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Actor Keizo Kanie dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1997 shows Japanese actor Keizo Kanie. Kanie, known for his supporting role in a number of movies and TV series, has died from stomach cancer at a hospital in Tokyo, a talent agency representing the actor said April 4, 2014. He was 69 years old.

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Kanie eliminated in Olympic women's archery

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Miki Kanie (back) falls 7-3 to Mexico's Aida Roman (front) in the third round of the women's individual archery competition at Lord's Cricket Ground in the London Olympics on Aug. 2, 2012.

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Japan women's archery team wins bronze

LONDON, Britain - Ren Hayakawa, Miki Kanie and Kaori Kawanaka (from L to R) celebrate their bronze medal victory in the women's archery tournament at Lord's Cricket Ground at the London Olympics on July 29, 2012. Japan beat Russia in the match for third place with a score of 209-207.

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Japan women's archery team wins bronze

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Ren Hayakawa, Miki Kanie and Kaori Kawanaka (from L to R) smile with their bronze medals after the women's archery tournament at Lord's Cricket Ground at the London Olympic games on July 29, 2012. South Korea took the gold while China took silver in the final round.

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Japan women's archery team wins bronze

LONDON, Britain - Women's archery team members Ren Hayakawa, Miki Kanie and Kaori Kawanaka (from L to R) hold up flower bouquets celebrating their bronze medal victory at Lord's Cricket Ground at the London Olympics on July 29, 2012. No Japan men's or women's team had ever medaled in Olympic archery.

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Asashoryu wins Nagoya title for 17th career Emperor's Cup

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu, holding a bream, celebrates his 17th career title July 22 with his supporters at his stable in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture.

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Asashoryu begins practice for July sumo tourney

KANIE, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu begins training on June 27 at his stable in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, for the upcoming July 9-23 sumo meet at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.

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(5)Ex-lawmaker Sato arrested in pay embezzlement scandal

KANIE, Japan - Investigators on March 7 search for evidence at the home of former House of Representatives lawmaker Kanju Sato in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on March 7 after he was arrested for allegedly embezzling some 17 million yen from the state intended as salary for one of his secretaries.

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Murder suspect detained in Manila deported to Japan

KANIE, Japan - A car carrying Shinya Yonemura, detained in Manila after allegedly murdering a Japanese man in Aichi Prefecture, arrives at Kanie Police Station on July 9. Yonemura was arrested July 5 while playing billiards with his Filipina girlfriend in the Valenzuela City suburbs.

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Asashoryu maintains elite east slot for Nagoya sumo

KANIE, Japan - Asashoryu, who won his first Emperor's Cup as grand champion in May, speaks at a news conference in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture on June 23 as the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) released its rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The Mongolian yokozuna maintains the prestigious east slot on the rankings.

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Mongolian Asashoryu promoted to ozeki

KANIE, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Asahshoryu (3rd from L) smiles at his stable's lodging house in the town of Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on July 24 as he breaks open a wooden barrel of sake to celebrate his promotion from sekiwake to ozeki, sumo's second-highest rank. Asashoryu is the first Mongolian and fourth foreigner to become ozeki.

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Asashoryu becomes 1st Mongolian ozeki

KANIE, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu holds up sea breams for a photo at his stable's lodging house in the town of Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on July 24 after his formal promotion from sekiwake to ozeki, sumo's second-highest ranking. Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, is the first Mongolian and fourth foreign wrestler to become ozeki. The sea bream, called tai in Japanese, is traditionally regarded as a celebratory fish. Asashoryu's parents, clad in traditional Mongolian clothes, stand behind him.

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Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu promoted to ozeki

KANIE, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu (2nd from L), flanked his stable master Takasago and Takasago's wife, meets emissaries from the Japan Sumo Association at his stable's lodging house in the town of Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on July 24 to be informed of his promotion from sekiwake to ozeki, sumo's second-highest rank. Asashoryu is the first Mongolian and fourth foreign wrestler to become an ozeki.

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Mongolian sekiwake Asashoryu meets press

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian sekiwake Asashoryu (L) smiles during a press conference with his stable master Takasago at a hotel in the town of Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on July 22, one day after he ended the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a 12-3 record. The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) basically approved the promotion of sekiwake Asashoryu to ozeki on July 21, making him the first Mongolian and fourth foreigner to attain sumo's second highest rank.

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Asashoryu beams on news he will be promoted to ozeki

NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Asashoryu (L), standing with his stable master Takasago, beams in the town of Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on July 21 on reports he will be promoted to ozeki, making him the first Mongolian and fourth foreigner to attain sumo's second highest rank. He finished the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a 12-3 record.

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Taiyo Mutual, Nipponkoa in nonlife insurance tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Matsuzawa (L), president of Nipponkoa Insurance Co., Masahiro Yoshiike (C), president of Taiyo Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Tsunaie Kanie, president of Taiyo Fire & Marine Insurance Co., speak about their alliance at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 23. Nipponkoa Insurance Co. and Taiyo Mutual Life Insurance Co. have agreed to tie up in the nonlife insurance business. They have also agreed to merge Taiyo Mutual's nonlife insurance unit, Taiyo Fire & Marine Insurance Co., with Nipponkoa.

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100 mourners pay respects to centenarian twin Gin-san

NAGOYA, Japan - Two relatives of Gin Kanie, the celebrity twin who died of natural causes Feb. 28 at age 108, burn incense for her in a funeral in central Japan's Nagoya on March 2. About 100 mourners turned out to pay their respects to Kanie, who was known simply as ''Gin-san.'' Her twin sister Kin Narita, called ''Kin-san,'' died in January 2000 at age 107.

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Centenarian twin Gin-san dies at 108

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Gin Kanie (L), one of two twin sisters, who died of old age at 108 in the early hours of Feb. 28 at her home in Nagoya, and her sister Kin Narita, known as Kin-san, who died in January 2000 at age 107.

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Centenarian twin Gin-san dies at 108 in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Gin Kanie, one of two twin sisters, who died of old age in the early hours of Feb. 28 at her home in Nagoya. She was 108. The popular twin was nicknamed Gin-san. Her health had deteriorated since her sister Kin Narita, known as Kin-san, died in January last year at age 107.

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Man who allegedly murdered to fake own death kills himself

KANIE, Japan - Reporters flock to Kanie Police Station in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on a report that Kiyoshi Hasegawa, 53, committed suicide early June 28 in a police cell, two days after being arrested on suspicion of murdering an acquaintance by means of a traffic collision in an attempt to fake his own death and collect life insurance money.

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Japan's famous twins given gold and silver satchels

NAGOYA, Japan - Kin Narita (L) and Gin Kanie (R), Japan's famous 107-year-old twin sisters known as ''Kin-san'' and ''Gin-san,'' give big smiles Sept. 5 in Nagoya on being presented with gold and silver ''school satchels'' by a bag manufacturer in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture. ''Kin'' in Japanese means gold and ''gin'' silver, and Japanese children start their elementary school education at age 7.

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Japanese twins get crickets for 107th birthday

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters ''Kin-san'' (C) and ''Gin-san,'' (R), who turned 107 on Aug. 1, receive a birthday gift of crickets from a post office in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 16. Miss Tsushima, Mari Miyazaki (L), handed the gift to Kin-san, or Kin Narita, and Gin-san, or Gin Kanie.

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Asashoryu begins practice for July sumo tourney

KANIE, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu begins training on June 27 at his stable in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, for the upcoming July 9-23 sumo meet at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu wins Nagoya title for 17th career Emperor's Cup

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu, holding a bream, celebrates his 17th career title July 22 with his supporters at his stable in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Mongolian Asashoryu promoted to ozeki

KANIE, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Asahshoryu (3rd from L) smiles at his stable's lodging house in the town of Kanie, Aichi Prefecture, on July 24 as he breaks open a wooden barrel of sake to celebrate his promotion from sekiwake to ozeki, sumo's second-highest rank. Asashoryu is the first Mongolian and fourth foreigner to become ozeki.

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Asashoryu maintains elite east slot for Nagoya sumo

KANIE, Japan - Asashoryu, who won his first Emperor's Cup as grand champion in May, speaks at a news conference in Kanie, Aichi Prefecture on June 23 as the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) released its rankings for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The Mongolian yokozuna maintains the prestigious east slot on the rankings. (Kyodo)

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