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Baseball: Giants vs. Eagles

Daichi Suzuki (7) of the Rakuten Eagles is greeted by team manager Toshiaki Imae (98) in the dugout after scoring on Maikel Franco's RBI single in the fourth inning of an interleague baseball game against the Yomiuri Giants on June 13, 2024, at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai.

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Japan Swimming Federation Pres. Suzuki

Daichi Suzuki, president of the Japan Swimming Federation, gives an interview in Tokyo on July 6, 2023.

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Japan Swimming Federation Pres. Suzuki

Daichi Suzuki, president of the Japan Swimming Federation, gives an interview in Tokyo on July 6, 2023.

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Japan general election

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, head of the New Party Daichi, answers reporters' questions in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning began for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. Suzuki cannot engage in election campaigns because his civil rights have been suspended following his conviction for bribery.

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Japan general election

KITAMI, Japan - Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, makes a stump speech in Kitami, Hokkaido, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning began for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. Party leader Muneo Suzuki cannot engage in election campaigns because his civil rights have been suspended following his conviction for bribery.

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Japan general election

KITAMI, Japan - Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, makes a stump speech in Kitami, Hokkaido, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning began for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. Party leader Muneo Suzuki cannot engage in election campaigns because his civil rights have been suspended following his conviction for bribery.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party, Muneo Suzuki of the New Party Daichi and Yoichi Masuzoe of the New Renaissance Party.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki before jailing

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (L), leader of the New Party Daichi, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, before his expected incarceration for bribery and other crimes.

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Olympic medalist Suzuki instructs children at swimming event

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Seoul Olympic gold medal swimmer Daichi Suzuki (L) of Japan gives advice to children at an event hosted by the Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee for the Summer Olympic Games in Copenhagen on Sept. 29, 2009.

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Ainu candidate Tahara set to lose in election

SAPPORO, Japan - Kaori Tahara (L), an indigenous Ainu woman candidate backed by the local opposition New Party Daichi, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on July 29 after her defeat in the day's House of Councillors election appears certain. To her right is Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives who heads the party.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party member, returns to the House of Representatives on Sept. 21, despite facing a bribery trial, as a member of the New Party Daichi to attend a special Diet session after the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki to make comeback to lower house

SAPPORO, Japan - Scandal-tainted former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki celebrates Sept. 11 in Sapporo as he is certain to regain his parliamentary seat in the day's House of Representatives election. Suzuki ran in the election in the proportional representation block in Hokkaido from his newly launched New Party Daichi, based in Sapporo.

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Party leaders make campaign speech

NAMBORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, leader of New Party Daichi, addresses voters in the Hokkaido town of Namboro on Sept. 4.

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Party leaders on the stumping

OBIRA, Japan - New Party Daichi leader Muneo Suzuki waves at voters during his stumping tour in the Hokkaido town of Obira on Sept. 3.

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Suzuki begins election campaigning

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker convicted of bribery who now heads Shinto Daichi (new party good earth), stumps in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Aug. 30, the first day of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (C), a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, smiles during a ceremony launching a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (R), a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, greets supporters during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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(7)Runners relay Olympic torch in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nagano Olympic speed-skating gold medallist Hiroyasu Shimizu (R) lights the torch hold by Seoul Olympic swimming gold medallist Daichi Suzuki during the torch relay in Tokyo on June 6.

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Skater Shimizu named Olympic torch runner candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Speed skater Hiroyasu Shimizu (R), who won a gold medal in the men's 500 meters at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, and swimmer Daichi Suzuki (L), a gold medal winner in the men's backstroke at the Seoul Olympics, were named as candidates to be Olympic torch runners in the June 6 torch relay in Tokyo, Athens Olympics sponsor Coca Cola said April 6. They are among 15 Japanese selected as runners.

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Baseball in Japan

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (L) and first baseman Daichi Suzuki pose for a photo after a win over the Seibu Lions in a Pacific League baseball game at Rakuten Seimei Park in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 5, 2022.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party member, returns to the House of Representatives on Sept. 21, despite facing a bribery trial, as a member of the New Party Daichi to attend a special Diet session after the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Athletics: Hammer-throw legend Murofushi confirms retirement

Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi (R) meets Japan Sports Agency Commissioner Daichi Suzuki in Tokyo on July 8, 2016. The 2004 Olympic hammer-throw winner confirmed his retirement during the meeting with Suzuki, two weeks after missing out on a place in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Interleague play to begin in Japan

(From L to R) Takayuki Kajitani of the DeNA BayStars, Yoshihiro Maru of the Hiroshima Carp, Hisayoshi Chono of the Yomiuri Giants, Yuya Hasegawa of the SoftBank Hawks, Daichi Suzuki of the Lotte Marines and Ginjiro Sumitani of the Seibu Lions pose for a photo in Tokyo on May 30, 2016, as interleague play begins in Japanese baseball the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo wrestlers attend workshop to avoid illegal activities

Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo (L) and Japan Sports Agency commissioner Daichi Suzuki attend a workshop for wrestlers organized by the Japan Sumo Association with the aim of preventing them from being involved in illegal activities in the wake of scandals over gambling and drug use in sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Suzuki snaps homerless PL start, as Marines blast Eagles

Daichi Suzuki of the Lotte Marines hits his second homer of the game in the eighth inning of a 12-2 whipping of the Rakuten Eagles at QVC Marine Field in Chiba, Japan on March 29, 2016. Prior to Suzuki's first shot, the pitchers of the six Pacific League teams had not allowed a ball over the fence in 179 innings since the March 25 start of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency chief Suzuki visits Rio de Janeiro

Daichi Suzuki, commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency, speaks to the press in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 14, 2015. Regarding security risks in the 2016 Olympics host city, Suzuki, an Olympic gold medalist, said he will do utmost to ensure safety of the Japanese team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency chief Suzuki makes official visit to London

Daichi Suzuki, commissioner of the recently launched Japan Sports Agency, gives a lecture in London on Oct. 28, 2015, during his first official overseas duty. With Japan hosting the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, Suzuki aimed to learn from London's experience of hosting the 2012 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency chief Suzuki gives interview

Daichi Suzuki, commissioner of the newly launched Japan Sports Agency, is interviewed by news media on Oct. 2, 2015, in Tokyo. Suzuki, who won the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, said it is necessary to create an environment to enable children to enjoy sport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency launches with Olympic gold medalist as head

Daichi Suzuki, the first commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency, pumps his fist in front of the new agency's sign in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2015, as it was launched the same day under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Headed by the Olympic gold medalist swimmer, the agency is tasked with improving Japanese athletes' performance and people's health ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency launches with Olympic gold medalist as head

Daichi Suzuki, the first commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency, smiles at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2015, as the new agency was launched the same day under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Headed by the Olympic gold medalist swimmer, the agency is tasked with improving Japanese athletes' performance and people's health ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency launches with Olympic gold medalist as head

Daichi Suzuki (R) receives a letter of appointment from education minister Hakubun Shimomura in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2015, to become the first commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency launched the same day. The Olympic gold medalist swimmer is expected to lead efforts to improve the performances of Japanese athletes ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency launches with Olympic gold medalist as head

Daichi Suzuki, the first commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency, receives flowers at the agency in front of reporters on Oct. 1, 2015, as the new agency was launched the same day under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Headed by the Olympic gold medalist swimmer, the agency is tasked with improving Japanese athletes' performance and people's health ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gold medalist swimmer Suzuki to become 1st head of sports agency

Daichi Suzuki, the 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist in the men's 100-meter backstroke, attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Wakayama on Sept. 11, 2015, after being named as the first chief of a new sports agency to be launched the following month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency chief tries out goalball team sport for blind in Tokyo

Daichi Suzuki (C), commissioner of the newly established Japan Sports Agency, tries out goalball, a team sport for blind athletes, at the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sport agency chief visits rehab center for disabled in Tokyo

Daichi Suzuki (L), commissioner of the newly established Japan Sports Agency, listens to an official talk about artificial legs at the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sports agency chief rides wheelchair for hands-on experience in Tokyo

Daichi Suzuki (C), commissioner of the newly established Japan Sports Agency, rides a wheelchair for hands-on experience at the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World gymnastics body chief visits Japan Sports Agency head

International Gymnastics Federation President Bruno Grandi (L, front) visits former Olympic swimming champion Daichi Suzuki, commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency newly launched ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gold medalist swimmer Suzuki eyed as 1st sports agency chief

Photo taken June 25, 2015, shows Daichi Suzuki (R), the head of the Tokyo 2020 Athletes' Commission, attending a meeting with Yoshiro Mori, the head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, in the capital. It was reported on Sept. 4, 2015, that the government is making final arrangements to tap Suzuki, the 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist in the men's 100-meter backstroke, as the first chief of a sports agency to be launched in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Party leaders make campaign speech

NAMBORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, leader of New Party Daichi, addresses voters in the Hokkaido town of Namboro on Sept. 4.(Kyodo)

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Party leaders on the stumping

OBIRA, Japan - New Party Daichi leader Muneo Suzuki waves at voters during his stumping tour in the Hokkaido town of Obira on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki to make comeback to lower house

SAPPORO, Japan - Scandal-tainted former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki celebrates Sept. 11 in Sapporo as he is certain to regain his parliamentary seat in the day's House of Representatives election. Suzuki ran in the election in the proportional representation block in Hokkaido from his newly launched New Party Daichi, based in Sapporo. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki begins election campaigning

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker convicted of bribery who now heads Shinto Daichi (new party good earth), stumps in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Aug. 30, the first day of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (C), a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, smiles during a ceremony launching a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (R), a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, greets supporters during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ainu candidate Tahara set to lose in election

SAPPORO, Japan - Kaori Tahara (L), an indigenous Ainu woman candidate backed by the local opposition New Party Daichi, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on July 29 after her defeat in the day's House of Councillors election appears certain. To her right is Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives who heads the party. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki before jailing

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (L), leader of the New Party Daichi, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, before his expected incarceration for bribery and other crimes. (Kyodo)

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Sports agency chief Suzuki

Japan Sports Agency chief Daichi Suzuki is interviewed in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball in Japan

Ukyo Shuto of the SoftBank Hawks steals third base sliding under the tag of Rakuten Eagles third baseman Daichi Suzuki in the fifth inning of a game at PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 18, 2020.