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Worth The Wait Premiere Photocall - LA

Ali Fumiko Whitney and Ricky He At The Los Angeles Premiere Of TUBI Original Film "Worth The Wait" at The Ritz-Carlton in The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, In West Hollywood CA, USA on May 23 2025. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Worth The Wait Premiere Photocall - LA

Ali Fumiko Whitney and Ricky He At The Los Angeles Premiere Of TUBI Original Film "Worth The Wait" at The Ritz-Carlton in The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, In West Hollywood CA, USA on May 23 2025. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Worth The Wait Premiere Photocall - LA

Ali Fumiko Whitney At The Los Angeles Premiere Of TUBI Original Film "Worth The Wait" at The Ritz-Carlton in The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, In West Hollywood CA, USA on May 23 2025. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Worth The Wait Premiere Photocall - LA

Ali Fumiko Whitney At The Los Angeles Premiere Of TUBI Original Film "Worth The Wait" at The Ritz-Carlton in The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, In West Hollywood CA, USA on May 23 2025. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Worth The Wait Premiere Photocall - LA

Ali Fumiko Whitney At The Los Angeles Premiere Of TUBI Original Film "Worth The Wait" at The Ritz-Carlton in The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills, In West Hollywood CA, USA on May 23 2025. Photo by Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Oslo on eve of Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Atomic bomb survivor Fumiko Hashizume (L), 93, from Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, describes her experiences in Hiroshima during an event in Oslo co-hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, on Dec. 9, 2024, the eve of the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, won by Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors.

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Oslo on eve of Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Atomic bomb survivor Fumiko Hashizume, 93, from Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, describes her experiences in Hiroshima during an event in Oslo co-hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, on Dec. 9, 2024, the eve of the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, won by Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors.

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Oslo on eve of Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Atomic bomb survivor Fumiko Hashizume (L), 93, from Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, describes her experiences in Hiroshima during an event in Oslo co-hosted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, on Dec. 9, 2024, the eve of the award ceremony for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, won by Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors.

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Yokohama Marathon 2015

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa, actress Ayame Goriki, actor Shosuke Tanihara, and Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (from L, front row) hold a promotional panel for the first Yokohama Marathon slated for March 2015, at an event in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014.

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Culture City of East Asia 2014, Yokohama closes

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (C) and other participants in the Culture City of East Asia 2014, Yokohama pose for a photo on Nov. 17, 2014, at the closing ceremony in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. The exchange project in the Japanese city was held to deepen mutual understanding among Yokohama, China's Quanzhou and South Korea's Gwangju through various cultural activities.

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Old woman continues protesting base relocation in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Fumiko Shimabukuro, who was seriously burned by a U.S. flamethrower during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, continues to protest in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2014, against the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base to the coastal area.

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Incumbent Hayashi re-elected as Yokohama mayor

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi celebrates her re-election in the mayoral race in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2013.

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Incumbent Hayashi re-elected as Yokohama mayor

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi holds a bouquet of flowers after securing her re-election in the mayoral race in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2013.

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Yokohama mayor seeks reelection

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi holds a press conference in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 10, 2013. Hayashi announced her decision to seek a second four-year term in the mayoral election in August.

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Yokohama achieves zero-waiting list for nursery schools

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi holds a press conference at the Yokohama city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 20, 2013. The Yokohama city office said the same day it had reduced the number of children waiting to enroll in nursery schools to zero as of April 1.

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Dogwood trees planted to celebrate Japan-U.S. friendship

YOKOHAMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (2nd from R) and Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (L) take part in a ceremony to plant a hundred American dogwood trees at a park in Yokohama, near Tokyo on March 29, 2013, to celebrate the friendship between Japan and the United States. The trees from the United States are a reciprocal gift to mark the 100th anniversary of Japan's donation of 3,000 cherry tree saplings.

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Int'l conference to promote "smart cities"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (standing at speaker's podium, facing microphone), announces during a conference in Yokohama on Oct. 31, 2012, a declaration to enhance cooperative ties among cities in Asia. Delegates from some 10 major Japanese and other Asian cities met to discuss energy-efficient "smart cities" utilizing advanced environmental and information technology, in the first gathering of its kind.

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Desert in southern California

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2011, shows a desert in the vicinity of San Diego, southern California, where the body of Fumiko Ogawa, Japanese national from Shimane Prefecture, was found in 2007. The body was identified as Ogawa in June 2011 through DNA analysis.

