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U.S. Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki (L), a new member of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, receives a bouquet of flowers from former long-distance runner Kayoko Fukushi during an event in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2025.

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Paris Olympics: Rugby Sevens

Yoshihiro Noguchi (L) and Moeki Fukushi (C) of Japan and Samoa's Motu Opetai in action during their men's rugby sevens placing 9-12 match at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris on July 25, 2024.

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v Ireland

Team Japan back Moeki Fukushi (6) and Team Ireland back Terry Kennedy (10) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Olympics: Rugby sevens

Moeki Fukushi (3rd from R) of Japan runs with the ball in the first half of a Paris Olympic men's rugby sevens Pool A match against Ireland on July 24, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v New Zealand

Team New Zealand forward Shiu Tone Ng Shiu (3) and Team Japan back Moeki Fukushi (6) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and New Zealand at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v New Zealand

Team New Zealand forward Shiu Tone Ng Shiu (3) and Team Japan back Moeki Fukushi (6) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and New Zealand at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v New Zealand

Team New Zealand forward Shiu Tone Ng Shiu (3) and Team Japan back Moeki Fukushi (6) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and New Zealand at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MFW - Gucci Front Row

Zhou Yiran, SOTA FUKUSHI, James Reid attends the Gucci’s Spring/Summer 2025 Menswear Fashion show on June 17, 2024 in Milan, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MFW - Gucci Front Row

Zhou Yiran, SOTA FUKUSHI, James Reid attends the Gucci’s Spring/Summer 2025 Menswear Fashion show on June 17, 2024 in Milan, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's Fukushi joins rivals in press meet for Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi, a 2013 Moscow World Championships bronze medalist in marathon, smiles with other competitors at a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2014, prior to the Berlin Marathon.

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Women's marathon at world c'ships

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi (R), bronze medalist in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships, shakes hands with gold medalist Edna Kiplagat (C) of Kenya during the award ceremony in Moscow on Aug. 10, 2013. At left is silver medalist Valeria Straneo of Italy.

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Women's marathon at world c'ships

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi finishes third in a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes and 45 seconds, in the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Moscow on Aug. 10, 2013.

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Matsuyama announces decision to turn pro

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama speaks at a press conference at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai on April 2, 2013. Matsuyama, a senior at the university, announced his decision to turn pro, with his first tournament set for the Token Homemate Cup starting April 18.

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Matsuyama announces decision to turn pro

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama holds his Professional Golfers' Association of Japan membership card at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai on April 2, 2013. Matsuyama, a senior at the university, announced the same day his decision to turn pro, with his first tournament set for the Token Homemate Cup starting April 18.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi runs at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 27, 2013, finishing second in the Osaka Women's Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 21 seconds.

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Osaka Women's Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi runs at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 27, 2013, finishing second in the Osaka Women's Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 21 seconds.

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Matsuyama finishes 27th at Masters

AUGUSTA, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (R) receives the Silver Cup for the amateur golfer with the best score after finishing 27th in the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 10, 2011. Matsuyama is a student at Tohoku Fukushi University in the quake-hit city of Sendai.

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NHK to cancel annual sumo charity

TOKYO, Japan - NHK President Masayuki Matsumoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011, announcing that the public broadcaster decided to cancel its annual ''Fukushi Ozumo'' charity event due to a match-fixing scandal. He also said NHK will study whether to scrap live coverage of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March.

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Amateur Matsuyama gets Masters invitation

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese teenager golfer Hideki Matsuyama shows his invitation to the Masters Tournament at a news conference at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai on Jan. 6, 2011. The 18-year-old student of the university became the first-ever Japanese amateur to qualify for the renowned tournament in the United States.

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Matsuyama to turn pro golfer

SENDAI, Japan - Amateur golfer Hideki Matsuyama of Tohoku Fukushi University speaks at a press conference at its campus in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2010. The 18-year-old who has earned a spot in the 2011 Masters Tournament in the United States said he will turn professional after graduating from the university.

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Japan's Fukushi flops on debut

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's full-marathon debutante Kayoko Fukushi tries to pick herself up after falling to the track just a few meters shy of the finish line at Nagai Stadium in the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Jan. 27. Fukushi, who had led the race till around the 30-km point, became visibly tired and managed to complete the race in 19th place.

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H. Yoshiie, Abe's new face in education reform, wins Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Yoshiie, 36, a Tohoku Fukushi University associate professor and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new face in education reform, is elected to the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket.

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Fukushi wins 2nd straight Marugame title

MARUGAME, Japan - National record holder Kayoko Fukushi wins the women's race at the Marugame half marathon for the second straight year on Feb. 4. She crossed the finish line 1 hour, 8 minutes, a year after setting a national record of 1:07.26 in the same race in her half marathon debut.

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Fukushi wins women's 10,000 meters

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi waves to audiences after winning the women's 10,000-meter race at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 8.

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(3)Winter Asian Games officially open in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Kayoko Fukushi, who holds the Japan record for the women's 5,000 meters in long-distance running, lights the cauldron for the fifth Winter Asian Games during the opening ceremony for the eight-day event at Aoi-Mori Arena in Aomori City on Feb. 1.

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Japan's Fukushi takes silver in AG women's 5,000m

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi celebrates after setting a national record and winning silver in the women's 5,000 meters in the Asian Games held in Asiad stadium in Pusan, South Korea, on Oct. 12. (Asian Games)

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Tohoku Fukushi hurler Kumagai signs U.S. minor league deal

SENDAI, Japan - Ray Poitevint (L), vice president of the American League's Boston Red Sox, and Tohoku University's Ryo Kumagai hail the right hander's signing of a minor league deal with the Red Sox at the university in Sendai on Jan. 15. Kumagai, who has a fastball clocking 147 kilometers per hour from a sidearm delivery, is scheduled to take part in spring training with the major league club later this year.

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Pres. Kim's wife Lee Hee Ho in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Lee Hee Ho, the wife of South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, addresses a party held at a Sendai hotel by Tohoku Fukushi University on Oct. 12 in celebration of a book she has written.

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Golf: Japan Open

Tohoku Fukushi University senior Taiga Semikawa reacts to his winning putt at the Japan Open at Sanko Golf Club in Miki in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2022. He became the major golf tournament's first amateur champion in 95 years.

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Golf: Japan Open

Tohoku Fukushi University senior Taiga Semikawa hits off the second tee during the final round of the Japan Open at Sanko Golf Club in Miki in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2022. He won the major golf tournament to become its first amateur champion in 95 years.

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Golf: Japan Open

Tohoku Fukushi University senior Taiga Semikawa poses with the victor's trophy after winning the Japan Open at Sanko Golf Club in Miki in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2022, as he became the major golf tournament's first amateur champion in 95 years.

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Golf: Japan Open

Tohoku Fukushi University senior Taiga Semikawa reacts to his winning putt at the Japan Open at Sanko Golf Club in Miki in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2022. He became the major golf tournament's first amateur champion in 95 years.

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Golf: Japan Open

Tohoku Fukushi University senior Taiga Semikawa poses with the victor's trophy after winning the Japan Open at Sanko Golf Club in Miki in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2022, as he became the major golf tournament's first amateur champion in 95 years.

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(SP)CANADA-VANCOUVER-RUGBY-SEVENS-FINAL DAY

(220418) -- VANCOUVER, April 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Team USA's Maceo Brown (L) and Team Japan's Moeki Fukushi compete for the ball during a match in the final day of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Vancouver's BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada, on April 17, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Soong/Xinhua)

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ATOUN's powered suit, "ATOUN Model Y."

On April 24, ATOUN (Nara City), a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation, announced that it will enter the nursing care industry in earnest. The company will offer the "ATOUN Model Y" power suit (photo), mainly for tasks that require long hours and a heavy workload, such as helping people change clothes in bed. The company is proposing to sort out the tasks that are easy to use in nursing care and those that are not. In the future, the company will also improve the suit's functions by making it smaller and lighter. On the same day, Takayuki Fujiwara, deputy director of teaching at Osaka College of Health and Welfare (Yodogawa Ward, Osaka City), saying, This time, the company plans to add the nursing care industry to its lineup and expand its annual sales volume to about 3,000 units, about three times the current level, by fiscal 2020. Photo taken on July 24, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Fukushi wins 2nd straight Marugame title

MARUGAME, Japan - National record holder Kayoko Fukushi wins the women's race at the Marugame half marathon for the second straight year on Feb. 4. She crossed the finish line 1 hour, 8 minutes, a year after setting a national record of 1:07.26 in the same race in her half marathon debut. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Fukushi flops on debut

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's full-marathon debutante Kayoko Fukushi tries to pick herself up after falling to the track just a few meters shy of the finish line at Nagai Stadium in the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Jan. 27. Fukushi, who had led the race till around the 30-km point, became visibly tired and managed to complete the race in 19th place. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Fukushi hurler Kumagai signs U.S. minor league deal

SENDAI, Japan - Ray Poitevint (L), vice president of the American League's Boston Red Sox, and Tohoku University's Ryo Kumagai hail the right hander's signing of a minor league deal with the Red Sox at the university in Sendai on Jan. 15. Kumagai, who has a fastball clocking 147 kilometers per hour from a sidearm delivery, is scheduled to take part in spring training with the major league club later this year.

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Fukushi named to 6-member Japan Olympic marathon team

File photo taken Jan. 31, 2016, shows Japan's Kayoko Fukushi celebrating after winning the Osaka Women's Marathon in a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 17 seconds at Yanmar Stadium in Osaka. The 33-year-old three-time Olympic middle distance athlete was named on March 17 among the six-member Japanese marathon team for the Rio de Janeiro Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Matsuyama's Masters victory

Yasuhiko Abe, who coached golfer Hideki Matsuyama during his Tohoku Fukushi University years, smiles at a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2021, after Matsuyama won the Masters Tournament to become the first Japanese man to win a major championship.

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Golf: Matsuyama's Masters victory

Yasuhiko Abe, who coached golfer Hideki Matsuyama during his Tohoku Fukushi University years, holds special editions of newspapers featuring Matsuyama's Masters victory as he speaks at a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2021.

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Golf: Matsuyama's Masters victory

Yasuhiko Abe, who coached golfer Hideki Matsuyama during his Tohoku Fukushi University years, speaks at a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2021, after Matsuyama won the Masters Tournament to become the first Japanese man to win a major championship.

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Pioneering swimming club for disabled children

Motoaki Fujita, who heads the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Nihon Fukushi University, explains a training machine accessible by wheelchair users at the university in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Fukushi wins Osaka Marathon, bound for Rio Olympics

Kayoko Fukushi of Japan crosses the finish line to win her second Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 31, 2016, in 2 hours, 22 minutes, 17 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H. Yoshiie, Abe's new face in education reform, wins Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Yoshiie, 36, a Tohoku Fukushi University associate professor and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new face in education reform, is elected to the House of Councillors on July 29 on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket. (Kyodo)

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Fukushi wins women's 10,000 meters

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Kayoko Fukushi waves to audiences after winning the women's 10,000-meter race at the Asian Games in Doha on Dec. 8. (Kyodo)

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Chinese woman overcomes obstacles to become professor

BERKELEY, United States - Chen Lixing (R), a professor of sociology at Nihon Fukushi University, talks with her son Yisi (L) and daughter Yixing on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Chen, who gained a university teaching post in Japan when she was 42 after overcoming such barriers as age, gender and nationality, is conducting a comparative study for one year on international small and midsize enterprises at Berkeley. (Kyodo)

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Matsuyama to turn pro golfer

SENDAI, Japan - Amateur golfer Hideki Matsuyama of Tohoku Fukushi University speaks at a press conference at its campus in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2010. The 18-year-old who has earned a spot in the 2011 Masters Tournament in the United States said he will turn professional after graduating from the university. (Kyodo)

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Amateur Matsuyama gets Masters invitation

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese teenager golfer Hideki Matsuyama shows his invitation to the Masters Tournament at a news conference at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai on Jan. 6, 2011. The 18-year-old student of the university became the first-ever Japanese amateur to qualify for the renowned tournament in the United States. (Kyodo)

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Matsuyama finishes 27th at Masters

AUGUSTA, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (R) receives the Silver Cup for the amateur golfer with the best score after finishing 27th in the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 10, 2011. Matsuyama is a student at Tohoku Fukushi University in the quake-hit city of Sendai. (Kyodo)