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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's runners -- (from L) Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kaito Kawabata, Fuga Sato and Kentaro Sato -- are pictured after finishing sixth in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Kaito Kawabata (R) sprints sets off after receiving the baton from Yuki Joseph Nakajima in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Yuki Joseph Nakajima (top) hands the baton to Kaito Kawabata in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Fuga Sato (front L) sets off after receiving the baton from Kaito Kawabata (back R) in the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 12 Kyodo - Video taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima. (Kyodo)

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Employees line up in front of the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2024, as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Employees line up in front of the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2024, as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (L) attends a party with his wife Hideko on Nov. 29, 1968.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (top) boards a plane with his wife Hideko at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 3, 1968, heading for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (far R), winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, poses for a photo at the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 1968.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 2, 1971, shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

KAMAKURA, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata meets the press at his home in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 1968, the day he was officially informed that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (C) attends the funeral of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima on Jan. 24, 1971, at Tokyo's Tsukiji Hongwanji temple.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (front) waits for the opening of the 1970 World Exposition in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 14.

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Japanese novelist Kawabata

IBARAKI, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata delivers a speech on Oct. 26, 1969, during a ceremony marking the completion of a monument inscribed with his calligraphy at Ibaraki High School, from which he graduated, in Ibaraki in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in March 1971 shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata receives the Nobel Prize in Literature from Swedish King Gustaf VI in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 1968. Kawabata was the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata, who was also president of the writers' association Japan P.E.N. Club. Kawabata received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Swedish Ambassador to Japan Karl Almqvist (R) officially informs Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (L) that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature during a visit to his home in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 1968. (Kyodo)

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Seidensticker, translator of Japanese literary works, dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Edward G. Seidensticker (in an undated file photo), known for his English translation of the classic ''Tale of Genji'' and translations of works by modern Japanese authors such as Yasunari Kawabata, died at a Tokyo hospital Sunday, a long-time friend said on Aug.27. He was 86.

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Fishing boat Zuisho Maru freed 7 months after seizure by Russia

KUSHIRO, Japan - The Japanese fishing boat Zuisho Maru No. 38, seized by Russian authorities in January for illegal fishing, berthed at Rausu, Hokkaido after it was released by Russia and towed back to Rausu on Aug. 14. The captain Takashi Kawabata and five other crew members of the 19-ton vessel had been released by the end of May. Russian authorities accused Kawabata of illegal fishing and imposed a 300,000 ruble (1.4 million yen) fine.

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TBS report of Fujiya scandal in Jan. posed 'problem': panel

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Kawabata (L), chairman of the Broadcasting Ethics Committee of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, and Shinobu Yoshioka, member of the committee, speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6. The panel told Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. that its January report on Fujiya Co.'s scandal was aired ''without sufficient news gathering'' and had ''a serious problem.'' It was the first case examined by the panel of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization since it was set up in May following the revelation of fabricated TV shows by Osaka-based Kansai Telecasting Corp.

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Nakagawa wins men's sprint gold

INCHEON, South Korea - Seiichiro Nakagawa (L) and Tomoyuki Kawabata, both from Japan, smile after winning the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the men's sprint of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 24, 2014.

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Nakagawa wins men's sprint gold

INCHEON, South Korea - Seiichiro Nakagawa (L) and Tomoyuki Kawabata, both from Japan, compete in the men's sprint final of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 24, 2014. Nakagawa beat Kawabata, winning the gold and silver medals, respectively.

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Inaugural members of 'Akita Maiko' program debut

AKITA, Japan - Three young women perform at a hotel in the city of Akita in northeastern Japan on Aug. 1, 2014, after completing a training program as "Akita Maiko" to revive the local tradition of "Kawabata geisha." Maiko is an apprentice geisha.

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3 women certified as 'Akita Maiko'

AKITA, Japan - Three young women hold a certificate after completing a training program as "Akita Maiko" to revive the local tradition of "Kawabata geisha" on Aug. 1, 2014, at a hotel in the city of Akita in northeastern Japan. Maiko is an apprentice geisha.

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Yakult holds opening ceremony for 1st U.S. plant in Calif.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, United States - Yoshihiro Kawabata (2nd from L), deputy president of Yakult Honsha Co., and other officials cut the tape at the opening of the Japanese fermented lactic drink maker's first U.S. plant in Fountain Valley, California, on May 23, 2014.

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TEPCO restructuring plan

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Kawabata, head of the decision-making board of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013, after a meeting with the president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. TEPCO is having difficulty sticking to its 10-year restructuring plan due to a delay in restarting its idled nuclear reactors, Kawabata said.

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Kawabata's early novel

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows copies of a serialized novel titled "Utsukushii!" (Beautiful!) published in the 1920s in the southwestern Japan newspaper Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun. Researcher Takumi Ishikawa said Feb. 17, 2013, that the novel has been confirmed as an early work of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972).

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Kawabata's early novel

TOKYO, Japan - This 1966 file photo shows Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). Researcher Takumi Ishikawa said Feb. 17, 2013, that a serialized novel titled "Utsukushii!" (Beautiful!), published in the 1920s in the southwestern Japan newspaper Fukuoka Nichinichi Shimbun, has been confirmed as an early work of Kawabata.

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N.Z. quake anniversary

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Kuniaki Kawabata (C) from Japan attends a memorial ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of a major earthquake that struck the city. His daughter Kyoko died in the disaster at the age of 20.

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New internal affairs minister Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Tatsuo Kawabata, former education minister, who was named internal affairs and communications minister in the new Cabinet under Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda on Sept. 2, 2011.

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Soccer coach to advise gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japan soccer national team coach Takeshi Okada (L) receives a document assigning him as an adviser to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry on sports policy from education minister Tatsuo Kawabata in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010.

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Astronaut to advise gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (L) receives a document assigning her as an adviser to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry on science policy from education minister Tatsuo Kawabata (R) in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2010.

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Sports minister urges sumo circles to sever ties with gangs

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after talks with acting Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama. Kawabata urged Murayama to sever ties with mobsters to prevent a recurrence of the gambling scandal rocking the sport.

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Education minister Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata speaks at a press conference after he was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010.

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Education minister Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Kawabata, who has been reappointed as the education, culture, sports, science and technology minister by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010.

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Japanese astronaut Yamazaki back in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (C), who traveled to the International Space Station aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery in April 2010, shakes hands with Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata during a courtesy call at the ministry in Tokyo on May 17, 2010. Yamazaki is on a temporary visit to Japan after her 15-day space mission.

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Child allowances, tuition-free schools bills pass lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Tatsuo Kawabata bows at a plenary session of the House of Representatives after the lower house passed a bill to make tuition free for public senior high school students in Tokyo on March 16, 2010. The government expects the bill, along with a bill to provide monthly allowances to families raising children, to clear the House of Councillors by the end of the month.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics pose for photographs with education minister Tatsuo Kawabata (rear L) during a visit to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on March 2, 2010, after returning home from Vancouver. (From front L) figure skater Mao Asada, the women's speed skating team of Maki Tabata, Nao Kodaira and Masako Hozumi, speed skaters Keiichiro Nagashima and Joji Kato, and figure skater Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographs.

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Japanese athletes return home from Vancouver

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skaters Mao Asada (2nd from R) and speed skater Keiichiro Nagashima (2nd from L) speak with education minister Tatsuo Kawabata (C) during a visit to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on March 2, 2010, after returning home from Vancouver. Asada won the silver medal in the women's figure skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, while Nagashima won silver in the men's 500-meter speed skating.

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Hatoyama calls astronaut Noguchi in space

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) waves to Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who is at the International Space Station for a five-month mission, from the prime minister office in Tokyo during a video conference on Jan. 7, 2010, with Education, Culture, Sports and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata and elementary school children from Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, looking on.

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Hatoyama formally appoints Kan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, education minister Tatsuo Kawabata, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010. Kan officially assumed the post of finance minister, while Sengoku and Kawabata respectively took over the post of state minister in charge of national strategy and the post in charge of science and technology policies from Kan.

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Hatoyama formally appoints Kan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd L) and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010, after Hatoyama gave Kan a letter appointing him finance minister, with administrative reform minister Yoshito Sengoku (L) and education minister Tatsuo Kawabata (R) looking on. Sengoku and Kawabata respectively took over the post of state minister in charge of national strategy and the post in charge of science and technology polices from Kan.

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Education minister Kawabata gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Kawabata, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, speaks during his first press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the Cabinet's formal inauguration on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Education minister Kawabata arrives at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Kawabata, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009.