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24th anniversary of Ehime Maru collision off Hawaii

Fumiaki Okahara, mayor of Uwajima, a western Japan city, prays at a memorial ceremony held in Hawaii's Honolulu on Feb. 9, 2025, to mark the 24th anniversary of a fatal collision between the Ehime Maru training boat of Uwajima Fisheries High School and a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. The collision claimed the lives of four students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka (C) poses for a photo with Kotaro Matsushima (L) and Rikiya Matsuda, his former teammates with the Japan national team, during a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024. Tanaka announced his decision to retire at the end of his current League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu.

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Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka (L) weeps as national teammate Kotaro Matsushima appears during a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024. Tanaka announced his decision to retire at the end of the League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu.

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Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka announces his decision to retire at the end of his current League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu, during a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024.

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Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka poses for photos as he attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024, to announce his decision to retire at the end of his current League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu.

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Ice show by Mao Asada

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada (C) is pictured after performing in an ice show in Tokyo on March 23, 2023, accompanied by pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii (L) and violist Fumiaki Miura (R).

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Ice show by Mao Asada

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada performs in an ice show in Tokyo on March 23, 2023, accompanied by pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii (L, top) and violist Fumiaki Miura (R, top).

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Young lawmakers turning to crowdfunding to raise political funds

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Fumiaki Kobayashi, a House of Representatives member who is raising funds for his plan to send an ambulance to the typhoon-hit Philippines through a crowdfunding website for political purposes set up by a nonprofit organization.

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Tokyu blames snow for train collision near Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Shiroishi (C), general manager of railway operator Tokyu Corp., and two other Tokyu officials bow during a press conference at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2014, following the commuter train collision at Motosumiyoshi station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. He said the brakes of the train that rear-ended another "were not as effective as expected due to the effects of snow."

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Japan make history by beating Wales

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Tanaka (C) of Japan tries to break free of Welsh tacklers in the second half of a game against Wales at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on June 15, 2013. Japan beat Wales 23-8, recording their first official test-match win against a Tier One rugby nation.

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Japan make history by beating Wales

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Tanaka of Japan rushes ahead in the second half of a game against Wales at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on June 15, 2013. Japan beat Wales 23-8, recording their first official test-match win against a Tier One rugby nation.

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Sapporo's Terasaka to be promoted to president in late March

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Terasaka (L), senior managing director of Sapporo Breweries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2010, after being nominated as successor to President Masaru Fukunaga (R). Terasaka will assume the presidency on March 25 while Fukunaga will become adviser to the company.

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Taguchi wins Ig Nobel Prize for cutting waste using panda feces

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Fumiaki Taguchi, professor emeritus at the graduate school of medical sciences in Kitasato University, makes a speech during the Ig Noble awards ceremony at Harvard University's historic Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 1, 2009. Taguchi is among this year's winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for developing a method to cut kitchen refuse using bacteria derived from giant panda feces.

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Nippon Oil, China Nat'l Petroleum to consider joint oil refinery

TOKYO, Japan - Jiang Jiemin (L), president of China National Petroleum Corp., and Fumiaki Watari, chairman of Nippon Oil Corp., shake hands during a signing ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on May 7. They have agreed to consider creating a joint venture to run the Japanese firm's Osaka oil refinery.

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Abe visits quake-hit areas, briefed by Wajima mayor

WAJIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) being briefed by Wajima Mayor Fumiaki Kaji on April 13 about the wreckage wrought in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture by a major earthquake that hit the region on March 25. Abe says the government will designate the quake-hit areas as a disaster zone eligible to receive special state financial aid and subsidies for their reconstruction efforts.

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Nippon Oil eyes Russian crude if Iran imports stop

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. Chairman Fumiaki Watari speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 5. Watari said Russia would be a good source of crude oil for Japan if imports from Iran stop due to U.S.-led sanctions over Iran's nuclear development.

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Watari, Egashira to be vice chairmen of Nippon Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Business Federation plans to appoint Nippon Oil Corp. Chairman Fumiaki Watari (L, file photo) and Ajinomoto Co. Chairman Kunio Egashira (R, file photo) as vice chairmen of the nation's most powerful business lobby, federation sources said Jan. 14. The appointments of the two will be formalized at a regular general meeting in late May, the sources said.

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Nippon Oil to cede presidency to vice president Nishio

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Fumiaki Watari (L) and Vice President Shinji Nishio pose for photos at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. The company said that it has informally appointed Nishio to replace Watari, who would assume its chairmanship.

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Wife of detained Japanese NGO leader arrives in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Mariko Yamada (R), wife of Fumiaki Yamada who has been detained by Chinese authorities for allegedly trying to help North Koreans seek asylum, arrives in Shanghai on Aug. 16 to learn about her husband's situation.

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N. Koreans allegedly tried to enter Shanghai school

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a Japanese school in Shanghai which a group of North Koreans attempted to enter with the help of Fumiaki Yamada, leader of a Japanese nongovernmental organization and an assistant professor at the Osaka University of Economics. According to a Chinese official, Yamada and 11 others were detained last week for organizing human smuggling and endangering the Japanese school and its students.

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Japan NGO leader detained in China with N. Koreans

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Yamada (file photo), a representative of a nongovernmental group helping North Koreans flee their country, has been detained in Shanghai by Chinese authorities, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Aug. 11.

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Nippon Mitsubishi, Koa Oil to integrate refining operations

TOKYO, Japan - Koa Oil Co. President Yasushi Ebihara (L) and Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. President Fumiaki Watari pose for photographers after announcing plans to integrate their oil refining operations through an equity-swap scheme at a news conference in Tokyo on May 10.

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Nippon Mitsubishi Oil picks Watari as president

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Watari (R), vice president of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp., Japan's largest oil company, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 11 following appointment as president. At left is outgoing President Hidejiro Osawa. The appointment will be made official at a board meeting after the firm's shareholders meeting on June 29.

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Nippon Oil to cede presidency to vice president Nishio

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. President Fumiaki Watari (L) and Vice President Shinji Nishio pose for photos at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. The company said that it has informally appointed Nishio to replace Watari, who would assume its chairmanship. (Kyodo)

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Watari, Egashira to be vice chairmen of Nippon Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Business Federation plans to appoint Nippon Oil Corp. Chairman Fumiaki Watari (L, file photo) and Ajinomoto Co. Chairman Kunio Egashira (R, file photo) as vice chairmen of the nation's most powerful business lobby, federation sources said Jan. 14. The appointments of the two will be formalized at a regular general meeting in late May, the sources said.

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Nippon Oil eyes Russian crude if Iran imports stop

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Oil Corp. Chairman Fumiaki Watari speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 5. Watari said Russia would be a good source of crude oil for Japan if imports from Iran stop due to U.S.-led sanctions over Iran's nuclear development. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Oil, China Nat'l Petroleum to consider joint oil refinery

TOKYO, Japan - Jiang Jiemin (L), president of China National Petroleum Corp., and Fumiaki Watari, chairman of Nippon Oil Corp., shake hands during a signing ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on May 7. They have agreed to consider creating a joint venture to run the Japanese firm's Osaka oil refinery. (Kyodo)

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Rugby: Tanaka publishes book

Japanese scrum half Fumiaki Tanaka attends an event to introduce his book in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2016. Tanaka, who plays for the New Zealand-based Highlanders in Super Rugby, revealed plans to donate all of the proceeds from the book to charity to promote rugby, which is not so popular in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: No time for complacency: Brave Blossoms' Tanaka

Japan scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka is interviewed in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2015. The 30-year-old Tanaka, who plays in the Top League for Panasonic Wild Knights and in Super Rugby for the Highlanders, said Japanese rugby is still in crisis even though the national team won three of their four games at the Rugby World Cup in England. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan keep quarterfinal dream alive with clinical win over Samoa

(From L) Japan's Hitoshi Ono, Amanaki Mafi, Fumiaki Tanaka, Kosei Ono and Hendrik Tui celebrate after beating Samoa 26-5 in a Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, on Oct. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan wrap up domestic training for Rugby World Cup

Scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka (far L) of Japan's national rugby side practices with teammates in Miyazaki on Aug. 28, 2015. The Brave Blossoms wrapped up months of training in the southwestern Japanese city, ahead of a match against Uruguay in Tokyo the following day and the World Cup in England starting Sept. 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese national rugby team's Tanaka in practice session

The Japanese national rugby team's Fumiaki Tanaka takes part in a practice session in Toronto on July 27, 2015, before playing against Fiji in the Pacific Nations Cup in the Canadian city on July 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan trade delegation seeks to strengthen economic ties with China

