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Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume dies at 81

Renowned Japanese TV personality Hiroshi Kume (C), known for hosting "The Best Ten" music show between 1978 and 1985, and anchoring the "News Station" news show between 1985 and 2004, receives "the best dressed eyes" award in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2004. Kume died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, 2026, aged 81.

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Youkilis joins spring training of Rakuten Eagles

KUME ISLAND, Japan - Three-time American League all-star Kevin Youkilis autographs a ball for a fan outside a baseball stadium in Kume Island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 8, 2014, where he joined spring training with Japan's Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles.

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Youkilis joins spring training of Rakuten Eagles

KUME ISLAND, Japan - Three-time American League all-star Kevin Youkilis (C) smiles as he joins spring training with Japan's Pacific League baseball club Rukuten Eagles at a baseball stadium in Kume Island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 8, 2014.

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P3C surveillance planes' drill off Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Two P3C Orion surveillance planes operated by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fly over the sea off Kume Island in the Japanese southernmost prefecture of Okinawa for training on Jan. 8, 2014. The drill, the first of this year, was open to the media and three P3Cs took part.

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Emperor in Okinawa

KUMEJIMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Okinawa Prefectural Deep Sea Water Research Center in Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2012.

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Baseball spring training

KUMEJIMA, Japan - Members of Rakuten Eagles including manager Senichi Hoshino (C, front) pose for photos in the town of Kumejima on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb.1, 2011, the opening day of their spring training.

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Anti-nuclear power scientist Kume dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Sanshiro Kume (file photo), an outspoken anti-nuclear power plant scientist, died of heart failure on Sept. 2. He was 83. Specializing in radiochemistry, Kume served as an advisor to residents who filed a lawsuit seeking to revoke a state permit for construction of the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture.

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Arrest warrant issued for N. Korean over abduction

TOKYO, Japan - The Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 8 obtained an arrest warrant for Kim Se Ho, a 74-year-old North Korean agent on suspicion of abducting Yutaka Kume (file photo), a Japanese national believed to have been taken to North Korea in 1977.

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Yutaka Kume's whereabouts unknown

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yutaka Kume, who went missing on the Sea of Japan coast in September 1977. North Korea told Japan on Sept. 17 it has failed to confirm his whereabouts.

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German industry official gets top Japanese honor

BERLIN, Germany - Hans Olaf Henkel (L), former chairman of the Federation of German Industries, poses with Japanese Ambassador to Germany Kunisada Kume on Jan. 15 before receiving the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasures, one of Japan's highest decorations, for his contribution to the development of economic cooperation between Japan and Germany.

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640-meter underwater cave, Japan's largest, found in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - An Okinawa diver says he has found a mammoth underwater stalactite cave, believed to be the biggest discovered so far in Japan, near the Manzamo resort in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture. The cave consists of a labyrinth of passageways about 640 meters in length, 150 meters longer than another Okinawa underwater cave, the 490-meter-long Hidenchigama cave off Kume Island. Photo was provided by Marine Dome, a diving shop run by he diver, Toshiaki Hirobe. (Kyodo)

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Arrest warrant issued for N. Korean over abduction

TOKYO, Japan - The Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 8 obtained an arrest warrant for Kim Se Ho, a 74-year-old North Korean agent on suspicion of abducting Yutaka Kume (file photo), a Japanese national believed to have been taken to North Korea in 1977. (Kyodo)

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Yutaka Kume's whereabouts unknown

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yutaka Kume, who went missing on the Sea of Japan coast in September 1977. North Korea told Japan on Sept. 17 it has failed to confirm his whereabouts. (Kyodo)

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Sale field

In Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture, Mr. Shinichi Nakayama has been protecting the traditional Iruhama method of salt production for 50 years. 　 <Caption> Mr. Shinichi Nakayama, who has been making salt using the old Iruhama method; scenery of the salt fields and people working in the salt town of Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture; a statue of Michitaka Kume Eizaemon; Mr. Shinichi Nakayama taking care of his dog while naked; Mr. Shinichi Nakayama wearing a necktie at a meeting to build a shrine at the city hall; a father and son preserving the traditional salt making method; Mr. Nakayama and his son working all day from early in the morning. Mr. Nakayama and his son working all day from early in the morning, making an effort to produce good quality salt. Date of shooting unknown, release date: September 4, 1964.

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New Grampus coach Ogura seeking winning mentality

Takafumi Ogura (C), new coach and general manager of J-League soccer club Nagoya Grampus, shakes hands with club president Kazumasa Kume (L) and chairman Akio Toyoda in Nagoya on Nov. 25, 2015. Ogura vowed at a press conference to restore his old club's winning ways. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota Motor chief becomes chairman of Nagoya Grampus soccer team

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L), chairman of Nagoya Grampus, and Kazumasa Kume, president of the Japanese profession football club, pose after a press conference held in Nagoya, central Japan, on April 16, 2015, to announce the assumption of their new team posts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-nuclear power scientist Kume dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Sanshiro Kume (file photo), an outspoken anti-nuclear power plant scientist, died of heart failure on Sept. 2. He was 83. Specializing in radiochemistry, Kume served as an advisor to residents who filed a lawsuit seeking to revoke a state permit for construction of the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Baseball spring training

KUMEJIMA, Japan - Members of Rakuten Eagles including manager Senichi Hoshino (C, front) pose for photos in the town of Kumejima on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb.1, 2011, the opening day of their spring training. (Kyodo)

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Winner of National Geographic photo contest

Japanese photographer Reiko Takahashi holds her prize-winning photo in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2018. The photo capturing the tail of a young humpback whale swimming near Kume Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, won the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Grand Prize. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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German industry official gets top Japanese honor

BERLIN, Germany - Hans Olaf Henkel (L), former chairman of the Federation of German Industries, poses with Japanese Ambassador to Germany Kunisada Kume on Jan. 15 before receiving the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasures, one of Japan's highest decorations, for his contribution to the development of economic cooperation between Japan and Germany.