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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - jump on the podium after winning the men's goalball final at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - pose with their gold medals after winning the men's goalball event at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024, at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Japan wins the Chiba International Ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ayumi Hagiwara finishes the Chiba International Ekiden in first place at Chiba Central Sports Center near Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2014. In a field comprised of 13 teams from 11 countries competing over 42.195 kilometers, Japan broke the tape in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 53 seconds.

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Zoo pioneer looks to connect people, nature, community

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken May 27, 2014 shows Shigeyuki Yamamoto, director of the Toyama Municipal Family Park Zoo, standing inside the Tombo no Sawa (dragonfly forest) at the zoo in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Zoo pioneer looks to connect people, nature, community

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken May 28, 2014 shows a mother and her child walking inside the Tombo no Sawa (dragonfly forest) at the Toyama Municipal Family Park Zoo in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Documentary creator chronicles Japan immigrants' life in Brazil

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 2, 2014 shows Jun Okamura, a Brazil-based documentary creator, adjusting a projector ahead of a screening of his work at the L-Osaka prefectural labor center in Osaka's Chuo Ward. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Modern ukiyo-e artist refreshes old masters' pictures

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken March 13, 2014 shows ukiyo-e artist Inuki Tachihara working at his home studio in Kyoto. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Modern ukiyo-e artist refreshes old masters' works

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken March 14, 2014 in Kyoto shows one of ukiyo-e artist Inuki Tachihara's reproductions of the seven-part series "Oatari Kyogen" (Smash Hit Farces) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Titled "Kan Shojo" -- the nickname of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), the work uses a bright shade of red to represent anger. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Physician trying to pass on lessons from Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Physician Hironobu Tokunaga (rear, center) takes part as a lecturer in a practical training session on emergency treatment for radiation exposure for medical workers at Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 9, 2014. Training is based on the assumption that a patient exposed to radioactive substances has been rushed to the emergency room following a severe nuclear accident. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)(Photo partially modified to conceal private information)

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Nature conservation educator

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Shoko Tsuru (L), a nature conservation educator authorized by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan, holds a fishing rod during an event at the Kuma River in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2013. She leads a dam-removal campaign for the river. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Nature conservation educator

YATSUSHIRO, Japan - Shoko Tsuru, a nature conservation educator authorized by the Nature Conservation Society of Japan, takes photos to conduct an ecology survey on mudflats at the mouth of the Kuma River in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2013. She leads a dam-removal campaign for the river. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Female editor promotes remote islands

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a regional promotion event held in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture visit Kashiwa Island about 600 meters off the city in southern Japan on Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Engineer devises fingertip-size optical sensor

IWATA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2013 shows an ultrasmall photomultiplier tube "Micro PMT" on the fingertip of Hiroyuki Kyushima, a Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. engineer whose team developed the world's first device for mass production at a plant in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Free classes for children of families on welfare

SAITAMA, Japan - Isao Shiratori teaches a student at a nursing home for the elderly in Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2013. Shiratori leads a group of people who provide free after-school tutoring to children of families on welfare under a prefectural government program. The face of the student (front L) is computer-airbrushed for privacy. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Free classes for children of families on welfare

SAITAMA, Japan - Junior high school students and volunteer teachers gather around a campfire during a workshop on Aug. 27, 2013 in Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture. The prefectural government organized the camp for students who attend its free after-school education program. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Young woman works 5 jobs to vitalize town

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken April 19, 2013 shows the Tsuyazaki district of Fukutsu in Fukuoka Prefecture, a scenic fishing town which retains old-style white-walled houses. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)

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Piano that survived atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese pianist Mami Hagiwara is pictured with a piano that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Mazda Stadium in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. To mark the anniversary, a concert was held before a night game between the Hiroshima Carp and the Yomiuri Giants at the stadium, with Hagiwara, a 24-year-old Hiroshima native who won first prize in the piano division of the Geneva International Music Competition in 2010, playing the piano.

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Sugimoto captures 1st judo nat'l title

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Double world champion Mika Sugimoto holds the trophy after she scored an ippon against Kumiko Hagiwara in the open weight category final to claim her first crown at the women's national championship at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama on April 17, 2011.

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Japan's Hagiwara wins gold in cycling road race

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese cyclist Mayuko Hagiwara (C) won the gold medal in the women's road race Dec. 4 at the Asian Games. China's Zhao Na (L) won the silver medal and South Korea's Han Song Hee the bronze.

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Toyota, Nissan fully meet wage hike demands from labor unions

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuhiko Hagiwara, secretary general of the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Union, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 17 about management's replies to the trade union demands for new wages. Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. fully met the demands, but for most electronics firms, bonuses will not reach the amounts demanded by their labor unions.

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(1)NTV CEO Ujiie to step down over ratings scam

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Television Network Corp. (NTV) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (C) and President Toshio Hagiwara (L) bow in a gesture of apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18. NTV, rocked in a viewer ratings scam, announced Ujiie will step down as CEO and Hagiwara will be demoted to vice president.

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(2)NTV CEO Ujiie to step down over ratings scam

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Kawakami (L) and Shuzo Ebata, members of an independent fact-finding team that looked into a viewer ratings manipulation involving Nippon Television Network Corp. (NTV), give a press conference after submitting a report to NTV management on Nov. 18. NTV said Chairman Seiichiro Ujiie will step down as chief executive officer and President Toshio Hagiwara will be demoted to vice president.

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NTV sets up investigative task force after ratings scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Hagiwara (R), president of Nippon Television Network Corp. (NTV), announces that his company set up an investigative task force following revelations that an NTV producer paid viewers to manipulate TV ratings.

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(1)NTV producer paid viewers to manipulate TV rating

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Hagiwara, president of Nippon Television Network Corp. (NTV), speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 24. He admitted that one of its program producers manipulated TV viewer ratings by paying gratuities to a dozen households involved to watch specific programs.

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Hagiwara wins women's 200-meter individual relay

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese national record holder Tomoko Hagiwara waves at Yokohama International pool on Aug. 26 after winning the women's 200-meter individual relay in the Pan Pacific swimming championships.

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Hagiwara sets national record at short-course championships

TOKYO, Japan - Versatile swimmer Tomoko Hagiwara waves at spectators in Tokyo after setting a national record in the women's 200-meter backstroke on April 1, the opening day of the national short-course championships. Hagiwara, a Japanese representative at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, coasted to victory with a time of 2 minutes, 5.10 seconds, breaking Mai Nakamura's previous record by 1.32 seconds.

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Hagiwara finishes 8th in women's 200-meter individual medley

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese medal hope Tomoko Hagiwara watches the record board after finishing eighth in the Olympic women's 200-meter individual medley final Sept. 19 at Sydney International Aquatic Center. Ukrainian teenager Yana Klochkova, who won the 400-meter medley in a world record time Sept. 16, won in a new Olympic record of 2 minutes, 10.68 seconds. Hagiwara clocked in at 2:15.64, well outside her Japanese record of 2:12.84, which she set at the national championships in April.

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Hagiwara advances to semis in women's 200-meter individual medle

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese medal hope Tomoko Hagiwara made an impressive Olympic debut in the women's 200-meter individual medley, clocking 2:15.16 on Sept. 18 to advance to the semifinals at Sydney International Aquatic Center.

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Japanese medal hope Hagiwara in pre-Olympic practice

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese medal hopeful Tomoko Hagiwara puts in some laps at Sydney International Aquatic Center in a pre-Olympic tune-up on Sept. 2. The popular Japanese swimmer will compete in the women's 200-meter backstroke and 200-meter individual medley when the Millennium Games get under way on Sept. 15.

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Japan's Olympic team swimmers meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese Olympic swimming team meet the press in Tokyo on April 24 following the formal announcement of the 21-member team by the Japan Amateur Swimming Federation. L to R are Masami Tanaka, Mai Nakamura, Tomoko Hagiwara, Yasuko Tajima and Takashi Yamamoto.

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Hagiwara wins women's 200-meter individual medley

TOKYO, Japan - Tomoko Hagiwara waves at her supporters after winning the women's 200-meter individual medley in 2:12:84 at the national swimming championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on April 20. She lopped 1.38 seconds off the previous mark.

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Hagiwara leads Japanese 1-2 at Pan Pacific swimming

SYDNEY, Australia - Asian Games champion Tomoko Hagiwara (L) and Japanese national record holder Miki Nakao (R) show off their medals after making a 1-2 finish Aug. 28 in the final of the women's 200-meter backstroke in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. Hagiwara, who took a 0.30-second lead into the final lap, held off Nakao down the stretch before touching in 2 minutes, 11.36 seconds to bag Japan's second gold medal of the biennial meet.

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Hagiwara wins women's 100-meter backstroke

Tomoko Hagiwara of Japan throws up her hand in joy after winning the Asian Games women's 100-meter backstroke title in Bangkok on Dec. 9.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Goalball

Norika Hagiwara of Japan sheds tears after defeating Israel in the women's goalball quarterfinals at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, near Tokyo.

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Police arrest actor Hagiwara for attempted extortion

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Kenichi Hagiwara is surrounded reporters as he leaves his Yokohama home Feb. 7. Hagiwara was arrested on suspicion of attempting to extort 7.5 million yen from a film producer in June, 2004. (Kyodo)

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Hagiwara sets national record at short-course championships

TOKYO, Japan - Versatile swimmer Tomoko Hagiwara waves at spectators in Tokyo after setting a national record in the women's 200-meter backstroke on April 1, the opening day of the national short-course championships. Hagiwara, a Japanese representative at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, coasted to victory with a time of 2 minutes, 5.10 seconds, breaking Mai Nakamura's previous record by 1.32 seconds.

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Suicide Club; Jisatsu Sakuru (2001)

Sayako Hagiwara Poster Film: Suicide Club; Jisatsu Sakuru (Jisatsu sakuru) Jp 2001, Director: Sion Sono 29 October 2001 Date: 29 October 2001

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Suicide Club; Jisatsu Sakuru (2001)

Sayako Hagiwara Film: Suicide Club; Jisatsu Sakuru (Jisatsu sakuru) Jp 2001, Director: Sion Sono 29 October 2001 Date: 29 October 2001

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KAGEMUSHA

KAGEMUSHA KENICHI HAGIWARA Date: 1980

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Japan's wartime, postwar English texts reflect changing ideas

Shigeru Takabayashi, who was a student at a branch of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from spring to summer of 1945, stands in front of the Hikawa Maru cruise liner in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo with the only remaining copy of the academy's English textbook and his diary at that time. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's wartime, postwar English texts reflect changing ideas

Wakayama University professor Haruo Erikawa compares an English textbook during World War II (L) with one immediately after the war to analyze revisions enforced by the education ministry at the time in this photo taken on Oct. 27, 2014, at the university in Wakayama, western Japan. The alterations, such as changes of words and blackening out or removal of undesirable pages, reflect the values and ideologies the authorities of the time wanted to instill in Japanese students through language study. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pumped-storage hydropower plant helps meet peak summer demand in Osaka

Haruki Hagiwara, chief of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Okutataragi pumped-storage hydropower station in Asago, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, takes the press on a tour around the facility on July 8, 2015. The station, with a total capacity of 1,932 megawatts, is the largest of its kind in Japan and helps meet peak summer demand in Osaka and vicinity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Japanese firms hiring more people with mental health issues

Photo taken in June 2017 in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward shows a man with a schizophrenic condition, Kazuaki Hagiwara, working as a back-office section chief at Transcosmos Inc., an outsourcing service company known as active in hiring people with mental health issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former crew member of Lucky Dragon

Matashichi Oishi, a former crew member of the fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was exposed to radioactive fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific, stands beside the ship, also known as the Lucky Dragon, at its exhibition hall in Tokyo in April 2015. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local governments increasing disaster drills for foreign residents

Photo taken Nov. 1, 2015, shows Satoshi Hagiwara (far R), a Japanese-Brazilian, participating with his family members in the first disaster drill for foreign residents held by the Takahama city government in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monument for dead children, teachers visited in Osaka

Kazuaki Shinoura, former head of a teachers' union in Osaka, western Japan, stands before the "Tower of Education" at Osaka Castle Park on Aug. 26, 2015. The little-known tower, about 30 meters tall, is dedicated to child victims of disasters and accidents along with teachers who died trying to save others. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families visit "education monument" in Osaka to remember deceased

Fumiko Sanda points at a tablet bearing the name of her second daughter Yoshimi, who died in a 1970 gas explosion at age 9, inside the "Tower of Education" at Osaka Castle Park on Oct. 26, 2014. The little-known tower, about 30 meters tall, is dedicated to child victims of disasters and accidents as well as teachers who died trying to save others. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hagiwara wins gold in cycling road race

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese cyclist Mayuko Hagiwara (C) won the gold medal in the women's road race Dec. 4 at the Asian Games. China's Zhao Na (L) won the silver medal and South Korea's Han Song Hee the bronze. (Kyodo)

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Hagiwara finishes 8th in women's 200-meter individual medley

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese medal hope Tomoko Hagiwara watches the record board after finishing eighth in the Olympic women's 200-meter individual medley final Sept. 19 at Sydney International Aquatic Center. Ukrainian teenager Yana Klochkova, who won the 400-meter medley in a world record time Sept. 16, won in a new Olympic record of 2 minutes, 10.68 seconds. Hagiwara clocked in at 2:15.64, well outside her Japanese record of 2:12.84, which she set at the national championships in April.

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Hagiwara slips to 8th in women's 200-meter individual medley

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese medal hope Tomoko Hagiwara turns first after the butterfly in the opening leg but slips to a disappointing eighth in the Olympic women's 200-meter individual medley final Sept. 19 in Sydney. Ukrainian Yana Klochkova, who won the 400-meter medley in a world record time Sept. 16, won in a new Olympic record of 2 minutes, 10.68 seconds at Sydney International Aquatic Center. Hagiwara recorded a time of 2:15.64, well outside her Japanese record of 2:12.84.