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Football: Japan vs Colombia

Japan goalkeeper Chika Hirao (L, front) reacts after conceding a goal in the first half of a women's international football friendly against Colombia at Yodoko Sakura Stadium in Osaka on April 6, 2025.

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Football: Japan vs Colombia

Japan goalkeeper Chika Hirao (bottom) concedes a goal in the first half of a women's international football friendly against Colombia at Yodoko Sakura Stadium in Osaka on April 6, 2025.

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Football: Women's World Cup

Japan players (from L) Chika Hirao, Jun Endo and Momoko Tanaka pose for a photo after a training session ahead of a Women's World Cup Group C football match against Spain in Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 28, 2023.

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Hirao wins silver in equestrian individual jumping

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2014, in Incheon, South Korea, shows Japan's Satoshi Hirao, who won the silver in equestrian individual jumping at the Asian Games.

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Fukushima nun bakes over 2,600 mud Buddhas for missing

IWAKI, Japan - Koshu Hirao (back), a Buddhist nun in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, shows on Aug. 9, 2014, some of the more than 2,600 mud Buddha figures she baked in memory of persons missing in the 2011 earthquake disaster that hit northeastern Japan.

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Kobelco Steelers' new coach Gold

KOBE, Japan - South African Gary Gold (R), new head coach for Kobe Kobelco Steelers in Japan's Top League, and general manager Seiji Hirao (L) pose for photos at a press conference in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. Gold, the first non-Japanese head coach of the western Japanese club, vowed to do his best to improve the team, especially its defense.

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Japan cultural envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 22, 2013, shows six of eight arts professionals whom Japan has selected as cultural ambassadors to help promote Japanese arts and culture overseas. They are (from L to R) calligrapher Souun Takeda, art unit Maywa Denki member Nobumichi Tosa, plaster artist Shuhei Hasado, Japanese-style gardener Masashi Hirao, dancer and choreographer Kaiji Moriyama, and "taiko" player Leonard Eto. The other two, actor Mirai Moriyama and Tama Art University professor Yuko Hasegawa, are not in the photo.

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S. Korea's Wyverns beat Seibu on opening day of Asia Series

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Hirao of the Seibu Lions gets a timely hit in the fifth inning against the SK Wyverns of South Korea on the opening day of the Asia Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 13. The Wyverns beat the Lions 4-3.

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Mukai named as Japan rugby national coach

TOKYO, Japan - Shogo Mukai (R), new coach of the Japanese national team, and Hiroaki Shukuzawa, new chief of the Japan Rugby Football Union's technical committee supervising the national team, shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29. Mukai takes over from Seiji Hirao, who resigned in November.

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Manager Hirao speaks after final World Cup group match

CARDIFF, Britain - Seiji Hirao, manager of Japan's ''Cherry Blacks,'' speaks at a news conference Oct. 16 at Millennium Stadium after his team went down 33-12 to Argentina in their final World Cup group match.

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S. Korea's Wyverns beat Seibu on opening day of Asia Series

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Hirao of the Seibu Lions gets a timely hit in the fifth inning against the SK Wyverns of South Korea on the opening day of the Asia Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 13. The Wyverns beat the Lions 4-3. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima mayor shows fan made of recycled paper cranes

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (2nd from R) poses with a fan made of recycled paper cranes sent to the western Japan city on July 28, 2015. Some 700 fans will be distributed to guests at an Aug. 6 memorial service for victims of the city's 1945 atomic bombing. President Shoichiro Hirao of Nisseysangyo Co., which reproduced paper cranes as pulp, is on the far left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Bonsai" master showcases traditional Japanese art

"Bonsai" master Masashi Hirao (C) explains how to make a dwarf potted tree at the Japan Pavilion on May 19, 2015, during Expo Milano 2015 in Milan, Italy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Japanese prison escapee caught after 3 weeks on run

Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief, leaves the Hiroshima Higashi police station in Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 30, 2018, for transfer to the Imabari police station in Ehime Prefecture. Hirao was caught in Hiroshima earlier in the day after more than three weeks on the run. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER JULY 30) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Olympics minister speaks with retired rugby star

Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) speaks with Seiji Hirao, a retired Japanese star rugby union player, in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2015, discussing the 2020 Summer Games in the Japanese capital. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, rugby is to be played under a seven-a-side formula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's World Cup Rugby Qualifier

The second World Cup Asia Pacific qualifying game between Japan and South Korea was held at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium. Japan defeated Korea 26-10 to qualify for the tournament. <Content> The 2nd World Cup Asia Pacific qualifying game between Japan and Korea at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo, showing Korea scoring a try, Japan scoring a try, Japan scoring a goal, the scoreboard, a full house, captain Hirao running fast to the goal, Japan turning the tables, Hosokawa scoring a try, Japan celebrating their victory. Date of shooting: April 11, 1990.

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Researchers find new way to predict end of metal life cycle

OSAKA, Japan - Researchers at Osaka University said March 2 they have discovered how to predict the end of the life cycle of metal, paving the way for technology which may prevent accidents resulting from metal fatigue. Prof. Masahiko Hirao said his team has discovered that metal becomes more likely to absorb oscillations shortly before it nears the end of its life cycle. A microscopic photo shows the surface of a metal bar which is in a state to absorb high-frequency oscillations.

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Hirao wins silver in equestrian individual jumping

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2014, in Incheon, South Korea, shows Japan's Satoshi Hirao, who won the silver in equestrian individual jumping at the Asian Games. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nun bakes over 2,600 mud Buddhas for missing

IWAKI, Japan - Koshu Hirao (back), a Buddhist nun in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, shows on Aug. 9, 2014, some of the more than 2,600 mud Buddha figures she baked in memory of persons missing in the 2011 earthquake disaster that hit northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Prison escapee Hirao

Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief and prison escapee, is transported to prosecutors from Imabari police station in western Japan on May 1, 2018. Hirao was caught in Hiroshima the previous day after more than three weeks on the run. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Photo taken April 9, 2018, at a police station in Ehime Prefecture shows a car believed to have been stolen by Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief who fled from the Oi shipyard of Matsuyama Prison in western Japan the previous night. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Police officers patrol in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, where a car believed to have been stolen by Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief who escaped from prison, was found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Photo taken April 9, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, near the site where a car believed to have been stolen and used by Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief who escaped from prison, was found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Photo taken April 9, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers checking vehicles in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, near the site where a car believed to have been stolen and used by Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief who escaped from prison, was found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Photo taken April 9, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mukai Island (L) in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture in western Japan, where Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief on the lam, is believed to have headed by a stolen car. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Former Japan captain Hirao dies at 53

File photo taken in January 1995 shows Seiji Hirao of corporate side Kobe Steel running with the ball in the final of the national championship against Daito Bunka University. Hirao, who played in three Rugby World Cups before coaching Japan at the 1999 World Cup, passed away on Oct. 20, 2016, at the age of 53. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Former Japan captain Hirao dies at 53

File photo taken in February 1997 shows Seiji Hirao being introduced as head coach of Japan's national team at a press conference in Tokyo. Hirao, who played in three Rugby World Cups before coaching Japan at the 1999 World Cup, passed away on Oct. 20, 2016, at the age of 53. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Former Japan captain Hirao dies at 53

Former Japan national team captain and manager Seiji Hirao, seen in this undated photo, passed away on Oct. 20, 2016, at the age of 53, according to sources at Top League side Kobe Kobelco Steelers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Former Japan captain Hirao dies at 53

File photo taken in January 1990 shows Seiji Hirao scoring a try in Kobe Steel's win over Waseda University in the final of the national championship in Tokyo. Hirao, who played in three Rugby World Cups before coaching Japan's national team at the 1999 World Cup, passed away on Oct. 20, 2016, at the age of 53. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mukai named as Japan rugby national coach

TOKYO, Japan - Shogo Mukai (R), new coach of the Japanese national team, and Hiroaki Shukuzawa, new chief of the Japan Rugby Football Union's technical committee supervising the national team, shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29. Mukai takes over from Seiji Hirao, who resigned in November.

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Manager Hirao speaks after final World Cup group match

CARDIFF, Britain - Seiji Hirao, manager of Japan's ''Cherry Blacks,'' speaks at a news conference Oct. 16 at Millennium Stadium after his team went down 33-12 to Argentina in their final World Cup group match.