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Paris Olympics: Rugby sevens

Takamasa Maruo of Japan is tackled by South African players in the second half of a Paris Olympic men's rugby sevens Pool A match on July 25, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Paris 2024 - Rugby Sevens - Japan v Ireland

Team Japan forward Takamasa Maruo (10) during the Rugby Sevens men’s Pool C match between Japan and Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on July 24, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-RUGBY SEVENS (CN)

(230926) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Luda (L, top) of China competes against Maruo Takamasa (R, top) of Japan during the Men's Bronze Medal Match of Rugby Sevens between China and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

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Japan Basketball Association leaders to resign over sanctions

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Maruo, the Japan Basketball Association's acting chairman, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 3, 2014, after the JBA's directors decided earlier in the day to resign following the International Basketball Federation's decision to ban Japan from international competition for the JBA's failure to merge its two competing leagues.

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JBA acting chief apologizes after failed merger results

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Maruo, acting president of the Japan Basketball Association, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014, a day after the JBA was banned indefinitely from playing in competitions sanctioned by the sport's world governing body FIBA.

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JBA acting chief apologizes after failed merger results

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Maruo, acting president of the Japan Basketball Association, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014, a day after the JBA was banned indefinitely from playing in competitions sanctioned by the sport's world governing body FIBA.

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IAEA facility opens in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (From L to R) Shin Maruo, ambassador for science and technology cooperation of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Elena Buglova, head of the IAEA Incident and Emergency Center, and Masao Uchibori, deputy governor of Fukushima Prefecture, attend a ceremony in the city of Fukushima on May 27, 2013, to open the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear emergency response training center in the northeastern Japan city.

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Gifu Univ. develops dog food with cancer preventing ingredients

Koji Maruo, director of Gifu University's Comparative Cancer Center, gives a press conference on Aug. 19, 2015, in Gifu, central Japan, announcing the development of the world's first dog food which contains extracts of plants regarded as effective in cancer prevention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

The men's 50-kilometer race walk is held at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021. Satoshi Maruo (3rd from R) won the race, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo competes en route to winning the men' 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo competes en route to winning the men' 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo crosses the finish line to win the men's 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo crosses the finish line to win the men's 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Race walk: Maruo earns berth for Tokyo Games

Satoshi Maruo competes en route to winning the men' 50-km race walk at the national athletics championships in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2021, earning a berth for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Japan Basketball Association leaders to resign over sanctions

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Maruo, the Japan Basketball Association's acting chairman, holds a press conference in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Dec. 3, 2014, after the JBA's directors decided earlier in the day to resign following the International Basketball Federation's decision to ban Japan from international competition for the JBA's failure to merge its two competing leagues. (Kyodo)

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JBA acting chief apologizes after failed merger results

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuru Maruo, acting president of the Japan Basketball Association, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014, a day after the JBA was banned indefinitely from playing in competitions sanctioned by the sport's world governing body FIBA. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon Damage at Nagasaki Ship Building Site, Ministry of Engineering

This photo has August 20, 1874 written on it. The foundry with two chimneys and the brick building with the boiler room which had started operation directly under the shogunate government in 1857 survived the typhoon. Another brick building, the lathe workshop with the first iron roof truss in Japan was not destroyed. The western-style building on the hill to the left is the dormitory for foreign staff built in April,1874. The buildings on the reclaimed land at the Maruo shore can be seen beyond the cape to its right.==Date:1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Ebisu Shrine, Akunoura

The photo has August 20, 1874 written on it. This is a distant view of Nagasaki Port over Akunoura Ebisu Shrine. There is some damage in the shrine precinct caused by a typhoon. Many Japanese style boats are moored by the seashore. The shrine is flanked on both sides by Akunoura; Mizunoura is on the far left, and Otorisaki and Inasazaki Points are beyond that. Some buildings on the naval reclaimed land at the Maruo shore can be seen beyond Otorisaki.==Date:about 1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Father of freed hostage smiles on news of son's release

MIYOTA, Japan - Yasuhiko Harada, father of Japanese mining engineer Maruo Harada, who was abducted by Islamic rebels in August in Kyrgyzstan, smiles at his home in Miyota, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 25 after hearing his son was released along with three other Japanese and a Kyrgyz national.