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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the wall of a community center in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the wall of a community center in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy, known in Japanese as Dekopin, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the outside wall of a hair salon in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy, known in Japanese as Dekopin, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the outside wall of a hair salon in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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World Athletics Championships - Tokyo

Gold medalist Juleisy Angulo (C) of Ecuador, silver medalist Anete Sietina (L) of Latvia and bronze medalist Mackenzie Little of Australia pose for a selfie during the women's javelin throw awarding ceremony at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 21, 2025. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Championships - Tokyo

Gold medalist Juleisy Angulo (C) of Ecuador, silver medalist Anete Sietina (L) of Latvia and bronze medalist Mackenzie Little of Australia pose during the women's javelin throw awarding ceremony at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 21, 2025. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Championships - Tokyo

Bronze medalist Mackenzie Little of Australia poses during the women's javelin throw awarding ceremony at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 21, 2025. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Championship 2025 - Toky

Anete Sietina (R) of Latvia and Mackenzie Little of Australia celebrate after the women's javelin throw final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 20, 2025. Photo by Song Yanhua /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Championship 2025 - Toky

Juleisy Angulo (C) of Ecuador, Anete Sietina (L) of Latvia and Mackenzie Little of Australia pose for photos after the women's javelin throw final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 20, 2025. Photo by Song Yanhua /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025

Juleisy Angulo (C) of Ecuador poses with her gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women's javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2025, alongside silver medalist Anete Sietina (L) of Latvia and bronze medalist Mackenzie Little of Australia.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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US: Dodgers Fans Celebrate World Series Title Across Los Angeles 3

Dodgers fans celebrated on the streets across Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 30, after their World Series victory against New York Yankees.

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Huge Ohtani mural in Los Angeles

A 45-meter-tall giant mural of two-way star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is unveiled on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, on March 27, 2024.

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Japan remains largely masked up on 1st day of eased COVID rules

Japan's easing of coronavirus guidelines on mask-wearing had little apparent effect on Monday, with many people still opting to stick with the habit that has been entrenched for the past three years amid the pandemic. Passengers step into a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station on March 13, 2023, while wearing face masks despite Japan on the same day easing its COVID-19 guidelines on mask-wearing.

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Abe with young baseball players

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 11 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe takes a swing in a meeting with members of the Tokyo Kitasuna baseball team at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2017. The baseball team visited Abe after winning the Little League World Series title in August.

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"Mochi Ice Cream" maker Mikawaya store in L.A.'s Little Tokyo

LOS ANGELES, July 13 Kyodo - Photo taken on July 8, 2015, shows a store of Mochi (rice cake) Ice Cream maker Mikawaya in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The 105-year-old confectionary producer has been bought by U.S. investment company Century Park Capital Partners.

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Abe remembers Japanese-Americans at L.A. monument, museum

LOS ANGELES, May 2 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie lay a wreath in front of the Go For Broke Monument with the names of more than 16,000 American soldiers of Japanese descent inscribed on it in the Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles on May 1, 2015.

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Chinese version of Japanese children's tale published

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuyuki Shiraishi, head of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd.'s subsidiary in Beijing, speaks during an event in the Chinese capital on Jan. 10, 2015, to release the Chinese translation of "The Little Girl at the Window," a best-selling children's book written by Japanese TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.

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Ferrer dumped out of Japan Open in 1st round

TOKYO, Japan - Spanish second seed David Ferrer (R) shakes hands with compatriot Marcel Granollers after their first-round match in the Japan Open in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2014. Ferrer took the first set at Ariake Colosseum but unseeded Granollers hit back to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a little over two hours to claim his first victory in six meetings against Ferrer.

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Giving 'little gifts' a fad among young people

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer at Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.'s "100% Chocolate Cafe" in Tokyo holds a set of chocolates to be sold chiefly as "little gifts" on Sept. 4, 2014. Many confectionary companies are developing their own goodies as today's young people often give small presents to their bosses, colleagues, etc. irrespective of the season.

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Univ. of Tokyo assistant professor publishes book on eels

TOKYO, Japan - Mari Kuroki, an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, holds her picture book titled "Japanese Eel called U-chan" in Tokyo in this undated photo. The book depicts the life of an eel, whose mode of life is little known despite the fear of its extinction, in a way even elementary school children can understand.

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Japan teenage girls' soccer team celebrates championship

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Little Nadeshiko, champions of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Costa Rica earlier this year, pose at a celebration party in Tokyo on July 28, 2014.

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Japanese animation series "Doraemon" hits screen in U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - "Doraemon," a popular long-running Japanese animation series, is shown at a theater in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles on July 5, 2014, on the eve of its official TV debut in the United States.

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Japanese animation series "Doraemon" hits screen in U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Children flock around an adult-size doll of "Doraemon," a character in the popular long-running namesake Japanese animation series, at a theater in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles on July 5, 2014, on the eve of its official TV debut in the United States.

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Scale model of 'Totto-chan's Square' displayed

TOKYO, Japan - A scale model of "Totto-chan's Square" is displayed in Tokyo on May 22, 2014, ahead of its planned construction at the Chihiro Art Museum featuring illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. "Totto-chan" is a lead character in "The Little Girl at the Window" authored by actress and TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagai, who also is director of the museum.

