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Ex-SMBC Nikko exec held for alleged insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2012. Prosecutors arrested Hiroyoshi Yoshioka, a former SMBC Nikko Securities executive officer, and three others over alleged insider trading.

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Sumo association chief pledges reforms

NAGOYA, Japan - Acting Japan Sumo Association chief Hiroyoshi Murayama addresses a ceremony flanked by top wrestlers on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 25, 2010. Murayama apologized for a gangster-linked gambling scandal rocking the sport and pledged reforms of the association for future tournaments.

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NHK not to broadcast Nagoya sumo meet live due to gambling scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, speaks to reporters after talks with Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., widely known as NHK, at NHK headquarters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. After the talks, NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (front L), acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, meets with Shigeo Fukuchi (front R), president of public broadcaster NHK, in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders.

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Sports minister urges sumo circles to sever ties with gangs

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after talks with acting Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama. Kawabata urged Murayama to sever ties with mobsters to prevent a recurrence of the gambling scandal rocking the sport.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after being named by the Japan Sumo Association as JSA Chairman Musashigawa's fill-in. Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (R), a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, with Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa. Murayama will act as JSA chief because Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal.

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) hold an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito, who heads a special investigative panel (L), JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L) and Hiroyoshi Murayama, former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief who is now a board member outside the JSA.

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Tenryu voices opposition to Steel Partners' takeover bid

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Hiroyoshi Suzuki, president of Tenryu Saw Mfg., speaks about a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners at a news conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecuture, on June 13.

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Horse Racing: Admire Moon wins Dubai Duty Free

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Jockey Yutaka Take, Admire Moon owner Riichi Kondo and Admire Moon trainer Hiroyoshi Matsuda (L to R) celebrate after the Japanese horse Amire Moon won the Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai on March 31.

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Watanabe named envoy to Argentina, Ihara to Ethiopia

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to Madagascar Toshio Watanabe (L) was named top envoy to Argentina on June 29, while Japan International Cooperation Agency official Hiroyoshi Ihara (R) was appointed ambassador to Ethiopia. Both appointments will take effect July 2.

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Horse Racing: Admire Moon wins Dubai Duty Free

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Jockey Yutaka Take, Admire Moon owner Riichi Kondo and Admire Moon trainer Hiroyoshi Matsuda (L to R) celebrate after the Japanese horse Amire Moon won the Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai on March 31. (Kyodo)

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Tenryu voices opposition to Steel Partners' takeover bid

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Hiroyoshi Suzuki, president of Tenryu Saw Mfg., speaks about a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners at a news conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecuture, on June 13. (Kyodo)

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Watanabe named envoy to Argentina, Ihara to Ethiopia

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to Madagascar Toshio Watanabe (L) was named top envoy to Argentina on June 29, while Japan International Cooperation Agency official Hiroyoshi Ihara (R) was appointed ambassador to Ethiopia. Both appointments will take effect July 2.

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Kintai-kyo Bridge

Kintai Bridge was built in 1673 by Kikkawa Hiroyoshi, the third lord of Iwakuni Domain. It is said that Kodama Kurohemon designed the bridge. The bridge is a five-arched wooden structure. The bridge has been repaired about ten times in the past. Mid-Meiji Period. Hand-tinted.==Date:unknown, Place:Iwakuni, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐29‐0]

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Kintai-kyo Bridge

The bridge built over Nishiki River in Iwakuni in the southeast part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Four stone girders support five arched bridges. The construction was undertaken by the third lord of the Iwakuni Clan, Yoshikawa Hiroyoshi.==Date:unknown, Place:Iwakuni, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐34‐0]

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (front L), acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, meets with Shigeo Fukuchi (front R), president of public broadcaster NHK, in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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NHK not to broadcast Nagoya sumo meet live due to gambling scanda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, speaks to reporters after talks with Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., widely known as NHK, at NHK headquarters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. After the talks, NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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Sports minister urges sumo circles to sever ties with gangs

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after talks with acting Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama. Kawabata urged Murayama to sever ties with mobsters to prevent a recurrence of the gambling scandal rocking the sport. (Kyodo)

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after being named by the Japan Sumo Association as JSA Chairman Musashigawa's fill-in. Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal. (Kyodo)

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (R), a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, with Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa. Murayama will act as JSA chief because Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal. (Kyodo)

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Sumo association chief pledges reforms

NAGOYA, Japan - Acting Japan Sumo Association chief Hiroyoshi Murayama addresses a ceremony flanked by top wrestlers on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 25, 2010. Murayama apologized for a gangster-linked gambling scandal rocking the sport and pledged reforms of the association for future tournaments. (Kyodo)

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) hold an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito, who heads a special investigative panel (L), JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L) and Hiroyoshi Murayama, former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief who is now a board member outside the JSA. (Kyodo)

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Heaviest pumpkin in Japan

Hiroyoshi Utsunomiya from Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, celebrates as his 410.3 kilogram pumpkin was recognized as Japan's heaviest in a competition on the western Japan island of Shodoshima in Kagawa Prefecture on Sept. 20, 2020.

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Year of Boar in 2019

Ietaka Kuki (L), chief priest of the Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, and Hiroyoshi Kojima, stationmaster of JR Wakayama Station, pose for a photo at the station in the western Japan prefecture on Nov. 28, 2018. Kuki donated an "ema" votive tablet (L) from the shrine bearing an illustration of a boar ahead of the Year of the Boar in the Oriental zodiac. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year of Boar in 2019

Ietaka Kuki (L), chief priest of the Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, and Hiroyoshi Kojima, stationmaster of JR Wakayama Station, pose for a photo at the station in the western Japan prefecture on Nov. 28, 2018. Kuki donated an "ema" votive tablet from the shrine bearing an illustration of a boar ahead of the Year of the Boar in the Oriental zodiac. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Research team verifies crows have sharp vision

TOKYO, Japan - A research team led by Hiroyoshi Higuchi, a professor of biological conservation at the University of Tokyo, has discovered that crows have the ability to see into transparent garbage bags when they scavenge for waste food. This photo was provided by the University of Tokyo. (Kyodo)