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Yokohama mayor in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (L) hands Seoul Mayor Oh Se Hoon (R) a memorial gift in Seoul on June 17, 2011. Hayashi visited the South Korean capital to promote the safety of the Japanese city to attract tourists and investors in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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International Criminal Court judge Saiga dies at 65

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Fumiko Saiga (in this file photo), the first Japanese judge on the International Criminal Court, died April 24 of heart failure at a hospital in the Netherlands. She was 65.

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2 men sentenced to death for killing woman

NAGOYA, Japan - Fumiko Isogai, the mother of 31-year-old company employee Rie Isogai, speaks during a news conference in Nagoya on March 18 after the Nagoya District Court sentenced two men to death and one to life in prison for murdering Rie in 2007 in a crime that caught public attention as an Internet site was used to attract ''crime mates.''

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Nakamura factor sparks Japanese language interest in Scotland

GLASGOW, Scotland - Children enjoy beating Japanese ''wadaiko'' drums at the Celtic Learning Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 17 as volunteer teacher Fumiko Nakabachi (R) looks on.

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Japan's Saiga elected as judge of International Criminal Court

NEW YORK, United States - Fumiko Saiga, Japanese ambassador in charge of human rights and member of the U.N. Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, speaks at a news conference in New York on Nov. 30 after being elected to serve as a judge on the International Criminal Court to fill one of three vacancies. Saiga is the first Japanese to take that post.

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Aeon board member Kawato to be Daiei chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Mall Co. President Yoshiharu Kawato (R), who has been named as chairman of Daiei Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 20 together with Daiei President Toru Nishimi (C) and Fumiko Hayashi (L), the current Daiei chairman who will stand down as Daiei vice chairman.

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2 Kyoto hotels banned from taking customers over quake weakness

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Motoya (L), president of Apa Hotel, and her husband Toshio Motoya, who heads the Apa Group, hold a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25 after the Kyoto city government banned two Apa hotels in Kyoto from accepting customers due to their vulnerability to earthquakes.

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Daiei's new management team launched, led by ex-Marubeni execs

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. Chairwoman Fumiko Hayashi (L) and new President Toru Nishimi shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6. Nishimi, a former corporate senior vice president of Daiei's top shareholder Marubeni Corp., replaced Yasuyuki Higuchi.

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Marubeni to acquire IRCJ's entire stake in Daiei for 69.8 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Taisuke Sasanuma, representative partner of investment firm Advantage Partners, Atsushi Saito, chief executive officer of the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, Nobuo Katsumata, president of Marubeni Corp., Fumiko Hayashi, chairman of Daiei Inc. and Daiei President Yasuyuki Higuchi join hands for a photo after a news conference at a Tokyo hotel July 28.

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Abe meets with human rights envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe talks with Fumiko Saiga (L), newly appointed special envoy in charge of human rights, including North Korea's abductions of Japanese citizens at the prime minister's office on Dec. 8. Saiga retains her post as Ambassador to Norway and Iceland.

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Daiei shareholders endorse new management team

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Higuchi (L), new president of Daiei Inc., and Fumiko Hayashi, new Daiei chairman, shake hands after a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on May 26. Earlier in the day, Daiei Inc. shareholders at their annual general meeting in Kobe approved the new management team.

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Daiei shareholders approve new management

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Hayashi (L), a former president of BMW Tokyo Corp. who will become adviser to Japan's supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on March 30 after the company's extraordinary shareholders' meeting. Yoshiaki Takahashi (C), currently a Daiei board member, will serve as acting president.

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Hayashi to become adviser to Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Hayashi (file photo), a former president of BMW Tokyo Corp., will become adviser to Japan's supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. on April 1.

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Former money queen Muraguchi to retire

TOKYO,Japan - Former Japan LPGA money-rankings winner Fumiko Muraguchi (in file photo) said on Nov. 24 that she will put an end to her playing career at the end of this season. Muraguchi, 38, who has won seven titles in Japan, three of them coming during the 1999 season when she was the top earner on the tour, said she had decided to call it a day as she can no longer meet the physical demands of the professional game.

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Hayashi chosen as one of top 50 managers by Wall Street Journal

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Hayashi, president of BMW Tokyo Corp., was recently chosen as one of the 50 most remarkable woman managers by the Wall Street Journal. She is the only one in the list from Japan.

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Muraguchi grabs 3-stroke sole lead in 2nd-round Stanley Ladies

SUSONO, Japan - Fumiko Muraguchi shot a 4-under-par 68 for the second straight day in a bogey-free round to grab a three-stroke sole lead going into the final round of the 60 million yen Stanley Ladies Tomei Country Club in Susono in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 19.

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Parents of subway derailment victim pray at cenotaph

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Yamazaki (R) and Ichiro Yamazaki (C), whose daughter Tomomi was among five people killed in a subway derailment, offer flowers at a cenotaph in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on March 8, the first anniversary of the accident. Yasutoshi Tsuchisaka, president of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, the subway operator known as Eidan, accompanied them. The cenotaph was erected by Eidan near the site of the accident, in which a subway car derailed and plowed into an oncoming train near Nakameguro Station, killing the five and injuring 64.

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Commemorative Ceremony for the Commencement of Operation of Yokohama City

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi addresses the crowd at a ceremony commemorating the start of the service. (July 22, 2020, Naka-ku, Yokohama City; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Yokohama mayoral election

Incumbent Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi speaks after losing in the Yokohama mayoral election on Aug. 22, 2021, in her bid to secure a fourth term.

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Hayashi chosen as one of top 50 managers by Wall Street Journal

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Hayashi, president of BMW Tokyo Corp., was recently chosen as one of the 50 most remarkable woman managers by the Wall Street Journal. She is the only one in the list from Japan. (Kyodo)

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Former money queen Muraguchi to retire

TOKYO,Japan - Former Japan LPGA money-rankings winner Fumiko Muraguchi (in file photo) said on Nov. 24 that she will put an end to her playing career at the end of this season. Muraguchi, 38, who has won seven titles in Japan, three of them coming during the 1999 season when she was the top earner on the tour, said she had decided to call it a day as she can no longer meet the physical demands of the professional game. (Kyodo)

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Hayashi to become adviser to Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Hayashi (file photo), a former president of BMW Tokyo Corp., will become adviser to Japan's supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. on April 1. (Kyodo)

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Daiei shareholders approve new management

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiko Hayashi (L), a former president of BMW Tokyo Corp. who will become adviser to Japan's supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on March 30 after the company's extraordinary shareholders' meeting. Yoshiaki Takahashi (C), currently a Daiei board member, will serve as acting president. (Kyodo)

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Daiei shareholders endorse new management team

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Higuchi (L), new president of Daiei Inc., and Fumiko Hayashi, new Daiei chairman, shake hands after a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on May 26. Earlier in the day, Daiei Inc. shareholders at their annual general meeting in Kobe approved the new management team. (Kyodo)

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Marubeni to acquire IRCJ's entire stake in Daiei for 69.8 bil. y

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Taisuke Sasanuma, representative partner of investment firm Advantage Partners, Atsushi Saito, chief executive officer of the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, Nobuo Katsumata, president of Marubeni Corp., Fumiko Hayashi, chairman of Daiei Inc. and Daiei President Yasuyuki Higuchi join hands for a photo after a news conference at a Tokyo hotel July 28. (Kyodo)

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Daiei's new management team launched, led by ex-Marubeni execs

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. Chairwoman Fumiko Hayashi (L) and new President Toru Nishimi shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6. Nishimi, a former corporate senior vice president of Daiei's top shareholder Marubeni Corp., replaced Yasuyuki Higuchi. (Kyodo)

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Aeon board member Kawato to be Daiei chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Mall Co. President Yoshiharu Kawato (R), who has been named as chairman of Daiei Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 20 together with Daiei President Toru Nishimi (C) and Fumiko Hayashi (L), the current Daiei chairman who will stand down as Daiei vice chairman. (Kyodo)

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International Criminal Court judge Saiga dies at 65

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Fumiko Saiga (in this file photo), the first Japanese judge on the International Criminal Court, died April 24 of heart failure at a hospital in the Netherlands. She was 65. (Kyodo)

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A Global Affair - film (1964)

Miiko Taka & Bob Hope Characters: Fumiko & Frank Larrimore Film: A Global Affair (1964) Director: Jack Arnold 29 January 1964 Date: 29-Jan-64

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Ex-student nurse talks about Battle of Okinawa experience

Fumiko Nashiro who served as a student nurse during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II stands by a memorial stone monument, erected at the entrance of an underground hideout where she and others took shelter, in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-student nurse talks about Battle of Okinawa experience

Fumiko Nashiro who served as a student nurse during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II explains her experience in the underground hideout, where she and other people found shelter during the war, in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Newspaper Museum reopens in Yokohama

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (L) and Kojiro Shiraishi, chairman of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association, participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 20, 2016, to mark the reopening of Newspark, also known as the Japan Newspaper Museum, following an overhaul of its displays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo