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Japan Golf Tour record winner Jumbo Ozaki dies at 78

Masashi Ozaki lifts the victor's trophy after winning the ANA Open golf tournament at Sapporo Golf Club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Sept. 22, 2002, becoming the oldest winner on the Japan Golf Tour at 55 years and 7 months. Nicknamed Jumbo Ozaki, he died of sigmoid colon cancer aged 78 on Dec. 23, 2025, after scoring 112 wins, the most for a Japanese player, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour.

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Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka attend a press conference on Dec. 7, 2002, in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, ahead of their wedding ceremony.(Kyodo)

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Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka pose for photos after their wedding ceremony at a hotel in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2002. (Pool photo)

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(3)S. Korea edge China at E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - South Korea captain Yoo Sang Chul (6) celebrates after scoring the winning goal in the first half of the East Asian Football Championship, beating China 1-0 at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7.

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(1)S. Korea edge China at E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - South Korea forward Ahn Jung Hwan (19) dribbles past a China defender to advance during the first half of the East Asian Football Championship at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7. South Korea notched their second win of the championship by beating China 1-0

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Japan win over Hong Kong in E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan defender Alessandro Santos celebrates after scoring the winning goal during the first half of the East Asian Football Championship at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7. Japan beat Hong Kong 1-0

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(2)S. Korea edge China at E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - China midfielder Zhao Xuri (L) fights for the ball with South Korea forward Choi Yong Soo during the first half of the East Asian Football Championship at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7. S. Korea notched their second win of the championship by beating China 1-0

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Nobel laureates Tanaka, Koshiba speak of life's best moment

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel prize winners Koichi Tanaka (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Masatoshi Koshiba (R), co-winner of the year's physics award, join other laureates at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to meet international news media prior on Dec. 7 to an awards ceremony Dec. 10.

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Tanaka's boss meets professor who told world of his work

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., hands souvenirs to Robert Cotter (C), professor of Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, and his wife at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 7. Cotter is credited with drawing worldwide attention to the research by Koichi Tanaka, one of the two Japanese recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize. Tanaka works with Shimadzu.

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Japan's last coal mine to be closed

KUSHIRO, Japan - File photo shows the head office of Taiheiyo Coal Mine Co. in Kushiro, Hokkaido, which officially informed its 1,000-member labor union Dec, 7 of its plan to close Japan's last coal mine on Jan. 30, 2002. The closure will mark the demise of Japan's coal mining industry, which played a key role in helping rebuild the economy from the ruins of World War II.

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Preliminary draw for 2002 World Cup held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Date (L), a former top Japanese tennis player, draws teams for the 2002 World Cup Asian zone tournament at the Tokyo International Forum on Dec. 7. The draw was also held for Oceania, S. America, Europe, Africa and the Central America-Caribbean zone.

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FIFA president meets Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Sepp Blatter (R), president of soccer's world governing body FIFA, pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 7. Blatter is in Japan to attend FIFA's Executive Committee meeting and the preliminary draw for the 2002 World Cup tournament. At the left is Shunichiro Okano, chairman of the Football Association of Japan.

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(2)S. Korea edge China at E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - China midfielder Zhao Xuri (L) fights for the ball with South Korea forward Choi Yong Soo during the first half of the East Asian Football Championship at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7. S. Korea notched their second win of the championship by beating China 1-0 (Kyodo)

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(1)S. Korea edge China at E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - South Korea forward Ahn Jung Hwan (19) dribbles past a China defender to advance during the first half of the East Asian Football Championship at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7. South Korea notched their second win of the championship by beating China 1-0 (Kyodo)

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Japan win over Hong Kong in E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan defender Alessandro Santos celebrates after scoring the winning goal during the first half of the East Asian Football Championship at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7. Japan beat Hong Kong 1-0 (Kyodo)

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(3)S. Korea edge China at E. Asian Championship

SAITAMA, Japan - South Korea captain Yoo Sang Chul (6) celebrates after scoring the winning goal in the first half of the East Asian Football Championship, beating China 1-0 at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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Tanaka's boss meets professor who told world of his work

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Hidetoshi Yajima (L), president of Shimadzu Corp., hands souvenirs to Robert Cotter (C), professor of Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, and his wife at a Stockholm hotel Dec. 7. Cotter is credited with drawing worldwide attention to the research by Koichi Tanaka, one of the two Japanese recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize. Tanaka works with Shimadzu. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureates Tanaka, Koshiba speak of life's best moment

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese Nobel prize winners Koichi Tanaka (L), co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Masatoshi Koshiba (R), co-winner of the year's physics award, join other laureates at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to meet international news media prior on Dec. 7 to an awards ceremony Dec. 10. (Kyodo)

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Preliminary draw for 2002 World Cup held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Date (L), a former top Japanese tennis player, draws teams for the 2002 World Cup Asian zone tournament at the Tokyo International Forum on Dec. 7. The draw was also held for Oceania, S. America, Europe, Africa and the Central America-Caribbean zone.

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FIFA president meets Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Sepp Blatter (R), president of soccer's world governing body FIFA, pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 7. Blatter is in Japan to attend FIFA's Executive Committee meeting and the preliminary draw for the 2002 World Cup tournament. At the left is Shunichiro Okano, chairman of the Football Association of Japan.