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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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Japanese novelist Kawabata

KAMAKURA, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata meets the press at his home in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 1968, the day he was officially informed that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Japan beach receives international Blue Flag award

YOKOSUKA, Japan, July 1 Kyodo - Children play in the water at Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on July 1, 2016, the first day of the sea-bathing season for the beach. The beach has received the Blue Flag designation, an international award given by the Copenhagen-based Foundation for Environmental Education to beaches and marinas that implement sustainable management and meet high standards in safety and conservation.

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Beach in Kamakura

KAMAKURA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 27, 2014, shows crowded Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Writer Osaragi's draft of nonfiction piece discovered

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Nojiri (L), an adopted daughter of the late writer Jiro Osaragi, is seen reading an original draft of one of Osaragi's nonfiction pieces on June 24, 2014, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. The items discovered at the residence of Osaragi's editor include his draft of "Panama Jiken," meaning the Panama Incident, and his letters. The items were returned to Nojiri, who then donated them to the Osaragi Jiro Memorial Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.

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Writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada during an interview in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2008. The renowned author of humorous and satirical books, whose real name was Shigeru Horiuchi, died on June 6, 2013, at the age of 83, sources said June 9.

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Actor Natsuyagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2013, shows Japanese actor Isao Natsuyagi. Natsuyagi died at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 11, 2013, at age 73. While the cause of death was not immediately revealed, he had suffered from pancreatic cancer, sources close to him said.

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Mitsubishi's new space satellite manufacturing plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2013, shows a new space satellite manufacturing factory of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Exhibit on pioneering Russian ballerina opens in Kamakura

KAMAKURA, Japan - A photo exhibition chronicling the life of Nadejda Pavlova (1906-1982), a pioneering Russian ballerina, opens in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2012. Pavlova fled her native Russia after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution to settle in Japan and popularized the art of ballet dancing in the Asian country.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a noted classical music critic, standing in the garden of his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture in January 2012. Yoshida's family on May 27, 2012, said that he died of acute heart failure on May 22 at his home at age 98.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida (R), a Japanese classical music critic, receiving the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in November 2006. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2011 shows (from L) novelist Saiichi Maruya, classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida and conductor Seiji Ozawa, chatting at a party to celebrate the awarding of the Order of Culture to Maruya. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a Japanese classical music critic, during an interview at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2009. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in the city. He was 98.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2009 shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a Japanese classical music critic. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 98.

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Buddhist, Shinto joint service for disaster victims

KAMAKURA, Japan - A Buddhist priest (L) conducts a ritual for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a memorial service held jointly by Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shinto shrine and Todaiji Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2011. On the right are Shinto priests taking part in the rite.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - People associated with Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity pray to calm the sea at the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the city the same day to pray for disaster victims and recovery.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - Shinto priests and Buddhist monks walk to a beach while soliciting donations for quake and tsunami relief from the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the historic earthquake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the shrine the same day to pray for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and recovery from the disaster.

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Rolling blackout

KAMAKURA, Japan - A police officer regulates traffic on a street without traffic lights in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 18, 2011, during a rolling blackout introduced by Tokyo Electric Power Co. amid an electricity supply shortage following the automatic shutdown of its nuclear power plants after the March 11 killer quake and tsunami.

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Wives of APEC leaders in Kamakura

KAMAKURA, Japan - Wives of leaders from the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan's first lady Nobuko Kan (4th from L), pose in front of the iconic Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2010. The leaders gathered for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit starting the same day in Yokohama in the prefecture. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Playwright, peace activist Hisashi Inoue dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - April 2008 file photo shows playwright Hisashi Inoue speaking during an interview in Tokyo. Inoue, who was also a pacifist and was known for his activities promoting peace as one of the nine founding members of the Article 9 Association died of lung cancer on April 9, 2010, at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was 75.

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Ginkgo tree at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu falls down

TOKYO, Japan - A ginkgo tree, believed to be 1,000 years old, in the premises of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen fallen down on March 10, 2010. A security guard found the fallen-down tree, which was some 30 meters high and 6.8 meters around, at around 4:40 a.m. after hearing a sound like a thunderbolt.

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Ginkgo tree at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu falls down

TOKYO, Japan - A ginkgo tree, believed to be 1,000 years old, in the premises of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen fallen down on March 10, 2010. A security guard found the fallen-down tree, which was some 30 meters high and 6.8 meters around, at around 4:40 a.m. after hearing a sound like a thunderbolt.

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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 flower paintings drawn by Hirayama at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, who is best known for his works themed on the Silk Road and Buddhism, passed away on Dec. 2, 2009.

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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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Japanese painter Hirayama dies

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama is seen repairing one of his works in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30, 2009. Hirayama, a traditional-style Japanese painter known for his works with themes based on the Silk Road and Buddhism, died of a stroke Dec. 2.

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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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Former ambassador Kase dead at 101

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Toshikazu Kase, who played an important role in Japan's diplomacy during and after World War II, died of heart failure May 21 at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, his family said May 31. He was 101.

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Literary critic Jun Eto commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Literary critic Jun Eto commits suicide at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture and is found dead on July 21. He is 66. The conservative critic apparently cuts his wrist and died in his bathroom and died from loss of blood. Kyodo News file photo shows Eto, whose real name is Atsuo Egashira, has an interview at his home in July 1996.