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(SP)JAPAN-TOKOHAMA-FOOTBALL-AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-SHANDONG TAISHAN VS YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS

(231213) -- TOKOHAMA, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Matsubara Ken (L) of Yokohama F. Marios passes the ball during the Group G match between Shandong Taishan of China and Yokohama F. Marinos of Japan at the 2023-2024 AFC Champions League in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Miho-no-Matsubara and Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Feb. 17, 2023, shows the Miho-no-Matsubara pine grove (front) on the coast of Miho in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, with Mt. Fuji in the background.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. Miho-no-matsubara, a seashore area lined with pine trees, is seen in the foreground. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Foreign envoys in Japan tour World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Ambassadors to Japan and other envoys from 17 countries visit the Miho no Matsubara pine grove in Shizuoka on Sept. 4, 2014, during a tour of the central Japan prefecture. The tour was organized by the Foreign Ministry to promote the prefecture, home to the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Mount Fuji and the grove.

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Mt. Fuji admission fee set at 1,000 yen

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Dec. 12, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji, seen from Miho no Matsubara in Shizuoka Prefecture. Local prefectures agreed Dec. 25, 2013, to collect a 1,000 yen admission fee from climbers on Mt. Fuji from the summer of 2014 on a voluntary basis.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from various parties, including transport minister Yuichiro Hata (far R), visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Hata and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows transport minister Yuichiro Hata (L) and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals. Hata and Matsubara visited World War II-related Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 2012, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first visit by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Yuichiro Hata (L) visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Hata and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Matsubara (C), a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, arrives at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Matsubara and transport minister Yuichiro Hata visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeed Yokota and Airi Hatakeyama (from L to R) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

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Japan 7th in rhythmic gymnastics team final

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeed Yokota (from front to back) perform with balls during the rhythmic gymnastics team final at the Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 12, 2012. Japan placed seventh with a total of 54.100 points.

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Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kotono Tanaka, Natsuki Fukase, Rie Matsubara, Nina Saeedyokota, Airi Hatakeyama and Rina Miura (from R) wave to the crowds after their ball performance in the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

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Japan 7th halfway through rhythmic gymnastics qualifying

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rie Matsubara, Natsuki Fukase, Kotono Tanaka, Airi Hatakeyama and Nina Saeedyokota (from front to back) perform with the ball during the first day of a two-day rhythmic gymnastics group qualification at Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 9, 2012.

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Japanese minister vows to rescue abductees

SEOUL, South Korea - Jin Matsubara (R), Japanese minister in charge of addressing the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, records a message at a radio station in Seoul on April 22, 2012, for a shortwave program of Free North Korea Radio, which is run by defectors from North Korea. In the message he vowed that Japan will make ''all-out efforts to rescue abductees as soon as possible.''

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Dogs at shelter

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows dogs in the care of an animal protection group in Osaka Prefecture on Feb. 25, 2012. They are two of the three dogs rescued from the home of a woman in Matsubara in the prefecture, who was arrested on suspicion of leaving 12 miniature dachshunds at her home unattended. The other nine dogs died.

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Abductees' kin meet with abduction minister Matsubara

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (C), chairman of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, and Teruaki Masumoto (R), secretary general of the association, meet with Jin Matsubara, minister in charge of the abduction issue, at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2012. Matsubara vowed to make every effort to settle the long-standing issue.

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New abduction minister meets victim's parents

KAWASAKI, Japan - Jin Matsubara (R), minister in charge of the North Korean abduction issue, meets Shigeru Yokota (C) and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents at age 13 in 1977, at their residence in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012. Matsubara assumed the portfolio the previous day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jin Matsubara speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Outgoing national public safety chief Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and consumer affairs minister, attends a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December, was replaced by senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara the same day.

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New consumer affairs minister Matsubara

Undated file photo shows senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed Matsubara on Jan. 13, 2012, as public safety commission chief and consumer affairs minister, succeeding Kenji Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December.

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Kaoru Matsubara (L) looks at the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria displayed at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. Matsubara found the fossil in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010.

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Tecmo to enter merger talks with Koei

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Matsubara (L), president of game maker Koei Co., and Yasuharu Kakihara, president of game software developer Tecmo Ltd., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4. They announced that the two companies have agreed to launch merger talks.

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(1)Foreign young guns moving up for spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu (L) holds up a sumo ranking list for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with his stable master Sadogatake sitting next to him in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28. Kotooshu was promoted to sumo's fourth-highest rank komusubi in the new list.

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Mother of student slain in U.S. seeks support for exchange program

NAGOYA, Japan - Mieko Hattori (R), the mother of a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead in 1992 while studying in the United States, calls for support for a 10-year-old Japan-U.S. student exchange foundation commemorating her son during her meeting with Nagoya Mayor Takehisa Matsubara (3rd from L). The Japan-Louisiana Friendship Foundation, established in 1994 in memory of Hattori's son Yoshihiro, has realized exchange visits by 60 Japanese and American students to broaden friendship and promote gun control.

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Osaka farmer grows rugby ball-shaped cabbage

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara, 69, poses for a photograph Nov. 14 with rugby ball-shaped cabbages he has grown at his farm located near a rugby ground in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara has spent eight years cultivating the cabbages, which are 30 centimeters high and weigh 1 kilogram on average.

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Japanese ambassadors appointed

TOKYO, Japan - The cabinet on Sept. 20 appointed ambassadors to Russia, France and other countries. (Top, from L to R) Issei Nomura, new ambassador to Russia, Hiroshi Hirabayashi, ambassador to France, Kishichiro Amae, ambassador to the Ukraine, and Nobuko Matsubara, ambassador to Italy. (Below from L to R) Yushu Takashima, ambassador to Germany, and Shotaro Oshima, ambassador to the international organizations in Geneva, were also appointed.

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Rugby ball-shaped squashes harvested in Higashiosaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara holds up rugby ball-shaped squashes at his field in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara started to cultivate the vegetables about 10 years ago as a way to help advertise his hometown, where the annual national high school rugby championship tournament is held. The squashes are around 20-30 centimeters high and weigh 2-3 kilograms.

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Hiroshima survivor speaks to U.S. students by videophone

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Miyoko Matsubara, representative of the Group to Convey the Spirit of Hiroshima, tells of her experiences Nov. 10 during an interactive distance learning class via videoconference system to dozens of students from elementary and high schools in and around Detroit. From the Hiroshima branch office of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., Matsubara, 68, answered questions from students aged between 11 and 17 who were gathered at a Detroit facility.

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Gold-colored mailbox in Olympic gold medalist's home town

A gold-colored mailbox is unveiled in front of the city hall of Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2021, in tribute to the gold medal won by Momiji Nishiya, who hails from the western Japan city, in the women's street skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics at the age of 13.

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(1)Foreign young guns moving up for spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu (L) holds up a sumo ranking list for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with his stable master Sadogatake sitting next to him in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 28. Kotooshu was promoted to sumo's fourth-highest rank komusubi in the new list. (Kyodo)

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Tecmo to enter merger talks with Koei

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Matsubara (L), president of game maker Koei Co., and Yasuharu Kakihara, president of game software developer Tecmo Ltd., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4. They announced that the two companies have agreed to launch merger talks. (Kyodo)

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Osaka farmer grows rugby ball-shaped cabbage

OSAKA, Japan - Kosuke Matsubara, 69, poses for a photograph Nov. 14 with rugby ball-shaped cabbages he has grown at his farm located near a rugby ground in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Matsubara has spent eight years cultivating the cabbages, which are 30 centimeters high and weigh 1 kilogram on average. (Kyodo)

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House; Hausu (1977)

Ai Matsubara & Miki Jinbo Characters: Gari, Kunf

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House; Hausu (1977)

Kumiko Ohba, Masayo Miyako, Eriko Tanaka, Kimiko Ikegami, Yoko Minamida, Ai Matsubara, Mieko Sato & Miki Jinbo Characters: Fanta, Suito, Merodi, Angel / Angel's Mother, Auntie, Gari, Makku, Kunf

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku gearing up for yokozuna bid

Kotoshogiku trains in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture on March 1, 2016, his first training since he came to Osaka for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament beginning March 13. The Japanese ozeki will be up for "tsunatori" challenge, meaning he will be promoted to yokozuna with a second consecutive title win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku gearing up for yokozuna bid

Kotoshogiku trains in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture on March 1, 2016, his first training since he came to Osaka for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament beginning March 13. The Japanese ozeki will be up for "tsunatori" challenge, meaning he will be promoted to yokozuna with a second consecutive title win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku to make 1st attempt at yokozuna

Japanese ozeki Kotoshogiku attends a press conference at his Sadogatake stable in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 29, 2016, as the latest rankings are released for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament beginning March 13. Kotoshogiku will make his first attempt to earn promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku to make 1st attempt at yokozuna

Japanese ozeki Kotoshogiku (L), alongside his stablemaster Sadogatake, attends a press conference in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture on Feb. 29, 2016, as the latest rankings are released for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament beginning March 13. Kotoshogiku will make his first attempt to earn promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Kotoshogiku to make 1st attempt at yokozuna

Japanese ozeki Kotoshogiku (L), alongside his stablemaster Sadogatake, attends a press conference in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture on Feb. 29, 2016, as the latest rankings are released for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament beginning March 13. Kotoshogiku will make his first attempt to earn promotion to yokozuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese-Brazilian teaching soccer in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 15, 2015 in Kobe shows Masaru Nelson Matsubara, a second-generation Japanese Brazilian who teaches soccer for adults at a footsal court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monument dedicated to medieval Korean court missions to Japan

Kazuyuki Matsubara stands on March 31, 2015, by a monument erected on Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in memory of the goodwill missions sent to Japan by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula intermittently between the Muromachi and Edo periods (1336-1867). Matsubara has been working with the South Korean side to have the monument listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and help revitalize life on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man held for attempted murder of taxi driver in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - This photo shows 37-year-old Shotetsu An, on whom police served a fresh arrest warrant on May 23 on suspicion of attacking a taxi driver in January in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, in an attempted murder-robbery case. An has already been indicted on a separate robbery charge. (Kyodo)

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Beach at miyajima

Nishi-no-Matsubara, with its donated stone lanterns, pine trees, and white sand, stretches to the west of Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. It is a landscape well-fitted for a shrine. Deer, said to be messengers of the deities, are feeding on seaweed.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐30‐0]

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Miyajima Island,Aki

The Grand Torii Gate is viewed from Nishino Matsubara, which is west of Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. Nishino Matsubara is an artificial beach made with silt from Momijidani River. The pine trees and the numerous lanterns on the river bank create a distinct landscape.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐23‐0]

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Miyajima Island,Aki

This is the mouth of Momijidani River, which flows to the west of Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. On the Onishimachi side of the river is the Nishino Matsubara with the red pines and stone lanterns. Mt. Suisho is visible in the distance. The stone lanterns on rocks protruding from the river were built in 1796. The taruki style head stones are uncommon in Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐6‐0]

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Owari Garden

This is probably Shimo Ofuke Garden in Ofukemaru, located in the northern part of the Honmaru and Ninomaru areas of Nagoya Castle. This garden is said to have represented a sort of fairyland or utopia, consisting of 14 islands, big and small, such as Matsubara-jima and Takefuji-jima in a huge lotus pond. In 1889, it was purchased by the Department of the Army and turned into a military drill field. In 1908, part of the Ofukemaru area became an imperial villa. This is a valuable photograph because none of these scenes remain today.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐22‐0]

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Dogs at shelter

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows dogs in the care of an animal protection group in Osaka Prefecture on Feb. 25, 2012. They are two of the three dogs rescued from the home of a woman in Matsubara in the prefecture, who was arrested on suspicion of leaving 12 miniature dachshunds at her home unattended. The other nine dogs died. (Kyodo)

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Kaoru Matsubara (L) looks at the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria displayed at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. Matsubara found the fossil in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japanese minister vows to rescue abductees

SEOUL, South Korea - Jin Matsubara (R), Japanese minister in charge of addressing the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, records a message at a radio station in Seoul on April 22, 2012, for a shortwave program of Free North Korea Radio, which is run by defectors from North Korea. In the message he vowed that Japan will make ''all-out efforts to rescue abductees as soon as possible.'' (Kyodo)

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Foreign envoys in Japan tour World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Ambassadors to Japan and other envoys from 17 countries visit the Miho no Matsubara pine grove in Shizuoka on Sept. 4, 2014, during a tour of the central Japan prefecture. The tour was organized by the Foreign Ministry to promote the prefecture, home to the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Mount Fuji and the grove. (Kyodo)