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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori addresses a ceremony in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori addresses a ceremony in sign language ahead of a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025.

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Press Conference on the Change of President of EBARA CORPORATION

EBARA Corporation president change press conference. Photo shows Shugo Hosoda (right), President-elect, and Masao Asami, President, CEO and COO, shaking hands.=December 10,2024,都内

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Press Conference on the Change of President of EBARA CORPORATION

EBARA Corporation president change press conference. Photo shows Shugo Hosoda, President-elect (left) and Masao Asami, President, CEO and COO, at the press conference.=December 10,2024,都内

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Keiko Ogura (C) and Masao Tomonaga (R), survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, attend the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Masao Tomonaga, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks of his experiences of the attack in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, during a forum commemorating Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Masao Tomonaga, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks of his experiences of the attack in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, during a forum commemorating Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Oslo

Masao Tomonaga, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks of his experiences of the attack in Oslo on Dec. 11, 2024, during a forum commemorating Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, receiving the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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"Contemporary Master Craftsmen" award ceremony

"Contemporary Master Craftsmen" award ceremony. Software Development Engineer Masao Saito (on stage right) and two others received awards.=Date:November 13, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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"Contemporary Master Craftsmen" award ceremony

"Contemporary Master Craftsmen" award ceremony. Software Development Engineer Masao Saito (on stage right) and two others received awards.=Date:November 13, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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FARMING IN SUBURBAN TOKYO

FARMING IN SUBURBAN TOKYO, Aiming for Attractive Agriculture Masao Takahashi, leeks, ajisai leeks, JA Chiba, computers, cooking, food=Date:1994, Place:Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture,JAPAN

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Fukushima gov. in U.S.

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks about the recovery of the northeastern Japan prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear accident with U.S. government officials in Washington on Jan. 19, 2023.

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Fukushima gov. in U.S.

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (C) is gifted a jersey by Ken Eriksen (R), the former U.S. national softball team head coach, during an event in which he spoke about the recovery of the northeastern Japan prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear accident with U.S. government officials in Washington on Jan. 19, 2023.

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TEPCO, Fukushima ink safety pact on reactor decommissioning

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (front L) talks with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (2nd from R) and the mayors of two towns hosting TEPCO's nuclear power plant on Jan. 7, 2015, in Fukushima city, northeastern Japan, after concluding a new safety agreement incorporating provisions on plant decommissioning.

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U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion veterans recall WWII

LOS ANGELES, United States - Masao Takahashi (L) and James Ogawa, who fought in World War II as members of the U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion comprised almost exclusively of Japanese Americans, share their memories in Torrance, California, on Dec. 1, 2014. Americans of Japanese ancestry had no other choice but to fight to prove their loyalty to the United States, said Takahashi.

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A-bomb survivor desires Japan's leadership in nuke disarmament

NAGASAKI, Japan - Masao Tomonaga, a survivor of an atomic bombing and honorary director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, expresses in Nagasaki, Japan, on Dec. 3, 2014, his expectations that the Japanese government will exercise strong leadership in nuclear disarmament.

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New Fukushima Gov. goes to office for 1st time

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - New Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori arrives at the governor's office for the first time in his capacity on Nov. 12, 2014. He was elected in the first gubernatorial election on Oct. 26 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in March 2011.

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Fukushima governor-elect talks about prefecture's rebirth

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov.-elect Masao Uchibori speaks to reporters in Fukushima City on Oct. 27, 2014, the day after he won the prefecture's gubernatorial election. He said he will do his utmost for recovery from the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disasters and rebirth of the northeastern prefecture.

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Former vice gov. set to win Fukushima gubernatorial election

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Former Fukushima Vice Gov. Masao Uchibori receives flowers from a supporter at his election campaign office in Fukushima on Oct. 26, 2014, after he is projected to win the Fukushima gubernatorial election, the first since the 2011 nuclear disaster in the prefecture.

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Fukushima plant chief's testimony disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Yoshida (C), chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in November 2011. On Sept. 11, 2014, the government released documents containing testimony from Yoshida, who died in July 2013, and 18 other people during interviews with government investigators on the handling of the nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Fukushima plant chief's testimony disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in November 2011. On Sept. 11, 2014, the government released documents containing testimony from Yoshida, who died in July 2013, and 18 other people during interviews with government investigators on the handling of the nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Debriefing report on 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster

TOKYO, Japan - A debriefing report on the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster containing testimony by key officials, including then power plant manager Masao Yoshida and then Prime Minister Naoto Kan, is shown on Sept. 11, 2014. The government made the report public for the first time amid controversy over Yoshida's remarks in closed hearings.

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, who headed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when a nuclear crisis broke out in March 2011. The government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the disaster, including Yoshida, who died last year, next month.

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Couple recalls turbulent WWII lives in Japan, U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Matsuko Iriyama (L), with a sewing box kept since her high school days in Japan, and her husband Masao recall their turbulent lives before and after World War II during an interview in a Los Angeles suburb on June 15, 2014. Born to Japanese immigrants to the United States, they were raised in Japan and returned to the United States just before the outbreak of World War II.

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4 pro sports teams pledge to promote Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Four top officials of baseball and soccer teams in the Kansai region, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and mascot characters gather together at the Osaka prefectural government office to hold a "solidarity" ceremony on June 4, 2014, to further promote tourism for the western Japanese prefecture. (From L, Hanshin Tigers Managing Director Kazuo Awai, Orix Buffaloes President Hiroaki Nishina, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, Cerezo Osaka President Masao Okano, and Gamba Osaka President Teruhisa Noro).

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World Cup MVP Forlan looking forward to J-League challenge

OSAKA, Japan - Uruguay striker Diego Forlan (R), winner of the Golden Ball Award for the most valuable player at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, holds his team shirt with Masao Okano, president of J-League football club Cerezo Osaka, during a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2014.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, giving a speech as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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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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IAEA facility opens in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Elena Buglova (R), head of the IAEA Incident and Emergency Center, and Masao Uchibori (L), deputy governor of Fukushima Prefecture, take a look inside the Capacity Building Center, the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear emergency response training center in the city of Fukushima on May 27, 2013. The facility opened the same day in the northeastern Japan city.

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Japanese anthropologist Yamaguchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 shows Japanese anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on March 10, 2013. He was 81.

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Confab on humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons

OSLO, Norway - Masao Tomonaga, director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital, speaks at the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons conference in Oslo on March 4, 2013.

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Ex-Fukushima plant chief Yoshida suffered bleeding to brain

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, former chief of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The company said July 30, 2012, that Yoshida, who is recuperating from esophageal cancer, suffered bleeding to the brain and underwent emergency surgery last week.

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No appeal in 2005 train derailment disaster

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the scene of the April 25, 2005, derailment of a West Japan Railway Co. commuter train on the Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, that killed 107 people and injured 562. Prosecutors said on Jan. 25, 2012, they will not appeal against a Jan. 11, 2012, court verdict finding Masao Yamazaki, former president of the railway operator, not guilty of professional negligence.

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Thai youth dream of playing football in J-League

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows retired Japanese footballer Masao Kiba, who founded the Japan Dream Football Association in September 2011 to nurture young soccer players in Southeast Asia.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Masao Yoshida, the hospitalized former head of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on Dec. 9, 2011, that Yoshida, who stepped down from the post due to health issues, has been diagnosed with esophagus cancer. The possibility of his illness being caused by exposure to radiation after the nuclear accident is extremely low, according to TEPCO.

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks with reporters at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima plant chief Yoshida

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, makes a speech before plant workers at the plant on Nov. 12, 2011. The government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., allowed reporters to enter the plant the same day for the first time since it was badly damaged by a series of explosions shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Japanese immigrant taken hostage by guerrillas in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - Masao Tsutsui (file photo), a 68-year-old Japanese immigrant who cultivates plants at a garden in southwestern Colombia, has apparently seized by left-wing Colombian guerrillas, security authorities said on June 23, 2010. The guerrillas have demanded ransom several times for Tsutsui living in Santiago de Cali, or simply Cali, Colombia's third-largest city.

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Japanese man taken hostage by guerrillas in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - Photographed on June 22, 2010, is the workplace in southwestern Colombia of a Japanese horticulturalist, Masao Tsutsui, who reportedly was kidnapped by left-wing guerillas in March. The captors, called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, are demanding ransom for the immigrant from Japan, who went missing after leaving the place, according to sources.

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Papa Matsui happy with son's joining Angels

KANAZAWA, Japan - Masao Matsui, the father of slugger Hideki Matsui, is photographed at Matsui Hideki Baseball Museum in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2009. Masao said his son should be ''delighted'' to play for his new club, the Los Angeles Angels, wearing his signature number, 55.

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3 fishermen recount days trapped under capsized boat

SHIMODA, Japan - (From R) Fishermen Moriyoshi Utsunomiya, Masao Hayakawa and Takamitsu Nyubara speak at a press conference in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. The three talked about how they survived for nearly four days in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat.

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3 fishermen recount days trapped under capsized boat

SHIMODA, Japan - (From R) Fishermen Moriyoshi Utsunomiya, Masao Hayakawa and Takamitsu Nyubara speak at a press conference in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. The three talked about how they survived for nearly four days in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat.

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3 fishermen recount days trapped under capsized boat

HACHIJO, Japan - (From L) Fishermen Moriyoshi Utsunomiya, Masao Hayakawa and Takamitsu Nyubara leave a hospital in Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2009. The three were admitted to the hospital following their rescue after being trapped in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat for nearly four days.

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Panel member leaked draft report on fatal train crash to JR West

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Yamazaki, former president of West Japan Railway Co., winces during a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 25, 2009. Yamazaki met the press after a revelation that a then member of the government's transport accident investigation commission leaked a draft report on the 2005 fatal train derailment accident in Hyogo Prefecture to the railway operator in response to Yamazaki's repeated requests.

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Nippon Ham manager Nashida agrees to new 2-year deal

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters manager Masataka Nashida (C) joins hands with team President Junichi Fujii (L) and general manager Masao Yamada at Sapporo Dome on Aug. 31 after agreeing to stay on as the Pacific League team's manager for the next two seasons.