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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

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Baseball: Ex-MLB outfielder Aoki retires

Former Major League Baseball outfielder Norichika Aoki (C) of the Yakult Swallows poses for a photo during his retirement ceremony following the final game of his career against the Hiroshima Carp on Oct. 2, 2024, at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium, alongside pitcher Masanori Ishikawa and team mascot Tsubakuro.

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Baseball: Yakult vs. Eagles

Masanori Ishikawa of the Yakult Swallows pitches against the Rakuten Eagles on June 2, 2024, in an interleague baseball game at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai. The 44-year-old earned his first win of the season, becoming the first to get at least one win in 23 straight seasons since turning pro.

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ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base.

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Kobayashi wins Totoumi Open

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Masanori Kobayashi earns his first career JGTO Tour victory with a birdie on the second playoff hole against Ryo Ishikawa at the inaugural Totoumi Hamamatsu Open at Grandee Hamanako Golf Club in Shizuoka Prefecture on May 22, 2011.

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Tanimoto reelected as Ishikawa governor

KANAZAWA, Japan - Incumbent Masanori Tanimoto (C) celebrates after winning the Ishikawa gubernatorial election on March 14, 2010, in the city of Kanazawa. Tanimoto, backed by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, defeated by a wide margin three rookie candidates for his fifth four-year term.

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Yakult pitcher Ishikawa earns 6th win, top in CL

SENDAI, Japan - Yakult Swallows ace Masanori Ishikawa pitches against the Rakuten Eagles during an interleague game at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai on May 19. Ishikawa earned his sixth win to lead the Central League's ranking of most winning pitchers as Yakult beat Rakuten 7-3.

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Y. Takahashi hits leadoff homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi watches the ball after hitting a leadoff homer off Yakult Swallows starter Masanori Ishikawa at Jingu Stadium on April 30.

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3 power companies scrap joint nuke project in Suzu

SUZU, Japan - Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto (2nd from L) receives a notice on Dec. 5 from the presidents of Kansai Electric Power Co., Chubu Electric Power Co. and Hokuriku Electric Power Co. conveying their decision to scrap a joint project to build a nuclear power plant in the city of Suzu.

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Ishikawa Gov. Tanimoto encourages Matsui

TOKYO, Japan - Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto (R) at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20 encourages Japanese free-agent slugger Hideki Matsui, an Ishikawa Prefecture native who will join the New York Yankees next season. (Pool photo)

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Yakult's Ishikawa wins CL Rookie of the Year honor

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows left-hander Masanori Ishikawa (12-9, 3.33 ERA) poses for a photograph at the Yakult club house in Tokyo after winning the Central League Rookie of the Year honor on Nov. 1.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Masanori Ishikawa of the Yakult Swallows pitches against the Orix Buffaloes in Game 4 of the Japan Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 24, 2021.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Masanori Ishikawa of the Yakult Swallows pitches against the Orix Buffaloes in Game 4 of the Japan Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 24, 2021.

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Y. Takahashi hits leadoff homer

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi watches the ball after hitting a leadoff homer off Yakult Swallows starter Masanori Ishikawa at Jingu Stadium on April 30. (Kyodo)

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Yakult pitcher Ishikawa earns 6th win, top in CL

SENDAI, Japan - Yakult Swallows ace Masanori Ishikawa pitches against the Rakuten Eagles during an interleague game at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai on May 19. Ishikawa earned his sixth win to lead the Central League's ranking of most winning pitchers as Yakult beat Rakuten 7-3. (Kyodo)

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Yakult's Ishikawa wins CL Rookie of the Year honor

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows left-hander Masanori Ishikawa (12-9, 3.33 ERA) poses for a photograph at the Yakult club house in Tokyo after winning the Central League Rookie of the Year honor on Nov. 1. (Kyodo)

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Ishikawa Gov. Tanimoto encourages Matsui

TOKYO, Japan - Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto (R) at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 20 encourages Japanese free-agent slugger Hideki Matsui, an Ishikawa Prefecture native who will join the New York Yankees next season. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Yakult Swallows, SoftBank Hawks play in Game 5 of Japan Series

SoftBank Hawks' Lee Dae Ho hits a two-run homer over the left-field fence off Yakult Swallows starter Masanori Ishikawa in the fourth inning in Game 5 of the Japan Series at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yakult Swallows, SoftBank Hawks play in Game 5 of Japan Series

Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa starts in Game 5 of the Japan Series against the SoftBank Hawks at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Series starts in Fukuoka

Photo shows Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa, who started the first game of the Japan Series against the SoftBank Hawks on Oct. 24, 2015, at the Yafuoku Dome in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe arrives at Kanazawa Station aboard Hokuriku Shinkansen train

Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto (R) speaks to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at West Japan Railway Co.'s Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following the prime minister's arrival aboard a bullet train on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line on April 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Yumin' appointed to promote Ishikawa Pref.

Singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya (L), known as "Yumin," receives a letter of appointment to promote tourism for Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, from Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in Kanazawa on March 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yakult Swallows, SoftBank Hawks play in Game 5 of Japan Series

SoftBank Hawks' Lee Dae Ho hits a two-run homer over the left-field fence off Yakult Swallows starter Masanori Ishikawa in the fourth inning in Game 5 of the Japan Series at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swallows members meet press after winning CL pennant

Yakult Swallows infielder Tetsuto Yamada (far L) and skipper Mitsuru Manaka (2nd from L) join pitcher Masanori Ishikawa (2nd from R) and outfielder Yuhei Takai at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2015, after winning the Central League pennant, their first in 14 years, by beating the Hanshin Tigers 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Sea coastal region of Hokuriku launches tourism blitz

Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto (3rd from L) attends a press conference on Aug. 25, 2015, in the central Japan city of Kanazawa to announce the outline of "Hokuriku Destination Campaign" of three prefectures in the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast. The blitz, undertaken jointly with the Japan Railways Group, will run from October to December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base. (Kyodo)

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Kobayashi wins Totoumi Open

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Masanori Kobayashi earns his first career JGTO Tour victory with a birdie on the second playoff hole against Ryo Ishikawa at the inaugural Totoumi Hamamatsu Open at Grandee Hamanako Golf Club in Shizuoka Prefecture on May 22, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tanimoto reelected as Ishikawa governor

KANAZAWA, Japan - Incumbent Masanori Tanimoto (C) celebrates after winning the Ishikawa gubernatorial election on March 14, 2010, in the city of Kanazawa. Tanimoto, backed by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, defeated by a wide margin three rookie candidates for his fifth four-year term. (Kyodo)

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Business closure request in coronavirus crisis

Photo shows Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto at the prefectural government building in Kanazawa, central Japan, on April 20, 2020, requesting that places such as nightclubs and pachinko parlors be temporarily closed from the following day to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese governor retracts call to drive N. Koreans to starve

Masanori Tanimoto, governor of Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in the city of Kanazawa on June 22, 2017. Tanimoto said he "retracts" his comment of the previous day that "We must drive the people of North Korea to starve to death by cutting off food (supplies)." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yakult beat Hiroshima

Yakult Swallows ace Masanori Ishikawa starts in a Central League game against the Hiroshima Carp in Tokyo on April 21, 2017. Yakult won 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Ishikawa throws gem as Swallows beat BayStars

Masanori Ishikawa of the Yakult Swallows pitches against the DeNA BayStars at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2016. Ishikawa threw 7-2/3 scoreless innings as the Swallows won 3-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 power companies scrap joint nuke project in Suzu

SUZU, Japan - Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto (2nd from L) receives a notice on Dec. 5 from the presidents of Kansai Electric Power Co., Chubu Electric Power Co. and Hokuriku Electric Power Co. conveying their decision to scrap a joint project to build a nuclear power plant in the city of Suzu. (Kyodo)