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[Breaking News]Diplomatic spat between Japan and China

BEIJING, China, Nov. 17 Kyodo - Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Nov. 17, 2025, to hold talks with Chinese officials, amid an intensifying diplomatic spat triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on the situation in Taiwan. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

BEIJING, China, Nov. 18 Kyodo - Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and his Chinese counterpart, Liu Jinsong, are pictured after their talks at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai (front, L), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and his Chinese counterpart, Liu Jinsong (front, R), are pictured after their talks at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai (L), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and his Chinese counterpart, Liu Jinsong, are pictured after their talks at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai (L), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and his Chinese counterpart, Liu Jinsong, are pictured after their talks at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai (L), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and his Chinese counterpart, Liu Jinsong, are pictured after their talks at the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, leaves his lodging in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, before talks with his Chinese counterpart amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Japan, China senior officials hold talks

Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, leaves his lodging in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2025, before talks with his Chinese counterpart amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on a potential Taiwan contingency.

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Diplomatic spat between Japan and China

Masaaki Kanai, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Nov. 17, 2025, to hold talks with Chinese officials, amid an intensifying diplomatic spat triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks on the situation in Taiwan.

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31st SAG Awards - Arrivals - LA

Hiroto Kanai arrives at the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on February 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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31st SAG Awards - Press Room - LA

Tommy Bastow, Shinnosuke Abe, Moeka Hoshi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano and Hiroto Kanai, winners of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for 'Shogun,' pose in the press room at the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on February 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan author Mieko Kanai

Japanese writer, poet, and literary critic Mieko Kanai (L) and Polly Barton, the English translator of her 1997 novel "Mild Vertigo," pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2024.

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Japanese writer Mieko Kanai

File photo taken in Tokyo on April 20, 2018, shows Japanese writer, poet, and literary critic Mieko Kanai.

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Muji-brand operator gives $200,000 to protect Amazon basin

TOKYO, Japan - Ecuadorian Ambassador to Japan Leonardo Carrion (L) and Masaaki Kanai, president of Japanese retailer Ryohin Keikaku Co., shake hands in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2011. Ryohin Keikaku signed a deal to provide $200,000 to protect an ecological site in Ecuador.

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Soyuz launch to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Three astronauts -- Scott Tingle of the United States (R), Norishige Kanai of Japan (C) and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia -- board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The aircraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day.

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Soyuz launch to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board.

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Soyuz launch to ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai clenches his fist before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board. (Pool photo)

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks to reporters before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 16, 2017.

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Hokuriku Elec. submits documents for reactor safety reviews

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yutaka Kanai, vice president of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., gives a press conference in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2014, after submitting documents to the Nuclear Regulation Authority for safety reviews of the No. 2 reactor of its Shika nuclear power plant in Shika in the prefecture. He said meeting new safety standards will mollify anxiety held by local residents.

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Japanese designer's card game attracting fans around the world

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013, in Tokyo shows Seiji Kanai, a designer of board and card games whose game named "Love Letter" won 2012 awards in two categories -- Best Family Game and Best Party Game -- from a U.S. board game podcasting and reviewing group called The Dice Tower.

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Kimiya Yui, Takuya Onishi and Norishige Kanai attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified them as astronauts for the International Space Station. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Seen in front is a model of the ISS.

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Takuya Onishi, Kimiya Yui, and Norishige Kanai hold a model of the International Space Station during a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified them as astronauts for the ISS. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere.

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Japan taps 3 new astronauts

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, one day after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency certified Kanai and two other men as astronauts for the International Space Station. The three Japanese astronauts have completed all their basic training requirements in the U.S. and elsewhere. Seen in front is a model of the ISS.

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Heroine of Kyoto's Aoi Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Shiho Kanai, 23, who was selected for the role of Saiodai, the heroine of the upcoming Aoi Festival in Kyoto, dips her hands into a river as part of a purification ritual at Kyoto's Shimogamo Shrine on May 4, 2011, ahead of the ancient capital's major festival scheduled for May 15.

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Fishery firm says money to Russians not off-the-book

KUSHIRO, Japan - Munemoto Nakayama, president of fishery firm Kanai Gyogyo, speaks to reporters in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 27, 2010. Nakayama, whose company is one of four fishery firms allegedly fined over illicit payments to Russian officials, denied acting improperly, saying the payments were a necessary business expense.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, smiles while looking at a model of the country's space laboratory Kibo at a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009. The 32-year-old lieutenant was chosen as an astronaut candidate by JAXA.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, poses for photographers in front of a model of the country's space laboratory Kibo during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Norishige Kanai, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, speaks at a press conference after being chosen as an astronaut candidate by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2009. The 32-year-old lieutenant may be chosen to stay at the International Space Station for a lengthy period.

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MSDF doctor nominated as astronaut candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Norishige Kanai, 32, chosen as an astronaut candidate by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks during a news conference at the agency's Tokyo office on Sept. 8, 2009. Kanai, a Maritime Self-Defense Force doctor, is to stay at the International Space Station for a lengthy duration.

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Ryohin Keikaku names Kanai as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Retailer Ryohin Keikaku Co. Senior Managing Director Masaaki Kanai speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 8. The company said earlier in the day it will appoint Kanai as its new president on Feb. 1 to succeed Tadamitsu Matsui, who will become chairman with the right to represent the company.

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Japanese optometrist Kanai receives U.N. refugee award

GENEVA, Switzerland - Akio Kanai (L), president of Fuji Optical Co., receives the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award from U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antnio Guterres for his work in providing eyesight aid to refugees during a ceremony at UNHCR office in Geneva on Oct. 2.

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Japanese optometrist receives U.N. award for helping refugees

SAPPORO, Japan - Akio Kanai, president of Fuji Optical Co., speaks at his company in Sapporo on July 4 after being named by the U.N. refugee agency the winner of the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award for his contribution to improving the eyesight of refugees.

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(1)Orient to ask Mizuho for 150 bil. yen capital boost

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Kanai, president of the ailing consumer credit company Orient Corp., speaks at a news conference March 14 on his firm's decision to ask Mizuho Corporate Bank to provide 150 billion yen for a capital increase in a bid to speed up its restructuring drive. Kanai said he will step down once the new program gets on track

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Abductee Soga starts driving lessons

KANAI, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese repatriated last October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, starts taking driving lessons Jan. 28 at a driving school in the town of Kanai, Niigata Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Soga visits hospital where she used to work

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, who is on her first visit in 24 years to her hometown of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture, poses with a nurse's cap at a hospital in the town of Kanai on the island on Oct. 23. Soga used to work at the hospital before being abducted to North Korea in 1978.

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Kinki Nippon Tourist, Nippon Travel scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Kanai (L), president of Nippon Travel Agency Co., and Hideo Takahashi, president of Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., announce at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4 that because of the deteriorating business climate, the travel agencies have scrapped a plan to merge in January 2003.

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Hitachi to cut 4,000 jobs

Tsutomu Kanai, president of Hitachi Ltd. (C), announces at a news conference on Thursday Sept. 3 a drastic restructuring plan that involved cutting 4,000 jobs by next March. Kanai said Japan's largest electrical machinery producer expects to fall into the red in the current business year for the first time in its history.

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Ryohin Keikaku names Kanai as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Retailer Ryohin Keikaku Co. Senior Managing Director Masaaki Kanai speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 8. The company said earlier in the day it will appoint Kanai as its new president on Feb. 1 to succeed Tadamitsu Matsui, who will become chairman with the right to represent the company. (Kyodo)

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Soga visits hospital where she used to work

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, who is on her first visit in 24 years to her hometown of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture, poses with a nurse's cap at a hospital in the town of Kanai on the island on Oct. 23. Soga used to work at the hospital before being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Kyodo)

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(2)Orient to ask Mizuho for 150 bil. yen capital boost

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Ikuo Kaminishi, managing director of Mizuho Corporate Bank, who has been named new president of Orient Corp. to succeed Hisashi Kanai who will step down. The ailing consumer credit company said March 14 it will ask the bank to provide 150 billion yen for a capital increase in a bid to speed up its restructuring drive. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Kanai to travel to space in 2017

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, who is due to travel into space in 2017 aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. An expert on submarine medicine, Kanai is expected to carry out scientific experiments in the space environment during his six-month stay at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai to travel to space in 2017

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, who is due to travel into space in 2017 aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. An expert on submarine medicine, Kanai is expected to carry out scientific experiments in the space environment during his six-month stay at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai to travel to space in 2017

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, who is due to travel into space in 2017 aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. An expert on submarine medicine, Kanai is expected to carry out scientific experiments in the space environment during his six-month stay at the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Experts say faults under Japan nuclear plant may be active

Yutaka Kanai, executive vice president of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on May 13, 2015, after hearing discussions by a panel of geological experts under the Nuclear Regulation Authority. Four outside experts of the five-member panel said it is possible the fault running right under the No. 1 reactor at the company's two-unit plant in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, is active. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz launch to ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai smiles before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz launch to ISS

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai clenches his fist before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The spacecraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day with two other astronauts from Russia and the United States on board. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soyuz launch to ISS

Three astronauts -- Scott Tingle of the United States (R), Norishige Kanai of Japan (C) and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia -- board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. The aircraft was successfully launched to the International Space Station later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai holds up his fist before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai speaks to reporters before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Kanai

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai holds up his fist before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 17, 2017. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo