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Etsuko Takano dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2001 shows Etsuko Takano, general manager of Iwanami Hall, a Tokyo movie theater famous for screenings of foreign art films. Takano died of colon cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 9, 2013, the 45th anniversary of the founding of Iwanami Hall. She was 83 years old.

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Tada beats champ Son to grab WBA minimumweight crown

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese challenger Etsuko Tada (R) battles WBC women's minimumweight champion Son Cho Rong of South Korea on her way to winning the title in the third round of their title bout at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on April 11.

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Tada beats champ Son to grab WBA minimumweight crown

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese challenger Etsuko Tada (R) delivers a right to WBC women's minimumweight champion Son Cho Rong of South Korea in the seventh round of their title bout at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on April 11. Tada beat Son to grab the title.

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Half-Japanese H.K. student leads pro-democracy blitz

HONG KONG, China - Mio Hirai, 20, a senior member of a student group leading a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, talks about the campaign in the group's office at Hong Kong Baptist University on Nov. 4, 2014. His Japanese mother Etsuko, married to a Chinese man, supports his activities.

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Japanese woman backs son in H.K. prodemocracy campaign

HONG KONG, China - Etsuko Hirai, 44, a Japanese woman living in Hong Kong with her Chinese husband since 1992, stands on a street in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, on Nov. 4, 2014. She supports her 20-year-old son Mio's involvement in a pro-democracy movement as a senior member of a student group leading the campaign.

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Pets cheering up owners' spirits since 2011 disaster

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows Etsuko Niisato holding her dog Kupi at her temporary store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.

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87-yr-old actress goes to Paris

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 29, 2013 shows Etsuko Shigemoto, the oldest member of the Saitama Gold Theater group, at the Saitama Arts Theater in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. Saitama Gold Theater is a troupe of elderly actors set up by renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa.

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Etsuko Tada is pictured after successfully defending her WBA minimumweight title for the seventh time with a unanimous decision over seventh-ranked Mexican Maria Salinas in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012.

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Etsuko Tada (L) punches Mexican Maria Salinas during the fifth round of a WBA minimumweight title match in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012. Tada successfully defended her title for the seventh time with a unanimous decision over seventh-ranked Salinas.

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Tada, Togashi retain women's world titles after draw

OSAKA, Japan - Women's WBC light flyweight champion Naomi Togashi (L) and WBA minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada battle each other in the first world title fight in Japan between world champions belonging to separate weight classes. The two boxers retained their respective titles after their 10-rounder at ATC Hall in Osaka finished in a draw.

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Japan's Tada defends WBA women's minimumweight title

OSAKA, Japan - WBA women's minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada of Japan poses with her trophies after beating challenger Yani Kokietgym of Thailand in their title match in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 23. Tada won a unanimous decision over Yanai in the first defense of her title.

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Japan's Tada defends WBA women's minimumweight title

OSAKA, Japan - WBA women's minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada of Japan (L) delivers a punch to Thailand's Yani Kokietgym in the seventh round of their bout in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 23. Tada won a unanimous decision over Yanai in the first defense of her title.

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Japanese harpist wins third prize in int'l harp contest

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese harpist Etsuko Chida won third prize in an international harp contest in Israel on Oct. 23.

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Fisheries school asks U.S. to continue search for 9 missing

UWAJIMA, Japan - Uwajima Fisheries High School students submit a petition to the United States calling for the search for the nine Japanese missing in the Feb. 9 collision between their fisheries training ship and a U.S. submarine to continue and for the trawler to be raised as soon as possible. Etsuko Yamaguchi, deputy head of a student council, handed the petition of about 140 signatures to Robert Ludan (R), U.S. Consul General for Osaka and Kobe, who visited the school Feb. 17 to apologize for the accident. The Greeneville crashed into and sank the 499-ton Ehime Maru during a rapid-surfacing drill off Hawaii. Four students and two teachers at the school and three crew members of the ship are still missing.

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HIV patients' advocate Kawada wins lower house Tokyo by-election

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuko Kawada shakes hands with her hemophiliac son Ryuhei (L) on Oct. 22 after winning in a House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's No. 21 single-seat constituency. A 51-year-old independent and longtime supporter of people with HIV, Kawada garnered 51,008 votes, beating three rivals including Sekiichi Kato of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who won 48,883. Kawada will fill a seat vacated by disgraced 38-year-old lawmaker Joji Yamamoto, who resigned from the Diet last month over fraud allegations.

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Independent Kawada wins lower house by-election in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuko Kawada, whose hemophiliac son's legal battle over contracting HIV through tainted blood products symbolized a challenge to the Japanese establishment, speaks to supports Oct. 22 after winning a House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's No. 21 single-seat constituency. Kawada, a 51-year-old independent and longtime supporter of people with HIV, stood atop a beer crate in front of JR Tachikawa Station and said, ''We can create a new politics.''

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Kuroi Ame; Black Rain (1989)

Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura & Etsuko Ichihara Characters: Yasuko,Shigematsu Shizuma & Shigeko Shizuma Film: Kuroi Ame; Black Rain (JP 1989) Director: Shohei Imamura 13 May 1989 Date: 13 May 1989

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KUROI AME aka BLACK RAIN

KUROI AME aka BLACK RAIN ETSUKO ICHIHARA, YOSHIKO TANAKA, KAZUO KITAMURA Date: 1989

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Boxing: Tada clinches IBF mini flyweight title

Japan's Etsuko Tada celebrates after defeating Mexican Kareli Lopez in an IBF women's world mini flyweight title bout in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2015. The 34-year-old Tada took her first world title in more than two and a half years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Tada clinches IBF mini flyweight title

Japan's Etsuko Tada (R) punches Mexican Kareli Lopez in the face in an IBF women's world mini flyweight title bout in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2015. The 34-year-old Tada won in a unanimous decision, taking her first world title in more than two and a half years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation order lifted for southwestern Japan island residents

Etsuko Watanabe unpacks items on the southwestern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu on Dec. 25, 2015, following her return home after an evacuation order was lifted nearly seven months after a volcanic eruption on the remote island with a population of around 130. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Kiko, daughter Kako attend Tokyo Int'l Quilt Festival

Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako (R) listen to Etsuko Misaka speak about her work on the opening day of the Tokyo International Quilt Festival in the Japanese capital on Jan. 22, 2015. Misaka won the Japan Quilt Grand Prix for the work. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese harpist wins third prize in int'l harp contest

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese harpist Etsuko Chida won third prize in an international harp contest in Israel on Oct. 23. (Kyodo)

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Tada beats champ Son to grab WBA minimumweight crown

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese challenger Etsuko Tada (R) battles WBC women's minimumweight champion Son Cho Rong of South Korea on her way to winning the title in the third round of their title bout at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on April 11. (Kyodo)

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Tada beats champ Son to grab WBA minimumweight crown

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese challenger Etsuko Tada (R) delivers a right to WBC women's minimumweight champion Son Cho Rong of South Korea in the seventh round of their title bout at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on April 11. Tada beat Son to grab the title. (Kyodo)

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Etsuko Tada (L) punches Mexican Maria Salinas during the fifth round of a WBA minimumweight title match in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012. Tada successfully defended her title for the seventh time with a unanimous decision over seventh-ranked Salinas. (Kyodo)

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Women's boxing

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Etsuko Tada is pictured after successfully defending her WBA minimumweight title for the seventh time with a unanimous decision over seventh-ranked Mexican Maria Salinas in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Half-Japanese H.K. student leads pro-democracy blitz

HONG KONG, China - Mio Hirai, 20, a senior member of a student group leading a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, talks about the campaign in the group's office at Hong Kong Baptist University on Nov. 4, 2014. His Japanese mother Etsuko, married to a Chinese man, supports his activities. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Princess Kiko, Princess Mako

Japanese Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Mako (L) visit an exhibition at the International Library of Children's Literature in Tokyo on April 26, 2018, with translator Etsuko Nozaka as a guide. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tada, Togashi retain women's world titles after draw

OSAKA, Japan - Women's WBC light flyweight champion Naomi Togashi (L) and WBA minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada battle each other in the first world title fight in Japan between world champions belonging to separate weight classes. The two boxers retained their respective titles after their 10-rounder at ATC Hall in Osaka finished in a draw. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Tada defends WBA women's minimumweight title

OSAKA, Japan - WBA women's minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada of Japan poses with her trophies after beating challenger Yani Kokietgym of Thailand in their title match in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 23. Tada won a unanimous decision over Yanai in the first defense of her title. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Tada defends WBA women's minimumweight title

OSAKA, Japan - WBA women's minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada of Japan (L) delivers a punch to Thailand's Yani Kokietgym in the seventh round of their bout in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 23. Tada won a unanimous decision over Yanai in the first defense of her title. (Kyodo)

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Fisheries school asks U.S. to continue search for 9 missing

UWAJIMA, Japan - Uwajima Fisheries High School students submit a petition to the United States calling for the search for the nine Japanese missing in the Feb. 9 collision between their fisheries training ship and a U.S. submarine to continue and for the trawler to be raised as soon as possible. Etsuko Yamaguchi, deputy head of a student council, handed the petition of about 140 signatures to Robert Ludan (R), U.S. Consul General for Osaka and Kobe, who visited the school Feb. 17 to apologize for the accident. The Greeneville crashed into and sank the 499-ton Ehime Maru during a rapid-surfacing drill off Hawaii. Four students and two teachers at the school and three crew members of the ship are still missing.

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Independent Kawada wins lower house by-election in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuko Kawada, whose hemophiliac son's legal battle over contracting HIV through tainted blood products symbolized a challenge to the Japanese establishment, speaks to supports Oct. 22 after winning a House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's No. 21 single-seat constituency. Kawada, a 51-year-old independent and longtime supporter of people with HIV, stood atop a beer crate in front of JR Tachikawa Station and said, ''We can create a new politics.''

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HIV patients' advocate Kawada wins lower house Tokyo by-election

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuko Kawada shakes hands with her hemophiliac son Ryuhei (L) on Oct. 22 after winning in a House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's No. 21 single-seat constituency. A 51-year-old independent and longtime supporter of people with HIV, Kawada garnered 51,008 votes, beating three rivals including Sekiichi Kato of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who won 48,883. Kawada will fill a seat vacated by disgraced 38-year-old lawmaker Joji Yamamoto, who resigned from the Diet last month over fraud allegations.