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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-QINGMING FESTIVAL-REMEMBRANCE (CN)

(240403) -- NANJING, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tamaki Matsuoka, founder of the "Connecting Memories of Nanjing" civil group, speaks during a memorial ceremony at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 3, 2024. Relatives of victims of the Nanjing Massacre, as well as survivors, the descendants of survivors and student representatives, on Wednesday gathered at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders to pay tribute to those who lost their lives 87 years ago. Thursday is Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, a traditional Chinese festival during which people to pay tribute to the dead and worship their ancestors. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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JAPAN-OSAKA-NANJING MASSACRE-GATHERING

(231210) -- OSAKA, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tamaki Matsuoka, founder of the "Connecting Memories of Nanjing" civil group, delivers a speech during a gathering in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 9, 2023. A local civil group has held the gathering urging the Japanese public to reflect on the historical lessons and contemporary significance of the Nanjing Massacre in light of the current global situation, emphasizing the importance of not forgetting history in building peace. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Prix de Lausanne ballet competition

MONTREUX, Switzerland, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Kaito Matsuoka of Japan performs contemporary dance at the Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition for young dancers, in Montreux, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 2020. The sole Japanese finalist was unable to bring home a trophy.

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Japanese, U.S. tennis stars play charity match

TOKYO, Japan - Current and past Japanese and U.S. tennis stars play a doubles game at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2014, as part of a charity event to support reconstruction work in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (From L) Michael Chang, Andrei Agassi, Kei Nishikori and Shuzo Matsuoka.

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Head of Tokyo Children's Library gets cultural award

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Matsuoka, director of the Tokyo Children's Library in the capital's Nakano Ward, is all smiles at her office in this file photo taken on Aug. 16, 2014. She received the 2014 TonenGeneral Children's Award in recognition of her role in the promotion of reading among children.

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Japan arborist aims to deepen understanding of forestry

IIDA, Japan - Photo taken June 8, 2014, in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, shows Hideharu Matsuoka, a Japanese arborist who has won his second national championship in a row. The competition tests the tree-care techniques and safety consciousness of tree-climbers.

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Fukuoka official in Myanmar as water adviser

YANGON, Myanmar - Masaru Matsuoka, an official of Japan's Fukuoka city government, works at the Yangon city office in Yangon on Jan. 10, 2013. Matsuoka has been in Yangon since April 2012 to teach local people ways to improve the biggest Myanmar city's water service.

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Meiner Kitz scores surprise victory at Tenno-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Jockey Masami Matsuoka celebrates after his horse, Meiner Kitz, wins the 139th Tenno-sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on May 3.

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Sanyo offers to repair 880,000 microwave/electric ovens

OSAKA, Japan - Nobuaki Matsuoka (L), president of Sanyo Consumer Electronics Co., a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on June 20 about the company's plan to repair some 880,000 microwave/electric ovens free of charge after three ovens caught on fire.

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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi speaks at news conference in Tokyo on June 1. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named Akagi, a former farm ministry bureaucrat, to replace Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi speaks at news conference in Tokyo on June 1. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named Akagi, a former farm ministry bureaucrat, to replace Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Norihiko Akagi, a former senior vice minister who was named as farm minister to replace the late Toshikatsu Matsuoka, surrounded by reporters at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on June 1.

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Abe names Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Norihiko Akagi (C), a former senior vice minister who was named as farm minister on June 1 to replace the late Toshikatsu Matsuoka, arrives at the Prime Minister's Official Residence for a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe to pick Norihiko Akagi as new farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former senior vice minister Norihiko Akagi, who has been named to succeed the late Toshikatsu Matsuoka as agriculture minister.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - People attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28, watch a hearse carrying Matsuoka's body leave a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's funeral held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Akie Abe (C), the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leaves a temple in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 30 after attending a funeral for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28.

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka arrives in hometown for wake

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing the body of deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at a temple in his hometown of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29 for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Wake for ex-farm minister Matsuoka held in hometown

ASO, Japan - Mourners visit a temple in the town of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, to attend a wake for former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28.

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Abe comments on farm minister's suicide note

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at his office on May 29 about a farewell note addressed to him by deceased farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka. Abe said the note from Matsuoka, who committed suicide on May 28, did not touch on the alleged political fund scandals facing the minister before his death.

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Body of ex-farm minister Matsuoka taken to his home

ASO, Japan - The coffin containing deceased Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at his home in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 29. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C in front) and other Cabinet members line up in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 29 to see off a hearse carrying the body of former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - Staffers at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry see off a hearse (L) May 29 carrying the body of the deceased farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake. Matsuoka committed suicide on May 28.

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Ex-farm minister Matsuoka's body taken to his home

TOKYO, Japan - A hearse carrying the body of former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide on May 28 passes in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on May 29 before his body is brought back to his home in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture for a wake.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Passers-by take a special edition newspaper at JR Osaka Station on May 28 which reports the suicide of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) leaves the site of a wake in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward May 28 for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, arrives at the site of a wake in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward the same day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves the site of a wake May 28 for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L in center, back to camera) steps toward an altar May 28 at the site of a wake for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin carrying the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, is loaded into a hearse at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to head to the site of a wake. At right is his wife Hatsumi.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the site of a wake for farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Matsuoka committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, who committed suicide May 28, responds to questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session May 23.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki on May 28 announced the death of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe responds to questions from reporters at his office May 28 about the suicide of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves Keio University Hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward May 28 after observing the body of farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka who committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves his office May 28 for a Tokyo hospital where farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka was taken after he committed suicide earlier in the day amid various political funds scandals.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Police stand guard May 28 in front of a parliamentary housing building in Tokyo's Akasaka District where farm minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka committed suicide earlier in the day.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28 after Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka hanged himself the same day. Matsuoka died after being taken to hospital.

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Farm minister Matsuoka commits suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Media crew gather in front of a parliamentary housing building in Tokyo's Akasaka district on May 28 where Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka hanged himself the same day. Matsuoka died after being taken to hospital.

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Farm minister Matsuoka dies at hospital after suicide attempt

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (file photo) died at a hospital in Tokyo on May 28 after being found to have hanged himself with a rope at a parliamentary housing building in Tokyo's Akasaka district.

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U.S. accepts Japanese inspection of beef exporters

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 24 about U.S. acceptance of Japan's request that it accept Japanese inspections at U.S. meatpacking plants.

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China signs deal to lift ban on Japanese rice imports

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang (L), director of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, sign a rice trade resumption accord in Tokyo on April 11. Beijing's lifting of its four-year ban on Japanese rice imports paves the way for Japan to resume rice shipments to China as early as July.

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China signs deal to lift ban on Japanese rice imports

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang (L), director of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, shake hands after signing a rice trade resumption accord in Tokyo on April 11. Beijing's lifting of its four-year ban on Japanese rice imports paves the way for Japan to resume rice shipments to China as early as July.

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Miyazaki wants state aid to cope with aftermath of bird flu

TOKYO, Japan - Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (R) of Miyazaki, which has been plagued by an outbreak of bird flu, hands a pack of Miyazaki broiler to Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka in a meeting at the Agriculture Ministry on Jan. 29 as he called for government support to cope with the aftermath of the bird flu outbreak.

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Japan, China agree to resume rice imports by China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka (R) and Li Changjiang, director of China's State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Jan. 18. Matsuoka said later he and Li agreed in principle on China's resumption of rice imports from Japan.

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Johanns seeks talks to expand U.S. beef exports to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a joint news conference with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in Washington on Jan. 11.

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Minister did not declare contribution from scandal-linked group

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29 about a 1 million yen contribution he received from a scandal-linked group last December.

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Farm minister Matsuoka

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka arrives at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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Farm minister Matsuoka

TOKYO, Japan - New Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26.

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3 more, including 4-yr-old boy, listed as suspected abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Three more people have been added to the list of those who may have been kidnapped by North Korean agents, a private organization investigating the abduction issue said June 27. The photo released by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea shows Shinya Matsuoka, who was only 4 years old when he went missing in March 1989 in Tokushima Prefecture.

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Japanese lawmakers pitch rice from Japan in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Toshikatsu Matsuoka (L) of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party introduced ''Uonuma Koshihikari,'' the top brand rice in Japan, to Zhou Qiang, first secretary of the Communist Youth League of China on Jan. 20. Matsuoka and other lawmakers made a pitch for the start of Japanese rice exports to China, inviting Chinese officials to try some of the top Japanese brands of rice at an event held in Beijing.