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[Breaking News]Literary award winner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 15 Kyodo - Novelist Ushio Hatakeyama speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2026, after winning the Akutagawa Prize, a Japanese literary award for up-and-coming authors. (Kyodo)

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Literary award winner in Japan

Novelist Ushio Hatakeyama speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2026, after winning the Akutagawa Prize, a Japanese literary award for up-and-coming authors.

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Baseball: Yakult Swallows players

TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows players -- (clockwise from front row, L) Shohei Tateyama, Wladimir Balentien, Kazuhiro Hatakeyama, Tony Barnette, Katsuki Akagawa and Ryoji Aikawa -- pose for photos on July 2, 2012, at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo after being picked by the Central League's manager for the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star series. (Kyodo)

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) architect Toyoo Ito, photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, and architects Kumiko Inui, Akihisa Hirata and Sosuke Fujimoto, are pictured with the Golden Lion trophy at the award ceremony for the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice on Aug. 29, 2012, where the Japan pavilion won top prize. Ito, commissioner of the pavilion, exhibited along with other architects the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk. Hatakeyama displayed photos of disaster-hit areas.

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Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final, Russia gold

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Natsuki Fukase (R) and Airi Hatakeyama perform with ribbons during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

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Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeed Yokota and Airi Hatakeyama (from L to R) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

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Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeed Yokota (from front to back) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

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Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kotono Tanaka, Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeedyokota, Airi Hatakeyama and Rina Miura (from R) wave to the crowds after their ball performance in the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

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Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeedyokota (from front to back) perform with the ball during the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

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Puppy to be given to Putin

AKITA, Japan - Farmer Shoji Hatakeyama poses with his Akita puppy "Yume" in the city of Akita on July 23, 2012. The Akita prefectural government will give the puppy to Russian President Vladimir Putin following Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's offer to make a gift of an Akita-breed dog to the Russian leader during their meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, in June 2012 on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit.

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U.N. forest hero

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's fisherman-turned-environmentalist Shigeatsu Hatakeyama holds the English version of his book before a ceremony for six recipients including him of the United Nations Forum on Forests' Forest Hero award at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 9, 2012. Hatakeyama, from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is founder and chairman of Mori wa Umi no Koibito (Forests are Lovers of the Sea), a nonprofit environmental conservation organization. Kesennuma is one of the areas hardest-hit by the March 2011 tsunami.

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U.N. Forest Hero

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, a Japanese environmental preservation activist in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas hardest hit by the March 11, 2011, disaster. The United Nations Forum on Forests said on Feb. 8, 2012, that Hatakeyama has been selected to win its Forest Hero award for the Asian region as a contributor to sustainable forest management.

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Life sentence for woman upheld for murder of daughter, boy

AKITA, Japan - The Sendai High Court on March 25 upheld the life sentence given to Suzuka Hatakeyama, 36, convicted of killing two children, including her own daughter, in Akita Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Japan wins Nordic combined team event in Winter Univ. Games

HARBIN, China - The Japanese team -- (from L to R) Chota Hatakeyama, Takehiro Nagai and Naoki Kaede -- pose for photos after winning the Nordic combined team event Feb. 23, giving the country its third gold medal of the Winter University Games in Harbin.

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NHK, Fuji TV to launch coordinated programs in March

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Hatakeyama (L), a Japan Broadcasting Corp. announcer, and Yoko Tobe, a Fuji Television Network Inc. announcer, shake hands during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7 flanked by two of the broadcasters' characters. The public broadcaster, better known as NHK, and Fuji announced that NHK's educational channel and Fuji will launch coordinated TV programs in late March.

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Murder suspect asked lawyer not to talk about daughter's death

AKITA, Japan - Hideki Arisaka, a lawyer for Suzuka Hatakeyama in Akita Prefecture who was indicted July 17 on charges of murdering a neighborhood boy, said in Noshiro in the prefecture the same day that Hatakeyama asked him not to talk to the media about the case of her daughter's death in April for the time being. According to investigative sources, Hatakeyama, reversing past statements, has admitted to killing her 9-year-old daughter Ayaka by throwing the girl from a bridge into a river.

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Akita woman says she killed boy because of daughter's death

AKITA, Japan - Two lawyers for Suzuka Hatakeyama, an Akita woman arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a 7-year-old boy, speak at a press conference after interviewing her. They said Hatakeyama told them that she killed the boy on impulse while thinking of her own daughter who was found drowned in April.

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Hatakeyama 7th in Nordic combined sprint after ski jump

PRAGELATO, Italy - Japan's Yosuke Hatakeyama finished in seventh place after the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined sprint event in the Turin Olympics on Feb. 21.

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Japanese victims, U.S. Navy sign collision settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawyer Morio Hatakeyama (L, front) and U.S. Navy Capt. Richard Evans shake hands at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 14 after signing documents to settle the collision off Hawaii last year between the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville and the Ehime Maru from Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture. Hatakeyama heads a group of lawyers representing 26 survivors and the bereaved families of seven victims. (Pool photo)

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JETRO's new chief meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Watanabe, a former top bureaucrat of the trade ministry who has taken over Noboru Hatakeyama as chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), gives his first news conference at his office in Tokyo on July 25.

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Lorcy takes WBA lightweight crown from Hatakeyama

SAITAMA, Japan - Top-ranked challenger Julian Lorcy (R) of France lands a blow against Takanori Hatakeyama at Saitama Super Arena on July 1 to wrest the WBA lightweight championship title from the Japanese champion by unanimous decision.

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Hatakeyama escapes with draw to defend WBA crown

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takanori Hatakeyama (R) takes a left hook from challenger Rick Roberts en route to retaining his World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title with a controversial draw Feb. 17. Roberts, a U.S. military worker, set a Japanese record last November when he successfully defended his Japanese title for the 22nd and last time after being transferred from Yokota Air Base in Tokyo to a base in Florida.

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Hatakeyama floors Sakamoto to retain WBA lightweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takanori Hatakeyama scores a knock-out victory over Hiroyuki Sakamoto in the 10th round of their scheduled 12-round bout, bringing Hatakeyama victory in his first defense of the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title Oct. 11 at Yokohama Arena. The end came 18 seconds into the round when a straight right by Hatakeyama landed on Sakamoto's face following a straight left. The champion was ahead on all cards when the end came. He knocked out Gilbert Serrano of Venezuela for the title in June.

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Hatakeyama wrests WBA lightweight title from Serrano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takanori Hatakeyama (right) keeps the pressure on Gilberto Serrano of Venezuela with a left hook on his way to winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight championship belt by a knockout in the eighth round at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 11.

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Mongolia's Sim wins WBA super featherweight title

Lakva Sim (L), a 28-year-old boxer from Ulan Bator, jumps for joy after defeating Japanese champion Takanori Hatakeyama by TKO in the fifth round of a scheduled 12-rounder at the WBA super featherweight title fight in Tokyo on June 27. Sim became Mongolia's first world champion in professional boxing.

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Hatakeyama wins WBA super featherweight title

South Korean champion Choi Yong Soo (L) trades punches with Japanese challenger Takanori Hatakeyama in the World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight title fight at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena Sept. 5. Hatakeyama won the WBA crown with a hard-fought 2-0 decision.

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Tokyo Olympic: Cycling BMX Racing

Sae Hatakeyama (85) of Japan and Rebecca Petch (308) of New Zealand compete in the quarterfinals of the women's cycling BMX racing at the Tokyo Olympics at Ariake Urban Sports Park on July 29, 2021.

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Japan wins Nordic combined team event in Winter Univ. Games

HARBIN, China - The Japanese team -- (from L to R) Chota Hatakeyama, Takehiro Nagai and Naoki Kaede -- pose for photos after winning the Nordic combined team event Feb. 23, giving the country its third gold medal of the Winter University Games in Harbin. (Kyodo)

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Rugby: Japan start as underdogs as they renew rivalry with Scotland

Japan's rugby team players -- (from L) Kensuke Hatakeyama, Shota Horie and Keita Inagaki -- train in the central Japan city of Toyota on June 16, 2016. Japan are looking to avenge their only loss at the 2015 Rugby World Cup on June 18, when they face Scotland in the first of two tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hatakeyama makes Premiership debut in Newcastle win

Newcastle Falcons' Kensuke Hatakeyama from Japan poses for a photo in Newcastle, England, on Feb. 12, 2016, after making his debut in the English Premiership match against the Leicester Tigers. Hatakeyama signed with Newcastle on a short-term loan deal from Japan's Suntory Sungoliath. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hatakeyama makes Premiership debut in Newcastle win

Newcastle Falcons' Kensuke Hatakeyama from Japan (C) plays during the second half of a match against the Leicester Tigers in Newcastle, England, on Feb. 12, 2016, making his debut in the English Premiership. Hatakeyama signed with Newcastle on a short-term loan deal from Japan's Suntory Sungoliath. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hatakeyama proving to be a likely lad on Tyneside

Japan prop Kensuke Hatakeyama (R) smiles during a news conference in Newcastle, England, on Feb. 10, 2016, after joining the Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership on a short-term contract. Hatakeyama is the first Japanese-born player in the English rugby union competition for 15 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Hatakeyama departs for new challenge in Newcastle

Japan and Suntory Sungoliath prop Kensuke Hatakeyama speaks to reporters at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2016, before departing for England. Hatakeyama has signed a short-term deal with Newcastle Falcons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Hatakeyama inks short-term deal with English side Newcastle

Undated photo shows Japan and Suntory Sungoliath prop Kensuke Hatakeyama. The 30-year-old is heading to England to play for Newcastle Falcons on a short-term contract, it was announced on Jan. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SoftBank beat Yakult 4-2

Yakult Swallows Kazuhiro Hatakeyama hits two-run shot during the ninth inning of the Japan Series first game against the SoftBank Hawks on Oct. 24, 2015, at the Yafuoku Dome in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. SoftBank beat Yakult 4-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan keep quarterfinal dream alive with clinical win over Samoa

