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Power outage stops train in Japan

Commuters crowd the Keikyu Kamata Station in Tokyo after JR train services were suspended due to a power outage between JR Shimbashi and Shinagawa stations, disrupting major rail lines in the Japanese capital on Jan. 16, 2026.

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, and prosecutors apologize at the grave of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's two sons (back). Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died the following year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

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77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards - LA

Hiromi Kamata At the 77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, USA on February 08 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards - LA

Hiromi Kamata At the 77th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, USA on February 08 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COM

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DPJ lawmaker Kamata submits resignation letter to speaker

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Sayuri Kamata (R) submitted a letter of resignation Dec. 24 to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono following the Supreme Court's dismissal of her campaigners' appeal of their convictions for breaking the election law.

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March against restart of Sendai nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Journalist Satoshi Kamata (C) and author Keiko Ochiai (R) lead a group of demonstrators in Tokyo on July 9, 2014, opposing the restart of the currently idled Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Convenience store combined with karaoke box

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows "FamilyMart plus Karaoke DAM" store near JR Kamata Station in Tokyo's Ota Ward on April 17, 2014, its opening day. It is the first hybrid store combining a convenience store and karaoke booths opened by FamilyMart Co. and karaoke business operator Daiichikosho Co.

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Upper house election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Voters listen to a stump speech by a politician in front of Kamata station in Tokyo on July 20, 2013, the final day of campaigning before the upper house election the following day.

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) writer Satoshi Kamata, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Hisae Sawachi join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Novelist Oe, journalist Kamata in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe (R) and journalist Satoshi Kamata in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2012, unveil a document that asks leaders of the municipalities hosting nuclear power plants not to resume operations of idled reactors.

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata holds a poster of an antinuclear rally scheduled at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people. Kamata is among writers and musicians who have been promoting the rally as well as collecting 10 million signatures on a petition calling for ending nuclear power in Japan in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Supporting Iraqi children with cancer by buying chocolates

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kamata, a doctor and head of the civic group Japan Iraq Medical Network, poses in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011 with tins of chocolates that are being sold for a donation charity to help pediatric cancer patients in war-torn Iraq at the group's head office.

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Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during a press conference in Tokyo after receiving the Naoki Prize for his novel ''Kamata Koshinkyoku'' in January 1982. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

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Poverty turns young people into 'Net cafe refugees'

TOKYO, Japan - This 24-year-old man has been living in an Internet cafe in Tokyo's Kamata district.

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Poverty turns young people into 'Net cafe refugees'

TOKYO, Japan - This 24-year-old man has been living in an Internet cafe in Tokyo's Kamata district.

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(2)Party leaders conduct last-minute election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds up his party's manifesto during a campaign speech in front of JR Kamata Station in Tokyo on Nov. 8, the eve of the House of the Representatives election.

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Police search Wakodenki president's house over bankruptcy fraud

KUMATORI, Japan - Police officers enter the house of Wakodenki Co. President Keiichi Kamata in Kumatori, Osaka Prefecrture, on June 30 to search for evidence that he committed fraud during the firm's bankruptcy proceedings.

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Premier, Tokyo gov. inspect traffic jams at Tokyo crossing

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R) and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (3rd from R) inspect a traffic jam at a crossing on the Keihin Electric Express Railway line at Kamata in Tokyo's Ota Ward near Haneda airport on Feb. 1. Some kind of overpass is scheduled to be constructed in the district to improve traffic flow.

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Electric minivehicle for elderly debuts

TOKYO, Japan - A single-seat electric vehicle for the elderly was unveiled in Tokyo on Oct. 7. Unlike automobiles, the vehicle does not have a foot break or an accelerator pedal. The electric vehicle, measuring 2.2 meters long and 1.2 meters wide, was jointly developed by Minoru Kamata, assistant professor of the University of Tokyo, and a Yokohama-based auto company.

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DPJ lawmaker Kamata submits resignation letter to speaker

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Sayuri Kamata (R) submitted a letter of resignation Dec. 24 to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono following the Supreme Court's dismissal of her campaigners' appeal of their convictions for breaking the election law. (Kyodo)

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Japan hangs 2 inmates, 16 executed since 2012 launch of Abe gov't

Undated photo shows Junko Yoshida, a former nurse who masterminded two murders for insurance money in 1998 and 1999 in Fukuoka Prefecture. Japan hanged her and another death-row inmate Yasutoshi Kamata on March 25, 2016, bringing the total number of people executed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012 to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan hangs 2 inmates, 16 executed since 2012 return of Abe gov't

Undated photo shows Yasutoshi Kamata, who was convicted of murdering a 9-year-old girl in Osaka and four women between 1985 and 1994. Japan hanged him and another death-row inmate Junko Yoshida on March 25, 2016, bringing the total number of people executed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012 to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe striker Leandro shoots in J-League game vs. Sendai

