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Tokyo Deaflympics

Tokyo Deaflympics banners created by Japanese artist Hidehiko Kado, known for creating sign language-themed artworks, are hung at a shopping street in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2025, as the event's opening ceremony is held in the capital the same day.

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80th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki speaks during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Anti-nuke international group head in Hiroshima

Karen Hallberg (C), secretary general of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize, poses for a photo during a visit to Hiroshima, western Japan, on June 27, 2025. Standing next to her is Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (2nd from right in photograph).

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U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty meeting

Japan's Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) speaks at a panel discussion during the second meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Spouses of G-7 leaders in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (2nd from L) accompanies the spouses of Group of Seven leaders, (from L) Akshata Murty of Britain, the European Commission president's husband Heiko Echter von der Leyen, Britta Ernst of Germany, Yuko Kishida of Japan and Jill Biden of the United States, during their visit to the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023, the first day of a three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japanese city. (Pool photo)

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Spouses of G-7 leaders in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (4th from L) speaks to the spouses of Group of Seven leaders, accompanied by Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (far L), during their visit to the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023, the first day of a three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japanese city. (Pool photo)

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Hiroshima governor, mayor

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attend a press conference in the western Japan city on May 22, 2023, a day after the Group of Seven leaders wrapped up their three-day meeting.

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6 pref. governors seek business ties with U.S. startups

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Six Japanese prefectural governors - (from L) Hidehiko Yuzaki of Hiroshima, Ryuta Ibaragi of Okayama, Yasushi Furukawa of Saga, Hiroshi Ogawa of Fukuoka, Katsusada Hirose of Oita (3rd from R) and Heita Kawakatsu of Shizuoka (far R) - pose for photos with officials of the U.S.-Japan Council, organizer of a conference at Stanford University in California to discuss ways to develop business ties with companies based in Silicon Valley, on July 28, 2014.

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6 pref. governors attend confab in CA for business ties

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Six Japanese prefectural governors -- (from R) Hidehiko Yuzaki of Hiroshima, Hiroshi Ogawa of Fukuoka, Heita Kawakatsu of Shizuoka, Ryuta Ibaragi of Okayama, Katsusada Hirose of Oita and Yasushi Furukawa of Saga, attend a conference at Stanford University in California to explore ways to develop business ties with companies based in Silicon Valley on July 28, 2014.

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KDDI, Sumitomo ink deal with Myanmar telecom for mobile phone service

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Hidehiko Tajima (L), associate senior vice president of Japan's KDDI Corp., speaks at a news conference in the Myanmar administrative capital of Naypyidaw on July 16, 2014. Tajima said KDDI and Sumitomo Corp. signed an agreement with state-run Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications to jointly operate a mobile phone service in Myanmar.

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Hiroshima's 100 attractive structures announced

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki announces a list of 100 attractive architectural structures in the prefecture selected by local residents at the prefectural office in Hiroshima City on June 10, 2014.

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'Demon Kakka' emphasizes importance of cancer test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese singer and entertainer "Demon Kakka," or Demon Kogure (R), and Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki promote cancer screening on May 19, 2014, announcing the number of a phone line service for screening dubbed "Kakka dial."

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Nuclear disarmament symposium

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attend a nuclear disarmament symposium sponsored by the prefectural government at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 30, 2014.

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Hiroshima governor in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki is seen while giving a speech at Georgetown University in Washington on April 24, 2014. Yuzaki said the Hiroshima prefectural government will continue working to secure a visit from U.S. President Barack Obama to the city of Hiroshima, one of two Japanese cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs dropped in 1945 in World War II.

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'Daddy-friendly' companies form league in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (C front) poses with representatives of companies in the western Japan prefecture on March 25, 2014, at the prefectural government building as they launch a league of corporations supportive of their male employees proactively taking up childrearing responsibilities.

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Hiroshima, Ehime governors attend regional promotional event

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (front L) and Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura (front R) pose for photos at a commemorative event for the "Setouchi Shimanowa 2014" exposition held on Miyajima island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 21, 2014. The exposition, aimed at promoting the Seto Inland Sea area between the two prefectures in western Japan, involves various events scheduled to run through Oct. 26.

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Ex-Polish President Walesa in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former Polish President and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa (L) talks with Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (R) at the prefectural office in the city of Hiroshima, Japan, on March 19, 2014. Walesa is on a three-day visit to the city from March 18 at the invitation of Mazda Corp., which is headquartered in the Prefecture.

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Takeuchi shows silver medal to Hiroshima governor

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi (L) shows the silver medal she won in the women's parallel giant slalom at the Sochi Olympics to Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki at the Hiroshima prefectural government office in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 11, 2014.

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Hiroshima gov. shows off snowboard from Sochi medalist Takeuchi

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki shows the press a snowboard he received in the past from Tomoka Takeuchi, Sochi Olympics women's snowboard parallel giant slalom silver medalist, at the Hiroshima prefectural government office on Feb. 20, 2014. Takeuchi is Hiroshima's goodwill ambassador for tourism.

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Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Shinsuke Imai (C), a senior researcher at Japan's House Foods Corp., and Ishikawa Prefectural University President Hidehiko Kumagai (L) attend an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel chemistry prize for researching the possibility of a tear-free, yet flavorful, onion.

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Hiroshima grades nuclear disarmament effort

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki releases the "Hiroshima Report" at the prefectural government office in Hiroshima on April 11, 2013. The prefectural government of Hiroshima issued the report grading 19 nations on their efforts to reduce nuclear arms or promote nonproliferation.

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Michelin's Hiroshima guidebook

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bernard Delmas (L), the president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., meets Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki at the prefectural government office in Hiroshima on Nov. 22, 2012. The publisher of the Michelin Guide said the same day it will publish a new guidebook in the spring of 2013 giving ratings to restaurants and hotels specifically in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

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Hiroshima gov. meets U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (2nd from L) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (far R) hold talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 9, 2011. Yuzaki said that the U.N. chief backed his ''Hiroshima for Global Peace'' plan during their meeting as part of the governor's North American tour to promote it. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hiroshima gov. meets U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon shake hands at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 9, 2011. Yuzaki said that the U.N. chief backed his ''Hiroshima for Global Peace'' plan during their meeting as part of the governor's North American tour to promote it. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hiroshima Gov. Yuzaki in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki speaks at a press conference in Washington on Nov. 8, 2011. Yuzaki vowed to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons in reference to ''A Hiroshima for Global Peace'' plan.

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Fujinomiya 'yakisoba' noodles sold at N.Y. street fair

NEW YORK, United States - Yuka Ide (R), winner of the Miss Mt. Fuji pageant, speaks to promote the central Japanese city of Fujinomiya and its signature pan-fried noodles called Fujinomiya yakisoba at a street fair in New York on Aug. 21, 2011. Hidehiko Watanabe (L), head of the Fujinomiya Yakisoba society, organized the promotional event.

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Japan's 'B-grade' gourmet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Hidehiko Watanabe (R), chairman of Mt. Fuji Yakisoba (fried noodles) Society, and Yuka Ide, winner of the 23rd Miss Fujisan (Mt. Fuji) Grand Prix, attend a press conference in New York on Aug. 18, 2011. A promotion team from the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, including Watanabe and Ide, will introduce Mt. Fuji fried noodles in a street fair in New York on Aug. 21. The noodles rose to national fame after being crowned the champion in 2006 and 2007 in the so-called B-grade cuisine competition.

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Japan raises nuclear accident severity level

TOKYO, Japan - Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, speaks about the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station at a press conference in Tokyo on April 12, 2011. The government raised the severity level of the accident at the plant to the maximum 7 on an international scale, up from the current 5 and matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.

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Actress Nishida promotes Hiroshima oysters

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Actress Hikaru Nishida and Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki try out an oyster stew during an event in Hiroshima City on Oct. 18, 2010, to promote oysters produced in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Yuzaki wins Hiroshima gubernatorial election

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hidehiko Yuzaki (2nd from L), a 44-year-old former trade ministry bureaucrat, celebrates with his family and supporters on Nov. 8, 2009, after the media project his victory in the gubernatorial election in Hiroshima Prefecture. Yuzaki won a landslide victory in the election to replace outgoing Gov. Yuzan Fujita.

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Mitsubishi vice president to be BOJ policymaker

TOKYO, Japan - The government decided March 7 to appoint Hidetoshi Kamezaki (file photo), vice president of trading house Mitsubishi Corp., as Bank of Japan policymaker. Kamezaki, along with Seiji Nakamura, president of MOL Ferry Co., a wholly owned unit of shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., are to replace current members of the central bank's Policy Board Hidehiko Haru and Toshikatsu Fukuma in April following approval by the Diet.

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(1)NPA head inspects Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - National Police Agency chief Hidehiko Sato (2nd from L) conducts a security inspection at Narita airport Feb. 23 amid the dispatch of Japanese troops to Iraq.

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(2)NPA head inspects Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - National Police Agency chief Hidehiko Sato (2nd from L) inspects a newly formed Chiba prefectural squad to deal with possible armed terrorist attacks at Narita airport Feb. 23 amid the dispatch of Japanese troops to Iraq.

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Police agency head inspects security of nuclear power plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - National Police Agency chief Hidehiko Sato inspects a team of police officers tasked with security at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture on April 2. Since the outbreak of the U.S.-led war against Iraq, Niigata prefectural police officers armed with rifles and submachine guns have patrolled inside the power station's compound around the clock.

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Former Olympic champion Yoshida beats Gracie by KO

TOKYO, Japan - Former world and Olympic judo champion Hidehiko Yoshida of Japan attacks Brazil's Royce Gracie in mixed martial arts fighting at the National Stadium on Aug. 28. Yoshida, the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist to step into the mixed martial arts ring, made a successful debut by knocking out Gracie with a choke hold as the referee stopped the bout at 7:24 in the first round.

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Tokyu Dept. subsidiary falsely labeled beef

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuo Inoue (R), president of Central Foods Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyu Department Store Co., and Hidehiko Soma (2nd from R), managing director of Tokyu Store Chain Co., apologize in Tokyo on Aug. 13 for a false labeling scam in which Central Foods passed off Yamagata Prefecture beef as ''Matsusaka'' beef, Japan's most prestigious brand.

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New NPA head Hidehiko Sato

TOKYO, Japan - Hidehiko Sato, 57, was appointed new director general of the National Police Agency on July 25, succeeding Setsuo Tanaka.

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Former Olympic champion Yoshida to fight Gracie

TOKYO, Japan - Former world and Olympic champion judoka Hidehiko Yoshida (R) and Brazil's Royce Gracie pose at a press conference in Tokyo on July 16. They are to fight each other in a mixed martial arts match at Tokyo's National Stadium on August 28.

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Fukuma, Haru as appointed BOJ Policy Board members

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikatsu Fukuma (R), vice chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai), and Hidehiko Haru (L), executive vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speak with the media April 5 after being appointed as members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board.

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NPA's new security panel discusses Bush's Oct. visit

TOKYO, Japan - Hidehiko Sato (standing), deputy director of the National Police Agency (NPA), addresses a meeting held Sept. 18 at NPA's Tokyo office to review security measures surrounding U.S. President George W. Bush's planned visit to Japan in mid-October.

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Japan's judoka arrive in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Olympic judo medal hopes Hidehiko Yoshida (R) Shinichi Shinohara (2nd from R) and Kosei Inoue (far L) walk into the arrival lounge at the Sydney Airport on Sept. 14.

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Three judoka named to Olympic team for Sydney

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Olympic judo champions Tadahiro Nomura (C) and Hidehiko Yoshida (R) pose together with world champion Kosei Inoue (L) after winning at the Japan weight class championships in Fukuoka on April 2 and earning spots on the national team for this fall's Millennium Games in Sydney.

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World champion Yoshida wins Olympic berth

FUKUOKA, Japan - World champion and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida drops Nippon Steel teammate Masatoshi Tobitsuka for an ippon victory in the 90-kg final at the judo weight class national championships April 2. The victory returned 30-year-old Yoshida to the Japanese national team for a third straight Olympics.

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Japanese judo gold-medal winners return home

NARITA, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese judo team show off the gold medals at Narita airport Oct. 13 on their return from the world judo championships in Birmingham, England, where they won a total of eight golds. The judoists are (front from L) Noriko Narasaki, Ryoko Tamura, Keiko Maeda, (Rear from L) Noriko Anno, Kosei Inoue, Shinichi Shinohara, Hidehiko Yoshida.

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Japanese judo gold medalists salute supporters

BIRMINGHAM, England - Japanese gold medalists salute supporters after the Oct. 10 end of the World Judo Championships held in Birmingham, England. The gold medalists (from L to R) are Shinichi Shinohara (men's open event), Ryoko Tamura (women's 48-kg), Keiko Maeda (women's 63-kg) and Hidehiko Yoshida (men's 90-kg).

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Nuclear disarmament forum in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after the conclusion of the two-day inaugural meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2022, alongside Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki. The nuclear disarmament forum comprising former political leaders and scholars was set up under the initiative of Kishida. (Pool photo)

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Nuclear disarmament forum in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after the conclusion of the two-day inaugural meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2022, alongside Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki. The nuclear disarmament forum comprising former political leaders and scholars was set up under the initiative of Kishida. (Pool photo)

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Nuclear disarmament forum in Hiroshima

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after the conclusion of the two-day inaugural meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2022, alongside Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki. The nuclear disarmament forum comprising former political leaders and scholars was set up under the initiative of Kishida. (Pool photo)

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Hiroshima gov. meets PM Kishida

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (2nd from L) pose for a photo with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2022, after submitting a letter of request seeking a visit by G7 leaders to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the western Japan city during the 2023 summit.

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Hiroshima gov. meets PM Kishida

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (L) submits a letter of request to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2022, seeking a visit by G7 leaders to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the western Japan city during the 2023 summit.