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Youngest pro shogi player in women's category debuts in loss

Mirei Kamada, 13, the youngest pro shogi player in the women's category, is pictured after losing to Hiromi Nakakura in her debut match in Tokyo on May 28, 2022. She became a pro in the "joryu" women's category on May 1, 2022.

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77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards - LA

Hiromi Kamata At the 77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, USA on February 08 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards - LA

Hiromi Kamata At the 77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, USA on February 08 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Year's first trading day at Tokyo Stock Exchange

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo - A ceremony to mark the first trading day of the year is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 6, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading with year-end record high

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji (3rd from R) speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading day of the year, as the Nikkei logged a record year-end close. (Kyodo)

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2025 Tokyo Stock Exchange Grand Opening

Tokyo Stock Exchange Grand Opening Ceremony in 2025. Photo shows Hiromi Yamaji, Director, Representative Executive Officer and Group CEO of Japan Exchange Group, addressing the event.=January 6,2025,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading with year-end record high

Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading day of the year, as the Nikkei logged a record year-end close.

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading with year-end record high

Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji (3rd from R) speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading day of the year, as the Nikkei logged a record year-end close.

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Nikkei finishes 2024 trading with year-end record high

Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading day of the year, as the Nikkei logged a record year-end close.

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Japan Exchange Group CEO Yamaji

Japan Exchange Group Inc. CEO Hiromi Yamaji attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2024, apologizing over the recent revelation that a Tokyo Stock Exchange official is suspected of abetting insider trading.

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Paris Paralympics: Boccia

(from L) Hidetaka Sugimura, Hiromi Endo and Takayuki Hirose of Japan celebrate after winning the mixed team boccia BC1/BC2 bronze medal match against South Korea at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024, at South Paris Arena in the French capital.

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Paris Paralympics: Boccia

(From L) Hidetaka Sugimura, Hiromi Endo and Takayuki Hirose of Japan acknowledge the crowd after winning the mixed team boccia BC1/BC2 bronze medal match against South Korea at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024, at South Paris Arena in the French capital.

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Paris Paralympics: Boccia

Japan's Hiromi Endo acknowledges the crowd after winning the women's boccia BC1 individual bronze medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at South Paris Arena in the French capital.

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Paris Paralympics: Boccia

Japan's Hiromi Endo reacts after winning the women's boccia BC1 individual bronze medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at South Paris Arena in the French capital.

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Paris Paralympics: Boccia

Japan's Hiromi Endo (front L) greets Bermuda's Yushae Andrade (front R) after winning the women's boccia BC1 individual bronze medal match at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at South Paris Arena in the French capital.

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Paris Paralympics: Boccia

Japan's Hiromi Endo (front) throws a ball during the women's boccia BC1 individual bronze medal match against Bermuda's Yushae Andrade at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 1, 2024, at South Paris Arena in the French capital.

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Jean-Paul Belmondo Funeral - Paris

Anthony Delon and Alain Delon during Jean-Paul Belmondo's funeral held at Saint-Germain-Des-Pres church in Paris, France on September 10, 2021. French famous actor Jean-Paul Belmondo is dead on Monday, September 6th, at 88. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese craftsmen enchant U.S. visitors with immersive cultural experience in Philadelphia

STORY: Chinese craftsmen enchant U.S. visitors with immersive cultural experience in Philadelphia SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:40 LOCATION: PHILADELPHIA, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HIROMI KINOSHITA, Curator of Chinese Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HIROMI KINOSHITA, Curator of Chinese Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art 4. various of activities 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): COCO IDANI, Visitor 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): PAUL, Visitor 7. various of activities 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): RUAN JING, Director of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center STORYLINE: The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) hosted a day-long immersive Chinese New Year Festival full of hands-on activities exploring Chinese culture on Sunday. Artisans from east China's Zhejiang Province took over the Great Stair Hall of the museum with a variety of demonstrations, including tea-whisking, sugar painting,

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World Baseball Classic

Combined photo shows Japanese pitchers -- (from L ) Shota Imanaga, Shosei Togo, Hiroto Takahashi and Hiromi Ito -- facing the United States in a World Baseball Classic final at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiromi Ito pitches in Japan's World Baseball Classic final against the United States at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiromi Ito pitches in Japan's World Baseball Classic final against the United States at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida, on March 21, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiromi Ito pitches in Japan's World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Italy at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 16, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiromi Ito pitches in Japan's World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Italy at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 16, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Hiromi Ito pitches against China in Japan's World Baseball Classic Pool B opener at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 9, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan's 2023 WBC team

Japan's World Baseball Classic pitchers (from L) Shota Imanaga, Shosei Togo, Hiroto Takahashi and Hiromi Ito check the mound at Tokyo Dome on March 8, 2023, a day before the team's Pool B opener against China.

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Zaccheroni meets press in Itu, Brazil

ITU, Brazil - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (L) explains to reporters his decision on June 22, 2014, to give the players on the national football team for the World Cup a day off in Itu, Brazil. Hiromi Hara, general secretary of the Japan Football Association, stands next to him.

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Japan's Mogi wins Crystal Geyser Ladies with late surge

CHIBA, Japan - Japan's Hiromi Mogi holds up the trophy she captured at the Crystal Geyser Ladies on Aug. 5 to claim her third career crown.

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MSDF plane takes flight over South China Sea off Philippines

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines, June 26 Kyodo - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Cmdr. Hiromi Hamano (C) takes reporters' questions in Puerto Princesa on the Philippine island of Palawan on June 23, 2015, after taking a flight over the South China Sea with MSDF and Philippine military members aboard. Japan and the Philippines conducted a joint exercise off the island of Palawan not far from the disputed Spratly Islands.

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Aguirre to explain himself at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara, secretary general of the Japan Football Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014, after a meeting of its board of trustees. The association revealed at the meeting that Japan manager Javier Aguirre will hold a press conference to offer an explanation regarding match-fixing charges that have been leveled at him in Spain.

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Japan keep coach Aguirre for Asian Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara (L), general secretary of the Japan Football Association, and JFA President Kuniya Daini attend a JAF executive meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. The JFA decided that national team coach Javier Aguirre would remain in charge for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Spain.

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Japan keep coach Aguirre for Asian Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara, general secretary of the Japan Football Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. Hara said the JFA decided that national team coach Javier Aguirre would remain in charge for the Jan. 9 to 31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Spain.

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South Korean pro golfer Ahn bags Japan money title

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean professional golfer Ahn Sun Ju (L), poses with Hiromi Kobayashi, president of the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan, as a winner of the 2014 earnings title on Japan's LPGA tour at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014. Ahn also won the titles of JLPGA Mercedes-Benz Player of the Year and scoring average leader.

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USJ sells 1 mil. glasses of butter beer

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka shows Eiji Mitsui, his wife Hiromi and their son Tsubasa applauded by USJ staff after they ordered the millionth "butter beer" served in the park's new Harry Potter attraction area. One butter beer has been sold every 4.6 seconds since the Harry Potter attraction opened on July 15.

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Afghan school kids collect waste paper for heating

TOKYO, Japan - Two elementary school students shoulder big bags full of waste paper collected before going to school as burning it serves as an important energy source at home without electricity nor gas in Afghanistan's Bamiyan district in this file photo taken on Oct. 21, 2012. (Photo by Hiromi Yasui)

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New Japan national soccer coach Aguirre meets press

TOKYO, Japan - New coach Javier Aguirre (C) of Japan's national soccer team, a former Mexico manager, poses with Japan Football Association Chairman Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2014.

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Japan soccer body plans to reschedule domestic games

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara (2nd from R), general secretary and technical director of the Japan Football Association, announces a plan to review the schedule of domestic games at a press conference in Tokyo on July 31, 2014.

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Japan names Mexican Aguirre as national soccer team coach

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Hara, technical director of the Japan Football Association, announces the selection of former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre as a manager of Japan's national team at a press conference in Tokyo on July 24, 2014.

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Japan day at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland

MONTREUX, Switzerland - Jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara performs in this undated photo. She performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 11, 2014, designated as Japan day to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Japan-Switzerland diplomatic relations.

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Japan names World Cup reserves

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association General Secretary Hiromi Hara in Tokyo on May 13, 2014, announces Japan's reserve players for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil that will begin next month.

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JTB invests in Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Tagawa (L front), president of Tokyo-based travel agency JTB Corp., and Wang Zhenghua, chairman of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co., shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2014. JTB has invested in Spring Airlines to boost travel between Japan and China.

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Osaka Exchange

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Hiromi Yamaji, president of Osaka Exchange Inc., at the bourse, which changed its name from Osaka Securities Exchange Co. in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2014. The Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges integrated the trading of derivatives operations into the Osaka bourse the same day.

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Guesthouse owner brings travelers together on Izu Oshima Island

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Ishihara vacuums inside a guesthouse she runs on Izu Oshima Island in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2013. Ishihara basically does all the work alone at her guesthouse Morio's House, such as cleaning rooms, shopping and picking up guests.

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Mogi wins Salonpas Cup

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - Japan's Hiromi Mogi holds the victor's trophies after winning the Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in the city of Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 12, 2013. Mogi finished at 9-under-par 279 at the first of four majors on the Japan LPGA tour.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver in women's weightlifting

LONDON, Britain - Japan's silver medalist Hiromi Miyake (L) celebrates with China's gold medalist Wang Mingjuan (C) and North Korea's bronze medalist Ryang Chun Hwa during the award ceremony for the women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL arena on July 28, 2012. Miyake lifted a national record total of 197 kilograms and became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic weightlifting medal.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake waves to the crowd after winning the silver medal in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake celebrates after successfully lifting 110 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake waves after winning a silver medal in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake celebrates after successfully lifting 110 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kg class at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake competes in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class, en route to the silver medal with a total of 197 kg, at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.

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Japan's Miyake wins silver at London Games

LONDON, Britain - Hiromi Miyake competes in the Olympic women's weightlifting 48-kilogram class, en route to the silver medal with a total of 197 kg, at ExCel London on July 28, 2012.