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Koseki wins 14th defense of WBC women's atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Momo Koseki of Japan celebrates after defeating Britain's Denise Castle by technical knockout in the eighth round of their WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2014. Koseki defended her crown for the 14th time.

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Koseki wins 14th defense of WBC women's atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Momo Koseki of Japan (R) delivers a punch to Britain's Denise Castle during the fifth round of their WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2014. Koseki defeated Castle, the WBC's second-ranked fighter in the division, by technical knockout in the eighth round to defend her crown for the 14th time.

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Koseki defends WBC female atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Momo Koseki (L) of Japan skirts under the defenses of Shin Goo Joo of South Korea in the sixth round of the WBC female atomweight title match at Ariake Colosseum on March 27, 2010, to successfully defend her title for the fourth time with a unanimous decision.

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Koseki to face S. Korea's Shin to defend title

TOKYO, Japan - Women's WBC atomweight title holder Momo Koseki (L) of Japan and South Korean challenger Shin Gun Joo pose for photographs after the signing ceremony for their title match at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March, 26, 2010, a day before the match at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.

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Koseki defends WBC atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating her compatriot challenger Nao Ikeyama in the women's WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Koseki retained her title by a 3-0 decision.

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Koseki defends WBC atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Momo Koseki (R) delivers a punch to compatriot challenger Nao Ikeyama in the ninth round of their women's WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Koseki retained her title by a 3-0 decision.

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Ex-LDP heavyweight Murakami quits Diet over KSD scandal

TOKYO, Japan - A post bearing the name of Masakuni Murakami, a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party, lies on its side Feb. 26 at his seat in the House of Councillors in Tokyo. A plenary session of the upper house endorsed his resignation the same day. Murakami allegedly received 50 million yen in cash in 1996 from Tadao Koseki, head of KSD, a scandal-tainted mutual aid foundation.

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KSD's Koseki gets suspended term for bribery

TOKYO, Japan - Tadao Koseki (L), founder and former head of KSD, a government-authorized foundation for small businesses, enters the Tokyo District Court on March 26 to hear the ruling in his bribery case. The court sentenced him to a three-year prison term, suspended for five years, for bribing former Labor Minister Masakuni Murakami and Takao Koyama, former member of the House of Councillors.

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Koseki defends WBC atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Momo Koseki (R) delivers a punch to compatriot challenger Nao Ikeyama in the ninth round of their women's WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Koseki retained her title by a 3-0 decision. (Kyodo)

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Koseki defends WBC atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating her compatriot challenger Nao Ikeyama in the women's WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Koseki retained her title by a 3-0 decision. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Koseki defends women's atom weight title

Japanese champion Momo Koseki (L) delivers a punch to challenger Aisah Alico of the Philippines in the second round of their WBC women's atom weight title match in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2015. Koseki defended her title for the 15th time with a technical knockout in the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kitajima to retire

Former two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima (far L) congratulates his rival Yasuhiro Koseki (2nd from L) following their 200-meter breaststroke race at the national championships in Tokyo on April 8, 2016. Koseki won the title, securing a berth for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, while Kitajima announced his intention to retire after finishing fifth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kitajima to retire

Former two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima (L) congratulates his rival Yasuhiro Koseki following their 200-meter breaststroke race at the national championships in Tokyo on April 8, 2016. Koseki won the title, securing a berth for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, while Kitajima announced his intention to retire after finishing fifth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki wins world female 102-pound unification match

WBC atomweight champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating WBA light-minimumweight titlist Ayaka Miyao, both from Japan, in their world female 102-pound unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki won with a unanimous 3-0 decision, extending her defense to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki wins world female 102-pound unification match

WBC atomweight champion Momo Koseki (R) and WBA light-minimumweight titlist Ayaka Miyao, both from Japan, exchange punches during the first round of their world female 102-pound unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki won with a unanimous 3-0 decision, extending her defense to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki clocks fastest time to reach breaststroke final

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan swims in the men's 200-meter breaststroke semifinals at the world championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 6, 2015. Koseki had the fastest time among the 16 semifinalists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki captures 2nd national crown

Yasuhiro Koseki races in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on April 11, 2015. Koseki won and passed the event's qualifying standard for a spot in this summer's world championships in Kazan, Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Breaststroke icon Kitajima fails to qualify for worlds in 100

Japanese two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima (R) congratulates winner Yasuhiro Koseki (L) and runner-up Ryo Tateishi after finishing third in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on April 8, 2015. Koseki and Tateishi qualified for the world championships in Kazan, Russia, from July 24 to Aug. 9, while Kitajima failed to do so. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Breaststroke icon Kitajima fails to qualify for worlds in 100

Yasuhiro Koseki swims in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final at the national championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on April 8, 2015. He won the race, with two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima finishing third. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Koseki defends women's atom weight title

Japanese champion Momo Koseki (R) delivers a punch to challenger Aisah Alico of the Philippines in the second round of their WBC women's atom weight title match in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2015. Koseki defended her title for the 15th time with a technical knockout in the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Koseki defends women's atom weight title

Japanese champion Momo Koseki poses with her championship belt after beating challenger Aisah Alico of the Philippines in their WBC women's atom weight title match in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2015. Koseki defended her title for the 15th time with a technical knockout in the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Koseki defends women's atom weight title

Japanese champion Momo Koseki celebrates after her victory over challenger Aisah Alico of the Philippines in their WBC women's atom weight title match in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2015. Koseki defended her title for the 15th time with a technical knockout in the second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki unifies women's lightest boxing title after all-Japanese bout

WBC women's atomweight champion Momo Koseki (L) of Japan reacts after being announced the winner of a breathtaking 10-round title unification bout with WBA light minimumweight ruler and compatriot Ayaka Miyao in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki defended boxing's lightest-division title for the 16th time, the most in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki unifies women's world boxing title after all-Japanese bout

WBC women's atomweight champion Momo Koseki (L) of Japan throws a left to WBA light minimumweight ruler and compatriot Ayaka Miyao in the fourth and won a 10-round unanimous decision in their action-packed title unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. It was Koseki's 16th successful defense of boxing's lightest-weight title, the most in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki wins world female 102-pound unification match

WBC atomweight champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating WBA light-minimumweight titlist Ayaka Miyao, both from Japan, in their world female 102-pound unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki won with a unanimous 3-0 decision, extending her defense to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki defends WBC female atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Momo Koseki (L) of Japan skirts under the defenses of Shin Goo Joo of South Korea in the sixth round of the WBC female atomweight title match at Ariake Colosseum on March 27, 2010, to successfully defend her title for the fourth time with a unanimous decision. (Kyodo)

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Koseki to face S. Korea's Shin to defend title

TOKYO, Japan - Women's WBC atomweight title holder Momo Koseki (L) of Japan and South Korean challenger Shin Gun Joo pose for photographs after the signing ceremony for their title match at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March, 26, 2010, a day before the match at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Koseki wins 14th defense of WBC women's atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Momo Koseki of Japan (R) delivers a punch to Britain's Denise Castle during the fifth round of their WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2014. Koseki defeated Castle, the WBC's second-ranked fighter in the division, by technical knockout in the eighth round to defend her crown for the 14th time. (Kyodo)

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Japan finishes 4th in 4x100 medley relay at worlds with nat'l record

Members of Japan's 4x100-meter medley relay team -- (from far L clockwise) Ryosuke Irie, Yasuhiko Koseki, Yuki Kobori and Shinri Shioura -- meet with reporters on July 30, 2017, after finishing fourth at the world swimming championships in Budapest, where they set a national record of 3 minutes, 30.19 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sportswear maker Descente

Shuichi Koseki, president of Japanese sportswear maker Descente Ltd., speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 6, 2019. Descente sharply cut its profit outlook for the year to March 2020, hit by a widespread boycott of Japanese products in its mainstay South Korean market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Short-course world c'ships

Cameron van der Burgh (C) of South Africa poses with his gold medal after winning the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the swimming short-course world championships in Hangzhou, China, on Dec. 12, 2018, alongside silver medalist Ilya Shymanovich (L) of Belarus and bronze medalist Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Men's 100m breaststroke at Asian Games

Yasuhiro Koseki (C) of Japan poses after winning the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 22, 2018, alongside silver medalist Yan Zibei (R) of China and bronze medalist Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Koseki wins gold in the men's 100-meter breaststroke

Men's 100-meter breaststroke gold medalist Yasuhiro Koseki (C) poses along with silver medalist Yan Zibei (L) of China and bronze medalist Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan at the Asian Games medal ceremony in Jakarta on Aug. 22, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018: men's 200m breaststroke

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan swims in a men's 200-meter breaststroke preliminary race at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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WBC minimum flyweight match

Challenger Momo Koseki (R) of Japan lands a punch on the champion Yuko Kuroki during a women's WBC minimum flyweight match at Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium in Fukuoka on Dec. 17, 2017. Koseki snatched the title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Koseki at World Cup

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan swims to win the men's 50-meter breaststroke in a Japan short-course record of 26.06 seconds at the swimming World Cup on Nov. 15, 2017, at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki wins men's 50 breast at World Cup

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan wins the men's 50-meter breaststroke in a Japan short-course record of 26.06 seconds at the swimming World Cup on Nov. 15, 2017, at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki wins men's 100 breast at World Cup

Yasuhiro Koseki storms to victory in 56.49 seconds in the men's 100-meter breastroke final at the swimming World Cup on Nov. 14, 2017, at Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan finishes 4th in 4x100 medley relay at worlds with nat'l record

Members of Japan's 4x100-meter medley relay team -- (from R) Ryosuke Irie, Yasuhiko Koseki, Yuki Kobori and Shinri Shioura -- pose for photos on July 30, 2017, after finishing fourth at the world swimming championships in Budapest, where they set a national record of 3 minutes, 30.19 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Koseki wins silver, Watanabe bronze in 200m breaststroke

Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki (L) and Ippei Watanabe compete in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the world swimming championships in Budapest on July 28, 2017. Koseki and Watanabe won silver and bronze, respectively, behind Russia's Anton Chupkov. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Koseki wins silver, Watanabe bronze in 200m breaststroke

Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki (L) and Ippei Watanabe congratulate each other after competing in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the world swimming championships in Budapest on July 28, 2017. Koseki and Watanabe won silver and bronze, respectively, behind Russia's Anton Chupkov. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Chupkov wins gold in 200m breaststroke

Russia's Anton Chupkov (C) is flanked by Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki (L) and Ippei Watanabe after winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the world swimming championships in Budapest on July 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Koseki sets Japan record in 50m breaststroke

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan checks his time after competing in a men's 50-meter breaststroke semifinal at the world swimming championships in Budapest on July 25, 2017. While Koseki rewrote a Japanese record with 27.17 seconds, he failed to advance to the eight-man final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Koseki sets Japan record in 50m breaststroke

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan (C) competes in a men's 50-meter breaststroke semifinal at the world swimming championships in Budapest on July 25, 2017. While Koseki rewrote a Japanese record with 27.17 seconds, he failed to advance to the eight-man final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Japan gunning for more than 2 golds at world c'ships

Some members of the Japan swimming team -- (from front R clockwise) Yui Ohashi, Rikako Ikee, Suzuka Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Koseki, Daiya Seto, Kosuke Hagino, Masato Sakai and head coach Norimasa Hirai -- attend a press conference in Tokyo on April 17, 2017, ahead of the world championships in Budapest in July. Hirai said Japan will aim for at least three gold medals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan 5th in men's medley relay

(From L) Yasuhiro Koseki, Ryosuke Irie, Takuro Fujii and Katsumi Nakamura (in pool) of Japan react after the men's 4x100 medley relay final in the swimming competitions of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 13, 2016. The Japanese team finished fifth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan 5th in men's medley relay

(From L) Yasuhiro Koseki, Ryosuke Irie, Takuro Fujii and Katsumi Nakamura (in pool) of Japan react after the men's 4x100 medley relay final in the swimming competitions of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 13, 2016. The Japanese team finished fifth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan's medley relay team through to final

(From L) Japanese swimmers Takuro Fujii, Ryosuke Irie, Yasuhiro Koseki and Katsumi Nakamura (in pool) watch the scoreboard in a men's 4x100-meter medley relay heat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 12, 2016. The Japanese team qualified for the final with the third best time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki finishes 6th in men's 100-meter breaststroke

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan competes in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 7, 2016. Koseki finished sixth at 59.37 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Labor Minister Murakami released

TOKYO, Japan - Former Labor Minister Masakuni Murakami is released from a Tokyo detention facility after pleading not guilty in court July 2 to receiving 72 million yen in bribes from KSD, a mutual-aid foundation for small businesses, in return for asking a question in parliament to help KSD founder Tadao Koseki.