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Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

File photo taken in July 2009 shows Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. The 2019 Pritzker laureate died on Dec. 28, 2022, aged 91.

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Ozawa's ex-aide Ishikawa arrested over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and one-time secretary to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, speaks to reporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 28, 2009. Prosecutors arrested Ishikawa on Jan. 15, 2010, in connection with a political funds scandal involving Ozawa's fund management body.

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Asada performs in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Mao Asada performs in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009, a day after winning the Japan national figure skating championships and clinching a berth for the Vancouver Olympics.

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Asada performs in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Mao Asada performs in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009, a day after winning the Japan national figure skating championships and clinching a berth for the Vancouver Olympics.

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Murder suspected over 2 bodies found in gutted car

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers and firefighters inspect a gutted minivan in which two charred bodies were found along with a charcoal stove on a street in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. The police initially suspected that the two had used the stove to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning but arrested a 37-year-old man the next day on suspicion of killing the two.

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Japanese PM Hatoyama talks with Indian business leaders

MUMBAI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, shake hands in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 28, 2009, before their talks.

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Hatoyama talks with India's Congress Party chief Gandhi

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) shakes hands with Sonia Gandhi, president of India's Congress Party, in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2009, before their talks.

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Asada, Takahashi perform in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Mao Asada (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009. Both won the Dec. 25-27 Japan national figure skating championships to clinch their berths for the Vancouver Olympics.

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Japanese PM Hatoyama talks with Indian business leaders

MUMBAI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., shake hands in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 28, 2009, before their talks.

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Japanese figure skaters for Vancouver Olympics at exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Japan's figure skaters for the Vancouver Olympics -- (from L to R) Miki Ando, Takahiko Kozuka, Akiko Suzuki, Nobunari Oda, Mao Asada and Daisuke Takahashi -- line up during the finale of an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009.

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Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

TOKYO, Japan - People who have lost their jobs and homes enter the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo to stay at a temporary shelter opened by the Tokyo metropolitan government inside the center on Dec. 28, 2009. The shelter was set up to provide meals and accommodations for them during the year-end and New Year's holidays.

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Japanese PM Hatoyama talks with Indian business leaders

MUMBAI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) talks with Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 28, 2009.

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Takahashi performs in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009. Takahashi won the Japan national figure skating championships on Dec. 26, securing a berth for the Vancouver Olympics.

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Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida speaks at a news conference in Tsu on Dec. 28, 2009, after she agreed with the Mie Three Arrows of the new independent Japan-Future League to join the team should she decide to play in Japan after her stint in the Arizona Winter League.

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Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida (R) and Keiichiro Kabeya, representative of the Mie Three Arrows of the new independent Japan-Future League, shake hands during a news conference in Tsu on Dec. 28, 2009. Yoshida agreed to join the club should she decide to play in Japan after her stint in the Arizona Winter League.

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Okazaki secures record 5th Olympic berth

NAGANO, Japan - Veteran speed skater Tomomi Okazaki celebrates after finishing second in the women's 500 meters in a qualifier for next year's Vancouver Olympics at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 28, 2009. Okazaki became the first Japanese female athlete to book a spot in the Olympics for a record fifth time.

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Senior exec Karasawa to take helm of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyoshi Karasawa, senior executive officer of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2009, after the company announced that he will become president next April 1, succeeding Toshiaki Egashira who will become chairman.

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Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

TOKYO, Japan - People who have lost their jobs and homes enter the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo to stay at a temporary shelter opened by the Tokyo metropolitan government inside the center on Dec. 28, 2009. The shelter was set up to provide meals and accommodations for them during the year-end and New Year's holidays.

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Oil tank port Kozmino starts operations

NAKHODKA, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a tanker-loading ceremony at Kozmino, near Nakhodka in Russia's Far East, on Dec. 28, 2009. Russia started loading the first oil tanker at Kozmino port which will serve as a key gateway for the country's energy exports to Asian markets.

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help.

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Skater Suzuki upbeat on Olympics selection

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Akiko Suzuki smiles at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. Suzuki was selected for the Vancouver Olympics after coming second at the national championship the previous day.

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Olympic skater Takahashi relaxed after c'ships

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi stretches after attending a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. Takahashi booked a place at the Vancouver Olympics after winning the recent national championships.

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help.

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Skater Asada upbeat on Olympics selection

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese figure skating champion Mao Asada smiles at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. Asada was selected for the Vancouver Olympics after winning the national championship the previous day.

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Skater Asada upbeat on Olympics selection

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese figure skating champion Mao Asada smiles at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. Asada was selected for the Vancouver Olympics after winning the national championship the previous day.

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Oil tank port Kozmino starts operations

NAKHODKA, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a tanker-loading ceremony at Kozmino, near Nakhodka in Russia's Far East, on Dec. 28, 2009. Russia started loading the first oil tanker at Kozmino port which will serve as a key gateway for the country's energy exports to Asian markets. (Kyodo)

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Japanese PM Hatoyama talks with Indian business leaders

MUMBAI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) talks with Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 28, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japanese PM Hatoyama talks with Indian business leaders

MUMBAI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., shake hands in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 28, 2009, before their talks. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama talks with India's Congress Party chief Gandhi

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) shakes hands with Sonia Gandhi, president of India's Congress Party, in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2009, before their talks. (Kyodo)

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Japanese PM Hatoyama talks with Indian business leaders

MUMBAI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, shake hands in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 28, 2009, before their talks. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China to release history study report later January

BEIJING, China - Bu Ping, director of the Institute of Modern History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Beijing on Dec. 28, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa's ex-aide Ishikawa arrested over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and one-time secretary to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, speaks to reporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 28, 2009. Prosecutors arrested Ishikawa on Jan. 15, 2010, in connection with a political funds scandal involving Ozawa's fund management body. (Kyodo)

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Murder suspected over 2 bodies found in gutted car

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers and firefighters inspect a gutted minivan in which two charred bodies were found along with a charcoal stove on a street in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. The police initially suspected that the two had used the stove to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning but arrested a 37-year-old man the next day on suspicion of killing the two. (Kyodo)

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Japanese figure skaters for Vancouver Olympics at exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Japan's figure skaters for the Vancouver Olympics -- (from L to R) Miki Ando, Takahiko Kozuka, Akiko Suzuki, Nobunari Oda, Mao Asada and Daisuke Takahashi -- line up during the finale of an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida (R) and Keiichiro Kabeya, representative of the Mie Three Arrows of the new independent Japan-Future League, shake hands during a news conference in Tsu on Dec. 28, 2009. Yoshida agreed to join the club should she decide to play in Japan after her stint in the Arizona Winter League. (Kyodo)

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Female knuckleballer to join Mie if she plays in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida speaks at a news conference in Tsu on Dec. 28, 2009, after she agreed with the Mie Three Arrows of the new independent Japan-Future League to join the team should she decide to play in Japan after her stint in the Arizona Winter League. (Kyodo)

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Asada, Takahashi perform in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Mao Asada (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009. Both won the Dec. 25-27 Japan national figure skating championships to clinch their berths for the Vancouver Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi performs in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009. Takahashi won the Japan national figure skating championships on Dec. 26, securing a berth for the Vancouver Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Asada performs in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Mao Asada performs in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009, a day after winning the Japan national figure skating championships and clinching a berth for the Vancouver Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Asada performs in exhibition

KADOMA, Japan - Mao Asada performs in an exhibition at Namihaya Dome in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 28, 2009, a day after winning the Japan national figure skating championships and clinching a berth for the Vancouver Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

TOKYO, Japan - People who have lost their jobs and homes enter the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo to stay at a temporary shelter opened by the Tokyo metropolitan government inside the center on Dec. 28, 2009. The shelter was set up to provide meals and accommodations for them during the year-end and New Year's holidays. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

TOKYO, Japan - People who have lost their jobs and homes enter the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo to stay at a temporary shelter opened by the Tokyo metropolitan government inside the center on Dec. 28, 2009. The shelter was set up to provide meals and accommodations for them during the year-end and New Year's holidays. (Kyodo)

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Senior exec Karasawa to take helm of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyoshi Karasawa, senior executive officer of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2009, after the company announced that he will become president next April 1, succeeding Toshiaki Egashira who will become chairman. (Kyodo)

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Okazaki secures record 5th Olympic berth

NAGANO, Japan - Veteran speed skater Tomomi Okazaki celebrates after finishing second in the women's 500 meters in a qualifier for next year's Vancouver Olympics at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 28, 2009. Okazaki became the first Japanese female athlete to book a spot in the Olympics for a record fifth time. (Kyodo)

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Okazaki secures record 5th Olympic berth

NAGANO, Japan - Veteran speed skater Tomomi Okazaki competes in the women's 500 meters in a qualifier for next year's Vancouver Games at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 28, 2009. Okazaki finished second in the event, becoming the first Japanese female athlete to book a spot in the Olympics for a record fifth time. (Kyodo)

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Okazaki secures record 5th Olympic berth

NAGANO, Japan - Veteran speed skater Tomomi Okazaki competes in the women's 500 meters in a qualifier for next year's Vancouver Games at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Dec. 28, 2009. Okazaki finished second in the event, becoming the first Japanese female athlete to book a spot in the Olympics for a record fifth time. (Kyodo)

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help. (Kyodo)

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help. (Kyodo)

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Skater Suzuki upbeat on Olympics selection

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Akiko Suzuki smiles at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. Suzuki was selected for the Vancouver Olympics after coming second at the national championship the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Skater Asada upbeat on Olympics selection

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese figure skating champion Mao Asada smiles at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 28, 2009. Asada was selected for the Vancouver Olympics after winning the national championship the previous day. (Kyodo)