Vissel Kobe forward Leandro Montera da Silva (R) shoots after vying for the ball with Vegalta Sendai defender Jiro Kamata in a J-League Division 1 game at the Yurtec Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2015. Kobe won 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigners deliver petition demanding security bills be retracted

Reportage writer Satoshi Kamata (center L) and commentator Makoto Sataka (center R) join others in preparing to deliver over 1.65 million signatures collected from the public nationwide to the Japanese parliament in Tokyo on June 29, 2015, demanding the retraction of a controversial set of national security bills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1.65 mil. signatures submitted against Japan security legislation

Japanese journalist Satoshi Kamata (L) and critic Makoto Sataka attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 29, 2015, after their group collected more than 1.65 million signatures looking to scrap legislation aimed at giving the Self-Defense Forces a more active role. The group submitted the signatures to both houses of parliament the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan doctor worried about worsening medical care in Iraq's Kurdish region

Doctor and author Minoru Kamata talks about deteriorating medical conditions in the Kurdish Autonomous Region in northern Iraq during his report in Tokyo on June 21, 2015, on a recent visit there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Termination of nuclear power is last job: Oe

Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe (L) and nonfiction writer Satoshi Kamata attend a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 10, 2015, in Tokyo. Criticizing the government's policy to resume nuclear power plants, Oe said, "There is no other choice but to create a world without nuclear power generation. It will be my last job to continue appealing for this." Kamata urged the government to hear what displaced people have to say about the future course of society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Japanese researcher sheds light on U.S. minority groups

Jun Kamata, an associate professor at Asia University, talks about his quarter-century of research and photography of minority groups of the United States on July 14, 2017, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iris Garden, Kamata, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1905

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Japanese pair seal sailing gold with flourish

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese pair Ai Kondo (R) and Naoko Kamata celebrate after winning the final race of the women's 470 sailing event to give their country its only sailing gold in Doha. (Kyodo)

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(2)Party leaders conduct last-minute election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds up his party's manifesto during a campaign speech in front of JR Kamata Station in Tokyo on Nov. 8, the eve of the House of the Representatives election. (Kyodo)

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KAMATA plum garden

A famous spot for plum trees, this was also portrayed in Hiroshige's Hundred Scenic Spots of Edo. It is said that the 12th Shogun Ieyoshi and the 14th Shogun Iemochi visited this spot. Two girls in sandals stand in the centre and some people are seen in the teahouse in the rear.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐17‐0]

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata holds a poster of an antinuclear rally scheduled at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people. Kamata is among writers and musicians who have been promoting the rally as well as collecting 10 million signatures on a petition calling for ending nuclear power in Japan in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during a press conference in Tokyo after receiving the Naoki Prize for his novel ''Kamata Koshinkyoku'' in January 1982. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) writer Satoshi Kamata, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Hisae Sawachi join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Writers join anti-nuclear hunger strike

TOKYO, Japan - (From front R to L) writer Hisae Sawachi, novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi and writer Satoshi Kamata join a hunger strike on May 2, 2012, in front of the industry ministry in Tokyo in protest against the government's moves to restart idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Novelist Oe, journalist Kamata in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe (R) and journalist Satoshi Kamata in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2012, unveil a document that asks leaders of the municipalities hosting nuclear power plants not to resume operations of idled reactors. (Kyodo)

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Chocolate tins to raise money for Fukushima, Iraqi kids

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kamata, 63, chief of Japan Iraq Medical Network, holds tins of chocolates, proceeds from the sales of which will go to children in Fukushima and Iraq, at the group's office in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Theater shows 'barrier-free' films

TOKYO, Japan - A man with hearing difficulties looks at a display showing subtitles at the Kamata Takarazuka movie theater in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Supporting Iraqi children with cancer by buying chocolates

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kamata, a doctor and head of the civic group Japan Iraq Medical Network, poses in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011 with tins of chocolates that are being sold for a donation charity to help pediatric cancer patients in war-torn Iraq at the group's head office. (Kyodo)

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Children taking dance lesson

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in early December 2011 shows children taking a lesson at Kids Dance Club Betty's in Tokyo's Kamata district. (Photo can be used only once)(Kyodo)

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Haruki Murakami meets press in Tokyo

World-renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami (R) is pictured with Waseda University President Kaoru Kamata at the private university in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2018. Murakami said in a rare press conference that he will donate manuscripts of his books as well as vinyl records for an archive at the university. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony to confer decoration

Japan's Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Michisada Kamata, former Kyushu Electric Power Co. president, at the Matsu no Ma state room in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2018. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kashima's Kanazaki

Kashima Antlers' Mu Kanazaki (R) and Kashiwa Reysol's Jiro Kamata challenge in the air during the first half of a 0-0 draw in the J-League first division at Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo