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Ex-pro baseball player encourages leukemia patients

GIFU, Japan - Former Japanese professional baseball player Yasuaki Taiho, who is suffering from acute myelocytic leukemia but continues to manage a Chinese restaurant in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, says in July 2014 that he wants to give hope to other patients fighting the disease.

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Woman, girl found dead at home in Gifu

GIFU, Japan - Police officers search the home of Kazuto Hishida, 43, in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, where his 26-year-old wife Kaoru and their 2-year-old daughter Manami were found dead with neck wounds on June 21. Hishida was found dead earlier in the day after jumping from an apartment building in a neighboring city in Aichi Prefecture.

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Evers-Swindell twins win 3rd straight world title

KAIZU, Japan - Georgina (L) and Caroline Evers-Swindell of New Zealand blow away the field in the women's double sculls final to capture gold at the world rowing championships at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, on Sept. 3.

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Ura sets world fastest time at rowing world c'ships

KAIZU, Japan - Japan's Kazushige Ura sets a world best time in the lightweight men's single sculls on Aug. 31 to book his spot into the semifinals on the third day of the world rowing championships at Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Gifu Prefecture.

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World rowing championships start in central Japan

KAIZU, Japan - The world rowing championships held for the first time in Asia opened at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 29, one day behind schedule due to Typhoon Mawar. The event runs through Sept. 4.

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World rowing championships start in central Japan

KAIZU, Japan - The world rowing championships held for the first time in Asia opened at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 29, one day behind schedule due to Typhoon Mawar. The event runs through Sept. 4. (Kyodo)

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Ura sets world fastest time at rowing world c'ships

KAIZU, Japan - Japan's Kazushige Ura sets a world best time in the lightweight men's single sculls on Aug. 31 to book his spot into the semifinals on the third day of the world rowing championships at Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Gifu Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Evers-Swindell twins win 3rd straight world title

KAIZU, Japan - Georgina (L) and Caroline Evers-Swindell of New Zealand blow away the field in the women's double sculls final to capture gold at the world rowing championships at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)

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7 pupils injured in hit-and-run in Gifu

Photo taken June 30, 2016, shows the scene where seven pupils were injured after a car drove into a group of children walking to school in Kaizu in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on June 30, 2016. Police detained a man who was found in a damaged vehicle in a parking lot approximately 100 meters from the site, on suspicion of his involvement in the hit-and-run. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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7 pupils injured in hit-and-run in Gifu

A sedan is transported to the Kaizu Police Station in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on June 30, 2016, after it was involved in a hit-and-run. Seven pupils were injured after the car drove into a group of children walking to school earlier that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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7 pupils injured in hit-and-run in Gifu

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the scene where seven pupils were injured after a car drove into a group of children walking to school in Kaizu in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on June 30, 2016. Police detained a man who was found in a damaged vehicle in a parking lot approximately 100 meters from the site, on suspicion of his involvement in the hit-and-run. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman, girl found dead at home in Gifu

GIFU, Japan - Police officers search the home of Kazuto Hishida, 43, in Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture, where his 26-year-old wife Kaoru and their 2-year-old daughter Manami were found dead with neck wounds on June 21. Hishida was found dead earlier in the day after jumping from an apartment building in a neighboring city in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)