Baseball proponents vow to reinstate sport as Olympic game

Baseball proponents vow to reinstate sport as Olympic game

TOKYO, Japan - Some participants in Olympic baseball games in the past 30 years vow to make efforts to reinstate baseball as an official Olympic event in a talk show at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014. The event, held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Japan's win in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as a demonstration event, was joined by (from L) former player Katsumi Hirosawa, and former managers Masatake Yamanaka, Reiichi Matsunaga, Yoshinobu Suzuki, Katsuji Kawashima and Kozo Otagaki.

Japan's Paralympics medalists at Sochi

Japan's Paralympics medalists at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese medalists at the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games - (from L) alpine skiers Taiki Morii, Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano, and biathlon and cross-country skier Kozo Kubo - pose with their medals on March 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

Japan pitches technology in bid to host soccer World Cup

Japan pitches technology in bid to host soccer World Cup

ZURICH, Switzerland - Members of Japan's 2022 World Cup bid committee pose for photos as they make their final presentation, pitching the use of cutting-edge technology to host the tournament, in Zurich, Switzerland, on Dec. 1, 2010. They are (From L to R) Japan Football Association general secretary Kozo Tashima, 8-year-old actress Rio Sasaki, senior vice sports minister Kan Suzuki, bid committee chief and FIFA board member Junji Ogura and Sony Corp. Chairman and President Howard Stringer.

Japanese woman dies in bus accident in China

Japanese woman dies in bus accident in China

OSAKA, Japan - Kozo Suzuki (R), president of JTB Western Japan Corp., speaks to the media in Osaka late Dec. 28 after a sightseeing bus carrying a JTB Western Japan tourist group overturned in Yunnan, China, killing a 78-year-old Japanese woman and injuring more than 10 other fellow travelers.

Cuba dashes Japan's dream of baseball gold

Cuba dashes Japan's dream of baseball gold

SYDNEY, Australia - Pitcher Tomohiro Kuroki (L) is pepped up by his manager Kozo Otagaki and catcher Fumihiro Suzuki in the bottom of the sixth inning of the semifinal game against Cuba at Sydney Baseball Stadium on Sept. 26. Japan's dream of an Olympic gold medal was dashed as it lost to double gold medallists Cuba 3-0.

Cuba dashes Japan's dream of baseball gold

Cuba dashes Japan's dream of baseball gold

SYDNEY, Australia - Pitcher Tomohiro Kuroki (L) is pepped up by his manager Kozo Otagaki and catcher Fumihiro Suzuki in the bottom of the sixth inning of the semifinal game against Cuba at Sydney Baseball Stadium on Sept. 26. Japan's dream of an Olympic gold medal was dashed as it lost to double gold medallists Cuba 3-0.

Japanese woman dies in bus accident in China

Japanese woman dies in bus accident in China

OSAKA, Japan - Kozo Suzuki (R), president of JTB Western Japan Corp., speaks to the media in Osaka late Dec. 28 after a sightseeing bus carrying a JTB Western Japan tourist group overturned in Yunnan, China, killing a 78-year-old Japanese woman and injuring more than 10 other fellow travelers. (Kyodo)

Japan pitches technology in bid to host soccer World Cup

Japan pitches technology in bid to host soccer World Cup

ZURICH, Switzerland - Members of Japan's 2022 World Cup bid committee pose for photos as they make their final presentation, pitching the use of cutting-edge technology to host the tournament, in Zurich, Switzerland, on Dec. 1, 2010. They are (From L to R) Japan Football Association general secretary Kozo Tashima, 8-year-old actress Rio Sasaki, senior vice sports minister Kan Suzuki, bid committee chief and FIFA board member Junji Ogura and Sony Corp. Chairman and President Howard Stringer. (Kyodo)