Cologne, Germany, to attend a three-day summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations beginning June 18.

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Obuchi makes nostalgic tour of Queen Mary

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), together with his wife Chizuko (C) and his second eldest daughter Yuko (R), makes a nostalgic visit April 29 to the Queen Mary, the luxury ocean liner that brought him to the United States when he first visited the country as a graduate student in 1963. Obuchi made the visit to the liner, now permanently berthed in Long Beach, California, after arriving in Los Angeles earlier in the day on the first stopover in his weeklong tour of the U.S.

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Long Beach mayor welcomes Obuchi

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (second from R), his wife Chizuko (C) and his second daughter Yuko (L) line up for a group photo together with Long Beach Mayor Beverly O'Neill (R) on April 29. The visit to the California city was Obuchi's first stop on his weeklong tour of the United States, after arriving in Los Angeles earlier in the day. Obuchi will leave for Chicago on April 30, before visiting Washington from May 2 and meeting with U.S. President Bill Clinton for summit talks May 3.

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Obuchi leaves for S. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, accompanied by his wife Chizuko, leaves for Seoul on March 19 on a three-day official visit to South Korea aimed at coordinating policy on North Korea with President Kim Dae Jung.

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Obuchi back from 3-nation Europe trip

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi alights from a plane on returning home Jan. 13 after an eight-day trip to France, Italy and Germany. Standing behind is his wife, Chizuko.

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Obuchi, his wife enjoy shopping in Paris

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko (C) enjoy shopping at a Paris department store on Jan. 8 with their euro-denominated traveler's check. They are on an eight-day official visit to France, Italy and Germany.

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Obuchi visits Louvre museum-replace

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (third from R) and his wife Chizuko (R of Obuchi) visit the Louvre Museum in Paris on Jan. 7. Obuchi was in Paris on the first leg of an eight-day European tour, which also takes him to Italy and Germany.

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Premier Obuchi visits school of Oriental languages

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L) and his wife Chizuko visit a Paris school of Oriental languages in the afternoon of Jan. 7. He presented personal computers to the school. The couple arrived in Paris at night Jan. 6 on the first leg of their eight-day trip to three European countries.

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Obuchi leaves for 3-nation European trip

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and his wife Chizuko wave at Haneda Airport on the afternoon of Jan. 6 before leaving for an eight-day trip to France, Italy and Germany. Obuchi will meet with President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in France, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema in Italy, and President Roman Herzog, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in Germany. Obuchi will return home Jan. 13.

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Obuchi leaves for Vietnam to attend ASEAN summit

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L), accompanied by his wife Chizuko, waves at Haneda airport on Dec. 15 before leaving for Vietnam to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Obuchi, who is due to arrive in Hanoi later in the day, is scheduled to make a policy speech on Dec. 16 on Japan's relations with Southeast Asian countries.

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Obuchi hosts dinner for Clinton

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) introduces his wife Chizuko (L) to U.S. President Bill Clinton as he arrives at the Akasaka state guesthouse in Tokyo on Nov. 19 to attend a welcome dinner.(Pool photo)

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Obuchi to attend APEC forum

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, along with his wife Chizuko, leaves Haneda airport for Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 16 to attend the Nov. 17-18 annual informal summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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Recipients of Order of Culture awards

Five recipients of this year's Order of Culture awards and their spouses pose for camera Nov. 3 after receiving the medals from Emperor Akihito. Front row, from left to right: artist Ikuo Hirayama, calligrapher Santo Murakami, historian Tatsuro Yamamoto, architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and immunologist Tadamitsu Kishimoto. Back row, from left to right: Mrs. Michiko Hirayama, Mrs. Hatsuko Ashihara and Mrs. Chizuko Kishimoto. The five received the awards in a ceremony held at the Imperial Palace.

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Abe receives persimmons, gets comfort from sweetness

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) is flanked by representatives of Nara Prefecture promoting Japanese persimmon grown in the western Japanese prefecture -- Akemi Sakiyama (L) and Chizuko Yamamoto -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2015. After sampling two pieces of the fruit presented by them, Abe said it tastes very sweet which gives him "comfort." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese to receive honorary citizen status from S. Korean province

Shiozo Nishimori, former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly, stands in front of a monument to Chizuko Tauchi, known as the "Japanese mother of Korean orphans," in Kochi, western Japan, on Sept. 26, 2015. Nishimori will receive an honorary citizen award from South Korea's South Jeolla Province for his efforts to promote civil exchanges. He will become the first Japanese to receive the award. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wartime Japanese traditional wrapping cloth displayed in Kyoto

Chizuko Morita, head of the Furoshiki Study Group, shows a Japanese traditional "furoshiki" wrapping cloth with a motif of wartime newspaper articles praising the war, in Kyoto on June 11, 2015. An exhibition displaying about 40 furoshiki used during World War II and with war-related motifs began in the western Japanese city on June 19 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wartime Japanese traditional wrapping cloth displayed in Kyoto

Chizuko Morita, head of the Furoshiki Study Group, shows a Japanese traditional "furoshiki" wrapping cloth with a motif of military aircraft, in Kyoto on June 11, 2015. An exhibition displaying about 40 furoshiki used during World War II and with war-related motifs began in the western Japanese city on June 19 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors' offspring set up association in western Japan

Chizuko Kado speaks during an event in Okayama city on Oct. 24, 2015, marking the establishment of an association of residents in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okayama who are children and grandchildren of survivors of the atomic-bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors' offspring in western Japan form association

Chizuko Kado (far L) and others speak during an event in Okayama city on Oct. 24, 2015, to announce the establishment of an association of residents in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okayama who are children and grandchildren of survivors of the atomic-bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese awarded honorary citizen status by S. Korea province

Shiozo Nishimori (R), former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly in western Japan, receives on Oct. 20, 2015, an honorary citizen award from South Jeolla Province in southwestern South Korea in the provincial city of Yeongam for his efforts to promote civil exchanges between the two countries. He has helped build a monument dedicated to Chizuko Tauchi, known as the "Japanese mother of Korean orphans," in the western Japanese city of Kochi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors' offspring in western Japan to form association

Chizuko Kado (far R) and others announce a plan in Okayama city on Oct. 13, 2015, to form an association of residents in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okayama who are children and grandchildren of survivors of the atomic-bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists given 'kochia' red carpet treatment

MITO, Japan - Tourists walk through some of the 30,000 kochia plants, most of which turn red, on a slope of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 2009. ''The ball-like shape of this plant is adorable. I feel as if I was in a picture book,'' said Chizuko Gemma, one of the visitors. (Kyodo)

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Exhibit of paintings on WWII internment opens

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese-American artist Chizuko Sugita holds one of her paintings depicting her childhood in a concentration camp during World War II at an exhibition of her works that opened in Hiroshima on Oct. 12. (Kyodo)

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Obuchi, 2 others file candidacies for LDP leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and his wife, Chizuko, cheer with supporters at a Tokyo hotel Sept. 9 when he and two other Liberal Democratic Party politicians filed their candidacies for the party's leadership race. The vote will be on Sept. 21.

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Chizuko Ueno, sociologist in women's studies

Chizuko Ueno, a Japanese sociologist, delivers a speech at a ceremony at the Finnish Embassy in Tokyo on June 17, 2019, as she receives a letter of gratitude from the Finnish Foreign Ministry for her effort to promote gender equality in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chizuko Ueno, sociologist in women's studies

Chizuko Ueno (R), a Japanese sociologist, poses with Finland's first female President Tarja Halonen at the northern European country's embassy in Tokyo on June 17, 2019, as she receives a letter of gratitude from the Finnish Foreign Ministry for her effort to promote gender equality in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chizuko Ueno, sociologist in women's studies

Chizuko Ueno (R), a Japanese sociologist, shakes hands with Finland's first female President Tarja Halonen at the northern European country's embassy in Tokyo on June 17, 2019, as she receives a letter of gratitude from the Finnish Foreign Ministry for her effort to promote gender equality in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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8th anniversary of massive New Zealand quake

Kikuo (R) and Chizuko Suzuki, who lost their daughter Yoko in the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, touch the memorial wall which has their daughter's name engraved on it, at the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial in the city on Feb. 22, 2019, the eighth anniversary of the disaster. The quake killed 185 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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8th anniversary of massive New Zealand quake

Kikuo (back) and Chizuko Suzuki, who lost their 31-year-old daughter Yoko in the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, offer prayers at the former Canterbury Television Building site in the city on Feb. 21, 2019, a day before the quake's eighth anniversary.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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8th anniversary of massive New Zealand quake

Kikuo (L) and Chizuko Suzuki, who lost their 31-year-old daughter Yoko in the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, visit the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial in the city on Feb. 21, 2019, a day before the quake's eighth anniversary. The earthquake killed 185 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally calling for U.N. world orphans day

People, including Yoon Kee (far R), the eldest son of Chizuko Tauchi, who is known as the "Japanese mother of Korean orphans," hold a rally in New York on Oct. 15, 2018, calling on the United Nations to enact a world orphans day. The initiative began in honor of the wishes of Tauchi, who raised about 3,000 orphans on the Korean Peninsula during and after World War II (Kyodo). ==Kyodo

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Japanese visitors to Russian-held islands

(From R) Chizuko Yamaguchi, Osamu Okada and Kakeru Nemoto visit a Japanese graveyard on Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that are claimed by Japan, on Aug. 24, 2018. Soviet troops seized Kunashiri and the other islands at the end of World War II and the Russian government has allowed a limited number of Japanese to make visa-free visits to the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo