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Soejima wins men's wheelchair marathon in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Masazumi Soejima finishes in first place in the men's wheelchair section in the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, the United States, on Dec. 14, 2014.

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Takeshima meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Masazumi Gotoda, senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, speaks at a meeting of cross-party Japanese lawmakers and officials and fishermen from Shimane Prefecture in Tokyo on June 5, 2014, aiming for the swift resolution of the territorial issue over the South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Minamata disease authority Harada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2001 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Masazumi Harada, a physician involved for many years in the study of the mercury poisoning-caused Minamata disease, giving a medical checkup to a man suspected of being a congenital sufferer of the disease. Harada died on June 11, 2012, of leukemia at his home in Kumamoto City. He was 77.

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Japan's Soejima wins NYC Marathon wheelchair div.

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Masazumi Soejima holds a Japanese national flag in New York on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the men's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds. Children from areas in northeastern Japan devastated by the March disasters gave him the flag after writing encouraging messages on it.

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Harada inducted into Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Masazumi Harada (R), a doctor and expert on Minamata disease and mercury pollution, receives a certificate in Kyoto on Feb. 13, 2011, after being inducted into the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto along with Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel laureate in economics and professor at Indiana University, and Jigme Singye Wangchuk, the former king of Bhutan. The award which is given in the name of Kyoto, the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, honors the achievements of those who have contributed to conservation of the global environment.

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Soejima wins 6th Honolulu wheelchair title

HONOLULU, United States - Masazumi Soejima of Japan is photographed at the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii on Dec. 12, 2010. Soejima won the wheelchair race for the sixth straight time.

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Gotoda vows to seek cross-party alliance to revamp consumer loan bill

TOKYO, Japan - Masazumi Gotoda, former parliamentary secretary in charge of financial services, tells reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 22 that he will seek a cross-party alliance in the extraordinary Diet session starting next week to revamp a draft bill to lower consumer loan rate caps.

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Parliamentary sec. Gotoda tenders resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Masazumi Gotoda, parliamentary secretary in charge of financial services, speaks at a press conference on Sept. 6 after offering his resignation to Financial Services Minister Kaoru Yosano in protest against a government draft bill to lower consumer loan rate caps.

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TEPCO reactivates 4th reactor following scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) reactivated a reactor in Niigata Prefecture on July 22, making it the fourth reactor restarted after shutdowns in the aftermath of a damage cover-up scandal in 2002. Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) gave Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) their consent for restarting the No. 4 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.

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Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R), Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (C) and Hiroo Shinada (L), head of Kariwa village, hold talks at the Niigata prefectural office on May 7. They approved the resumption of operations at the No. 6 reactor in Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor is one of 17 TEPCO nuclear reactors that were shut down following a defect cover-up scandal.

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(1)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) watches his wife Yukiko receive a letter of appointment from Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of Kashiwazaki, on April 1. The Kashiwazaki city government assigned Kaoru to its public relations department and Yukiko to the children's department. The couple will work on a one-year contract. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes to be employed as temporary city workers

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) meets with Kaoru Hasuike (C) and his wife Yukiko (L) at their home in Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture on Feb. 2. The mayor later said the couple will be employed by the Kashiwazaki city government as temporary workers from April. (Pool photo)

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Hasuike to begin working at Kashiwazaki city hall

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, who was abducted to North Korea in the late 1970s and now back to his homeland, speaks to reporters following his meeting with Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa on Dec. 22. The mayor said Hasuike may start working at the Kashiwazaki city hall as early as February.

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Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

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Parliamentary sec. Gotoda tenders resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Masazumi Gotoda, parliamentary secretary in charge of financial services, speaks at a press conference on Sept. 6 after offering his resignation to Financial Services Minister Kaoru Yosano in protest against a government draft bill to lower consumer loan rate caps. (Kyodo)

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Gotoda vows to seek cross-party alliance to revamp consumer loan

TOKYO, Japan - Masazumi Gotoda, former parliamentary secretary in charge of financial services, tells reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 22 that he will seek a cross-party alliance in the extraordinary Diet session starting next week to revamp a draft bill to lower consumer loan rate caps. (Kyodo)

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Niigata gov't leaders to urge TEPCO to scrap MOX plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Hiroo Shinada (L), mayor of the village of Kariwa, Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of the city of Kashiwazaki meet June 1 in Kashiwazaki to discuss a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plan to use recycled nuclear fuel at a local nuclear plant. They agreed to urge TEPCO to scrap the plan.

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Soejima wins men's Honolulu wheelchair marathon

Masazumi Soejima (R) celebrates after winning his ninth title in the men's wheelchair section in the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 13, 2015. Soejima captured the title for the third straight year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soejima 3rd in Boston Marathon men's wheelchair race

Photo shows Masazumi Soejima of Japan, who finished in third place in the Boston Marathon men's wheelchair race in the United States on April 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Torch of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Michio Kawabe (C), who ran in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic torch relay, holds a torch used in 1964 and a photo from that year at the Toyohashi city office in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 2, 2021, alongside Yoshitaka Asai (L), mayor of Toyohashi, and Masazumi Kawai, president of Toyoken Co., which has kept the torch.

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Harada inducted into Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Masazumi Harada (R), a doctor and expert on Minamata disease and mercury pollution, receives a certificate in Kyoto on Feb. 13, 2011, after being inducted into the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto along with Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel laureate in economics and professor at Indiana University, and Jigme Singye Wangchuk, the former king of Bhutan. The award which is given in the name of Kyoto, the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, honors the achievements of those who have contributed to conservation of the global environment. (Kyodo)

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Soejima wins 6th Honolulu wheelchair title

HONOLULU, United States - Masazumi Soejima of Japan is photographed at the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii on Dec. 12, 2010. Soejima won the wheelchair race for the sixth straight time. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Soejima wins NYC Marathon wheelchair div.

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Masazumi Soejima holds a Japanese national flag in New York on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the men's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes, 41 seconds. Children from areas in northeastern Japan devastated by the March disasters gave him the flag after writing encouraging messages on it. (Kyodo)

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BOJ deputy governor in Niigata

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe speaks at a news conference in Niigata city on Dec. 5, 2018 (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New BOJ deputy governors

Masayoshi Amamiya (L) and Masazumi Wakatabe, the Bank of Japan's newly appointed deputy governors, attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New BOJ deputy governors

Masazumi Wakatabe (R) and Masayoshi Amamiya, the Bank of Japan's newly appointed deputy governors, attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New BOJ Deputy Governor Wakatabe

Masazumi Wakatabe, one of two new Bank of Japan deputy governors, attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese gov't nominates Amamiya, Wakatabe as BOJ deputy governors

The Japanese government nominated Feb. 16, 2018, Bank of Japan Executive Director Masayoshi Amamiya (L) and Waseda University Professor Masazumi Wakatabe (R), seen in this combined photo, as BOJ deputy governors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honolulu Marathon

Masazumi Soejima (L) and Wakako Tsuchida, both of Japan, pose with flag after winning the men's and women's wheelchair divisions of the Honolulu Marathon on Dec. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honolulu Marathon

Masazumi Soejima of Japan poses after winning the men's wheelchair division of the Honolulu Marathon on Dec. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese sweep wheelchair divisions of Honolulu Marathon

Wakako Tsuchida (L) and Masazumi Soejima of Japan pose for photos with their country's flags after winning the women's and men's wheelchair divisions of Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu on Dec. 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soejima wins men's Honolulu wheelchair marathon

Masazumi Soejima of Japan crosses the finish line to win the men's wheelchair division of the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu on Dec. 11, 2016. Soejima captured his 10th title, and won for the fourth straight year, with a time of 1:35:35. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO reactivates 4th reactor following scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) reactivated a reactor in Niigata Prefecture on July 22, making it the fourth reactor restarted after shutdowns in the aftermath of a damage cover-up scandal in 2002. Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (C) and Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) gave Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) their consent for restarting the No. 4 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Local gov't leaders approve resumption of TEPCO reactor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R), Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (C) and Hiroo Shinada (L), head of Kariwa village, hold talks at the Niigata prefectural office on May 7. They approved the resumption of operations at the No. 6 reactor in Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor is one of 17 TEPCO nuclear reactors that were shut down following a defect cover-up scandal. (Kyodo)

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(1)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) watches his wife Yukiko receive a letter of appointment from Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of Kashiwazaki, on April 1. The Kashiwazaki city government assigned Kaoru to its public relations department and Yukiko to the children's department. The couple will work on a one-year contract. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hasuikes to be employed as temporary city workers

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) meets with Kaoru Hasuike (C) and his wife Yukiko (L) at their home in Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture on Feb. 2. The mayor later said the couple will be employed by the Kashiwazaki city government as temporary workers from April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hasuike to begin working at Kashiwazaki city hall

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, who was abducted to North Korea in the late 1970s and now back to his homeland, speaks to reporters following his meeting with Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa on Dec. 22. The mayor said Hasuike may start working at the Kashiwazaki city hall as early as February. (Kyodo)