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Japanese ballad singer Kitajima calls it quits on stage

Veteran Japanese "enka" ballad singer Saburo Kitajima performs at the Hakataza theater in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015, during his final theater show. Kitajima has led 4,578 stage shows across Japan since 1968. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ballad singer Kitajima performs last theater show

Veteran Japanese "enka" ballad singer Saburo Kitajima sings on a float at the Hakataza theater in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015, during his final theater appearance. Kitajima has presided over 4,578 stage shows across Japan since 1968. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ballad singer Kitajima retires from theater show

Veteran Japanese "enka" ballad singer Saburo Kitajima waves goodbye to the audience at the Hakataza theater in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015, during his final theater show. Kitajima has acted as a stage leader for 4,578 shows across Japan since 1968. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese doll based on "enka" ballad singer Ishikawa produced

Veteran Japanese "enka" ballad singer Sayuri Ishikawa, clad in kimono and wearing a Japanese hairdo, poses with a Hakata doll, a traditional craft in the Hakata district of Fukuoka, at the Hakataza Theater in the southwestern Japanese city on Sept. 3, 2015. The theater produced the doll based on Ishikawa to celebrate a scheduled stage play featuring the singer who will play the wife of a Hakata doll craftsman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki icon Sakata Tojuro plays Ohatsu for 1,400th time

Kabuki icon Sakata Tojuro (C), a living national treasure, bows to the audience after completing his 1,400th performance as heroine Ohatsu in "Sonezaki Shinju" (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki) at the Hakataza Theater in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 25, 2015. He was joined on stage by kabuki actor Nakamura Baigyoku (L) and the theater's president Hidemi Ashizuka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A Hakataza theater official passes out bills notifying of the cancellation of its performances in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 27, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Performances are canceled at Hakataza theater in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 27, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Performances are canceled at Hakataza theater in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 27, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo