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2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

Emiko Honma (top, R), 74, second-generation atomic bomb survivor and director of Nihon Hidankyo, winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the University of Oslo in the Norwegian capital on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the award ceremony for Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group was held.

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2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

Emiko Honma, 74, second-generation atomic bomb survivor and director of Nihon Hidankyo, winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the University of Oslo in the Norwegian capital on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the award ceremony for Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group was held.

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2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

Emiko Honma, 74, second-generation atomic bomb survivor and director of Nihon Hidankyo, winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the University of Oslo in the Norwegian capital on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the award ceremony for Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group was held.

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Geneva music contest final

Members of the Germany-based Quartett Hana, (from L) Johannes Valja, Gyurim Kwak, Emiko Yuasa and Fuga Miwatashi pose for a photo after placing joint-second in the string quartet final at the Geneva International Music Competition at Victoria Hall in Geneva on Oct. 29, 2023.

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Geneva music contest final

Japanese violinist Fuga Miwatashi (far L) and violist Emiko Yuasa (far R), members of the Germany-based Quartett Hana, perform during the string quartet final at the Geneva International Music Competition at Victoria Hall in Geneva on Oct. 29, 2023.

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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, sits on stage in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, receives a bouquet from one of her former dance students in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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Photo exhibit at U.N. on 2011 disaster recovery

NEW YORK, United States - Kiyoshi Murakami (L), representative of nonprofit organization Aid TAKATA which serves as a liaison council for supporting Iwate Prefecture's Rikuzentakata, Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (C), and Fumihiko Imamura, director of Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science, stand in front of photo panels on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster displayed at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014.

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Sendai mayor explains photos on 2011 disaster at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama explains photographs and graphics on the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and ensuing recovery efforts exhibited at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014. The third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held next March in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Sochi figure skating winner Hanyu visits hometown mayor

SENDAI, Japan - Sochi Olympics men's figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu (L) receives a "shield of kudos" from Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama on Feb. 26, 2014, at the city hall for his achievement at the Winter Games in Russia. Hanyu's success lifted the spirits of many people in Sendai, his hometown, as well as other areas in northeastern Japan that were devastated in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami catastrophe.

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UNESCO register adds archive of pre-modern Japan mission

SENDAI, Japan - Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama answers a reporter's question at the Sendai city hall in Miyagi Prefecture on June 19, 2013. A collection of materials about Keicho Mission, a 17th century mission sent under the order of Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to the Vatican and Spain, has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

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Female nuclear physicist hopes to become No. 1 in world

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2013, in Tokyo shows researcher on nuclear physics Emiko Hiyama. The Association for the Bright Future of Women Scientists announced the same day that it will award the associate chief scientist at Riken's Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science with the 2013 Saruhashi Award for female researchers who have made remarkable achievements in the field of natural sciences.

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China's Tang presents stuffed panda to Sendai mayor

SENDAI, Japan - China's former Foreign Minister and State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan (R), who currently heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, presents Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama with a stuffed panda as a gift at the Sendai city offices in Miyagi Prefecture on April 27, 2012, during his visit to northeastern Japan's biggest city that was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Okuyama, who is planning to borrow giant pandas from China for the city zoo and bring cheer to Sendai's children, told Tang she looks forward to seeing real pandas in Sendai one day.

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KDDI to open foothold in quake-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (C), chairman of KDDI Corp., poses with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (R) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2011. The operator of ''au'' mobile phone services said the same day it will set up a foothold in the city to register and manage subscribers' data as part of its efforts to create employment in the northeastern Japan region ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan quake-hit city desires pandas to be leased

SENDAI, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua (L) and Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama shake hands at the Sendai city offices in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2011. The mayor of the city, which was hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, reiterated in a meeting with the ambassador the city's request for China to lease giant pandas to the city-run Yagiyama Zoological Park to cheer up local children affected by the disaster. The city made the request to the Chinese government earlier.

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Amazon Japan Pres. Cheung, Sendai Mayor Okuyama

SENDAI, Japan - Jasper Cheung (L), president of Amazon Japan K.K., shakes hands with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama at the Sendai city office on the afternoon of Sept. 27, 2011. The Japanese unit of U.S.-based Internet commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. said the same day it will open a call center in the capital of Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in March 2012.

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China ambassador thanks Sendai for supporting Chinese

SENDAI, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua (L) hands Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama a certificate of appreciation at the city office on April 15, 2011. Cheng thanked the city for helping Chinese survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami who were in the northeastern Japan city at the time, and handed over money donated by Chinese companies.

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DPJ-backed candidate wins Sendai mayoral election

SENDAI, Japan - Opposition-backed Emiko Okuyama celebrates with her supporters after winning the Sendai mayoral election defeating five contenders in Sendai on July 26.

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Russia's Davydova, Ermakova win synchronized duet free routine

BEIJING, China - (From L to R) Silver medalists Andrea Fuentes and Gemma Mengual of Spain, gold medalists Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova of Russia, and bronze medalists Emiko Suzuki and Saho Harada of Japan pose with their medals in the synchronized swimming duet free routine of the Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada wave on a podium at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20 during a medal ceremony for the synchronized swimming duet free routine at the Olympic Games. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final at the Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final at the Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final at the Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (R) and Saho Harada pose with their bronze medals for the Olympic synchronized swimming duet free routine at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (R) and Saho Harada pose with their bronze medals for the Olympic synchronized swimming duet free routine at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final at the Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final at the Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final at the Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada pose with their bronze medals for the Olympic synchronized swimming duet free routine at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20.

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Japan's Suzuki and Harada win bronze in synchronized swimming

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine final at the Olympic Games at National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Aug. 20. Suzuki and Harada took the bronze with 97.167 points.

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Japan's Harada and Suzuki advance to synchronized duet final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada (R) acknowledge spectators after performing in the synchronized swimming duet free routine preliminary of the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center on Aug. 19.

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Japan's Harada and Suzuki advance to synchronized duet final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada (R) perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine preliminary of the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center on Aug. 19. The pair advanced to the duet final after placing third in the preliminary.

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Japan's Harada and Suzuki advance to synchronized duet final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada (R) perform in the synchronized swimming duet free routine preliminary of the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center on Aug. 19. The pair advanced to the duet final after placing third in the preliminary.

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Japan in 3rd place after synchronized swimming duet technical routine

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada (R) perform their technical routine in the synchronized swimming competition at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 18 at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. The pair finished in third place in the technical routine.

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Japan in 3rd place after synchronized swimming duet technical routine

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada (R) perform their technical routine in the synchronized swimming competition at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 18 at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. The pair finished in third place in the technical routine.

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Japan in 3rd after synchronized duet technical routine

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (in background) and Saho Harada (front) seen following their technical routine in the synchronized swimming competition at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 18 at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing.

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Japan in 3rd place after synchronized swimming duet technical routine

BEIJING, China - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (in background) and Saho Harada (front) perform their technical routine in the synchronized swimming competition at the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 18 at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. The pair finished in third place in the technical routine.

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Uemura wins moguls titles at World Cup meet

INAWASHIRO, Japan - Japan's Aiko Uemura (C) came from behind to claim her first World Cup title in three years at Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 16. At left is Nikola Sudova of the Czech Republic, who took second place, and at right is American Emiko Torito, who was third.

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Japan pair win Japan Open duet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Ayako Matsumura, bronze medalists at the world championships in March, prevailed in the free routine final to win the duet gold at the Japan Open at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on May 5.

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Suzuki, Matsumura 3rd in duet free routine

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese synchronized swimming pair Emiko Suzuki (R) and Ayako Matsumura won a bronze medal in the duet free routine, finishing behind Russia and Spain at the world swimming championships in Melbourne on March 23.

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Japanese win duet synchro competition at world swimming

MELBOURNE, Australia - Emiko Suzuki (R) and Saho Harada of Japan put up a bronze medal synchronized duet performance at the world swimming championships in Melbourne on March 20 .

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Japan synchro duo 2nd in technical routine qualifying

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese synchronized swimming duo Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada (R) got off to a solid start in their medal quest March 17, coming through the qualifying round for the technical routine in second place on the opening day of the world swimming championships in Melbourne.

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Ikuta gives Japan gold in men's giant slalom in Winter Asian Games

CHANGCHUN, China - Yasuhiro Ikuta bags another gold for Japan in Alpine skiing on Feb. 1 when he won the men's giant slalom at the Winter Asian Games, a day after Emiko Kiyosawa clinched the women's giant slalom title.

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Suzuki, Harada defeated by Chinese twins

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's synchronized swimmers Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada are in action in the duet event at the Hamad Aquatic Center. They had to settle for the silver medal as they suffered defeat at the hands of Chinese twins Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen.

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Suzuki, Harada defeated by Chinese twins

DOHA, Qatar - Chinese twins Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen react in joy on the podium after winning the Asian Games synchronized swimming duet event as the Japanese pair Saho Harada (far left) and Emiko Suzuku clap hands for the winners at the Hamad Aquatic Center.

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Japanese delegates to Asian games enter athletes' village

DOHA, Qatar - Emiko Nakagawa, a member of the Japanese chess team to play in the Asian Games, speaks with reporters after entering the athletes' village in Doha on Nov. 27. Nakagawa, at 65, is the oldest of all Japanese delegates.

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Japan settles for bronze in World Cup duet

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Emiko Suzuki (L) and Saho Harada fell short of their silver-medal goal in the duet competition after placing third at the synchronized swimming World Cup at Yokohama International Swimming Pool on Sept. 16.

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Suzuki wins bronze in solo event at synchronized swimming

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Emiko Suzuki performs during the finals of the solo free routine at the FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup in Yokohama on Sept. 15. Suzuki finished third in the solo event.

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Russia's Ischenko wins solo event at synchronized swimming

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Silver medalist Spain's Gemma Mengual (L), gold medalist Russia's Natalia Ishchenko (C) and bronze medalist Japan's Emiko Suzuki pose for photos during an awards ceremony of the solo event of the FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup Yokohama on Sept. 15.

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Japan's Suzuki, Harada win Japan Open duet

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese synchronized swimmers Emiko Suzuki (back) and Saho Harada (front) outperformed Spanish rivals Gemma Mengual and Paola Tirados to win the duet title of the Japan Open, which doubled as the national championships, at Yokohama International Swimming Pool on May 5.