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Japan's emperor, empress visit exhibition

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako visit an exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan's emperor, empress visit exhibition

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako visit an exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Arimura takes over from Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Haruko Arimura (R), Japan's newly appointed minister in charge of supporting women's empowerment, and Masako Mori, former minister in charge of tackling the declining birthrate, shake hands at the Consumer Affairs Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2014, as Arimura took over the job from Mori.

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Steiff presents Teddy Bear dolls to Fukushima children

TOKYO, Japan - Claire Steiff (L), the owner of German stuffed animal company Steiff, hands a Teddy Bear doll to Masako Mori, minister of state for special missions, in a ceremony at Tokyo's Consumer Affairs Agency on July 16, 2014, at which 500 such dolls were given to children in Fukushima Prefecture hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Japan gov't to tighten control on 'loophole drugs'

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (L) meets with Masako Mori (C), state minister for special missions, health minister Norihisa Tamura (R), and other Cabinet ministers to discuss countermeasures against so-called loophole drugs at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 8, 2014.

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Masako Mori performs at 100th anniv. of 'Furusato'

TOTTORI, Japan - Japanese singer Masako Mori performs at an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the popular Japanese song "Furusato" (Hometown) in Tottori City, hometown of the composer of the song Teiichi Okano in western Japan, on June 19, 2014.

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Measures for declining births in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Mori (L), minister of state for measures for the declining birthrate, receives a set of proposals from a government task force on the issue at the Consumer Affairs Agency in Tokyo in May 2014.

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Colombia envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Mori (L), Japan's state minister in charge of declining birthrate issues, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (C) attend an event to encourage Japan's policy to promote female leadership, at the official residence of Colombian Ambassador to Japan Patricia Eugenia Cardenas Santamaria (R) in Tokyo on March 6, 2014.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy talks with minister

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Masako Mori, Japan's minister for gender equality, shake hands before their talks at the Consumer Affairs Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2014. They agreed to cooperate in promoting the social advancement of women.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Mori, state minister for a controversial secrecy bill, bows as the House of Councillors votes down a censure motion against her submitted by the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan during a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - State minister Masako Mori answers a question on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets at a House of Concillors panel in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2013.

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Abe Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Mori enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, after being named state minister in charge of declining birthrate by Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who took office as Japan's new prime minister the same day.

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(3)Winter Asian Games end

AOMORI, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Princess Masako attend the closing ceremony of the Winter Asian Games at Aoi-Mori Arena in Aomori, northern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Abductee Soga elated to meet idol Mori, husband

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), one of the Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, is flanked by singer Masako Mori (L) and her singer husband Shinichi Mori (R) during a photo session at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 28. Masako, Soga's favorite singer, and her husband met Soga to express their support. (Pool photo)

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Asia-Pacific businesspeople open 3-day forum

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of a Pacific Basin Economic Forum (PBEC) meeting in Tokyo on April 8. Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife, Princess Masako (R), attended the ceremony, which was joined by about 800 businesspeople from 20 nations and economies in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Japanese singer and wife surprise retirees in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Popular Japanese singer Shinichi Mori (L) and his wife, Masako, entertain about 300 Japanese-American senior citizens during two surprise performances In Los Angeles on July 31. Mori, whose career has spanned 35 years, sang his trademark rendition of ''Ofukurosan'' (My Mother) for residents of the Keiro Services nursing home and retirement center.

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit: Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki = October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki = October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit: Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time),Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles,USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Masako Takatsuki

Masako Takatsuki, the first Japanese female professional boxer to play against American lady tiger (Marian Trimiar) in her professional boxing debut (welterweight). The match lost the judgment of Takatsuki=October 1, 1976 (Japan time), Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA,Credit:Masako Takatsuki/Kyodo News Images

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Japan justice minister on Ghosn escape

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo－Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori speaks about Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2020, at her first press conference since the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman, who is accused of underreporting his pay for years and misappropriating Nissan funds, skipped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in late 2019.

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Abductee Soga elated to meet idol Mori, husband

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), one of the Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, is flanked by singer Masako Mori (L) and her singer husband Shinichi Mori (R) during a photo session at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 28. Masako, Soga's favorite singer, and her husband met Soga to express their support. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Rashomon, In The Woods film (1950)

Masayuki Mori & Machiko Kyo Characters: Takehiro Kanazawa, Masako Kanazawa Film: Rashomon, In The Woods (1950) Director: Akira Kurosawa 25 August 1950 Rashomon (Rashomon, JP 1950, Regie: Akira Kurosawa) Masayuki Mori, Machiki Kyo / Liebende Frau, kalter abweisender Mann, Samurai, Japaner, Japan; aka: 'Rashomon - Das Lustw

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Rashomon, In The Woods film (1950)

Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo & Masayuki Mori Characters: Tajomaru,Masako Kanazawa & Takehiro Kanazawa Film: Rashomon, In The Woods (1950) Director: Akira Kurosawa 25 August 1950 Date: 25-Aug-50

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Arimura takes over from Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Haruko Arimura (R), Japan's newly appointed minister in charge of supporting women's empowerment, and Masako Mori, former minister in charge of tackling the declining birthrate, shake hands at the Consumer Affairs Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2014, as Arimura took over the job from Mori. (Kyodo)

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Steiff presents Teddy Bear dolls to Fukushima children

TOKYO, Japan - Claire Steiff (L), the owner of German stuffed animal company Steiff, hands a Teddy Bear doll to Masako Mori, minister of state for special missions, in a ceremony at Tokyo's Consumer Affairs Agency on July 16, 2014, at which 500 such dolls were given to children in Fukushima Prefecture hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)

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Japan gov't to tighten control on 'loophole drugs'

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (L) meets with Masako Mori (C), state minister for special missions, health minister Norihisa Tamura (R), and other Cabinet ministers to discuss countermeasures against so-called loophole drugs at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 8, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Masako Mori performs at 100th anniv. of 'Furusato'

TOTTORI, Japan - Japanese singer Masako Mori performs at an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the popular Japanese song "Furusato" (Hometown) in Tottori City, hometown of the composer of the song Teiichi Okano in western Japan, on June 19, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Support center opens for foreign residents in Japan

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori poses for a photo after the opening ceremony of the Foreign Residents Support Center in Tokyo on July 6, 2020. The center is meant to provide foreign residents in Japan with advice on employment, visas, laws and humanitarian issues in line with the government's policy of bringing in more foreign workers in response to an acute labor shortage amid a declining population.

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Support center opens for foreign residents in Japan

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori speaks during the opening ceremony of the Foreign Residents Support Center in Tokyo on July 6, 2020. The center is meant to provide foreign residents in Japan with advice on employment, visas, laws and humanitarian issues in line with the government's policy of bringing in more foreign workers in response to an acute labor shortage amid a declining population.

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Japan parliamentary session

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori attends a session of the House of Representatives budget committee in Tokyo on June 9, 2020, wearing a face mask amid lingering concerns about the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan parliamentary session

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori attends a session of the House of Representatives budget committee in Tokyo on June 9, 2020, wearing a face mask amid lingering concerns about the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese justice minister

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori speaks at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on June 5, 2020, wearing a face mask amid continued worries over the novel coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese justice minister

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori walks back to her seat after speaking at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on May 27, 2020, wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese justice minister

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori speaks at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on May 27, 2020, wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prosecutor's gambling scandal

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori speaks at a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on May 26, 2020, about the validity of a disciplinary measure taken against Hiromu Kurokawa, head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, who resigned recently over a gambling scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prosecutor's gambling scandal

Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori speaks at a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on May 26, 2020, about the validity of a disciplinary measure taken against Hiromu Kurokawa, head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, who resigned recently over a gambling scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo