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HBO s The Last of Us Season Two Premiere - LA

Masumi At Los Angeles Premiere Of HBO Original Series "The Last Of Us" Season 2 at The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, USA on March 24 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COMT

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HBO s The Last of Us Season Two Premiere - LA

Masumi At Los Angeles Premiere Of HBO Original Series "The Last Of Us" Season 2 at The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, USA on March 24 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COMT

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HBO s The Last of Us Season Two Premiere - LA

Masumi At Los Angeles Premiere Of HBO Original Series "The Last Of Us" Season 2 at The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, USA on March 24 2025. Photo by Fati S/ABACAPRESS.COMT

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Press Conference on the Change of President of Marubeni Corporation

Marubeni president change press conference. Photo shows from right to left: President-elect Masayuki Omoto and President Masumi Kakinoki.=November 27,2024,Tokyo

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Press Conference on the Change of President of Marubeni Corporation

Marubeni president change press conference. Photo shows from right to left: President-elect Masayuki Omoto and President Masumi Kakinoki.=November 27,2024,Tokyo

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalists Qieyang Shijie/Wang Qin of China(C), silver medalists Fuchise Masumi/Ishida Subaru of Japan(L) and bronze medalists Manju Rani/Ram Baboo of India attend the victory ceremony for the 35km Race Walk Mixed Team of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS(CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalists Qieyang Shijie/Wang Qin of China(C), silver medalists Fuchise Masumi/Ishida Subaru of Japan(L) and bronze medalists Manju Rani/Ram Baboo of India attend the victory ceremony for the 35km Race Walk Mixed Team of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS (CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fuchise Masumi (L) of Japan and Chin Man Kit of China's Hong Kong compete during the Mixed Team's 35km Race Walk of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS (CN)

(231004) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fuchise Masumi of Japan competes during the Mixed Team's 35km Race Walk of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS(CN)

(231001) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Aoki Masumi (C) of Japan reacts before the Women's 100m Hurdles Final of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 60M HURDLES

(230213) -- ASTANA, Feb. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- (from L ro R) Jyothi Yarraji of India, Aoki Masumi of Japan and Chen Jiamin of China pose during the awarding ceremony after the women's 60M hurdles final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 12, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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(SP)KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-ATHLETICS-ASIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 60M HURDLES

(230213) -- ASTANA, Feb. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- (from L ro R, top) Jyothi Yarraji of India, Aoki Masumi of Japan and Chen Jiamin of China pose during the awarding ceremony after the women's 60M hurdles final at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb. 12, 2023. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

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Japan's sake industry seeks to expand exports

SAITAMA, Japan - Naotaka Miyasaka, president of Miyasaka Brewing Co. in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, speaks about his company's overseas business strategy at a symposium aimed at promoting exports of sake and other made-in-Japan alcoholic beverages on Dec. 10, 2014, in Saitama north of Tokyo. The brewery is known for its "Masumi" brand of sake.

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Ex-Pirate Kuwata, Angels' Matsui at Fenway Park

BOSTON, United States - Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata (L) and the Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui (R) chat at Fenway Park in Boston before a game on Aug. 17, 2010. They were teammates on the Yomiuri Giants in Japan.

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Ex-Pirate Kuwata, Red Sox's Matsuzaka at Fenway Park

BOSTON, United States - Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata (L) chats with Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka before a game at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 17, 2010.

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Kuwata to return to Japan in mid-September

PITTSBURGH, United States - Japanese right-hander Masumi Kuwata, who decided to leave the Pittsburgh Pirates after the club designated him for assignment, tells reporters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 20 that he is planning to return to Japan in mid-September. (MLB)

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Kuwata decides to leave Pirates

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania - Japanese right-hander Masumi Kuwata speaks to reporters on his decision to leave the Pittsburgh Pirates after the club designated him for assignment earlier this week. ''I'll return to Japan and take some time before making a decision (on whether or not to continue my playing career),'' Kuwata, 39, said.

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Recruit's 1st half net profit falls 4% to 28.48 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of Recruit Holdings Co., briefs reporters on the company's half-year earnings report for the April-September period in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2014. The media and human resources company's net profit for the period fell 4.1 percent from a year earlier to 28.48 billion yen in its first earnings report since listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last month.

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Recruit eyes housekeeping support service for working women

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Minegishi said in the interview that Recruit is considering entering the housekeeping support business for working women, undertaking various chores at the homes of women while they are out working.

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Recruit Holdings makes solid TSE debut

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, after the end of the day's trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Recruit began trading on the First Section of the TSE that day following the biggest initial public offering in Japan this year, and its share price closed 7.4 percent higher than the IPO price.

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Jobs media Recruit listed on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 16, 2014, in a ceremony celebrating the company's listing on the exchange's First Section. Recruit, which expanded rapidly in the 1980s before running into difficulties in 1988 when it was involved in a major bribery scandal, has since achieved a turnaround.

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Jobs media Recruit listed on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 16, 2014, in a ceremony celebrating the company's listing on the exchange's First Section. Recruit, which expanded rapidly in the 1980s before running into difficulties in 1988 when it was involved in a major bribery scandal, has since achieved a turnaround.

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Japan UNICEF officer fights for children in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 21, 2014 in Tokyo's Minato Ward shows Masumi Yamashina, a UNICEF officer working in South Sudan to protect children amid a civil war.

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UNICEF in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Masumi Yamashina (R) of the U.N. Children's Fund instructs volunteers on the care of children at a base for U.N. peacekeepers in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 13, 2014.

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Kanebo skin-whitening product users report serious symptoms

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a news conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. The company said that 2,250 users of its skin-whitening cosmetics have reported developing serious symptoms such as white blotches on their skin since it began a recall of 54 products on July 4.

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Kanebo skin-whitening product users report serious symptoms

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., holds a news conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. The company said that 2,250 users of its skin-whitening cosmetics have reported developing serious symptoms such as white blotches on their skin since it began a recall of 54 products on July 4.

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Kanebo skin-whitening product users report serious symptoms

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. The company said that 2,250 users of its skin-whitening cosmetics have reported developing serious symptoms such as white blotches on their skin since it began a recall of 54 products on July 4.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka, president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., announces at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka (R), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., is surrounded by reporters after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Kanebo cosmetics caused patchy skin whitening

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Natsusaka (C), president of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., and other company executives bow in a gesture of apology after announcing at a press conference in Tokyo on July 4, 2013, that the company will recall 54 of its products, including face lotions and emulsions, following 39 confirmed cases of patchy skin whitening in users.

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Kuwata teaches baseball in Russia

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata shows his technique in a baseball workshop with boys and girls from local teams in Khabarovsk, Russia, on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Japan's Fuchise finishes in women's race walk

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Masumi Fuchise finishes the women's 20-kilometer race walk at the 2012 London Olympics on The Mall on Aug. 11, 2012. Fuchise placed 11th with a time of 1 hour, 28 minutes, 41 seconds.

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Fuchise wins silver in 20km race walk

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese walker Masumi Fuchise poses with her silver medal after finishing 2nd in the women's 20 kilometers walk at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 23, 2010.

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Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Masumi Kuwata, a former right-handed pitcher with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants baseball club, speaks to reporters in front of a hospital in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, after identifying his father's body. Taiji Kuwata was killed in predawn a fire at his coffee shop and home in the city.

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Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Firefighters investigate the gutted coffee shop and home of Taiji Kuwata, the father of Masumi Kuwata, a former right-handed pitcher with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants baseball club, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, after Taiji Kuwata was killed in a predawn fire.

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Hatoyama leaves for U.S., making his diplomatic debut

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates' shirt and cap throws a ball to former Japanese Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2009, before his departure for the United States. Hatoyama will throw a ceremonial first pitch at a major league baseball game in Pittsburgh, where he will attend the Group of 20 financial sumit.

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Woman on death row seeks retrial over 1998 curry poisoning

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Lawyers and supporters of Masumi Hayashi, whose death sentence was finalized in May for a 1998 curry poisoning that killed four people in Wakayama, arrive at the Wakayama District Court on July 22 to file an appeal for a retrial.

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 21 to obtain court gallery tickets for the trial of Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process.

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - Five Supreme Court justices sit at the No. 3 petty bench at the court in Tokyo on April 21 to hand down a ruling on Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata puts on a student cap after attending a commencement ceremony April 2 for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying. Kuwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata (C) smiles before a commencement ceremony for Waseda University's graduate school, where he will begin studying, in Tokyo on April 2. Kukwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.

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Retired major league pitcher Kuwata enrolls as graduate student

TOKYO, Japan - Retired right-hander Masumi Kuwata (L) poses with a student before a commencement ceremony for Waseda University's graduate school in Tokyo April 2. Kukwata pitched as a member of Japan's Yomiuri Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the U.S. major leagues.

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Kuwata takes mound against Seattle Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Masumi Kuwata took the mound with a 5-3 lead with two on and two out in the eighth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners, getting pinch-hitter Ben Broussard to ground out to first. Seattle lost its sixth in a row.

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MLB rookie Kuwata debuts at Pirates home ground

PITTSBURGH, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata (front) of Japan listens to the U.S. national anthem ahead of a game against the Texas Rangers at the team's home ground of PNC Park on June 12. The 39-year-old veteran was elevated to the big leagues from Pirates' Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis last week and pitched as a reliever against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 10.

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Kuwata's major league debut spoiled by A-Rod's 2-run shot

NEW YORK, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Masumi Kuwata of Japan pitches in the fifth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 10.

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Kuwata tapped to make major league debut

NEW YORK, United States - Former Yomiuri Giants right-hander Masumi Kuwata (file photo), now with the Pittsburg Pirates' Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis, has been elevated to the big leagues, a club spokesman said June 9. The 39-year-old veteran sprained his right ankle in a spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays on March 26 after colliding with home plate umpire Wally Bell.

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Kuwata out of action for up to 6 weeks

BRADENTON, United States - Injured Japanese right-hander Masumi Kuwata visits a Bradenton baseball park on March 27. Club officials said he is likely to need up to six weeks before returning to action, effectively leaving him out of the Pittsburgh Pirates' opening-day roster.

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Kuwata throws one scoreless inning

BRADENTON, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates non-roster invitee Masumi Kuwata pitches one scoreless inning in spring training action March 17. Kuwata allowed one hit and a walk against the Minnesota Twins in his first outing since spraining his left ankle on March 9. Minnesota beat Pittsburgh 7-3.

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Igawa fails to impress, Iwamura gets 1st hit

BRADENTON, United States - Pittsburgh Pirates non-roster invitee Masumi Kuwata speaks with reporters on March 10 as he sat out practice after spraining his left ankle while fielding a grounder in the previous day's relief outing against the Atlanta Braves. (MLB)

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Veteran right-hander Kuwata leaves Japan to join Pirates

NARITA, Japan - Veteran right-hander Masumi Kuwata (L) prepares to leave Narita airport for the United States via Australia on Feb. 5, seen off by fans holding up a banner wishing him well. The 38-year-old has a minor contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in his pursuit of a career in the major leagues.