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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group President Change Press Conference

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows from left: Toru Takakura, President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group; Kazuya Oyama, incoming President; Manatomo Yoneyama, incoming President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank; Masakatsu Sato, incoming Chairman.=December 23,2025,Tokyo

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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group President Change Press Conference

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group President Transition Press Conference. Photo shows from left: Toru Takakura, President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group; Kazuya Oyama, incoming President; Manatomo Yoneyama, incoming President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank; Masakatsu Sato, incoming Chairman.=December 23,2025,Tokyo

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Sawa scores against Sendai

KASHIWA, Japan - Masakatsu Sawa of Kashiwa Reysol (L) scores with a header in the closing minutes of a J-League game against Vegalta Sendai at Kashiwa Stadium in Chiba Prefecture on July 9, 2011. Kashiwa won 1-0.

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Kyodo's Ota, Asahi's Sakajiri awarded Vaughn-Uyeda prize

TOKYO, Japan - Masakatsu Ota (R, file photo), a Kyodo News reporter who recently wound up his stint in Washington, and Nobuyoshi Sakajiri (L, file photo), an Asahi Shimbun reporter at the newspaper's China bureau, were chosen March 12 as the recipients of the 2006 Vaughn-Uyeda Prize honoring contributions made by Japanese journalists in the field of international affairs.

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Families of 1996 plane crash victims settle with airline

FUKUOKA, Japan - Akihiko Okuda (L), a relative of one of two victims of a 1996 Garuda Indonesia Airways plane crash, speaks at a press conference in Fukuoka on March 26 after six family members of the two -- Masakatsu Okuda and Masatoshi Yosida -- settled with the airline on condition Garuda pay them compensation. In a suit filed with the Fukuoka District Court in May 1998, they demanded a total of 249 million yen in compensation from the airline.

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JAL crash's 30th anniv. marked

Photo taken May 26, 2015, shows a farewell note left by Masakatsu Taniguchi, who was killed in the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash. Addressed to his wife Machiko, Taniguchi asked her to take good care of their children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyodo's Ota, Asahi's Sakajiri awarded Vaughn-Uyeda prize

TOKYO, Japan - Masakatsu Ota (R, file photo), a Kyodo News reporter who recently wound up his stint in Washington, and Nobuyoshi Sakajiri (L, file photo), an Asahi Shimbun reporter at the newspaper's China bureau, were chosen March 12 as the recipients of the 2006 Vaughn-Uyeda Prize honoring contributions made by Japanese journalists in the field of international affairs. (Kyodo)

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Sawa scores against Sendai

KASHIWA, Japan - Masakatsu Sawa of Kashiwa Reysol (L) scores with a header in the closing minutes of a J-League game against Vegalta Sendai at Kashiwa Stadium in Chiba Prefecture on July 9, 2011. Kashiwa won 1-0. (Kyodo)

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Olympics: Japan into rugby sevens semis after beating France

Japan's Masakatsu Hikosaka tries to break away from two French players during the first half of a men's rugby sevens quarterfinal against France at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games on Aug. 10, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families of 1996 plane crash victims settle with airline

FUKUOKA, Japan - Akihiko Okuda (L), a relative of one of two victims of a 1996 Garuda Indonesia Airways plane crash, speaks at a press conference in Fukuoka on March 26 after six family members of the two -- Masakatsu Okuda and Masatoshi Yosida -- settled with the airline on condition Garuda pay them compensation. In a suit filed with the Fukuoka District Court in May 1998, they demanded a total of 249 million yen in compensation from the airline.

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Tokushima mayor meets governor on referendum result

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Mayor Masakatsu Koike (R sitting) meets Tokushima Prefecture Gov. Toshio Endo (L) at the prefectural office on Jan. 24 to report that in a Jan. 23 referendum an overwhelming majority of residents in the city of Tokushima voted no to a project to construct a weir on the Yoshino River. In the direct ballot, more than 90 percent of voters opposed the controversial 100 billion yen project being pushed by the Construction Ministry.