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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) and Gakuji Tozaki (USA) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) male kata podium match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) and Gakuji Tozaki (USA) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kazumasa Moto (JPN) Male Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-KARATE (CN)

(231005) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Moto Kazumasa of Japan competes during the Men's Individual Kata of Karate at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-KARATE (CN)

(231005) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold Medalist Moto Kazumasa of Japan attends the awarding ceremony for Men's Individual Kata of Karate at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-KARATE (CN)

(231005) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Moto Kazumasa of Japan competes during the Men's Individual Kata of Karate at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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Asian Games: Karate

Japan's Kazumasa Moto acknowledges the crowd after winning the men's individual kata final for karate at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Asian Games: Karate

Japan's Kazumasa Moto poses after winning gold in the men's individual kata for karate at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Asian Games: Karate

Japan's Kazumasa Moto competes en route to winning gold in the men's individual kata final for karate at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Asian Games: Karate

Japan's Kazumasa Moto competes en route to winning gold in the men's individual kata final for karate at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (L) prays during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. The 13 victims included Takahashi's husband, Kazumasa, who was an official at Kasumigaseki station at the time and died after disposing of a plastic bag containing sarin in liquid form. (Pool photo)

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Widow of AUM victim walks into top court

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (C), who lost her husband Kazumasa in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo cult, walks into the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2011. The top court rejected the same day an appeal against the death sentence for former senior AUM member Seiichi Endo over his involvement in the group's sarin gas attacks in Japan in the 1990s, effectively ending more than 16 years of investigations and trials involving the group that horrified the nation with its terrorist acts.

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Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, whose husband Kazumasa was among 13 killed in the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system by AUM Shinrikyo cult members, speaks to reporters at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, 2010, the 15th anniversary of the attack. Kazumasa Takahashi was killed after removing a bag of sarin as a senior official at the station.

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Nihon Keizai employee arrested over insider-trading

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kazumasa Sasahara, a Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. employee who was arrested on suspicion of insider trading, arrives at Tokyo Detention Center in Kosuge on July 25. The business daily dismissed Sasahara on disciplinary grounds at a board meeting later in the day.

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BOJ's Iwata proposes 'dynamic' scheme to stem deflation

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazumasa Iwata speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. He has proposed a ''dynamic targeting program'' including the introduction of a numerical target for price stability as part of efforts to stem deflation.

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METI says Kusaka to head energy agency

TOKYO, Japan - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said July 25 it will appoint Kazumasa Kusaka (file photo) as the new head of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency on Aug. 1. Kusaka, 55, is currently the director general of the ministry's Trade Policy Bureau.

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Next BOJ chief Fukui vows to combat deflation

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiko Fukui (L), designated the next governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), testifies at a House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee session March 18, flanked by Kazumasa Iwata (2nd from L) and Toshiro Muto (R), both designated as deputy governors. Fukui suggested he will do his utmost to fight deflation and pull Japan out of its long economic doldrums.

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Diet approves Fukui as BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors in a plenary session March 14 approved (from L to R) Toshihiko Fukui as the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor, and Toshiro Muto and Kazumasa Iwata as its deputy governors. The House of Representatives approved them the previous day.

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Iwata to become BOJ deputy governor

TOKYO, Japan - Kazumasa Iwata, director general for economics assessment and policy analysis at the Cabinet Office, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 24 about reports that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to appoint him vice governor of the Bank of Japan.

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Painting thought worth 10,000 yen turns out to be a van Gogh

TOKYO, Japan - An ''anonymous'' oil painting depicting a middle-aged peasant woman, to be auctioned Feb. 8 in Tokyo, has turned out to be an original early work by the Dutch post-impressionist master Vincent van Gogh. The auction sponsor estimates that the painting, part of the collection of the late Japanese painter Kazumasa Nakagawa, will fetch a quote of at least 3 million yen, rather than the earlier estimate of 10,000 yen.

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CJD plaintiffs rap gov't, 2 firms for lack of remorse

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Ikefuji (L), Kazumasa Yoshimura (C) and Kimie Maeda, who have filed damage suits over cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) contracted from human dura mater implants imported from Germany, speak at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 14. They have complained of the lack of remorse expressed by the Japanese government and the two related firms with regard to the victims.

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Knife attack in Oita leaves 3 dead, 3 injured

OITA, Japan - Photo shows the residence of Kazumasa Iwasaki in the town of Notsu, Oita Prefecture, where police said a knife-wielding youth stabbed to death three family members and injured three others, one critically, in the early hours of Aug. 14. A 15-year-old boy reportedly admitted to the stabbing, saying family members accused him of peeping into their bathroom.

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Tokyo Olympic ex-exec faces fresh bribery charge

Prosecutors on Tuesday served a fresh arrest warrant on Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive already embroiled in suspected corruption cases, for allegedly accepting bribes totaling 76 million yen ($54,000) from major publisher Kadokawa Corp. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office also arrested former Kadokawa executive Toshiyuki Yoshihara, 64, and another person for allegedly bribing Takahashi, 78, as well as Kazumasa Fukami, 73, who heads a consulting firm, for allegedly receiving bribes from the publisher. The prosecutors also searched the home of the publisher's chairman, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, over the case. The move comes after the prosecutors searched on Monday the offices of Daiko Advertising Inc., including its Osaka headquarters and branch in Tokyo, on suspicion of bribery.

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CJD plaintiffs rap gov't, 2 firms for lack of remorse

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Ikefuji (L), Kazumasa Yoshimura (C) and Kimie Maeda, who have filed damage suits over cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) contracted from human dura mater implants imported from Germany, speak at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 14. They have complained of the lack of remorse expressed by the Japanese government and the two related firms with regard to the victims.

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Iwata to become BOJ deputy governor

TOKYO, Japan - Kazumasa Iwata, director general for economics assessment and policy analysis at the Cabinet Office, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 24 about reports that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to appoint him vice governor of the Bank of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Diet approves Fukui as BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors in a plenary session March 14 approved (from L to R) Toshihiko Fukui as the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor, and Toshiro Muto and Kazumasa Iwata as its deputy governors. The House of Representatives approved them the previous day. (Kyodo)

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26th anniversary of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Shizue Takahashi, who lost her husband Kazumasa in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack, offers flowers at an altar at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2021, the 26th anniversary of the terror attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others.

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Metro workers mark 21st anniversary of nerve gas attack in Tokyo

Shizue Takahashi, 69, speaks with reporters after laying flowers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2016, the 21st anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 13 people and injured over 6,000 others in the capital. Takahashi, whose husband Kazumasa, an assistant stationmaster, died in the attack, said that even though 21 years have passed, visiting the station caused her to feel as if it happened just yesterday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Grampus coach Ogura seeking winning mentality

Takafumi Ogura (C), new coach and general manager of J-League soccer club Nagoya Grampus, shakes hands with club president Kazumasa Kume (L) and chairman Akio Toyoda in Nagoya on Nov. 25, 2015. Ogura vowed at a press conference to restore his old club's winning ways. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Designer disputes Belgian claim against Sano's Tokyo Olympic logo

Undated photo shows graphic designer Kazumasa Nagai, who headed the committee that selected the logo of designer Kenjiro Sano for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Nagai said on Aug. 26, 2015, that Sano's original design was not similar to a Belgian theater logo, rejecting the accusation of plagiarism against the Japanese designer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota Motor chief becomes chairman of Nagoya Grampus soccer team

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L), chairman of Nagoya Grampus, and Kazumasa Kume, president of the Japanese profession football club, pose after a press conference held in Nagoya, central Japan, on April 16, 2015, to announce the assumption of their new team posts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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26th anniversary of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Shizue Takahashi, who lost her husband Kazumasa in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack, offers flowers at an altar at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2021, the 26th anniversary of the terror attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. (Pool photo)

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26th anniversary of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Shizue Takahashi (C), who lost her husband Kazumasa in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack, prepares to offer flowers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2021, the 26th anniversary of the terror attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. (Pool photo)

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Nihon Keizai employee arrested over insider-trading

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kazumasa Sasahara, a Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. employee who was arrested on suspicion of insider trading, arrives at Tokyo Detention Center in Kosuge on July 25. The business daily dismissed Sasahara on disciplinary grounds at a board meeting later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

(same Location as the photo numbered 2-25) A tree stands next to the central stone pillar (not seen in the photo numbered 2-25). At the corner of the square, facing Lake Biwa, are four benches, and people stand by looking at the scenery. Near the tree in the square, a woman holds the hand of her child with a towel over her head, and a woman holds her child while another holds an umbrella over them. Part of the roof of the Hachu can be seen in the foreground.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐23‐0]

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Iris-viewing

In this collection are photos of the Tokyo Horikiri Iris Garden (number 53-1,3). This photo was taken at the same place. The interest of the cameraman is not in the irises but in the woman on the rickshaw and the woman standing next to her.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐45‐0]

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Bamboo groove at Gojozaka Slope

Located to the east of Gojoohashi, in the center of the Higashiyama district of Kyoto. It is the approximately 400 m slope leading to Kiyomizu Temple from Otani Honbyo, the approach to Kiyomizu temple. High bamboo trees stand on both sides, and the road is marked by a brushwood fence.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐19‐0]

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Ikuta Shrine

Ikuta Shinto Shrine dedicated to Wakahirumeno Mikoto is located in Ikuta Forest, which is famous as a battlefield during the ancient war between the Heike and Genji. The photo is the hall of worship of the temple, with a priest and a person in shorts.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐29‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls. Approximately 10 km to the north of Fujinomiya, visitors arrive at Shiraito Falls via Kariyado. It is approximately 29.4 m in height and 2.1 m in width. The largest of the falls is called Ondaki and Mendaki, from the Dai Nippon Chimei Jisho (Dictionary of Place Names).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐14‐0]

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Small island and a sailing boat

A sailing boat floating on the water and a boatman holding the helm. The man wearing a top hat may be fishing. The sail has an opening to reduce pressure when strong winds blow. The location is probably Matsushima.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐31‐0]

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Soribashi bridge at Sumiyoshi Shrine

The arched bridge of Sumiyoshi Taisha is said to have been donated by Yodogimi (the photo has a caption reading Taikohashi ) and is a famous site at the Taisha.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐24‐0]

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Motomiya Garden,Hikone

An arched bridge over the pond in a garden, with women dressed in kimono and hair done in Japanese style. In front stands a woman, and one of the two women in the centre holds an umbrella. The rickshaw man holds the pole, and the woman on the rickshaw holds an umbrella.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐22‐0]

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Sarusawa Pond

Sarusawa Pond at Kofukuji Temple has a perimeter of approximately 300 meters. At the left rear is the Three Storied Pagoda. This pond was famous from the old days, and legends about it abound. The story of the lady-in-waiting of the Emperor Heijo throwing herself in the pond for lost love is famous in Makura no Soshi (a collection of essays written by Sei Shonagon).==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐26‐0]