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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Athletes attend ceremony to receive financial support

TOKYO, Japan - Table tennis player Ai Fukuhara (R, front row) and gymnast Kohei Uchimura (2nd from R, back row) join other athletes at a ceremony to receive financial support from the government-funded Japan Sports Council in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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N. Korea Olympic Committee delegation visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A delegation of North Korea's Olympic Committee, including Son Kwang Ho (L), a vice minister of physical culture and sports and vice president of the North Korean Olympic Committee, arrives at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 11, 2011. The three-member delegation left Beijing the same day to attend an Olympic Council of Asia meeting to be held in Tokyo on July 14.

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Ministry to review 'education with latitude' policy

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Nariaki Nakayama addresses a general meeting of the Central Council for Education, an advisory body, at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 15. He asked the panel to review the ministry's ''education with latitude'' policy, which it introduced at public primary and junior high schools in 2002.

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Panel urges drastic change to education law

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (L), chairman of the Central Education Council, a government advisory panel, hands a report recommending a drastic revision of the basic education law to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on March 20. The report specifically advocated the idea of cultivating patriotism and public spirit in schools with an emphasis on individual dignity.

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Education panel proposes dismissed teachers surrender licenses

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (R), chairman of the Central Education Council, presents an interim report summarizing his panel's recommendations on education reform to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on Dec. 25. The panel proposed taking away the licenses of teachers who are dishonorably dismissed.

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Education panel proposes dismissed teachers surrender licenses

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (R), chairman of the Central Education Council, presents an interim report summarizing his panel's recommendations on education reform to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on Dec. 25. The panel proposed taking away the licenses of teachers who are dishonorably dismissed.

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Ministry to review 'education with latitude' policy

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Nariaki Nakayama addresses a general meeting of the Central Council for Education, an advisory body, at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 15. He asked the panel to review the ministry's ''education with latitude'' policy, which it introduced at public primary and junior high schools in 2002. (Kyodo)

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New design picked for 2020 Olympics stadium

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (far R) attends a press conference with those involved in proposing and selecting a new design for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015. Kazumi Ohigashi (far L), the head director of the Japan Sports Council, and Takashi Yamauchi (C), president emeritus of Taisei Corp., joined Kuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New design picked for 2020 Olympics stadium

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (far R) attends a press conference with those involved in proposing and selecting a new design for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015. Kazumi Ohigashi (far L), the head director of the Japan Sports Council, and Takashi Yamauchi (C), president emeritus of Taisei Corp., joined Kuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New design picked for 2020 Olympics stadium

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (R) shakes hands with Kazumi Ohigashi, the head director of the Japan Sports Council, in front of an illustration of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium, proposed by Kuma, in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015. It has been selected as the new design of the stadium following the scrapping of the initial design by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New chief of Japan Sports Council meets press

Former J-League Chairman Kazumi Ohigashi, new president of the Japan Sports Council, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2015. The JSC is at the center of a controversy over the design of a new national stadium to be built as the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to review Olympics stadium plan "from scratch": Abe

Photo shows a model of the planned 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium displayed at a Japan Sports Council meeting on July 7, 2015. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said July 17 that Japan will review a construction plan for the stadium "from scratch" in response to mounting public criticism over its soaring costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JSC president meets press on new national stadium construction

Ichiro Kono, president of the Japan Sports Council, speaks during a press conference after a meeting by the advisory panel on the construction of Japan's new national stadium in Tokyo on July 7, 2015. The stadium will be the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Costly Olympic stadium construction approved

Photo taken July 7, 2015, shows a model of Japan's new national stadium -- the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Rugby World Cup 2019. Its 252 billion yen construction costs were approved on the day. The Japan Sports Council hopes it can start the construction in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Costly Olympic stadium construction approved

Photo taken July 7, 2015, shows a model of Japan's new national stadium -- the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Rugby World Cup 2019. Its 252 billion yen construction costs were approved on the day. The Japan Sports Council hopes it can start the construction in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's National Stadium being demolished ahead of 2020 Olympics

Work is under way to demolish the National Stadium in Tokyo on March 5, 2015, to pave the way for the construction from October of the new main venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics. The Japan Sports Council said the main body of the existing stadium will be completely demolished by around June and its debris removed by the end of September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 Asian sport bodies in partnership to up athletic levels

Yoshinari Takatani (2nd from R), vice president of Japan Sport Council, and public sport organization officials from Hong Kong, Singapore and Qatar pose in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2015, after jointly establishing the Association of Sports Institutes in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-J League Chairman Ohigashi likely to head Japan Sports Council

Former J League Chairman Kazumi Ohigashi, seen in this photo, is set to become the new president of the Japan Sports Council. The JSC is in charge of a project to build a new national stadium, which will be the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tagawa coalmine chimneys to be named tangible cultural property

FUKUOKA, Japan - This pair of brick chimneys at the Ida coalmine operated by the former Mitsui Tagawa Mines in Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture has been proposed as Registered Tangible Cultural Property by the Council for Cultural Affairs. The chimneys are among 201 historical buildings the council designated as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties in a proposal sent to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Bummei Ibuki on June 15. Built in 1908, the 45-meter-high chimneys were used as smoke outlets for steam boilers used inside the coalmine. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea Olympic Committee delegation visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A delegation of North Korea's Olympic Committee, including Son Kwang Ho (L), a vice minister of physical culture and sports and vice president of the North Korean Olympic Committee, arrives at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 11, 2011. The three-member delegation left Beijing the same day to attend an Olympic Council of Asia meeting to be held in Tokyo on July 14. (Kyodo)

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Athletes attend ceremony to receive financial support

TOKYO, Japan - Table tennis player Ai Fukuhara (R, front row) and gymnast Kohei Uchimura (2nd from R, back row) join other athletes at a ceremony to receive financial support from the government-funded Japan Sports Council in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Olympic training bases close after emergency declaration

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 8, 2020, shows the National Training Center (R) and Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, two major Olympic training facilities in Tokyo. The Japan Sport Council said the same day the facilities will be closed to athletes through May 6 in response to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's declaration the previous day of a state of emergency in major cities in Japan to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikai's inaugural address of Japan-China friendship committee

Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, addresses an inaugural meeting of the Japan committee for the promotion of Japan-China friendship and cultural exchanges held in Tokyo on July 29, 2015. Nikai, head of the committee, stressed the importance of enhancing heart-to-heart Japan-China exchanges through culture and sports. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel urges drastic change to education law

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (L), chairman of the Central Education Council, a government advisory panel, hands a report recommending a drastic revision of the basic education law to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on March 20. The report specifically advocated the idea of cultivating patriotism and public spirit in schools with an emphasis on individual dignity. (Kyodo)