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Actress, director show scale model of 'Totto-chan's Square'

TOKYO, Japan - Actress and TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (2nd from R) and movie director Yoji Yamada (2nd from L) stand before a scale model of "Totto-chan's Square" in Tokyo on May 22, 2014. The square is to be built at the Chihiro Art Museum featuring illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki in Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. "Totto-chan" is a lead character in "The Little Girl at the Window" authored by Kuroyanagai, who also is director of the museum.

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Monk attracts younger generations to Buddhism

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 8, 2014 shows Gashin Tomomitsu, a Buddhist monk who has organized unique spiritual and cultural events over the past four years, attracting young people who have little contact with religion in their daily lives.

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Anpanman creator Yanase dies

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A little girl waves at Anpanman before leaving the Anpanman museum in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 15, 2013. Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman, a character from one of the most popular Japanese anime cartoon series for young children, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 13 aged 94.

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U.S. envoy says no plan for talks with N. Korea now

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy. Davies said in an event in Washington on June 14, 2013, there is no plan for bilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear programs for now and that relations between the two countries would make little progress without improvement in dialogues between South and North Koreas.

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Central Tokyo veiled in haze

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on the morning of Dec. 18, 2012, shows Tokyo Skytree veiled in a haze. The central part of the Japanese capital was blanketed in a haze resulting from higher humidity levels following rain the previous day, cold temperatures and very little breeze.

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Central Tokyo veiled in haze

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on the morning of Dec. 18, 2012, shows an area in central Tokyo veiled in a haze. Tokyo Dome can be seen at the lower left. The central part of the Japanese capital was blanketed in a haze resulting from higher humidity levels following rain the previous day, cold temperatures and very little breeze.

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Central Tokyo veiled in haze

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on the morning of Dec. 18, 2012, shows Tokyo Tower veiled in a haze. The Diet building can be seen at the bottom. The central part of the Japanese capital was blanketed in a haze resulting from higher humidity levels following rain the previous day, cold temperatures and very little breeze.

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Masanori Fujimura (R), head of an investment consulting firm, looks at a model of an apartment building for Japanese customers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Masanori Fujimura, head of an investment consulting firm, points to the site on April 16, 2012, where plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Photo shows homes for wealthy people in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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More Japanese eye S.E. Asia as place to live

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Photo shows a show home for wealthy people in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on April 16, 2012. Plans are under way to develop a ''Little Tokyo'' in the center of Johor Bahru, which is adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.

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Knuckleball pitcher Baker

TOKYO, Japan - Chelsea Baker, a 14-year-old pitcher in the U.S. Little League known for her knuckleball, poses in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on March 7, 2012, during her first visit to Japan.

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Little league world champions team member Takada

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ryo Takada, Japanese pitcher/outfielder of American team West, the little league world champions, in Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. His team, which represented California in the 2011 Little League Baseball World Series held in late August in Pennsylvania, beat Japan 2-1 to claim the title on Aug. 28, 2011.

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Japan thanks Southern California for disaster aid

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japanese Consul General in Los Angeles Junichi Ihara speaks during a reception in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles on Sept. 7, 2011. He expressed gratitude to Southern California for its support following the March 11 quake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.

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Summer holiday exodus from Japan

NARITA, Japan - Little girls sit on a suitcase trolley at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 13, 2011. The annual rush of summer vacationers heading overseas peaked at Japan's major airports the same day, with the estimated number of holidaymakers down from last year in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan disaster photos exhibited in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photographs featuring the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, supplied by the daily newspaper Kahoku Shimpo based in disaster-hit Sendai, are shown to the media in Los Angeles on July 13, 2011. The photos are part of Little Tokyo Design Week in the downtown area of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. The four-day event opened on July 14, 2011.

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Message of support from Houston

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa speaks in a teleconference from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, on a television screen at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tokyo office on March 22, 2011. Furukawa, who is slated to launch a five-and-a-half-month-long mission at the International Space Station in May, sent a message of support for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, saying, ''I want children in Tohoku (northeastern Japan) to know that if you make efforts little by little, things will be better tomorrow than today, and better the day after tomorrow than tomorrow, and those efforts will accumulate and become a big power.''

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Commemorating Japan quake victims in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, United States - A ceremony is held in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles on March 17, 2011, to commemorate the victims of the devastating quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan on March 11.

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Aeon to sell plastic bottled Beaujolais wine at 980 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2009, in Tokyo shows Beaujolais Nouveau wines which Supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. will release nationwide on Nov. 19 in 750 milliliter plastic bottles for as little as 980 yen each at Jusco and other outlets to attract thrifty consumers.

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Cherry blossom queens pay courtesy call on Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. cherry blossom queen Emily Little (L) and Japanese cherry blossom queen Megumi Yoshida (R) pay a courtesy call on Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at his office in Tokyo on May 23.

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Rothlin wins Tokyo Marathon, Japan's Fujiwara 2nd

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's little-known Arata Fujiwara has a surprise runner-up finish in 2:08:40 at the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 17. He emerged as a strong candidate to be considered for a spot in this summer's Beijing Olympics

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New Otani hotel closes its business in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, United States - The New Otani Hotel & Garden in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles will close its business Nov. 30, ending its 30-year history of serving the city's Japanese community, after being bought out by an American company.