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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako listens to Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital's emergency unit chief Shinji Inada speaking at a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Prelim round for 2018 soccer World Cup to start in June

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, and other senior JFA officials pose in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2014, on the occasion of the association's announcement that the elimination round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will start in June.

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Window falls from U.S. chopper onto Okinawa school grounds

GINOWAN, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Students of Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 14, 2017, look at the grounds where a window from a CH-53E U.S. military helicopter fell the previous day.

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2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

NARAHA, Japan - Senior officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., including Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono (C), bow during a press conference on Jan. 20, 2015, in the northeastern Japanese city of Naraha, as two workers died in separate accidents at the Daiichi plant and the nearby Daini complex, despite TEPCO's pledge to improve working conditions at the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) speaks about an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with the matter after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31.

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Japan soccer chief returns Asian Cup before 2015 tourney

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japan Football Association head Kuniya Daini (R) shakes hands with Asian Football Confederation chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa after returning the trophy at an opening ceremony for the Asian Cup 2015 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Mainz's Okazaki gives gifts in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Wearing a Santa Claus costume, Shinji Okazaki of German Bundesliga club Mainz hands a gift to a child during an event organized by his football school at Takigawa Daini senior high school, from which he graduated, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 23, 2014.

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Japan keep coach Aguirre for Asian Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara (L), general secretary of the Japan Football Association, and JFA President Kuniya Daini attend a JAF executive meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. The JFA decided that national team coach Javier Aguirre would remain in charge for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Spain.

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Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, head of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima office, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 16, 2014, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Ishizaki said whether the four reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, about 12 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, will be decommissioned as called for by the Fukushima prefectural government will depend on the central government's decision on the country's nuclear energy policy.

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Top JFA officials watch RoboCup-winning soccer robot

CHIBA, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) and supreme adviser Saburo Kawabuchi pose with a soccer robot in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 30, 2014. The Chiba Institute of Technology's humanoid robot team won this year's RoboCup world soccer event in Brazil.

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Tour in Fukushima town reeling from nuclear accident

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visit on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan, where decontamination work is under way following the 2011 nuclear accident stemming from a powerful earthquake and tsunami. In the background is Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant.

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Japan to bid for host of 2020 Futsal World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Governor Hideaki Omura (R) of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, submits a proposal to host the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2014.

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Japan, Iran soccer associations ink cooperation accord

TEHRAN, Iran - Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Kafashian exchange documents signed by them in Tehran on Aug. 12, 2014, to promote cooperation between the two bodies.

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Japan, Iran soccer associations to promote cooperation

TEHRAN, Iran - Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, and his Iranian counterpart Ali Kafashian exchange the uniforms of each other's national team, with their names displayed on them, in Tehran on Aug. 12, 2014, after signing an agreement to promote cooperation between the two bodies.

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New Japan national soccer coach Aguirre meets press

TOKYO, Japan - New coach Javier Aguirre (C) of Japan's national soccer team, a former Mexico manager, poses with Japan Football Association Chairman Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2014.

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Japanese soccer leader gets gala welcome in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Kuniya Daini (C), president of the Japan Football Association, attends a welcome ceremony featuring samba dancing at the Japanese consulate general's official residence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 10, 2014, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup finals on June 12.

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Aichi Pref. seeks to host 2020 futsal world cup

TOKYO, Japan - Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (C) hands Kuniya Daini (L), president of the Japan Football Association, in Tokyo on April 9, 2014, a request to invite the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup to the prefecture. Standing at right is Noboru Suzuki, chairman of the Aichi Football Association.

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Pele attends World Cup sponsor's press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Soccer legend Pele (L) smiles as he holds a photo of his younger self during a press conference in Tokyo organized on March 13, 2014, by Swiss luxury watch maker Hublot, the official timekeeper of the forthcoming 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil. On the right is Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini.

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Floating wind farm off Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2013, shows a wind turbine on a floating wind farm set up on the sea some 20 kilometers off Naraha town in Fukushima Prefecture. The Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm, an experimental project by the University of Tokyo and 10 companies, commenced generating electricity the same day through the wind turbine, its first one. The Fukushima Daini nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. can be seen in the background.

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police officers take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police officers take part in a drill at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, based on the scenario that a group of terrorists have attempted to attack the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on May 11, 2013. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies are removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies (underwater, C) are carried into the spent fuel pool after being removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies (underwater, C) are removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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TEPCO chairman, president survey Fukushima plant

TOMIOKA, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (R), chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and TEPCO President Naomi Hirose (C) visit the utility's Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 4, 2012. They visited the plant as well as the utility's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex for the first time since assuming their posts in late June. (Pool photo)

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Daini appointed as new JFA president

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniya Daini speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2012. The Japan Football Association executive committee the same day announced the promotion of Daini to president from vice president.

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - An employee (R) of Tokyo Electric Power Co. indicates the level (shown by arrow) reached by the March 2011 tsunami as officials from local governments examine the inside of the building housing a heat exchange system using seawater for the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Officials from local governments examine the main steam isolation valve within the container vessel of the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Officials from local governments examine an emergency electric generator in the basement of the building housing the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The generator was inundated by the March 2011 tsunami. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the disaster. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a motor for a reactor recirculation pump within the container vessel of the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the bottom of the No. 4 reactor, inside its containment vessel, at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the bottom of the No. 4 reactor, inside its containment vessel, at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine a spent fuel pool in the building housing the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the inside of the building housing a heat exchange system using seawater for the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the main steam isolation valve (bottom) within the container vessel of the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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New levee prevented total power loss at nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2008 shows the Tokai Daini nuclear power plant run by Japan Atomic Power Co. in Ibaraki Prefecture. The plant managed to avoid a total power loss during the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami thanks to a levee the company was reconstructing voluntarily, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 23, 2011.

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Letters from Kobe

ONAGAWA, Japan - A person reads encouragement letters posted at Onagawa Daini Elementary School in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, from fifth-graders at Yamada Elementary School in Kobe, western Japan, on March 21, 2011. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, while Kobe was also devastated by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Letters from Kobe

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2011, shows an encouragement letter from a fifth-grader at Yamada Elementary School in Kobe, western Japan, to students at Onagawa Daini Elementary School in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, while Kobe was also devastated by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association vice president Kuniya Daini (R) bows in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2010, in Tokyo after Japan lost its bid to host the 2022 World Cup. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar.

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association vice president Kuniya Daini (C) and other people involved in soccer react in Tokyo as they found that Japan lost its bid to host the 2022 World Cup in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2010. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar.

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Zaccheroni ready to brandish sword

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni (C) poses for photos holding up the team uniform with Japan Football Association Vice President Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January.

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Zaccheroni to coach Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association Vice President Kuniya Daini announces in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2010, that former Juventus and AC Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has been named to manage the Japan national team, the first Italian to accept the job.

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Nursing students sing Christmas songs with robot Santa conducting

KYOTO, Japan - Nursing students sing Christmas songs under the baton of a robot Santa Claus to bring the Christmas spirit to patients at Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital in Kyoto City on Dec. 18, 2009. The robot is an MKR-300 transfer robot developed by Kyoto-based Murata Machinery Ltd.