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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

KAMAKURA, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil Hirayama's unfinished work at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, whose photo is being held by Michiko, passed away Dec. 2, 2009, and had been working on the painting from last July to September from his hospital bed.

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Ex-Daiwa Securities head Doi dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakane Doi, former president of Daiwa Securities Co. -- now Daiwa Securities Group Inc. -- who led the company to become the second-largest brokerage in Japan, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 14, the company said April 20. He was 80.

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Veteran cartoonist Yokoyama dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran cartoonist Ryuichi Yokoyama (in photo taken in December 1998) died Nov. 8, 2001 of a stroke at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Yokoyama, 92, collapsed at his home in Kamakura on Nov. 7, 2001 and was rushed to the hospital. He received a Persons of Cultural Merits award in 1994 marking the first time a cartoonist received the honor.

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Veteran cartoonist Yokoyama dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran cartoonist Ryuichi Yokoyama (in photo taken in December 1998) died Nov. 8, 2001 of a stroke at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Yokoyama, 92, collapsed at his home in Kamakura on Nov. 7, 2001 and was rushed to the hospital. He received a Persons of Cultural Merits award in 1994 marking the first time a cartoonist received the honor.

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Ex-Nissan President Hanawa dies at 81

File photo taken in 1999 shows Yoshikazu Hanawa, former president of Nissan Motor Co. Hanawa died of myocardial infarction at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2015. He was 81. Hanawa played a leading role in forming a capital tie-up with French automaker Renault S.A. in 1999 as Nissan president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Daiwa Securities head Doi dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakane Doi, former president of Daiwa Securities Co. -- now Daiwa Securities Group Inc. -- who led the company to become the second-largest brokerage in Japan, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 14, the company said April 20. He was 80. (Kyodo)

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Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil Hirayama's unfinished work at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, whose photo is being held by Michiko, passed away Dec. 2, 2009, and had been working on the painting from last July to September from his hospital bed. (Kyodo)