Sport climbing: World championships

Sport climbing: World championships

Taisei Honma of Japan poses after winning bronze in the men's lead event at the climbing world championships in Seoul on Sept. 26, 2025.

Sport climbing: World championships

Sport climbing: World championships

Taisei Honma of Japan poses after winning bronze in the men's lead event at the climbing world championships in Seoul on Sept. 26, 2025.

Sport climbing: World championships

Sport climbing: World championships

Lee Do Hyun (C) of South Korea poses after winning gold in the men's lead event at the climbing world championships in Seoul on Sept. 26, 2025, alongside silver medalist Satone Yoshida (L) and bronze medalist Taisei Honma, both of Japan.

Sport climbing: World championships

Sport climbing: World championships

Taisei Honma of Japan competes en route to winning bronze in the men's lead event at the climbing world championships in Seoul on Sept. 26, 2025.

Sport climbing: World championships

Sport climbing: World championships

Taisei Honma of Japan competes en route to winning bronze in the men's lead event at the climbing world championships in Seoul on Sept. 26, 2025.

2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

Emiko Honma (top, R), 74, second-generation atomic bomb survivor and director of Nihon Hidankyo, winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the University of Oslo in the Norwegian capital on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the award ceremony for Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group was held.

2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

Emiko Honma, 74, second-generation atomic bomb survivor and director of Nihon Hidankyo, winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the University of Oslo in the Norwegian capital on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the award ceremony for Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group was held.

2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

2nd-generation A-bomb survivor in Oslo

Emiko Honma, 74, second-generation atomic bomb survivor and director of Nihon Hidankyo, winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks at the University of Oslo in the Norwegian capital on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after the award ceremony for Japan's leading atomic bomb survivors group was held.

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference

NTT DATA Group Financial Results Conference. Hiroshi Honma, President=Date:November 6, 2023, Place:Tokyo

Senior Panasonic appliance official speaks in interview

Senior Panasonic appliance official speaks in interview

OSAKA, Japan - Tetsuro Honma, deputy head of Panasonic Corp.'s electronic appliance division, speaks in an interview with the press in Osaka on July 3, 2014, stressing a plan to boost exports of industrial-use refrigerators to China and Southeast Asian countries.

Fukushima school head hangs nameplate on plum tree at shrine

Fukushima school head hangs nameplate on plum tree at shrine

FUKUOKA, Japan - Minoru Honma, the principal of Fukushima High School, hangs a nameplate on one of the young plum trees at Dazaifu Tenmangu, a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, before the saplings are donated to the Fukushima prefectural school damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine to donate plum trees to Fukushima school

Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine to donate plum trees to Fukushima school

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nobuyoshi Nishitakatsuji (C), chief priest of Dazaifu Tenmangu, a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, poses with Minoru Honma (L), the principal of Fukushima High School, and graduate Yuji Shinogi in front of young plum trees before their transportation to the school in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Honma Golf manager Liu

Honma Golf manager Liu

SHANGHAI, China - Liu Jianguo, a Chinese executive at the helm of Honma Golf Co., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Shanghai in June 2012.

Honma Golf shop in Shanghai

Honma Golf shop in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - A Chinese man (R) visits a shop of Honma Golf Co. in Shanghai in June 2012 to find a children's golf club for his son (L).

Sanyo Electric to bolster lithium ion battery output

Sanyo Electric to bolster lithium ion battery output

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Board Director Mitsuru Honma says in an interview with Kyodo News on June 4 that the company will bolster output of lithium ion batteries for use in personal computers and other electronics gadgets to grab a 35 percent global market share in fiscal 2007 to next March 31, up from 29 percent in fiscal 2006.

Sanyo to form joint venture with Taiwan's Quanta in October

Sanyo to form joint venture with Taiwan's Quanta in October

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuru Honma (L), a director of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Aug. 11 about a joint venture with Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc. to launch their strategic global alliance for television operations.

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

AKITA, Japan - Japan's Emiko Honma (L) attacks Tessy Scholtes of Luxembourg at the women's heavyweight-class karate competition of the sixth World Games at Tenno municipal gymnasium in Akita Prefecture on Aug. 19. Honma took the women's heavyweight sparring title with a 5-3 win over Scholtes.

Sanyo to form joint venture with Taiwan's Quanta in October

Sanyo to form joint venture with Taiwan's Quanta in October

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuru Honma (L), a director of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Aug. 11 about a joint venture with Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc. to launch their strategic global alliance for television operations. (Kyodo)

Sanyo Electric to bolster lithium ion battery output

Sanyo Electric to bolster lithium ion battery output

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Board Director Mitsuru Honma says in an interview with Kyodo News on June 4 that the company will bolster output of lithium ion batteries for use in personal computers and other electronics gadgets to grab a 35 percent global market share in fiscal 2007 to next March 31, up from 29 percent in fiscal 2006. (Kyodo)

DPJ-backed Akimoto defeats LDP-backed candidate in Sapporo

DPJ-backed Akimoto defeats LDP-backed candidate in Sapporo

Nana Honma, a former central government official backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, meets with reporters after she was defeated in the Sapporo mayoral race by former Sapporo Deputy Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto on April 12, 2015. Akimoto was backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

DPJ-backed Akimoto defeats LDP-backed candidate in Sapporo

DPJ-backed Akimoto defeats LDP-backed candidate in Sapporo

Former Sapporo Deputy Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto (C) celebrates his victory in the Sapporo mayoral race on April 12, 2015. Akimoto, backed by the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party, was assured of defeating Nana Honma, a former central government official backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Panasonic to develop laundry-folding robot

Panasonic to develop laundry-folding robot

Tetsuro Honma (L), president of Panasonic Corp.'s home appliance division Appliances Co., poses for a photo in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 7, 2015, after announcing the company's plan to develop a laundry-folding robot, dubbed "Laundroid," jointly with Daiwa House Industry Co. and robotics venture business Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc. The black box in the center is a Laundroid prototype. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Senior Panasonic appliance official speaks in interview

Senior Panasonic appliance official speaks in interview

OSAKA, Japan - Tetsuro Honma, deputy head of Panasonic Corp.'s electronic appliance division, speaks in an interview with the press in Osaka on July 3, 2014, stressing a plan to boost exports of industrial-use refrigerators to China and Southeast Asian countries. (Kyodo)

First-ever image of black hole captured

First-ever image of black hole captured

Mareki Honma (far R) of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2019, to unveil the first-ever image of a black hole captured by an international team of scientists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

First-ever image of black hole captured

First-ever image of black hole captured

Mareki Honma of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2019, to unveil the first-ever image of a black hole captured by an international team of scientists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

First-ever image of black hole captured

First-ever image of black hole captured

Mareki Honma of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2019, to unveil the first-ever image of a black hole captured by an international team of scientists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

First-ever image of black hole captured

First-ever image of black hole captured

Mareki Honma of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2019, to unveil the first-ever image of a black hole captured by an international team of scientists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

First-ever image of black hole captured

First-ever image of black hole captured

Mareki Honma of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2019, to unveil the first-ever image of a black hole captured by an international team of scientists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

First-ever image of black hole captured

First-ever image of black hole captured

Mareki Honma of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 10, 2019, to unveil the first-ever image of a black hole captured by an international team of scientists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Golf: Ozaki shoots his age with 70

Golf: Ozaki shoots his age with 70

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki acknowledges the gallery after shooting his age in the second round of the Honma Tourworld Cup, a regular Japanese professional golf tour event, at Kyowa Country Club in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2017. The 70-year-old Ozaki shot a 1-under-par 70. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Golf: Ozaki shoots his age with 70

Golf: Ozaki shoots his age with 70

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki reacts after shooting his age in the second round of the Honma Tourworld Cup, a regular Japanese professional golf tour event, at Kyowa Country Club in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2017. The 70-year-old Ozaki shot a 1-under-par 70. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

Honma wins women's karate heavyweight-class

AKITA, Japan - Japan's Emiko Honma (L) attacks Tessy Scholtes of Luxembourg at the women's heavyweight-class karate competition of the sixth World Games at Tenno municipal gymnasium in Akita Prefecture on Aug. 19. Honma took the women's heavyweight sparring title with a 5-3 win over Scholtes.