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Abe says he 'respects' Kyuma's decision to quit

TOKYO, Japan - Embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his official residence on July 3 after he accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma just weeks before the House of Councillors election and quickly named Yuriko Koide, his national security adviser, to the job. Abe says he ''respect(s)'' Kyuma's decision to quit. Kyuma was forced to resign following intense protests from opposition parties and atomic-bomb victims who were angered by his comments on the U.S. atomic bombing in Nagasaki in World War II. ''I understand the bombing brought the war to its end. I think it was something that couldn't be helped,'' he told a gathering on June 30.

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(1)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi smiles as her coach Yoshio Koide speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer.

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(2)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi and her longtime coach Yoshio Koide pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer.

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(1)Funeral held for mother, daughter killed in landslide

KOIDE, Japan - Manabu Minagawa speaks to mourners in front of his home in the town of Koide, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 30 during funeral services for his wife Takako and 3-year-old daughter Mayu. Only Minagawa's son, 2-year-old Yuta, was rescued after a car carrying the three was buried by landslides triggered by a series of quakes on Oct. 23. Mayu's body has yet to be recovered.

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(2)Funeral held for mother, daughter killed in landslide

KOIDE, Japan - A coffin containing the body of Takako Minagawa is carried out of her family's home in the town of Koide, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 30 after funeral services for the woman and her 3-year-old daughter Mayu. The two died when their car was buried by earthquake-caused landslides. Only Minagawa's son, 2-year-old Yuta, survived the ordeal.

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Takako Minagawa's body returns home

KOIDE, Japan - The body of Takako Minagawa, who was recovered from a car buried in a quake-caused landslide in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 27, is carried to her home in Koide in the same prefecture on Oct. 28. Minagawa and her two children were buried in the car and only two-year-old boy Yuta was rescued.

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Clinton receives honorary doctorate

NAGOYA, Japan - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton receives an honorary doctorate at Aichi Gakuin University (AGU) from AGU President Tadataka Koide at the Nisshin Campus near Nagoya on Nov. 19.

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(3)Takahashi upstaged at Tokyo marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (C) poses with her coach Yoshio Koide (L) and Paula Radcliffe 'R), the holder of the marathon world record holder, after finishing in second at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon on Nov. 16.

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Olympic champion Takahashi joins Skynet Asia Airways team

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Naoko Takahashi (L), gold medalist in the Sydney Olympics women's marathon event, smiles at a press conference in Miyazaki on June 16. She said she will join the Skynet Asia Airways team on a two-year sponsorship deal. At left is her coach Yoshio Koide.

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Takahashi eyes joining SkyNet Asia Airways team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (file photo) is close to joining the SkyNet Asia Airways team, marathon sources said June 5. Takahashi left the Sekisui Chemical athletics team in February after the departure of her coach Yoshio Koide.

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Takahashi to start training with Koide

HANEDA, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (L) prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport Feb. 3 with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide (R) for Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, to start training for the Olympic Games in Athens.

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Olympic champ Takahashi to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi said in Tokyo on Jan. 30 she will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics team at the end of February and move to Sakura Athlete Club to continue to train with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide. Sakura club was founded by Koide two years ago in Chiba Prefecture.

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Marathon coach Koide to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Koide, who coached Naoko Takahashi to the women's marathon gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, tells a news conference Dec. 25 he will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics club at the end of December. Koide said he has yet to discuss the future of his relationship with Takahashi.

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Olympic champ Takahashi speaks on Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Sydney Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi smiles during a press conference she gave in Berlin on Sept. 26. She is to run in the Berlin marathon on Sept. 29. Seated to her right is her coach Yoshio Koide.

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Olympic champ Takahashi discharged from hospital

NARITA, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi is greeted by her manager Yoshio Koide on being released from a Chiba hospital Dec. 11 after recovering from intestinal problems.

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(2)Olympic champ Takahashi sets world record in Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi of Japan (R) and her coach Yoshio Koide celebrate after Takahashi won the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 with a world record 2:19:46.

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Takahashi commended with People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympics gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) with a diploma of the People's Honor Award in her hands poses for a photo along with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and her coach Yoshio Koide at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 30. Takahashi won the women's marathon in the Sydney Games, becoming the first Japanese to win a gold medal in an Olympic athletics event since 1936.

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Olympic women's marathon winner Takahashi returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sydney Olympic women's marathon winner Naoko Takahashi (L) shows off her gold medal at Narita airport Oct. 2 after flying back from Sydney with her coach Yoshio Koide (R). Takahashi won the women's marathon on Sept. 24 in an Olympic best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 14 seconds to capture Japan's first gold medal in athletics since the 1936 Berlin Games.

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Marathon winner Takahashi shows off her gold medal

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (L) holds up her gold medal at a press conference Sept. 25, the day after she won the women's marathon event at the Sydney Olympics in an Olympic best time of 2:23:14. To her right is her coach, Yoshio Koide. Takahashi became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics.

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Tokyo Olympics: Water Polo

Miku Koide of Japan scores a goal in a women's water polo preliminary round match against the United States at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021, at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre.

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(1)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi smiles as her coach Yoshio Koide speaks at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer. (Kyodo)

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(2)Takahashi to part ways with coach Koide

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympic gold medalist Naoko Takahashi and her longtime coach Yoshio Koide pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 9. Takahashi said she will part company with Koide and continue her running career without a trainer. (Kyodo)

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Abe says he 'respects' Kyuma's decision to quit

TOKYO, Japan - Embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his official residence on July 3 after he accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma just weeks before the House of Councillors election and quickly named Yuriko Koide, his national security adviser, to the job. Abe says he ''respect(s)'' Kyuma's decision to quit. Kyuma was forced to resign following intense protests from opposition parties and atomic-bomb victims who were angered by his comments on the U.S. atomic bombing in Nagasaki in World War II. ''I understand the bombing brought the war to its end. I think it was something that couldn't be helped,'' he told a gathering on June 30. (Kyodo)

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Marathon coach Koide to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Koide, who coached Naoko Takahashi to the women's marathon gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, tells a news conference Dec. 25 he will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics club at the end of December. Koide said he has yet to discuss the future of his relationship with Takahashi. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champion Takahashi joins Skynet Asia Airways team

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Naoko Takahashi (L), gold medalist in the Sydney Olympics women's marathon event, smiles at a press conference in Miyazaki on June 16. She said she will join the Skynet Asia Airways team on a two-year sponsorship deal. At left is her coach Yoshio Koide. (Kyodo)

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World's oldest man dies at 112

Undated photo shows Yasutaro Koide, who was recognized in August 2015 by Guinness World Record as the world's oldest living man. Koide died at a hospital in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Jan. 19, 2016, at 112. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's oldest man dies at 112

File photo taken in August 2015 shows Yasutaro Koide in the central Japan city of Nagoya receiving a certificate from Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man. Koide died at a Nagoya hospital on Jan. 19, 2016, at 112. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sakura Sevens book spot at Rio Olympics

Japan's Mifuyu Koide scores a try to give Japan a 12-7 lead against Kazakhstan during the second half of the final match of the second leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Qualifier in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2015. The Sakura Sevens won 14-7 to book a berth in next year's Rio Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No. of Japanese centenarians exceeds 60,000

Photo taken Aug. 21, 2015, in the central Japanese city of Nagoya shows 112-year-old Yasutaro Koide, who has been recognized as the world's oldest living male by Guinness World Records. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry reported on Sept. 11, 2015, that the number of centenarians in Japan has exceeded 60,000 for the first time since comparable data became available in 1963. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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112-year-old man recognized as world's oldest living male

Yasutaro Koide (C) is celebrated in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Aug. 21, 2015, as he has been recognized as the world's oldest living male by the Guinness World Records. Asked by Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (far R) what is the key to his longevity, the 112-year-old man attributed it to taking things easy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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112-year-old man recognized as world's oldest living male

Photo taken Aug. 21, 2015, shows Yasutaro Koide, who has been recognized as the world's oldest living male by the Guinness World Records. The 112-year-old man living in the central Japan city of Nagoya attributed his longevity to taking things easy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's oldest man Sakari Momoi of Japan dies at 112

Photo taken July 7, 2015, shows Yasutaro Koide, a 112-year-old man in the central Japan city of Nagoya who has become the oldest man in Japan following the death of Sakari Momoi. Momoi, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living male, died of chronic kidney failure at the age of 112 on July 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese nuclear scientist meets press at FCCJ in Tokyo

Hiroaki Koide, former assistant professor at the Kyoto University Research Rector Institute, talks about how to deal with Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at a press conference on April 25, 2015, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Funeral held for mother, daughter killed in landslide

KOIDE, Japan - Manabu Minagawa speaks to mourners in front of his home in the town of Koide, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 30 during funeral services for his wife Takako and 3-year-old daughter Mayu. Only Minagawa's son, 2-year-old Yuta, was rescued after a car carrying the three was buried by landslides triggered by a series of quakes on Oct. 23. Mayu's body has yet to be recovered. (Kyodo)

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(2)Funeral held for mother, daughter killed in landslide

KOIDE, Japan - A coffin containing the body of Takako Minagawa is carried out of her family's home in the town of Koide, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 30 after funeral services for the woman and her 3-year-old daughter Mayu. The two died when their car was buried by earthquake-caused landslides. Only Minagawa's son, 2-year-old Yuta, survived the ordeal. (Kyodo)

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Takako Minagawa's body returns home

KOIDE, Japan - The body of Takako Minagawa, who was recovered from a car buried in a quake-caused landslide in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 27, is carried to her home in Koide in the same prefecture on Oct. 28. Minagawa and her two children were buried in the car and only two-year-old boy Yuta was rescued. (Kyodo)

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(2)Olympic champ Takahashi sets world record in Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Naoko Takahashi of Japan (R) and her coach Yoshio Koide celebrate after Takahashi won the Berlin marathon on Sept. 30 with a world record 2:19:46.

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

File photo taken on Sept. 24, 2000 shows Japanese marathon runner Naoko Takahashi congratulated by her coach Yoshio Koide after winning the race at the Sydney Olympics. The renowned marathon coach died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

File photo taken on Sept. 24, 2000 shows Japanese marathon runner Naoko Takahashi and her coach Yoshio Koide showing her gold medal after she won the race at the Sydney Olympics earlier in the day. The renowned long-distance running coach died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

Photo taken in November 2012 shows renowned Japanese long-distance running coach Yoshio Koide, who died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned Japanese marathon coach Koide dies

File photo taken on Aug. 1, 1992, shows Japanese marathon runner Yuko Arimori attending a press conference together with her coach Yoshio Koide after taking silver in the event at the Barcelona Olympics earlier in the day. The renowned long-distance running coach died at 80 on April 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Clinton receives honorary doctorate

NAGOYA, Japan - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton receives an honorary doctorate at Aichi Gakuin University (AGU) from AGU President Tadataka Koide at the Nisshin Campus near Nagoya on Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

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(3)Takahashi upstaged at Tokyo marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (C) poses with her coach Yoshio Koide (L) and Paula Radcliffe 'R), the holder of the marathon world record holder, after finishing in second at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon on Nov. 16. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi eyes joining SkyNet Asia Airways team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (file photo) is close to joining the SkyNet Asia Airways team, marathon sources said June 5. Takahashi left the Sekisui Chemical athletics team in February after the departure of her coach Yoshio Koide. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi to start training with Koide

HANEDA, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (L) prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport Feb. 3 with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide (R) for Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, to start training for the Olympic Games in Athens. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi to leave Sekisui Chemical team

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi said in Tokyo on Jan. 30 she will leave the Sekisui Chemical athletics team at the end of February and move to Sakura Athlete Club to continue to train with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide. Sakura club was founded by Koide two years ago in Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi speaks on Berlin marathon

BERLIN, Germany - Sydney Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi smiles during a press conference she gave in Berlin on Sept. 26. She is to run in the Berlin marathon on Sept. 29. Seated to her right is her coach Yoshio Koide. (Kyodo)

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Takahashi commended with People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympics gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) with a diploma of the People's Honor Award in her hands poses for a photo along with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and her coach Yoshio Koide at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 30. Takahashi won the women's marathon in the Sydney Games, becoming the first Japanese to win a gold medal in an Olympic athletics event since 1936.

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Olympic women's marathon winner Takahashi returns home

NARITA, Japan - Sydney Olympic women's marathon winner Naoko Takahashi (L) shows off her gold medal at Narita airport Oct. 2 after flying back from Sydney with her coach Yoshio Koide (R). Takahashi won the women's marathon on Sept. 24 in an Olympic best time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 14 seconds to capture Japan's first gold medal in athletics since the 1936 Berlin Games.

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Marathon winner Takahashi shows off her gold medal

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Naoko Takahashi (L) holds up her gold medal at a press conference Sept. 25, the day after she won the women's marathon event at the Sydney Olympics in an Olympic best time of 2:23:14. To her right is her coach, Yoshio Koide. Takahashi became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics.