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150th anniversary of Kobe Naval Training Center

KOBE, Japan - Minako Koyama (L), great-great-granddaughter of Katsu Kaishu (1823-1899), a statesman and naval engineer, and Masuo Fujimoto, head of a group of descendents of the men of the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steamship that Katsu captained on a visit to the United States in 1860, attend a ceremony on Aug. 30, 2014 in Kobe, western Japan, marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Kobe Naval Training Center.

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Yamaguchi shows place where Abebe ran on Oct. 22, 1964

TOKYO, Japan -Masuo Yamaguchi, a sports photographer who took part in the filming of "Tokyo Olympiad," a documentary on the 1964 Tokyo Olympics directed by Kon Ichikawa, on July 28, 2014, stands outside the National Stadium, pointing at where marathon gold medalist Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia ran for the film the day after winning the race.

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Photographer recalls memory of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Masuo Yamaguchi, president of Sankei Eiga Co. and a sports photographer took part in the filming of "Tokyo Olympiad," a documentary on the 1964 Tokyo Olympics directed by Kon Ichikawa, talks about his memory of the Olympics at his company in Tokyo. He said marathon winner Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia ran some 100 meters outside the National Stadium in the same marathon uniform on the day after his marathon victory at the request of Ichikawa so that the Olympic flame could be filmed along with a running Abebe.

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By-election in Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Masuo Kaneko (C) of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party celebrates with his supporters in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on April 27, 2014, after winning a House of Representatives by-election in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Memorial concert for March disaster victims in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba - Keisuke Wakao (R), an oboist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Masuo Nishibayashi (L), Japanese ambassador to Cuba, take part in a memorial concert for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan at a church in the Cuban capital of Havana on Sept. 22, 2011.

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Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 498-ton freighter Shin Tsunetoyo Maru ran ashore at Osakikami Island in the Seto Inland Sea on Sept. 4, destroying two houses and damaging another. The ship's skipper, Masuo Hamada, told the Japan Coast Guard that he dozed off at the helm.

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Ex-top defense procurement official meets reporters

Masahiro Akiyama, vice minister of Japan's Defense Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4 after a former top procurement official at the agency, Masuo Morodomi, was arrested on suspicion of causing damage to state finances over purchases of defense equipment. Morodomi, 59, was allegedly involved in illegally reducing by some 1.69 billion yen the amount a communication equipment company was supposed to repay for overcharging the agency.

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Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 498-ton freighter Shin Tsunetoyo Maru ran ashore at Osakikami Island in the Seto Inland Sea on Sept. 4, destroying two houses and damaging another. The ship's skipper, Masuo Hamada, told the Japan Coast Guard that he dozed off at the helm. (Kyodo)

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Health food firm head held for fraud over bogus investment

TOKYO, Japan - Masuo Saeki (L), 61, chairman of Tokyo-based health food maker Richland, is taken to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on Jan. 30 after being arrested on suspicion of making up a bogus investment scheme and collecting some 53.7 billion yen from about 13,000 individuals. (Kyodo)

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Memorial concert for March disaster victims in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba - Keisuke Wakao (R), an oboist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Masuo Nishibayashi (L), Japanese ambassador to Cuba, take part in a memorial concert for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan at a church in the Cuban capital of Havana on Sept. 22, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Defense Agency official gets suspended term

TOKYO, Japan - Masuo Morodomi, a former senior Defense Agency official, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 12. He was sentenced later to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for causing losses to the state by illegally reducing the refunds to be made by defense contractors for overcharging the agency.

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Ex-top defense procurement offic

Masahiro Akiyama, vice minister of Japan's Defense Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4 after a former top procurement official at the agency, Masuo Morodomi, was arrested on suspicion of causing damage to state finances over purchases of defense equipment. Morodomi, 59, was allegedly involved in illegally reducing by some 1.69 billion yen the amount a communication equipment company was supposed to repay for overcharging the agency.