GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027 Press Conference One Year Before the Event. The photo shows, from left to right, the official mascot character “Tunk Tunk,” official ambassador Mana Ashida, Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka, Yoshinobu Tsutsui, President of the 2027 International Horticultural Exposition Association, Toshiro Ino, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Norikazu Suzuki, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Satoru Mizushima, Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, and the new official ambassadors, Yuzu (Yujin Kitagawa and Koji Iwasawa).=March 19,2026,Tokyo

GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027: Press Conference One Year Before the Event

GREEN×EXPO 2027 Press Conference One Year Before the Event. The photo shows, from left: the official mascot character “Tunk Tunk,” official ambassador Mana Ashida, new official ambassadors Yuzu (Yujin Kitagawa and Koji Iwasawa), and Yoshinobu Tsutsui, President of the 2027 International Horticultural Exposition Association.=March 19,2026,Tokyo

Venice - Red carpet film ?Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)? MP

Venice - Red carpet film ?Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)? MP

Mamoru Hosoda, Mana Ashida, Masaki Okada attend the "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/Abacapress.com

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Mana Ashida attends the "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/Abacapress.com

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Mana Ashida attends the "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/Abacapress.com

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Mana Ashida attends the "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/Abacapress.com

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Mana Ashida attends the "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/Abacapress.com

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Mana Ashida attends the "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/Abacapress.com

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Venice - Red carpet film "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" MP

Mana Ashida attends the "Hateshinaki Scarlet (Scarlet)" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/Abacapress.com

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

TOKYO, Japan - Mana Ashida (R) and Fuku Suzuki attend a press conference at head office of NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp., in Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2011, as the public broadcaster announced the lineup of performers for the 62nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen,'' year-end song festival, including the duo of Ashida and Suzuki. They are both 7 years old, making them the program's youngest ever performers, according to NHK.

New faces in Japan's 2011 year-end song festival

New faces in Japan's 2011 year-end song festival

TOKYO, Japan - Singers selected for the first time to perform at the 62nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen'' year-end song festival of NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp., pose for photos at the head office of NHK in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011, as the public broadcaster announced the lineup of performers for the program. They are (from L front) Fuku Suzuki and Mana Ashida and (from L back) Girls' Generation's SeoHyun, Jessica, YuRi, Tiffany, TaeYeon and SooYoung, Sayaka Kanda, KARA's GYU RI, HARA and NICOLE, and Inawashirokos' Michihiko Yanai, Toshimi Watanabe, who is holding a fan with member Takashi Yamaguchi's picture on it, and Shinji Matsuda. Solo singer Ringo Sheena, who will also appear for the first time on the show, was not present for the photo.

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

TOKYO, Japan - Mana Ashida (R) and Fuku Suzuki attend a press conference at head office of NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp., in Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2011, as the public broadcaster announced the lineup of performers for the 62nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen,'' year-end song festival, including the duo of Ashida and Suzuki. They are both 7 years old, making them the program's youngest ever performers, according to NHK.

S. Korean actor Lee 'Best Actor in Asia'

S. Korean actor Lee 'Best Actor in Asia'

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun holds Japanese child actress Mana Ashida during a ceremony where he received the ''Best Actor in Asia'' award in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2010. Lee starred in the 2009 South Korean espionage television drama series ''IRIS.''

New faces in Japan's 2011 year-end song festival

New faces in Japan's 2011 year-end song festival

TOKYO, Japan - Singers selected for the first time to perform at the 62nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen'' year-end song festival of NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp., pose for photos at the head office of NHK in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011, as the public broadcaster announced the lineup of performers for the program. They are (from L front) Fuku Suzuki and Mana Ashida and (from L back) Girls' Generation's SeoHyun, Jessica, YuRi, Tiffany, TaeYeon and SooYoung, Sayaka Kanda, KARA's GYU RI, HARA and NICOLE, and Inawashirokos' Michihiko Yanai, Toshimi Watanabe, who is holding a fan with member Takashi Yamaguchi's picture on it, and Shinji Matsuda. Solo singer Ringo Sheena, who will also appear for the first time on the show, was not present for the photo. (Kyodo)

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

TOKYO, Japan - Mana Ashida (R) and Fuku Suzuki attend a press conference at head office of NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp., in Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2011, as the public broadcaster announced the lineup of performers for the 62nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen,'' year-end song festival, including the duo of Ashida and Suzuki. They are both 7 years old, making them the program's youngest ever performers, according to NHK. (Kyodo)

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

7-year-old duo to perform in Japan's year-end song festival

TOKYO, Japan - Mana Ashida (R) and Fuku Suzuki attend a press conference at head office of NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp., in Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2011, as the public broadcaster announced the lineup of performers for the 62nd ''Kohaku Uta Gassen,'' year-end song festival, including the duo of Ashida and Suzuki. They are both 7 years old, making them the program's youngest ever performers, according to NHK. (Kyodo)

S. Korean actor Lee 'Best Actor in Asia'

S. Korean actor Lee 'Best Actor in Asia'

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun holds Japanese child actress Mana Ashida during a ceremony where he received the ''Best Actor in Asia'' award in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2010. Lee starred in the 2009 South Korean espionage television drama series ''IRIS.'' (Kyodo)