Fumiaki Fujino (C), head of the Northwest Pacific Region Economic Center of the Toyama New Industry Organization, speaks at a gathering of representatives of Japanese and Chinese companies as well as local officials in Beijing on April 14, 2015. Fujino was in the Chinese capital as a member of a delegation from Japan's Association for the Promotion of International Trade during a six-day visit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Sunwolves name side to face Highlanders

Sunwolves scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka (C) scores a try in the second half of their 24-12 win over the Japanese Top League All-Stars in Kitakyushu, Japan, on Feb. 18, 2017. Tanaka was named to the Sunwolves' team for a Super Rugby match against the Highlanders in Invercargill, New Zealand, on April 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Sunwolves hope to put aside limited prep for season opener

Sunwolves scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka, seen here scoring a try against the Top League All-Stars in Kitakyushu, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2017, says the team need to improve before their Super Rugby season opener against the Hurricanes on Feb. 25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Suntory make life uncomfortable for Panasonic

Panasonic Wild Knights scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka looks to kick from the base of a ruck as his former Highlanders teammate Joe Wheeler (left) looks on during a Top League game at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2017. Suntory beat the three-time defending champions 45-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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English paper says Japan's rugby team cleanest at World Cup

The Rugby Paper of England says on Oct. 18, 2015, the Japanese squad at the Rugby World Cup in England was the cleanest and most disciplined with the fewest fouls. The photo taken in Brighton on Sept. 19 shows Japan's Kosei Ono (bottom) tackling a South African player with Michael Leitch (back) and Fumiaki Tanaka (9). Japan earned an upset win in the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scrum-half Tanaka says Japan's rugby squad all set for World Cup

Scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka tells reporters after a light training session in Brighton, southern England, on Sept. 16, 2015, that the overall condition of Japan's national rugby union team members is improving ahead of their World Cup opening match against South Africa on Sept. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese rugby team joyous after 40-0 win over Uruguay

Players of Japan's national rugby team, including Fumiaki Tanaka (C, front) and Kenki Fukuoka (far R), are elated following their 40-0 win against Uruguay at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2015. The game was the second in a test match series ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2015 in England starting in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe visits quake-hit areas, briefed by Wajima mayor

WAJIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) being briefed by Wajima Mayor Fumiaki Kaji on April 13 about the wreckage wrought in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture by a major earthquake that hit the region on March 25. Abe says the government will designate the quake-hit areas as a disaster zone eligible to receive special state financial aid and subsidies for their reconstruction efforts. (Kyodo)

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Taguchi wins Ig Nobel Prize for cutting waste using panda feces

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Fumiaki Taguchi, professor emeritus at the graduate school of medical sciences in Kitasato University, makes a speech during the Ig Noble awards ceremony at Harvard University's historic Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 1, 2009. Taguchi is among this year's winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for developing a method to cut kitchen refuse using bacteria derived from giant panda feces. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo's Terasaka to be promoted to president in late March

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Terasaka (L), senior managing director of Sapporo Breweries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2010, after being nominated as successor to President Masaru Fukunaga (R). Terasaka will assume the presidency on March 25 while Fukunaga will become adviser to the company. (Kyodo)

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Young lawmakers turning to crowdfunding to raise political funds

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Fumiaki Kobayashi, a House of Representatives member who is raising funds for his plan to send an ambulance to the typhoon-hit Philippines through a crowdfunding website for political purposes set up by a nonprofit organization. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Rugby player Fumiaki Tanaka waves during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay held at Sanga Stadium without spectators in the Kyoto Prefecture city of Kameoka, western Japan, on May 25, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Rugby player Fumiaki Tanaka looks at the Olympic flame during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay held at Sanga Stadium without spectators in the Kyoto Prefecture city of Kameoka, western Japan, on May 25, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Japan player Fumiaki Tanaka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2019, a day after Japan lost to South Africa in a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan: Japan v South Africa

Japan player Fumiaki Tanaka (C) and South Africa captain Siya Kolisi greet each other after Japan's 26-3 loss in a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal in Chofu, western Tokyo, on Oct. 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan: Japan v South Africa

Japan's Yu Tamura (L) and Fumiaki Tanaka look dejected after their team was defeated by South Africa 26-3 in a Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match in Chofu, western Tokyo, on Oct. 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Japan player Fumiaki Tanaka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2019, a week before a Rugby World Cup Pool A match against Scotland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Japan player Fumiaki Tanaka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2019, a week before a Rugby World Cup Pool A match against Scotland. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo