THE WINE OF YAMANASHI

THE WINE OF YAMANASHIY, home of wine, grape, production, special product, grape picking, Honjo Old, tasting, Maruto Winery, Maruto Budoshu Industry, Koshu wine, domestic wine, grape shelf, barrel=Date:October 1, 1994, Place:Katsunuma-cho, Koshu-shi, Yamanashi,JAPAN

Japan soccer leader gets lucky charm for World Cup finals

Japan soccer leader gets lucky charm for World Cup finals

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kawabuchi (R), supreme adviser to the Japan Football Association, receives a "daruma" doll in Tokyo from members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on June 2, 2014, as a lucky charm for the Japanese national squad participating in the World Cup finals in Brazil opening on June 12.

Doctor held for allegedly causing girlfriend to miscarry

Doctor held for allegedly causing girlfriend to miscarry

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Tatsunosuke Kobayashi, a 36-year-old doctor at Jikei University Hospital, arrives at Honjo Police Station in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 18, 2010. Kobayashi was arrested in Kanazawa on suspicion of drugging his pregnant girlfriend with a hormonal agent and causing her to miscarry.

1 climber found dead by rescuers in Gifu mountains

1 climber found dead by rescuers in Gifu mountains

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Rescue workers carry a body recovered from Mt. Okuhotaka to a vehicle in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2010. The body was later identified as that of Mitsuru Honjo, a 58-year-old geological researcher from Kobe. Honjo went climbing on Mt. Okuhotaka with two other climbers from the city on Dec. 29, but their alpine club reported them missing to police Jan. 2.

Akita hospital head announces brain death

Akita hospital head announces brain death

AKITA, Japan - Kazuhiko Takano (R), head of Yuri Kumiai General Hospital in Honjo, Akita Prefecture, announces at a news conference at the hospital on April 15 that a female patient in her 40s was confirmed legally brain-dead. She is likely to become the sixth organ donor in Japan under the 1997 Organ Transplant Law.

Ono Pharma to pay 28 bil. yen to settle patent suit with Nobel winner

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday it has agreed to pay 5 billion yen ($44 million) to Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine Tasuku Honjo and donate 23 billion yen to a research fund at his university to settle a lawsuit on cancer drug patent royalties. The settlement, reached at the Osaka District Court, resolves the suit in which Honjo, a distinguished professor at Kyoto University and 2018 Nobel Prize winner, had sought about 26.2 billion yen in patent royalties from the company that sells the cancer treatment drug Opdivo, developed based on discoveries by his research team. "We were able to reach a settlement I feel satisfied with. I would like to support fundamental research with the funds that we will get back from the company," Honjo said through his lawyer. In a news conference Friday, Ono Pharmaceutical President Gyo Sagara also welcomed the settlement, which he said "fully resolved" issues between the company and Honjo.

The lion logo

The lion logo

Keywords: lion, LION, company, headquarters, signage, logo, logo mark = December 18, 2018, headquarters in Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The lion logo

The lion logo

Keywords: lion, LION, company, headquarters, signage, logo, logo mark = December 18, 2018, headquarters in Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The lion logo

The lion logo

Keywords: lion, LION, company, headquarters, signage, logo, logo mark = December 18, 2018, headquarters in Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The lion logo

The lion logo

Keywords: lion, LION, company, headquarters, signage, logo, logo mark = December 18, 2018, headquarters in Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The lion logo

The lion logo

Keywords: lion, LION, company, headquarters, signage, logo, logo mark = December 18, 2018, headquarters in Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Akita women to apply for "largest thread ball" record with Guinness

Akita women to apply for "largest thread ball" record with Guinness

Photo taken in March 2015 shows a thread ball, measuring 2.16 meters in diameter and weighing 440 kilograms, in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan. A group of local women spent about half a year creating the ball with a firework motif, using the techniques of Honjo Gotemmari, a thread ball and local folk art. They plan to apply to Guinness World Records for recognition as the world's largest thread ball. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Akita women to apply for "largest thread ball" record with Guinness

Akita women to apply for "largest thread ball" record with Guinness

Toshiko Abe, 71, head of an association preserving Yurihonjo folk crafts, makes stitches on a thread ball, measuring 2.16 meters in diameter and weighing 440 kilograms, in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, in March 2015. A group of local women led by Abe spent about half a year creating the ball with a firework motif, using the techniques of Honjo Gotemmari, a thread ball and local folk art. They plan to apply to Guinness World Records for recognition as the world's largest thread ball. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Curiosity is Japanese researcher's driving force

Curiosity is Japanese researcher's driving force

Tasuku Honjo, a Japanese biologist and a winner of Taiwan's Tang Prize in biopharmaceutical science, talks to reporters in Taipei on June 29, 2015. Honjo, along with a U.S. immunologist, were recognized by the first biannual Tang Prize for their discoveries of PD-1 and CTLA-4 as immune inhibitory molecules which together help reveal ways to harness the immune system to fight cancer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves while boarding a four-wheel vehicle driven by his foot in the Saitama Prefecture city of Honjo, eastern Japan, on July 8, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves while boarding a four-wheel vehicle driven by his foot in the Saitama Prefecture city of Honjo, eastern Japan, on July 8, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves while boarding a four-wheel vehicle driven by his foot in the Saitama Prefecture city of Honjo, eastern Japan, on July 8, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner waves while boarding a four-wheel vehicle driven by his foot in the Saitama Prefecture city of Honjo, eastern Japan, on July 8, 2021.

1 climber found dead by rescuers in Gifu mountains

1 climber found dead by rescuers in Gifu mountains

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Rescue workers carry a body recovered from Mt. Okuhotaka to a vehicle in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2010. The body was later identified as that of Mitsuru Honjo, a 58-year-old geological researcher from Kobe. Honjo went climbing on Mt. Okuhotaka with two other climbers from the city on Dec. 29, but their alpine club reported them missing to police Jan. 2. (Kyodo)

Kameido Shrine

Kameido Shrine

Originally called Kameido Tenmangu, the shrine was renamed Kameido Jinja in 1873 Kameido Tenjinsha in 1936. The original shrine was built soon after the Great Fire of Meireki (1657) when the Shogunate planned to develop the Honjo area and the government provided the land for the shrine. This is the Romon Gate. This gate and the main shrine building were destroyed by air raids in 1945.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐5‐0]

Kameido Shrine

Kameido Shrine

Kameido Tenmangu Shrine (present-day Kameido Tenjinsha) is one of the three main shrines dedicated to Sugawara Michizane. The other two are Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka and Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto. The shrine is said to go back to the year 1661when the Shinto priest of Dazaifu, Sugawara Otorii Nobusuke, carved a holy image from the wood of the tobiume (plum tree) and enshrined it in the eastern part of Honjo. In 1662, the fourth Shogun Ietsuna donated the land to the shrine, and shrine buildings including the Romon Gate, Shinji Pond, and Taiko Bridge were later built in imitation of the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐39‐0]

Doctor held for allegedly causing girlfriend to miscarry

Doctor held for allegedly causing girlfriend to miscarry

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Tatsunosuke Kobayashi, a 36-year-old doctor at Jikei University Hospital, arrives at Honjo Police Station in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on May 18, 2010. Kobayashi was arrested in Kanazawa on suspicion of drugging his pregnant girlfriend with a hormonal agent and causing her to miscarry. (Kyodo)

Poinsettia ready for shipment in Japan ahead of Christmas

Poinsettia ready for shipment in Japan ahead of Christmas

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2020, shows Poinsettia flowers at a farm in Honjo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, ahead of the Christmas season.

Poinsettia ready for shipment in Japan ahead of Christmas

Poinsettia ready for shipment in Japan ahead of Christmas

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2020, shows Poinsettia flowers at a farm in Honjo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, ahead of the Christmas season.

Nobel laureate Honjo failed to declare 2.2 billion yen

Nobel laureate Honjo failed to declare 2.2 billion yen

Japanese Nobel Prize winner and Kyoto University professor Tasuku Honjo, seen in this photo taken on June 13, 2019, failed to declare 2.2 billion yen ($20.7 million) in patent royalties paid by Ono Pharmaceutical Co. over four years through 2018 for the anti-cancer drug Opdivo developed through his studies, which tax authorities recognized as taxable income, a source familiar with the matter said Sept. 10, 2020. Honjo filed a lawsuit in June 2020 against Ono Pharmaceutical over the royalty contract for the cancer drug, for which he received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2018.

Ono Pharmaceutical to dispute suit filed by Nobel laureate

Ono Pharmaceutical to dispute suit filed by Nobel laureate

File photo taken June 5, 2020, shows the headquarters of Ono Pharmaceutical Co. in Osaka. The company said in a press release issued July 6 that it will "dispute and cope" with a lawsuit filed by Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine Tasuku Honjo the previous month over patent royalties for the cancer treatment drug Opdivo developed based on the discovery of his research team.

Fast Retailing chief to donate 10 bil. yen to medical research

Fast Retailing chief to donate 10 bil. yen to medical research

Tadashi Yanai (C), chairman and CEO of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, poses for a photo with two Nobel Prize winners -- Tasuku Honjo (L) and Shinya Yamanaka -- at a press conference in Kyoto on June 24, 2020, after announcing that he will donate a total of 10 billion yen ($93 million) to Kyoto University to support its medical research under the two scientists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fast Retailing chief to donate 10 bil. yen to medical research

Fast Retailing chief to donate 10 bil. yen to medical research

Tadashi Yanai, chairman and CEO of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, speaks at a press conference in Kyoto on June 24, 2020, announcing that he will donate a total of 10 billion yen ($93 million) to Kyoto University to support its medical research under two Nobel Prize winners -- Tasuku Honjo and Shinya Yamanaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Face shield production in Japan

Face shield production in Japan

Masakiyo Honjo (R), president and CEO of Charmant Group, a maker of frames for glasses, puts on a face shield during a press conference in Fukui, central Japan, on April 22, 2020. The company plans to make 2 million face shields by the end of the year to help health care facilities fight the coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Face shield production in Japan

Face shield production in Japan

Masakiyo Honjo, president and CEO of Charmant Group, a maker of frames for glasses, puts on a face shield during a press conference in Fukui, central Japan, on April 22, 2020. The company plans to make 2 million face shields by the end of the year to help health care facilities fight the coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Poinsettia ready for shipment

Poinsettia ready for shipment

Photo taken Nov. 18, 2019, shows poinsettia plants ready for shipment ahead of the Christmas high season in Honjo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Poinsettia ready for shipment

Poinsettia ready for shipment

Photo taken Nov. 18, 2019, shows poinsettia plants ready for shipment ahead of the Christmas high season in Honjo in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Imperial New Year's Lectures

Imperial New Year's Lectures

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo gives a lecture to Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and other imperial family members at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2019, as part of the Imperial New Year's Lectures. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Imperial New Year's Lectures

Imperial New Year's Lectures

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L), Empress Michiko (2nd from L) and other imperial family members attend a lecture given by Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo (R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2019, as part of a series of lectures by experts, known as the Imperial New Year's Lectures. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo delivers a speech at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on Dec. 11, 2018, after receiving the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine the previous day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo delivers a speech at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on Dec. 11, 2018, after receiving the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine the previous day.(Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a 2018 Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology or medicine, delivers a speech at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on Dec. 11, 2018. Frances Arnold, a co-winner of the same year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, is seen on the right. (Pool photo) 317 (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a 2018 Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology or medicine, chats with Frances Arnold, a co-winner of the same year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm on Dec. 11, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology or medicine for 2018, walks with his wife Shigeko to a banquet dinner hosted by Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on Dec. 11, the same year. They both wore Japanese kimono. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology or medicine for 2018, walks with his wife Shigeko to a banquet dinner hosted by Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm on Dec. 11, the same year. They both wore Japanese kimono. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo, a Nobel Prize co-winner in physiology or medicine, speaks to reporters in Stockholm on Dec. 11, 2018, a day after receiving the award. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Nobel-winning scientist Tasuku Honjo

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo delivers a speech at a banquet in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018, after receiving the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Banquet

Nobel Banquet

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo, a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, talks with Swedish Princess Christina during the Nobel Banquet following the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Banquet

Nobel Banquet

Around 1,300 people attend the Nobel Banquet at the Stockholm City Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2018. Seen on the left lane and fifth from the bottom is Japanese Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine, Tasuku Honjo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Banquet

Nobel Banquet

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (L), a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and his wife Shigeko (R) attend the Nobel Banquet following the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Banquet

Nobel Banquet

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (front), a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, escorts Swedish Princess Christina to the Nobel Banquet following the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Banquet

Nobel Banquet

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (2nd from L), a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, talks with Swedish Princess Christina during the Nobel Banquet following the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. Seen on the far right is Honjo's wife Shigeko. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese scientist Honjo receives Nobel Prize

Japanese scientist Honjo receives Nobel Prize

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo (C, L) receives the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (C, R) during a ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel Banquet

Nobel Banquet

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo, a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, escorts Swedish Princess Christina to the Nobel Banquet following the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese scientist Honjo receives Nobel Prize

Japanese scientist Honjo receives Nobel Prize

Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo is pictured after delivering a speech at a banquet in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2018, after receiving this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo