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Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament

Keio infielder Katsuji Kiyohara, son of former baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara who was arrested in 2016 for drug offenses, makes a pinch-hit appearance in a quarterfinal game against Okinawa Shogaku during the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament

Keio infielder Katsuji Kiyohara (C), son of former baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara who was arrested in 2016 for drug offenses, is pictured during the closing ceremony of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese mayor on visit to N. Korea

SAKAIMINATO, Japan - Katsuji Nakamura, the mayor of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city hall past midnight on Aug. 22, 2014, after making a day-trip to North Korea the previous day to take a look at the facilities of Rajin port in the Rason special economic zone. Nakamura said the visit was aimed at exploring the potential of the North Korean port as a trading channel for China.

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Sakaiminato mayor visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sakaiminato Mayor Katsuji Nakamura (L) of Japan's Tottori Prefecture shakes hands with a Russian company official during a day trip to Rajin port in the Rason special economic zone in North Korea from China on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Sakaiminato mayor visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Sakaiminato Mayor Katsuji Nakamura of Japan's Tottori Prefecture smiles during a day trip to Rajin port in the Rason special economic zone in North Korea from China on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Baseball proponents vow to reinstate sport as Olympic game

TOKYO, Japan - Some participants in Olympic baseball games in the past 30 years vow to make efforts to reinstate baseball as an official Olympic event in a talk show at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014. The event, held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Japan's win in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as a demonstration event, was joined by (from L) former player Katsumi Hirosawa, and former managers Masatake Yamanaka, Reiichi Matsunaga, Yoshinobu Suzuki, Katsuji Kawashima and Kozo Otagaki.

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Allure of taiko drums resonating across Pacific

KANAZAWA, Japan - Katsuji Asano (R) and his father Akitoshi (L) of centuries-old Japanese taiko drum maker Asano Taiko Co. have been preparing to open a Los Angeles shop and launch taiko lessons in July 2013. Photo was taken Dec. 17, 2012, at a shop of the taiko maker in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - The original former grand champion Wakanohana (C), whose nickname in the ring was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' is seen holding a trophy after winning the spring tournament in 1960. Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, died of kidney cancer Sept. 1, 2010 at the age of 82.

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - The original Wakanohana (R), former grand champion, as Japan Sumo Association chairman hands a trophy to his nephew Takahanada, who won the January 1992 tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, died of kidney cancer Sep. 1, 2010 at the age of 82.

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Hanada (C), a former top sumo wrestler whose nickname in the ring was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' is seen celebrating his first victory of a tournament as ozeki Wakanohana at the Kuramae Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Tokyo in 1956. Wakanohana, who was promoted to grand champion, died of kidney cancer Sep. 1, 2010 at the age of 82.

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

Tokyo, Japan - File photo taken in March 1992 shows the original former grand champion Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, who died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Sept. 1, 2010, at 82. Hanada, whose nickname was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' also served as a JSA chairman.

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Nippon Sheet Glass CEO Chambers to resign at end of Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Chairman Katsuji Fujimoto (L) announces in Tokyo on Aug. 26 that Stuart Chambers (R), the company's president and chief executive officer, will resign at the end of September for family reasons. Fujimoto said he will assume the top post at the leading Japanese glassmaker.

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Language school Nova granted court protection from creditors

OSAKA, Japan - Katsuji Yamahara (R), chairman of the General Union, a labor union representing instructors working for Japan's largest foreign language school chain Nova Corp., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 26 after Nova was granted court protection from creditors under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law.

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Japan holds 1st gov't-sponsored A-bomb exhibition in U.S.

CHICAGO, United States - Japan on May 6 opened its first government-sponsored exhibition in Chicago of materials related to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo shows Katsuji Yoshida, a 73-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki atomic attack, looking at a photo of himself after the atomic bombing.

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Talk with politicians on programs before they air undesirable

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 3, his first regular news conference since replacing Katsuji Ebisawa. Hashimoto said he believes it is undesirable for TV stations to talk with politicians about the content of a program before it airs.

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Ex-NHK Pres. Ebisawa declines to take adviser post

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto said in Tokyo on Jan. 28 that former NHK President Katsuji Ebisawa and two other former executives have declined to take adviser posts with the public broadcaster after they resigned Jan. 25 following a growing number of viewers refusing to pay subscription fees due to scandals.

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(1)NHK Pres. Ebisawa resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, chief executive officer of public broadcaster NHK, bows at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya on Jan. 25 after resigning in the face of the growing number of people refusing to pay mandatory viewer subscription fees for NHK following embezzlement scandals involving its staff.

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(1)NHK Pres. Ebisawa resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, chief executive officer of public broadcaster NHK, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya on Jan. 25 after resigning in the face of the growing number of people refusing to pay mandatory viewer subscription fees for NHK following embezzlement scandals involving its staff.

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NHK President Ebisawa expresses intention to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan's scandal-tainted public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), answers reporters' questions with a smile in front of his residence in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Jan. 25. Ebisawa indicated for the first time he will resign from the post before his term expires.

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NHK union to demand resignation of Ebisawa as president

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Okamoto, secretary general of the labor union of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 9 that the union will demand Katsuji Ebisawa resign as NHK president to take responsibility for his handling of a series of embezzlement scandals at the public broadcaster.

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NHK's Ebisawa apologizes for series of scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), apologizes at a session of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications on Sept. 9 for a series of scandals embroiling the corporation, including alleged embezzlement by a former chief producer.

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Aid, improved broadcasting key to Afghan rebuilding efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Mohammad Eshaq (R), general director of the Radio-Television of Afghanistan (RTA), speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 5. Eshaq, in Tokyo to attend the 39th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), appealed for more assistance in rebuilding radio and television broadcasting in war-ravaged Afghanistan, saying it is crucial to boosting reconstruction efforts throughout the nation. At extreme left is ABU President Katsuji Ebisawa.

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NHK's Ebisawa apologizes for series of scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), apologizes at a session of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications on Sept. 9 for a series of scandals embroiling the corporation, including alleged embezzlement by a former chief producer. (Kyodo)

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NHK union to demand resignation of Ebisawa as president

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Okamoto, secretary general of the labor union of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 9 that the union will demand Katsuji Ebisawa resign as NHK president to take responsibility for his handling of a series of embezzlement scandals at the public broadcaster. (Kyodo)

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NHK President Ebisawa expresses intention to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan's scandal-tainted public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), answers reporters' questions with a smile in front of his residence in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Jan. 25. Ebisawa indicated for the first time he will resign from the post before his term expires. (Kyodo)

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(1)NHK Pres. Ebisawa resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, chief executive officer of public broadcaster NHK, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya on Jan. 25 after resigning in the face of the growing number of people refusing to pay mandatory viewer subscription fees for NHK following embezzlement scandals involving its staff. (Kyodo)

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Ex-NHK Pres. Ebisawa declines to take adviser post

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto said in Tokyo on Jan. 28 that former NHK President Katsuji Ebisawa and two other former executives have declined to take adviser posts with the public broadcaster after they resigned Jan. 25 following a growing number of viewers refusing to pay subscription fees due to scandals. (Kyodo)

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Japan holds 1st gov't-sponsored A-bomb exhibition in U.S.

CHICAGO, United States - Japan on May 6 opened its first government-sponsored exhibition in Chicago of materials related to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Photo shows Katsuji Yoshida, a 73-year-old survivor of the Nagasaki atomic attack, looking at a photo of himself after the atomic bombing. (Kyodo)

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Language school Nova granted court protection from creditors

OSAKA, Japan - Katsuji Yamahara (R), chairman of the General Union, a labor union representing instructors working for Japan's largest foreign language school chain Nova Corp., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 26 after Nova was granted court protection from creditors under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law. (Kyodo)

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Aid, improved broadcasting key to Afghan rebuilding efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Mohammad Eshaq (R), general director of the Radio-Television of Afghanistan (RTA), speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 5. Eshaq, in Tokyo to attend the 39th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), appealed for more assistance in rebuilding radio and television broadcasting in war-ravaged Afghanistan, saying it is crucial to boosting reconstruction efforts throughout the nation. At extreme left is ABU President Katsuji Ebisawa. (Kyodo)

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Talk with politicians on programs before they air undesirable

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 3, his first regular news conference since replacing Katsuji Ebisawa. Hashimoto said he believes it is undesirable for TV stations to talk with politicians about the content of a program before it airs. (Kyodo)

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Man works to maintain power supply in snowy World Heritage village

Katsuji Shimizu works on April 2, 2015, to maintain the supply of electricity to old A-frame houses featuring thatched and steeply slanting roofs in the Shirakawa-go district of Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Shirakawa-go is one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man talks about drawings of Hiroshima A-bomb experience

Katsuji Oka talks about his pictures drawn to describe his experience of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima at his home in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2015. He joined a group of some 30 A-bomb survivors on a visit to Fukushima on Oct. 21-22 for exchanges with local people affected by the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

Tokyo, Japan - File photo taken in March 1992 shows the original former grand champion Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, who died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Sept. 1, 2010, at 82. Hanada, whose nickname was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' also served as a JSA chairman. (Kyodo)

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Atomic bomb storyteller Yoshida dies at 78

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in May 2005 shows leading storyteller Katsuji Yoshida (2nd from R) looking at a photo of himself after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki at an atomic bomb exhibition at the Peace Museum in Chicago. Yoshida died of lung cancer on April 1, 2010, at the age of 78. (Kyodo)

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - The original Wakanohana (R), former grand champion, as Japan Sumo Association chairman hands a trophy to his nephew Takahanada, who won the January 1992 tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, died of kidney cancer Sep. 1, 2010 at the age of 82. (Kyodo)

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - The original former grand champion Wakanohana (C), whose nickname in the ring was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' is seen holding a trophy after winning the spring tournament in 1960. Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, died of kidney cancer Sept. 1, 2010 at the age of 82. (Kyodo)

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Hanada (C), a former top sumo wrestler whose nickname in the ring was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' is seen celebrating his first victory of a tournament as ozeki Wakanohana at the Kuramae Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Tokyo in 1956. Wakanohana, who was promoted to grand champion, died of kidney cancer Sep. 1, 2010 at the age of 82. (Kyodo)

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Japanese mayor on visit to N. Korea

SAKAIMINATO, Japan - Katsuji Nakamura, the mayor of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, holds a press conference at the city hall past midnight on Aug. 22, 2014, after making a day-trip to North Korea the previous day to take a look at the facilities of Rajin port in the Rason special economic zone. Nakamura said the visit was aimed at exploring the potential of the North Korean port as a trading channel for China. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Sheet Glass CEO Chambers to resign at end of Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Chairman Katsuji Fujimoto (L) announces in Tokyo on Aug. 26 that Stuart Chambers (R), the company's president and chief executive officer, will resign at the end of September for family reasons. Fujimoto said he will assume the top post at the leading Japanese glassmaker. (Kyodo)