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U.N. commemoration of WWII

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kazuyuki Yamazaki speaks at a U.N. General Assembly session marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on May 7, 2025, at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

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Japan Post top management reshuffle

Japan Post Holdings Co.'s outgoing president, Hiroya Masuda (R), and his replacement senior executive officer Kazuyuki Negishi hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 2, 2025.

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Shimizu Corporation president change press conference

Shimizu Corporation president change press conference. Photo shows, from right, Tatsuya Niimura, President and Representative Director, shaking hands with Kazuyuki Inoue, Chairman and Representative Director=January 31,2025,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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Shimizu Corporation president change press conference

Shimizu Corporation president change press conference. Photo shows, from right, Tatsuya Niimura, President and Representative Director; Kazuyuki Inoue, Chairman and Representative Director.answers questions.=January 31,2025,Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BONES RELATED TO WAR-MEETING

(240722) -- TOKYO, July 22, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kazuyuki Kawamura, a former Shinjuku ward councilor, speaks during a meeting marking the 35th anniversary of the discovery of human bones from a Japanese army medical school, in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2024. The gathering was organized by the Association Demanding Investigation on Human Bones Discovered from the Site of the Army Medical College. TO GO WITH "Feature: Truth awaits for 'bones related to war'" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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U.S., other U.N. members slam Russia-N. Korea defense pact

Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood (C) reads out a joint statement by 48 U.N. member states and the European Union condemning Russia's recent mutual defense treaty with North Korea, during a press conference also attended by Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations Kazuyuki Yamazaki (R) and his South Korean counterpart Hwang Joon Kook (L), at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 28, 2024.

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Japanese ambassador to U.N.

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kazuyuki Yamazaki (L) attends a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 1, 2024.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN PARA GAMES-WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL-MEN'S GOLD MEDAL MATCH (CN)

(231027) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Coach Kyoya Kazuyuki of Japan gives instructions during the Men's Wheelchair Basketball Gold Medal Match between Japan and South Korea at the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

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Japan's observer at polling station in Tunisia

CARTHAGE, Tunisia - Kazuyuki Nakane (fore C), parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs and head of the Japanese observer mission, inspects a polling station near the Tunisian capital Tunis on Oct. 26, 2014. Tunisia's legislative elections were held the same day.

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Japan stuns China to win men's gymnastics team gold

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese gymnasts -- (from L) Masayoshi Yamamoto, Shotaro Shirai, Tomomasa Hasegawa, Yusuke Saito, Kazuyuki Takeda and Yuya Kamimoto -- hold up flowers on the podium during an award ceremony for the men's gymnastics all-around team event at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 21, 2014. Japan won the gold, denying China an 11th straight title.

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AirAsia Japan starts international flight services

NARITA, Japan - Kazuyuki Iwakata (C), president of AirAsia Japan Co., poses for photos with others at Narita International Airport on Oct. 28, 2012, during an event to mark the start of the budget airline's first international flight services between Narita and Seoul.

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Monkey Majik promotes quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pop band Monkey Majik visit Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Hamada (C) at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The four-man band based in Sendai, a city in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, comprising two Japanese and two Canadians, said they will hold a concert free of charge in Canada in February 2012 to promote the reconstruction of Tohoku from the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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LDP's Hamada joins Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyuki Hamada, an upper house lawmaker of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks with reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan recruited Hamada into his Cabinet as parliamentary secretary for reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami the same day. Hamada told the LDP the same day that he wants to leave the main opposition party.

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Policyholders' data likely leaked by outsource employees: Alico

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyuki Takahashi (C), a representative of Insurer Alico Japan, speaks about the company's in-house probe into a large leak of its customers' credit information at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009. Takahashi said it was highly likely that the leak occurred through fraudulent access by employees at a company working on behalf of Alico Japan.

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7 killed in fires in Tokyo, Nara, Osaka

TOKYO, Japan - Ambulance crews transport one of the residents rescued from a fire at the home of Kazuyuki Tanabe, 45, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Jan. 7. The 5:20 a.m. fire killed four people, including two children.

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7 killed in fires in Tokyo, Nara, Osaka

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters battle a fire at the home of Kazuyuki Tanabe, 45, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Jan. 7. The 5:20 a.m. fire killed four people, including children.

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High court orders benefit payments for A-bomb survivors in Brazil

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kazuyuki Tamura (R), one of supporters of three Japanese atomic-bomb survivors in Brazil, beams at a press conference on Feb. 8 after the Hiroshima High Court ordered the Hiroshima prefectural government to pay the three healthcare benefits it had declined to give citing legal restrictions on retroactive payments.

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Toda debuts in English premier league

LONDON, England - Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Kazuyuki Toda (L) became the second Japanese to play in England's top flight when he debuted in his side's 2-0 defeat at home to Manchester City in the premier league on April 18.

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Toda debuts for Tottenham against Ireland's Bohemians

DUBLIN, Ireland - Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Kazuyuki Toda (R) battles for the ball in a friendly against Bohemians of the Irish top division in Dublin on March 4. Toda was making his debut for the English Premier League club, which he joined in January. Tottenham lost 3-1.

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Toda signs for Tottenham Hotspur

LONDON, Britain - Japan midfielder Kazuyuki Toda meets reporters in London on Jan. 27 after joining the English Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. Toda signed with Spurs on a one-year loan deal from J-League side Shimizu S-Pulse last week.

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(14)Japan vs Turkey

RIFU, Japan - Japan's Kazuyuki Toda (R) and Turkey's Yildiray Basturk battle for the ball during the second half of their second-round World Cup match at Miyagi Stadium on June 18. (World Cup 2002)

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(11)Tunisia vs Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Japan midfielder Kazuyuki Toda (L) challenges Tunisia midfielder Slim Ben Achour during the first half of the group H match at Nagai Stadium on June 14. (World Cup 2002)

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(4)23 members of Japan's World Cup squad

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Alessandro Santos (Shimizu S-Pulse), Kazuyuki Toda (Shimizu S-Pulse) and Tomokazu Myojin (Kashiwa Reysol).

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(3)Japan beaten by Real Madrid

MADRID, Spain - Japan midfielder Kazuyuki Toda (R) struggles for the ball with Real Madrid's Luis Figo in the first half of a friendly at Bernabeu Santiago, Madrid, on May 7.

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Toda scores against Ukraine

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Kazuyuki Toda celebrates scoring in the 24th minute of the Kirin Cup friendly against Ukraine in Osaka on March 21. Japan won the game 1-0.

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Nakamura blast game's second homer

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaroes slugger Norihiro Nakamura blasts his second homer of the game off Seibu Lions reliever Kazuyuki Hoashi in the top of the seventh inning at Seibu Dome on May 9.

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Miyata clears 1st hurdle in Olympic wrestling

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Kazuyuki Miyata engages Otar Tushishvili of Georgia in a 63 kg class elimination pool bout on the first day of freestyle wrestling at Darling Harbour Exhibition Hall on Sept. 28. Miyata edged the former junior European champion 4-3 to clear his first hurdle.

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Fake 'golden' Buddha statues sold to Japanese

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows four of the five fake ''golden'' Buddha statues allegedly sold to a Japanese businessman by a South Korean national, suspected to be a member of a syndicate, for 6 million pesos (157,000 dollars). The National Bureau of Investigation said July 27 Kazuyuki Kimura, of Fukuoka Prefecture, was informed the statues were part of the fabled treasures buried in the Philippines by Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Yasufumi Yamashita during World War II.

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Japan not to send gov't officials to Beijing Olympics

Combined file photo shows (from L) Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, Yasuhiro Yamashita, head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, and Kazuyuki Mori, head of the Japanese Paralympic Committee. Japan plans to send the three to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics while refraining from sending a government delegation to the games, a decision seen as in line with a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the sporting spectacle over China's human rights record.

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Equipment for pressure treatment developed by Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and others

Kazuyuki Akasaka, a specially appointed professor at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kenji Kaneori, an associate professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology, and their colleagues have developed a technology to process food under high pressure and improve its shelf life. (= March 11, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Kyodo News Images)

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Toda scores against Ukraine

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Kazuyuki Toda celebrates scoring in the 24th minute of the Kirin Cup friendly against Ukraine in Osaka on March 21. Japan won the game 1-0.

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Sunderland in transfer talks with Shimizu over Toda

LONDON, England - English Premier League club Sunderland are in talks with Shimizu S-Pulse on a deal for Japanese midfielder Kazuyuki Toda (file photo), a British media report said Jan. 18. The Press Association quoted Sunderland coach Howard Wilkinson as saying he is aware that his club and Shimizu have had talks on a possible transfer of the Japanese World Cup star, who is having a two-week trial with the Black Cats. (Kyodo)

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Japan pledges support for Cambodia's electoral reform process

Ouch Borith (R), secretary of state of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, shakes hands with Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane in Jakarta on April 20, 2015, when they met on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asian-African Conference. Japan vowed to support ongoing electoral reform efforts in Cambodia the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to offer training for 20 Laotian public servants

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (L) holds talks with Laotian Vice Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Jakarta on April 20, 2015, on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asian-African Conference. Japan pledged the same day to help Laos in efforts to train promising personnel, with Japanese officials saying Tokyo plans to accept 20 young Laotian public servants to study in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Laos to cooperate in anti-flood measures in Mekong River

Kazuyuki Nakane (L), Japan's parliamentary vice foreign minister, shakes hands with Lao Deputy Prime Minister Asang Laoly (C) prior to their talks on March 16, 2015 at the Lao Embassy in Tokyo, as Lao Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Noulin Sinbandhit looks on. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Laos to cooperate in anti-flood measures in Mekong River

Kazuyuki Nakane (L), Japan's parliamentary vice foreign minister, holds talks with Lao Deputy Prime Minister Asang Laoly at the Lao Embassy in Tokyo on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 arrested over selling of curry store chain's waste as food

Photo taken July 12, 2016, in the central Japan city of Inazawa shows Kazuyuki Onishi, head of a now effectively-defunct industrial waste disposal company. Onishi was arrested the same day for allegedly selling beef cutlets that a major Japanese curry restaurant chain intended to dispose of. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho's coach arrested over violence

Sumo's grand champion Hakuho is surrounded by reporters at his Miyagino stable in Tokyo after his coach is arrested for alleged violence against an acquaintance. Coach Kumagatani, whose real name is Kazuyuki Yamamura, allegedly hit the acquaintance in the back with an aluminum bat about a dozen times in late July, requiring him to receive two weeks of treatment, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho's coach arrested over violence

Kumagatani, coach at sumo grand champion Hakuho's Miyagino stable, is arrested in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015. The 45-year-old, whose real name is Kazuyuki Yamamura, allegedly hit an acquaintance in the back with an aluminum bat about a dozen times in late July, requiring him to receive two weeks of treatment, according to police. Kumagatani has admitted to the charges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho's coach arrested over violence

Sumo's grand champion Hakuho is surrounded by reporters at his Miyagino stable in Tokyo after his coach is arrested for alleged violence against an acquaintance. Coach Kumagatani, whose real name is Kazuyuki Yamamura, allegedly hit the acquaintance in the back with an aluminum bat about a dozen times in late July, requiring him to receive two weeks of treatment, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese developer of "abaya" Muslim cloak promotes exports

Kazuyuki Hashimoto, who helped develop silk-texture fabrics for the "abaya" black cloak for Muslim women in the early 1990s, shows one of the products in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2015. He is making a pitch for exports as a marketing manager at Utic, a dyeing company that has succeeded in reducing fabric weight by trimming synthetic fiber. The company currently produces about 80 percent of all abaya fabrics produced in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Tunisia confirm cooperation in antiterrorism efforts

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (L) talks with Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche (R) at the Japanese Embassy in Tunis on March 23, 2015. They confirmed that the two countries will work together on antiterrorism in the wake of a deadly shooting rampage at a landmark museum in the Tunisian capital on March 18. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese official in Tunis in wake of attack

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (C) visits the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, where three Japanese nationals were killed in a recent militant attack, on March 22, 2015. Nakane was dispatched to the Tunisian capital to meet with three Japanese injured in the attack and Tunisian government officials to discuss cooperation over security concerns going forward. Gunmen stormed the museum on March 18, killing 18 foreign tourists, three Tunisians and injuring 44 others, the Tunisian government said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese official in Tunis in wake of attack

Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane (C) visits the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, where three Japanese nationals were killed in a recent militant attack, on March 22, 2015. Nakane was dispatched to the Tunisian capital to meet with three Japanese injured in the attack and Tunisian government officials to discuss cooperation over security concerns going forward. Gunmen stormed the museum on March 18, killing 18 foreign tourists, three Tunisians and injuring 44 others, the Tunisian government said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese official in Tunis in wake of attack

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid (L) shakes hands with Japanese Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kazuyuki Nakane at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, where three Japanese nationals were killed in a recent militant attack, on March 22, 2015. Nakane was dispatched to the Tunisian capital to meet with three Japanese injured in the attack and Tunisian government officials to discuss cooperation over security concerns going forward. Gunmen stormed the museum on March 18, killing 18 foreign tourists, three Tunisians and injuring 44 others, the Tunisian government said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Keikyu, Taiwan railway authority ink cooperation accord

Kazuyuki Harada (L), president of Japan's Keikyu Corp., and Chou Yung-hui, director general of the Taiwan Railways Administration, pose after signing a cooperation agreement in Taipei on Feb. 26, 2015. The accord calls for Keikyu to assist the TRA's efforts to lure tourists from Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Japanese victims attend NZ quake anniversary ceremony

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel (R in front) and Kazuyuki Nakane (3rd from R), Japan's parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, and other people offer silent prayers during a memorial service in the New Zealand city on Feb. 22, 2015, to mark the fourth anniversary of the earthquake that hit the city and killed 185 people, including 28 Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World charity run for SCI fundraising set for western Japan in May

Japanese racing driver Kamui Kobayashi (2nd from L) and former J-League footballer Kazuyuki Kyoya in a wheelchair pose as "Wings for Life World Run" ambassadors in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2015. The second global charity marathon will take place in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 3 simultaneously with runners in 34 locations in 32 other countries in a fundraising drive for research work to find a cure for spinal cord injury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido's Mt. Apoi added to list of global geoparks

Kazuyuki Sakashita (L), mayor of Samani in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, poses with an official of the Global Geoparks Network in Tottori, western Japan, on Sept. 19, 2015, following the addition of the town's Mt. Apoi as the country's eighth geopark for its natural area with geological features of scientific importance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido's Mt. Apoi added to list of global geoparks

Kazuyuki Sakashita (L), mayor of Samani in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, poses with an official of the Global Geoparks Network in Tottori, western Japan, on Sept. 19, 2015, following the addition of the town's Mt. Apoi as the country's eighth geopark for its natural area with geological features of scientific importance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo