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Chef of expressway restaurant speaks as contest winner

OSAKA, Japan - Master chef Hayato Kitahara (extreme R) at a restaurant in the Kawanobori Service Area on the Nagasaki Expressway in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, speaks in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2014, after winning the first prize in the second contest for dishes offered in expressway parking areas in western Japan. The Kawanobori restaurant won the prize for the second consecutive year.

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AKB48, sister groups at event in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese pop group AKB48 member Rie Kitahara shakes hands with a fan at a meet-the-fans event with its sister groups on July 29, 2014, in Shanghai, China. The event also aims to promote tourism and enhance exchanges among youth in Asia.

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Visitors enjoy hanging decorations at poet Hakushu's birthplace

FUKUOKA, Japan - Visitors enjoy the traditional hanging decorations of Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in a room of the house where Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942) was born, during a festival on Feb. 10, 2014. The festival, featuring colorful decorations at more than 40 locations in Yanagawa, runs through April 3.

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Decorations hung at poet Hakushu's birthplace in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Numerous traditional hanging decorations of Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are placed in a room of the house where Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942) was born, as part of a festival on Feb. 10, 2014. The festival, featuring colorful decorations at more than 40 locations in Yanagawa, runs through April 3. (Photo taken with fisheye lens)

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Expert warns grain importers to prepare for shipment halt

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuo Kitahara, director general of the International Grains Council, speaks at an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Kitahara, who is on a visit to Japan, warns that as grain markets have become increasingly tighter with declining crops in major exporting-countries, import-dependent countries, such as Japan, should correctly understand market trends and brace themselves for the worst.

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80 defense officials reprimanded for covering up bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Iwao Kitahara, the chief of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, tells reporters in Tokyo on June 15 that the Defense Agency and his agency reprimanded some 80 high-ranking officials after an in-house investigative panel concluded that officials systematically and ingeniously concealed bid rigging for agency contracts for around 30 years to secure post-retirement jobs with contractors.

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Okinawa gov. opposes relocation plan, makes counterproposal

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) meets with Defense Facilities Administration Agency chief Iwao Kitahara (L) in Okinawa on May 4. Inamine reiterated his opposition to a plan to relocate a U.S. air station from Ginowan to the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, both in Okinawa, making a counterproposal to tentatively build a helipad on land at Camp Schwab.

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Okinawa officials renew opposition to Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Iwao Kitahara (L), chief of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, meets with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) at the Okinawa prefectural government in Naha on March 4.

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Senior defense official arrested over suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference which he called early Jan. 31 following the arrested the previous day of three officials of his agency on suspicion of leading bid rigging for projects ordered by the agency.

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Inamine rejects Japan-U.S. Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara speaks with reporters following his meeting with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine at the Okinawa Prefectural government office in Naha on Oct. 31.

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Inamine rejects Japan-U.S. Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara (L) and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine are in talks at the Okinawa Prefectural government office in Naha on Oct. 31.

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Inamine rejects Japan-U.S. Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara (L) meets Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine on Oct. 31 to explain the plans for realignment of U.S. forces in Japan agreed to by the Japanese and U.S. governments. Later, a senior Okinawa prefectural government official said that Inamine rejected the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station within the prefecture.

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Nobel Prize laureate Shirakawa plants memorial tree

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Hideki Shirakawa (R) and Yasuo Kitahara, president of the University of Tsukuba, plant a tree at the university in Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 19 in commemoration of Shirakawa's award. Shirakawa, a professor emeritus at the university, was on campus to give a lecture.

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Japanese prefectural delegation visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A delegation from the prefectural assembly of Fukuoka, southwest Japan, met with members of the (North) Korea-Japan Friendship Association at a Pyongyang hotel on Aug. 26. The Koreans expressed dissatisfaction over Japan's reaction to North Korea's missile launch last summer. The photo shows an exchange of greetings by the two sides' chief delegates -- Mamoru Kitahara (R, standing) from Japan and Song Ho Gyong, head of the North Korean association.

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Rally held to oppose expansion of Narita airport

Some 1,500 protesters gather in Narita on Oct. 11 to oppose the expansion of Narita airport, demanding the government scrap a plan to complete a second runway by the end of fiscal 2000. Koji Kitahara, the organizer of the rally, said, ''The government is poised to start construction on the runway by the end of the fall. We will make every effort to stop it.'' The government proposes constructing a 2,500-meter runway, which would parallel the existing 4,000-meter runway, at Japan's main international airport east of Tokyo.

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Inamine rejects Japan-U.S. Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara speaks with reporters following his meeting with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine at the Okinawa Prefectural government office in Naha on Oct. 31. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa officials renew opposition to Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Iwao Kitahara (L), chief of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, meets with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) at the Okinawa prefectural government in Naha on March 4. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa gov. opposes relocation plan, makes counterproposal

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) meets with Defense Facilities Administration Agency chief Iwao Kitahara (L) in Okinawa on May 4. Inamine reiterated his opposition to a plan to relocate a U.S. air station from Ginowan to the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, both in Okinawa, making a counterproposal to tentatively build a helipad on land at Camp Schwab. (Kyodo)

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80 defense officials reprimanded for covering up bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Iwao Kitahara, the chief of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, tells reporters in Tokyo on June 15 that the Defense Agency and his agency reprimanded some 80 high-ranking officials after an in-house investigative panel concluded that officials systematically and ingeniously concealed bid rigging for agency contracts for around 30 years to secure post-retirement jobs with contractors. (Kyodo)

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Expert warns grain importers to prepare for shipment halt

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuo Kitahara, director general of the International Grains Council, speaks at an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Kitahara, who is on a visit to Japan, warns that as grain markets have become increasingly tighter with declining crops in major exporting-countries, import-dependent countries, such as Japan, should correctly understand market trends and brace themselves for the worst. (Kyodo)

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Inamine rejects Japan-U.S. Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara (L) and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine are in talks at the Okinawa Prefectural government office in Naha on Oct. 31. (Kyodo)

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Inamine rejects Japan-U.S. Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara (L) meets Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine on Oct. 31 to explain the plans for realignment of U.S. forces in Japan agreed to by the Japanese and U.S. governments. Later, a senior Okinawa prefectural government official said that Inamine rejected the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station within the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Members of NGT48 attend press conference in Niigata

Rie Kitahara (C) and two other members of NGT48, a new sister group of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, pose for photos at a press conference in Niigata on May 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NGT48 to have theater near Niigata Station

Rie Kitahara (R), captain of NGT48, speaks at a press conference in Niigata on May 24, 2015, about a project to build a theater near East Japan Railway Co.'s Niigata Station in the Japanese city for the new sister group of AKB48. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit children's hospital in Toronto

TORONTO, Canada - Japanese Empress Michiko (R) sings a lullaby written by Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara to patients at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto on July 9 as Emperor Akihito listens by her side. The imperial couple are visiting Canada to mark the 80th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Canada. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Senior defense official arrested over suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Facilities Administration Agency Director General Iwao Kitahara bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference which he called early Jan. 31 following the arrested the previous day of three officials of his agency on suspicion of leading bid rigging for projects ordered by the agency. (Kyodo)

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AKB48, sister groups at event in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese pop group AKB48 member Rie Kitahara shakes hands with a fan at a meet-the-fans event with its sister groups on July 29, 2014, in Shanghai, China. The event also aims to promote tourism and enhance exchanges among youth in Asia. (Kyodo)

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Nobel Prize laureate Shirakawa plants memorial tree

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Hideki Shirakawa (R) and Yasuo Kitahara, president of the University of Tsukuba, plant a tree at the university in Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 19 in commemoration of Shirakawa's award. Shirakawa, a professor emeritus at the university, was on campus to give a lecture.

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Japanese prefectural delegation visits N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A delegation from the prefectural assembly of Fukuoka, southwest Japan, met with members of the (North) Korea-Japan Friendship Association at a Pyongyang hotel on Aug. 26. The Koreans expressed dissatisfaction over Japan's reaction to North Korea's missile launch last summer. The photo shows an exchange of greetings by the two sides' chief delegates -- Mamoru Kitahara (R, standing) from Japan and Song Ho Gyong, head of the North Korean association.

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Rally held to oppose expansion of Narita airport

Some 1,500 protesters gather in Narita on Oct. 11 to oppose the expansion of Narita airport, demanding the government scrap a plan to complete a second runway by the end of fiscal 2000. Koji Kitahara, the organizer of the rally, said, ''The government is poised to start construction on the runway by the end of the fall. We will make every effort to stop it.'' The government proposes constructing a 2,500-meter runway, which would parallel the existing 4,000-meter runway, at Japan's main international airport east of Tokyo.