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Lions Kikuchi attends high school commencement

HANAMAKI, Japan - As a representative of the graduates, Seibu Lions rookie Yusei Kikuchi (L) hands Junzo Odashima, principal of Hanamaki Higashi High School, a listing of commemorative gifts from the graduates at the commencement ceremony at the school in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on March 6, 2010. Kikuchi, the club's draft No.1 pick, who had been taking part in the club's spring training until the previous day, is set to return to training on March 7.

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Author Junzo Shono dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Junzo Shono (in this undated file photo), an eminent author and a member of the Japan Art Academy, died of age on Sept. 21, 2009, at his home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, people close to him said on Sept. 22. He was 88. A native of Osaka, Shono began writing novels after World War II and won the Akutagawa Award in 1955 for his book titled ''Purusaido shokei (Poolside Scene).''

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Toyota Tsusho, Tomen announce merger

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Tsusho Corp. President Junzo Shimizu (L) and Tomen Corp. President Mahito Kageyama shake hands in Nagoya on Oct. 28 after announcing a broad agreement to merge into the sixth-largest trading house in Japan on April 1.

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JR West has 46 cases of ATS activation due to driving error

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa speaks at a press conference at his ministry after receiving an interim report on the April 25 fatal derailment on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line from Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Chairman Junzo Sato on Sept. 6.

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JR West has 46 cases of ATS activation due to driving error

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa (R) receives an interim report on the April 25 fatal derailment on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line from Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Chairman Junzo Sato on Sept. 6. The reports said that West Japan Railway Co. trains experienced 46 incidents of an advanced automatic train stop system being activated due to driving errors or other reasons in fiscal 2004.

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Former Hankyu manager Ueda, 4 others elected to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiharu Ueda (L), who as manager led the Hankyu Braves to three consecutive Japan Series championships, and former Yakult Swallows manager Junzo Sekine pose for a photograph after being inducted into the Japanese Hall of Fame along with four other notable contributors to the game Jan. 10.

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(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL planes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (L) receives a final report on the near-miss incident between two Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger planes in January 2001 from Junzo Sato, chairman of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on June 12. The report concluded that air traffic control's error in giving the wrong flight numbers when asking the pilots to change course and the pilots' decision to follow air traffic control instead of the computerized Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) were two of the main causes.

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Anthropologist Junzo Kawada, 87, (C) receives the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Toyota Tsusho, Tomen announce merger

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Tsusho Corp. President Junzo Shimizu (L) and Tomen Corp. President Mahito Kageyama shake hands in Nagoya on Oct. 28 after announcing a broad agreement to merge into the sixth-largest trading house in Japan on April 1. (Kyodo)

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1977, Japan.

The 1977 compilation of the Japan-Soviet 200 nautical mile problem. Children chase supercars. Mt. Usu eruption. Suguru Egawa refuses to join the Crown. Illustrations of a map of the 200 nautical mile area, a fishing boat in the sea, a Soviet ship, a meeting of party leaders, an illustration of a map of the four northern islands, a Japan-Soviet fishery agreement being exchanged, housewives arranging for food to be shipped directly from its place of origin, a pawn shop thriving, a supercar display event, happy children, a tardiness chart imitating a timetable, a long A long telephone receiver, a housewife using a gas stove for toilet gas, the eruption of Mount Usu, volcanic ash falling on the city, a home run by Oh, pitching by Taku Egawa, six Japanese Army personnel allowed to leave prison after the Japan Airlines hijacking incident, people resisting the Narita Airport issue and the Sanrizuka struggle. date unknown Date of shooting unknown, Release date: December 23, 1977.

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Japan pitches safety record in bid for Malaysia-Singapore rail link

Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission Chairman Syed Hamid Albar (C) tests a simulator of a shinkansen bullet train in Kuala Lumpur on April 29, 2016. Junzo Yamamoto (L), a senior vice minister of Japan's transport ministry, pitched Japan's safety record to Malaysia the same day as Tokyo plays catch-up in the race against China for a lucrative project to link Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by high-speed rail. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pitches safety record in bid for Malaysia-Singapore rail link

Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission Chairman Syed Hamid Albar (L) shakes hands with Junzo Yamamoto, a senior vice minister of Japan's transport ministry in Kuala Lumpur on April 29, 2016. Yamamoto pitched Japan's safety record to Malaysia the same day as Tokyo plays catch-up in the race against China for a lucrative project to link Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by high-speed rail. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan pitches high-speed railway technology in India

Junzo Yamamoto (L), Japanese state minister in charge of transport, and Indian Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu attend a seminar organized by the Japanese government in New Delhi on Oct. 14, 2015, to promote the country's high-speed railway technology. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man keeps aquarium, hoping Ariake Sea to become cleaner

Photo taken on Sept. 23, 2015, shows Junzo Kondo explaining at the Okinohata Aquarium in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, about old fishing gear once used in the Ariake Sea when it was cleaner. The aquarium, built at his own expense, keeps many species of fish that used to be found in the sea, now sealed by gates to facilitate land reclamation in a controversial project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aquarium owner poses with Ariake Sea product photos

Photo taken at the Okinohata Aquarium in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 23, 2015, shows its owner Junzo Kondo and photos of marine products whose haul in the Ariake Sea has plummeted since it was sealed by gates to facilitate land reclamation in a controversial project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR West has 46 cases of ATS activation due to driving error

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa (R) receives an interim report on the April 25 fatal derailment on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line from Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Chairman Junzo Sato on Sept. 6. The reports said that West Japan Railway Co. trains experienced 46 incidents of an advanced automatic train stop system being activated due to driving errors or other reasons in fiscal 2004. (Kyodo)

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JR West has 46 cases of ATS activation due to driving error

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa speaks at a press conference at his ministry after receiving an interim report on the April 25 fatal derailment on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line from Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Chairman Junzo Sato on Sept. 6. (Kyodo)

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Author Junzo Shono dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Junzo Shono (in this undated file photo), an eminent author and a member of the Japan Art Academy, died of age on Sept. 21, 2009, at his home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, people close to him said on Sept. 22. He was 88. A native of Osaka, Shono began writing novels after World War II and won the Akutagawa Award in 1955 for his book titled ''Purusaido shokei (Poolside Scene).'' (Kyodo)

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Lions Kikuchi attends high school commencement

HANAMAKI, Japan - As a representative of the graduates, Seibu Lions rookie Yusei Kikuchi (L) hands Junzo Odashima, principal of Hanamaki Higashi High School, a listing of commemorative gifts from the graduates at the commencement ceremony at the school in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on March 6, 2010. Kikuchi, the club's draft No.1 pick, who had been taking part in the club's spring training until the previous day, is set to return to training on March 7. (Kyodo)

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(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL plane

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (L) receives a final report on the near-miss incident between two Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger planes in January 2001 from Junzo Sato, chairman of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on June 12. The report concluded that air traffic control's error in giving the wrong flight numbers when asking the pilots to change course and the pilots' decision to follow air traffic control instead of the computerized Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) were two of the main causes.

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Stabbing rampage near Tokyo

Japanese National Public Safety Commission chief Junzo Yamamoto prays at the site of a mass stabbing in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on May 30, 2019, two days after the incident in which a knife-wielding man killed a schoolgirl and a man, and injured more than 15 people near a bus stop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stabbing rampage near Tokyo

Japanese National Public Safety Commission chief Junzo Yamamoto prays at the site of a mass stabbing in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on May 30, 2019, two days after the incident in which a knife-wielding man killed a schoolgirl and a man, and injured more than 15 people near a bus stop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Hankyu manager Ueda, 4 others elected to Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiharu Ueda (L), who as manager led the Hankyu Braves to three consecutive Japan Series championships, and former Yakult Swallows manager Junzo Sekine pose for a photograph after being inducted into the Japanese Hall of Fame along with four other notable contributors to the game Jan. 10. (Kyodo)