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Princess Kako visits Kyoto guesthouse

Japanese Princess Kako is briefed about a kimono on display from Kunihiko Moriguchi, living national treasure for his mastery of "yuzen" resist dyeing technique, during a visit to a guesthouse operated by Panasonic Holdings Corp. in Kyoto on Oct. 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Seeds from atomic bomb-exposed tree

Kunihiko Sakuma (R), head of an association for Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors' groups, hands ginkgo seeds taken from a tree that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima to an official at the Botanical Garden in Oslo on Dec. 9, 2024, ahead of the award ceremony the following day for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The seeds from the over 200-year-old tree, located about 1.4 kilometers away from Ground Zero, were donated to the botanical garden administered by the University of Oslo at the request of Oslo city, made after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, won the prize in October. (Pool photo)

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Seeds from atomic bomb-exposed tree planted in Oslo

Kunihiko Sakuma (C), head of an association for Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors' groups, plants ginkgo seeds taken from a tree that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Botanical Garden in Oslo on Dec. 9, 2024, ahead of the award ceremony the following day for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The seeds from the over 200-year-old tree, located about 1.4 kilometers away from Ground Zero, were donated to the botanical garden administered by the University of Oslo at the request of Oslo city, made after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, won the prize in October. (Pool photo)

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J. Front starts operations as Japan's top department store group

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Okuda (L), former chairman of Daimaru Inc., poses with Kunihiko Okada, former chairman of Matsuzakaya Holdings Co., at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after the two companies merged into a holding company, J. Front Retailing Co. Okuda became president and chief executive officer of J. Front, while Kunihiko Okada assumed the post of chairman in the new company.

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Volcanic risks may be reviewed at nuke power plant: official

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, outgoing commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, says in an interview in August 2014 that the NRA may review its assessment of volcanic eruption risks surrounding Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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A-bomb victim in Brazil speaks to high school students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kunihiko Bonkohara (R), vice president of the Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, speaks to students at a high school in Sao Paulo on July 21, 2014, about his exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, western Japan, in 1945.

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A-bomb survivor reports on NY activities in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kunihiko Sakuma (R), an atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima, reports at a press conference in Hiroshima on May 13, 2014 on the activities he undertook during a recent visit to New York to campaign against nuclear weapons. He attended the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York.

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NRA commissioner's seabed inspection

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (L) heads to board a fishing boat in Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture on May 13, 2014, for a seabed inspection.

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NRA's Shimazaki inspects Shimokita Peninsula

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (L) is briefed about an observation ship's recording device for underground structure assessment in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on May 12, 2014, during his inspection of sites for underground structure investigation on Shimokita Peninsula conducted by the secretariat of the authority.

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NRA's Shimazaki inspects Shimokita Peninsula

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (R) aboard an observation ship is briefed about equipment for underground structure assessment in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on May 12, 2014, during his inspection of sites for underground structure investigation on Shimokita Peninsula conducted by the secretariat of the authority.

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Faults at Higashidori nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. A panel of experts led by Shimazaki agreed the same day that geologic faults under Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori atomic power plant in Aomori Prefecture are likely to be active, rejecting earlier arguments by the utility.

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Restart of Tsuruga plant appears difficult

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear expert Kunihiko Shimazaki holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2012. A team of experts, led by Shimazaki, under Japan's nuclear regulatory authority agreed the same day that a fault running underneath a nuclear reactor at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant is likely to be active, an assessment that makes the plant's resumption difficult.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (far L), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and other experts from the nuclear regulatory body check samples from boring at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as they started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, checks samples from boring at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as the team from the nuclear regulatory body started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (R facing), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as a field survey began to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Study on fault at Oi nuclear plant

OI, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (2nd from L, back), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and other experts of its investigation team are briefed at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power station in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012, on a fault running underneath the station. The NRA conducted an investigation to check whether the disputed fault should be viewed as active.

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Study on fault at Oi nuclear plant

OI, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, puts a question to Kansai Electric Power Co. at its Oi nuclear power station in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012. The NRA conducted an investigation to check whether a disputed fault running underneath the plant should be viewed as active.

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New nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - The members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority -- (from L) Kenzo Oshima, Toyoshi Fuketa, Shunichi Tanaka, chairman, Kunihiko Shimazaki and Kayoko Nakamura -- attend an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Saito, a former vice foreign minister, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. The retired top bureaucrat of the ministry denied he had been briefed on the matter by his predecessor.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Sitting behind Togo are (from L) former lower house member Hajime Morita, former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama and former vice foreign minister Kunihiko Saito.

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Aeon, Suntory to launch 100-yen beer-like drink in July

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Hisaki, an executive of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co., shows off cans of private brand beer-like drinks, which were co-developed with Suntory Liquors Ltd., during a press conference in Tokyo on June 29. Aeon, the operator of Jusco and MaxValu supermarket stores, will sell the drink for 100 yen, about 20 percent lower than similar drinks produced by major brewers.

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JVC, Kenwood announce Oct. 1 merger

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hidetoshi Yoshida, an executive of Victor Co. of Japan Ltd., Victor President Kunihiko Sato, Kenwood Corp. Chairman Haruo Kawahara and Kenwood President Kazuo Shiohata join hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 12 after the two companies announced they will merge under a joint holding company called JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc. on Oct. 1, aiming to enhance their competitive edge in the consumer electronics market.

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JVC to ally with Kenwood to rebuild electronics business

TOKYO, Japan - Sparx Group Co. President Shuhei Abe, Kenwood Chairman Haruo Kawahara, Victor Co. of Japan President Kunihiko Sato and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. President Fumio Otsubo (From L to R) shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on July 24 after the four companies announced that JVC will form a capital and business tie-up with Kenwood in an attempt to rehabilitate its consumer electronics business. Sparx, an asset management firm, is Kenwood's leading shareholder, and JVC was a Matsushita subsidiary.

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JVC to have president not from Matsushita for 1st time in 13 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Victor Co. of Japan Managing Director Kunihiko Sato (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30 following his promotion to the presidency. He will be the company's first president in 13 years who is not from its parent Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Seated to the left is incumbent President Masahiko Terada, who will become a special adviser.

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Daimaru, Matsuzakaya to merge in Sept. to be top dept. store

NAGOYA, Japan - Kunihiko Okada (R), chairman of Matsuzakaya Holdings Co., and Ryoichi Yamamoto, president of Daimaru Inc., shake hands for photos at the Nagoya Stock Exchange in Nagoya on March 14 after the end of their joint press conference. They announced the two companies will integrate under a joint holding company in September to become Japan's biggest department store group.

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka hold a joint press conference in a Tokyo hotel to announce an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene.

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel after announcing an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene.

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Aeon to resume business with Sharp

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. executive Kunihiko Hisaki (front) tells reporters in Tokyo on June 11 the company has decided to resume business with Sharp Corp., the day after the major retailer announced it would suspend transactions with the electronics firm in protest at Sharp's filing a lawsuit to seek a ban on sales of Taiwanese liquid crystal display televisions, which the company claims violate Sharp patents. The TVs are sold by Aeon.

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Kanebo Cosmetics inaugurated to face harsh competition

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Yogo, who will assume the posts of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.'s chairman and chief executive officer, and Keiji Chishiki, who assumed the presidency of the company, shake hands at the start of the new company on May 7 as a spinoff from ailing cosmetics maker Kanebo Ltd. for which the state-run Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan came to the rescue in March. Yogo is currently executive officer of IRCJ.

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(2)Japan, Iran finalize Azadegan oil development deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Kunihiko Matsuo (L, front), president of INPEX Corp. of Japan, and Seyed Mehdi Mirmoezi (C, front), general manager of National Iranian Oil Company, sign a final agreement in Tehran on Feb. 18 on an oil development project in Azadegan, southwestern Iran.

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(1)Japan, Iran finalize Azadegan oil development deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Kunihiko Matsuo (L), president of INPEX Corp. of Japan, and Seyed Mehdi Mirmoezi, general manager of National Iranian Oil Company, smile in Tehran on Feb. 18 after signing a final agreement on Feb. 18 on an oil development project in Azadegan, southwestern Iran.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea policies begin in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) James Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, Kunihiko Makita, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Yim Sung Joon, South Korean deputy minister for foreign affairs, pose for picture in Tokyo on Sept. 6 before they begin trilateral talks to coordinate their policies toward North Korea.

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Saito apologizes for scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Saito (L), outgoing head of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), holds a news conference Sept. 3 in Tokyo, together with his successor Takao Kawakami. Saito apologized for the scandal in which a Foreign Ministry official is charged with defrauding the public out of more than 500 million yen in discretionary government funds. Saito was vice foreign minister at the time the embezzlement took place.

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Tanaka agrees to Koizumi's plan to sack envoy

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (upper row from L to R) Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima and Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai, (lower row from L to R) Japan International Cooperation Agency head Kunihiko Saito and Ambassador to Britain Sadayuki Hayashi whom Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to replace after a feud with Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, a government source said August 2.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea begin in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Yim Sung Joon (L), South Korean deputy foreign minister, James Kelly (C), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Kunihiko Makita (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Ministry of Japan, shake hands at the start of talks on North Korea in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 26.

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S. Korea, Japan, U.S. agree on policy coordination on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kunihiko Makita (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Yim Sung Joon (C), and Thomas Hubbard, U.S. acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, join hands before their trilateral talks in a hotel in Seoul on March 26. They agreed to maintain close consultation and coordination of policy on North Korea.

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Matsuzakaya head announces closure of Yokkaichi outlet

NAGOYA, Japan - Kunihiko Okada (R), president of department store operator Matsuzakaya Co., tells reporters in Nagoya on Jan. 30 that the company will close its loss-making outlet in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31. The Yokkaichi store, which opened in 1991, incurred a cumulative 18.8 billion yen loss in the 1999 business year.

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NPT review conference opens in New York

Kunihiko Sakuma (2nd from front), a 77-year-old survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima who heads a group of A-bomb sufferers, listens to a speech given by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Aug. 1, 2022.

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka hold a joint press conference in a Tokyo hotel to announce an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene. (Kyodo)

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Daimaru, Matsuzakaya to merge in Sept. to be top dept. store

NAGOYA, Japan - Kunihiko Okada (R), chairman of Matsuzakaya Holdings Co., and Ryoichi Yamamoto, president of Daimaru Inc., shake hands for photos at the Nagoya Stock Exchange in Nagoya on March 14 after the end of their joint press conference. They announced the two companies will integrate under a joint holding company in September to become Japan's biggest department store group. (Kyodo)

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JVC to have president not from Matsushita for 1st time in 13 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Victor Co. of Japan Managing Director Kunihiko Sato (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30 following his promotion to the presidency. He will be the company's first president in 13 years who is not from its parent Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Seated to the left is incumbent President Masahiko Terada, who will become a special adviser. (Kyodo)

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JVC to ally with Kenwood to rebuild electronics business

TOKYO, Japan - Sparx Group Co. President Shuhei Abe, Kenwood Chairman Haruo Kawahara, Victor Co. of Japan President Kunihiko Sato and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. President Fumio Otsubo (From L to R) shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on July 24 after the four companies announced that JVC will form a capital and business tie-up with Kenwood in an attempt to rehabilitate its consumer electronics business. Sparx, an asset management firm, is Kenwood's leading shareholder, and JVC was a Matsushita subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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J. Front starts operations as Japan's top department store group

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Okuda (L), former chairman of Daimaru Inc., poses with Kunihiko Okada, former chairman of Matsuzakaya Holdings Co., at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after the two companies merged into a holding company, J. Front Retailing Co. Okuda became president and chief executive officer of J. Front, while Kunihiko Okada assumed the post of chairman in the new company. (Kyodo)

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JVC, Kenwood announce Oct. 1 merger

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hidetoshi Yoshida, an executive of Victor Co. of Japan Ltd., Victor President Kunihiko Sato, Kenwood Corp. Chairman Haruo Kawahara and Kenwood President Kazuo Shiohata join hands at a Tokyo hotel on May 12 after the two companies announced they will merge under a joint holding company called JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc. on Oct. 1, aiming to enhance their competitive edge in the consumer electronics market. (Kyodo)

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Inpex, Teikoku Oil to integrate operations next April

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Inpex Corp. President Naoki Kuroda, Chiarman Kunihiko Matsuo and Teikoku Oil Co. Chairman Akira Isono and President Masatoshi Sugioka pose at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel after announcing an agreement to integrate their operations in April 2006 under a joint holding company and completely merge in June 2008 in a bid to survive cutthroat competition on the global scene. (Kyodo)

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Makita named ambassador to Singapore

TOKYO, Japan - Three new ambassadors appointed by the Foreign Ministry on Oct. 16. (From L to R) Kunihiko Makita, former Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director General named as ambassador to Singapore, Jiro Hagi, a Defense Agency bureaucrat, as ambassador to Oman, and Hajime Sasaki, consul general in Curitiba, Brazil, as ambassador to Bolivia.

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Pokemon Heroes; Pokemon 5 (2008)

Pikachu, Latios & Latias Characters: Pikachu,Latios & Latias Film: Pokemon Heroes; Pokemon 5: The Movie (Gekijo-ban poketto monsutaa: Mizu no Miyako no Mamori Gami Ratiasu to Ratiosu) Jp 2002, Regie: Jim Malone & Kunihiko Yuyama , Director: Jim Malone & Kunihiko Yuyama 13 July 2008 Date: 13 July 2008