Battle against sleep disorder

Battle against sleep disorder

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Horimoto holds up a book she co-wrote with her daughter Sakura about the 15-year battle Sakura fought against sleep disorder, in Musashino, western Tokyo, on Sept. 13, 2012.

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

KYOTO, Japan - Police investigators check the entrance to a cram school in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 10 after 12-year-old Sayano Horimoto, a primary school sixth-grader, was stabbed to by Yu Hagino, a 23-year-old part-time teacher.

Minokichi head chef's cooking demonstration at Expo Milano

Minokichi head chef's cooking demonstration at Expo Milano

Yoshihiko Horimoto (C), executive chef of renowned Japanese restaurant Minokichi, demonstrates how to make dashi stock at the Japan Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 in Milan, Italy, on June 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese chef shows off kaiseki cuisine at Expo Milano

Japanese chef shows off kaiseki cuisine at Expo Milano

Yoshihiko Horimoto, executive chef of Japan's long-established traditional restaurant Minokichi in Kyoto, shows off a Japanese kaiseki dish at Expo Milano 2015's Japanese Pavilion in Italy on May 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan will benefit from progress in U.S.-India relations: expert

Japan will benefit from progress in U.S.-India relations: expert

Takenori Horimoto, a project professor in the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies at Kyoto University in Tokyo and an expert in international politics in South Asia, speaks in an interview in New Delhi on Dec. 19, 2014, ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to India to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Horimoto believes progress in relations between the two countries will be diplomatically beneficial for Japan as well. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

Primary school student stabbed to death by cram school teacher

KYOTO, Japan - Police investigators check the entrance to a cram school in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 10 after 12-year-old Sayano Horimoto, a primary school sixth-grader, was stabbed to by Yu Hagino, a 23-year-old part-time teacher. (Kyodo)