Japan's Kensuke Hatakeyama is tackled by Samoan players during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, on Oct. 3, 2015. Japan won 26-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan keep quarterfinal dream alive with clinical win over Samoa

Japan's Akihito Yamada (back) is congratulated by his teammate Kensuke Hatakeyama (3) after scoring a try during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Samoa at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, on Oct. 3, 2015. Japan won 26-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan keep quarterfinal dream alive with clinical win over Samoa

Japan's Kensuke Hatakeyama falls over during the first half of a Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Samoa at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, on Oct. 3, 2015. Japan won 26-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swallows hold off Giants

Kazuhiro Hatakeyama hits a two-run single in the fourth inning of the Yakult Swallows' 5-3 victory over the Yomiuri Giants at Ishikawa Prefectural Stadium in central Japan on Sept. 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan not letting up despite being win away from clinching Asia c'ship

Japanese rugby player Kensuke Hatakeyama (C) takes part in national team training at Level 5 Stadium in Fukuoka on May 8, 2015. Eddie Jones' men will play their third match of the Asia Rugby Championship against South Korea the following day in the southwestern Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamada's brace brightens Japan's lackluster win over Hong Kong

Kensuke Hatakeyama of Japan rushes forward in an Asia Rugby Championship match against Hong Kong at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on May 2, 2015. Japan routed Hong Kong 41-0 to keep up their perfect start to the three-team tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hatakeyama blast sinks Giants in 11th

Kazuhiro Hatakeyama hits a tiebreaking solo home run in the top of the 11th inning in the Yakult Swallows' 3-2 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on April 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo "sake" brewers offer night visits, English tours to lure fans

Kaiko Hatakeyama (2nd from L), an employee at Ishikawa Brewery Co. in the western Tokyo suburb of Fussa, explains in English about the making of Japanese "sake" rice wine to a group of Dutch visitors during a guided tour at its warehouse on Sept. 28, 2015. Japanese sake breweries in Tokyo, numbering nine and mostly in the western part of the capital, are stepping up efforts to attract customers ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Craftsman shows catcher's mitt for retiring pro baseball player

Yoshihisa Hatakeyama, president of a sports goods maker in Osaka, shows a catcher's mitt (L) produced for Chunichi Dragons player-manager Motonobu Tanishige and an ordinary mitt in the western Japanese city on Sept. 7, 2015. Hatakeyama has produced mitts for Tanishige, who is retiring as an active player this season, since 1989. They are narrower and deeper than ordinary ones. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uzbek women dance in ancient city Bukhara, World Heritage site

Women in colorful folk attire dance to Uzbek drums, flutes and strings on the evening of June 23, 2015, in the courtyard of a madrasa built in the early 17th century in Bukhara, southern Uzbekistan. The ancient city, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, flourished during the 9th century but was destroyed by Mongols in the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the 16th century and remains almost as it was. (Photo by Takuya Hatakeyama) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mother given 14 yrs in prison for killing 4-yr-old son

AKITA, Japan - File photo of Mika Shindo, a 32-year-old woman who was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Aug. 6 for abusing and killing her 4-year-old son in Daisen, Akita Prefecture last year. According to the Akita District Court's ruling, Shindo was together with her son and her boyfriend Hiroshi Hatakeyama, 44, inside a car on the day when she beat him on the head, seized him by the throat and later left him to die in an irrigation ditch near her home. The two were allegedly irritated by Ryosuke's presence in their date. (Kyodo)

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Murder suspect asked lawyer not to talk about daughter's death

AKITA, Japan - Hideki Arisaka, a lawyer for Suzuka Hatakeyama in Akita Prefecture who was indicted July 17 on charges of murdering a neighborhood boy, said in Noshiro in the prefecture the same day that Hatakeyama asked him not to talk to the media about the case of her daughter's death in April for the time being. According to investigative sources, Hatakeyama, reversing past statements, has admitted to killing her 9-year-old daughter Ayaka by throwing the girl from a bridge into a river. (Kyodo)

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Akita murder suspect says she dropped daughter into water

AKITA, Japan - Suzuka Hatakeyama (in file photo), suspected of killing a boy in her neighborhood in Fujisato, Akita Prefecture, in May, has told police she dropped her daughter from a bridge into a river in April before she was found drowned, investigative sources said. (Kyodo)

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Akita murder suspect says she dropped daughter into water

AKITA, Japan - Photo taken on July 14 shows the Osawa Bridge in Fujisato, Akita Prefecture, where Suzuka Hatakeyama, suspected of killing a boy in her neighborhood in May, has told police she had dropped her daughter into the river in April before she was found drowned. (Kyodo)

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Akita woman says she killed boy because of daughter's death

AKITA, Japan - Two lawyers for Suzuka Hatakeyama, an Akita woman arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a 7-year-old boy, speak at a press conference after interviewing her. They said Hatakeyama told them that she killed the boy on impulse while thinking of her own daughter who was found drowned in April. (Kyodo)