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Obama city to present pen to Obama

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Matsuzaki (L), mayor of Obama city in Fukui Prefecture, hands a lacquered pen to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013. Abe will deliver the red lacquered pen, a local specialty, to U.S. President Barack Obama as a gift for his inauguration for a second four-year term as president, from the city with the same name.

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Japan super featherweight champ Naito celebrates with dad

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan super featherweight champion Rikki Naito (L) is interviewed with his father Cassius Naito, former Orient middleweight champion, on the ring after defeating Hiroyasu Matsuzaki in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Feb. 10, 2014.

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Naito wins Japan super featherweight champion title

TOKYO, Japan - Rikki Naito, son of former Orient middleweight champion Cassius Naito, becomes the new Japan super featherweight champion on Feb. 10, 2014, after winning a title match against Hiroyasu Matsuzaki in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.

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Naito wins Japan super featherweight champion title

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan super featherweight champion Rikki Naito (C) celebrates with his father Cassius Naito (R), former Orient middleweight champion, and writer Kotaro Sawaki (L) on Feb. 10, 2014, after winning a title match against Hiroyasu Matsuzaki in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.

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New Japan super featherweight champion Naito celebrates with father

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan super featherweight champion Rikki Naito (L) celebrates with his father Cassius Naito, former Orient middleweight champion, on the ring after winning a title match against Hiroyasu Matsuzaki in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Feb. 10, 2014.

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JR East union leader Matsuzaki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 1994 shows former East Japan Railway Workers Union leader Akira Matsuzaki, who died on Dec. 9, 2010, at 74.

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Roos receives enthusiastic welcome in Obama city

OBAMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) shakes hands with Fukui Prefecture Gov. Issei Nishikawa (L) and Mayor Koji Matsuzaki as he is welcomed to the city of Obama on July 9, 2010. ''The citizens of this town share a name Obama with the president and it has made us feel a great affection and joy,'' the mayor said in a speech to welcome Roos.

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Japanese, Chinese table tennis veterans reunite in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Qiu Zhonghui (2nd from left) and Kimiyo Kurimoto (formerly Matsuzaki) hug each other after their reunion in Beijing on April 1. Japanese and Chinese table tennis veterans met and planted trees in Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1956 world table tennis championships held in Tokyo.

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(1)Iwata unveil latest acquisition Kawaguchi

HAMAMATSU, Japan -Japan goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (C) poses with Jubilo Iwata President Takanori Matsuzaki (L) and coach Masakuni Yamamoto at a press conference in Hamamatsu on Dec. 7 after agreeing to a provisional contract with the J-League first-division side.

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2 Japanese 'human shields' leave Iraq

DAMASCUS, Syria - Two Japanese -- Mitsuo Chikushi (L) and Michizo Matsuzaki (R) -- who had been acting as ''human shields'' in Baghdad to protest the U.S.-led war on Iraq, speak at a Damascus hotel in Syria on March 28. Chikushi, a company president from Hino, western Tokyo, and Matsuzaki, a former newspaper reporter from Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, had been placed at a water-purification plant in a Baghdad suburb.

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Usuki gets sculpture of Dutch ship

OITA, Japan - Dutch sculptor Louise Helianthe van Meurs (L) presents Usuki, Oita Prefecture, Mayor Kunitoshi Goto (R) and Toru Matsuzaki, president of the Usuki Junior Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on April 18 with a sculpture she made of the Liefde, a Dutch ship which exactly 400 years ago ran ashore in Usuki's harbor. The event is largely credited with opening ties between Japan and the Netherlands.

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(1)Iwata unveil latest acquisition Kawaguchi

HAMAMATSU, Japan -Japan goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (C) poses with Jubilo Iwata President Takanori Matsuzaki (L) and coach Masakuni Yamamoto at a press conference in Hamamatsu on Dec. 7 after agreeing to a provisional contract with the J-League first-division side. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese table tennis veterans reunite in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Qiu Zhonghui (L) and Kimiyo Kurimoto (formerly Matsuzaki),who both played in the 1956 world table tennis championships, hug each other after their reunion in Beijing on April 1. Japanese and Chinese table tennis veterans met and planted trees to mark the 50th anniversary of their competition held in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

Yuki Matsuzaki & Kazunari Ninomiya Characters: Nozaki & Saigo Film: Letters From Iwo Jima (USA 2006) Director: Clint Eastwood 15 November 2006 YUKI MATSUZAKI as Nozaki and KAZUNARI NINOMIYA as Saigo in Warner Bros. Pictures

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PINK PANTHER 2

PINK PANTHER 2 ALFRED MOLINA, ANDY GARCIA, YUKI MATSUZAKI, STEVE MARTIN as Inspector Clouseau Date: 2009

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PINK PANTHER 2

PINK PANTHER 2 JEAN RENO, STEVE MARTIN as Inspector Clouseau, ANDY GARCIA, YUKI MATSUZAKI Date: 2009

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Asian Games, Judo

PUSAN, South Korea - Judoka Mizuho Matsuzaki wins with an ippon victory on her semifinal match of 78-kilogram division over Chinafs on Sept. 30.

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Former systems engineer gets prison sentence for Benesse data leak

Undated photo shows former systems engineer Masaomi Matsuzaki. A branch of the Tokyo District Court on March 29, 2016, sentenced the 41-year-old to three years and six months in prison and a fine of 3 million yen ($26,400) for his involvement in a massive customer data theft from educational service provider Benesse Corp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lacquered chopsticks introduced at Milan expo

Photo shows Koji Matsuzaki (C), mayor of the city of Obama on the Sea of Japan coast, addressing visitors to the Japan Pavilion at the Expo Milano on July 20, 2015, when Japanese lacquered chopsticks from his city were introduced there. Since the city of Obama shares its name with U.S. President Barack Obama, it sent four pairs of lacquered chopsticks to the president and his family as an inauguration gift in 2009. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 central Japan mayors seek early resolution to abduction cases

The mayors of three cities where Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang and later repatriated back home live meet the press in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 14, 2015. The mayors are (from L) Koji Matsuzaki of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, Hiroshi Aida of Kashiwazaki and Motonari Kai of Sado, both in Niigata Prefecture. They called on the government to step up efforts for an early resolution of the abduction issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima man shows photo of defunct 'Naked Pilgrimage' procession

Yasunari Matsuzaki, a fire brigade member of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, shows on Jan. 14, 2015, a picture of the erstwhile "Naked Pilgrimage" procession in which local citizens poured water on scantily clad men parading on a street in the northeastern Japan town to pray for fire prevention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sengenmon

Written SENGENMON, but it is the Senkan Gate of Matsuzaki in Shizuoka prefecture. This gigantic rock has a height of approximately 30 meters, and boats can go through the tunnel made by waves in the center. The name originated from people claiming that the view had thousand kan worth seeing. ( Kan is a monetary unit of the old days.)==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐11‐0]

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Roos receives enthusiastic welcome in Obama city

OBAMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) shakes hands with Fukui Prefecture Gov. Issei Nishikawa (L) and Mayor Koji Matsuzaki as he is welcomed to the city of Obama on July 9, 2010. ''The citizens of this town share a name Obama with the president and it has made us feel a great affection and joy,'' the mayor said in a speech to welcome Roos. (Kyodo)

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Man arrested over Benesse data theft

TOKYO, Japan - Masaomi Matsuzaki is taken into custody by police officers in Tokyo's Fuchu city on July 17, 2014, after being arrested over a massive customer data theft from Benesse Holdings Inc., a major correspondence education provider for children. Matsuzaki worked as a temporary systems engineer at a database management contractor for Benesse's affiliate, Synform Co. (Kyodo)

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Japanese actor portrays tsunami survivor in Hollywood play

LOS ANGELES, United States - Actor Yuki Matsuzaki (2nd from L) collects donations for Japan's disaster relief efforts after playing a man who has lost his family in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the play ''Bridge'' on Dec. 4, 2011, at The Complex theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles. (Kyodo)

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JR East union leader Matsuzaki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 1994 shows former East Japan Railway Workers Union leader Akira Matsuzaki, who died on Dec. 9, 2010, at 74. (Kyodo)

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76th anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Yosuke Matsuzaki, the eldest son of Japanese serviceman Mitsuo Matsuzaki who took part in the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, speaks during a ceremony at the Arizona Memorial in Honolulu on Dec. 6, 2017, a day before the 76th anniversary of the attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Japanese 'human shields' leave Iraq

DAMASCUS, Syria - Two Japanese -- Mitsuo Chikushi (L) and Michizo Matsuzaki (R) -- who had been acting as ''human shields'' in Baghdad to protest the U.S.-led war on Iraq, speak at a Damascus hotel in Syria on March 28. Chikushi, a company president from Hino, western Tokyo, and Matsuzaki, a former newspaper reporter from Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, had been placed at a water-purification plant in a Baghdad suburb. (Kyodo)

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Usuki gets sculpture of Dutch ship

OITA, Japan - Dutch sculptor Louise Helianthe van Meurs (L) presents Usuki, Oita Prefecture, Mayor Kunitoshi Goto (R) and Toru Matsuzaki, president of the Usuki Junior Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on April 18 with a sculpture she made of the Liefde, a Dutch ship which exactly 400 years ago ran ashore in Usuki's harbor. The event is largely credited with opening ties between Japan and the Netherlands.