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Japanese lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse against staffer

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Mayuko Toyota points at her name listed at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, on her first trip to parliament after being elected to the House of Representatives. Toyota submitted an application to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 2017, after a weekly magazine released an audio file seeming to back up allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary.

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Sony's PlayStation 4 hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and CEO Andrew House, Ryo Watanabe, the first Japanese customer for the PlayStation 4, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Hiroshi Kawano, and actress and fashion model Mayuko Kawakita celebrate in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 22, 2014, as the the gaming unit of Sony Corp. launched the successor to the PlayStation 3 console in Japan.

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Competition winner Kamio gives her performance

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese violinist Mayuko Kamio, who won the first prize at the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition, shows off her gold medal during the award ceremony in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow on June 30.

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Competition winner Kamio gives her performance

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese violinist Mayuko Kamio, who won the first prize at the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition, performs with an orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow on June 30.

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Japanese violinist Kamio wins Int'l Tchaikovsky Competition

MOSCOW, Russia - Mayuko Kamio, a 21-year-old Japanese from Osaka Prefecture, smiles after winning the violin section of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow on June 29. Kamio became the second Japanese to win the violin section, following Akiko Suwanai, who won the ninth competition in 1990 at age 18.

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Japan's Hagiwara wins gold in cycling road race

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese cyclist Mayuko Hagiwara (C) won the gold medal in the women's road race Dec. 4 at the Asian Games. China's Zhao Na (L) won the silver medal and South Korea's Han Song Hee the bronze.

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2 Nagasaki teens deliver antinuclear petition to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - Ayaka Ogawa (L) and Mayuko Tsuda (R), two Japanese high school students from Nagasaki, observe a meeting of the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva on Aug. 19. They handed a petition containing more than 30,000 signatures calling for nuclear disarmament to an official of the Conference of Disarmament.

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2 Nagasaki students head to Geneva to deliver antinuke message

NAGASAKI, Japan - Ayaka Ogawa (L), a 16-year-old sophomore, and Mayuko Tsuda, a 17-year-old senior, from two Nagasaki high schools pose for photos at the Nagasaki city office on Ag. 16 before heading to the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva to spread the message of nuclear disarmament. The banner they hold reads: ""World without war and nuclear weapons.''

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Japanese teens win 3rd, 4th prizes in Polish violin contest

POZNAN, Poland - Hiroko Takahashi, 17, a student at Tokyo's Toho Girls High School, wins third prize at the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition on Oct. 27. Fellow Japanese competitor Mayuko Kamiya, 15, a student at the Juilliard School in New York, took fourth prize.

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Flowers piled near site of fatal stabbing of Tokyo student

TOKYO, Japan - People living close to where a female college student was stabbed to death April 30 in Tokyo's Asakusa district came at various times May 12 to place flowers at the entrance of a park just 10 meters from the site and pray for the student's repose. Nearly 100 bouquets piled up in a wooden box placed in front of the alley where Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old studying at Toita Women's College, was killed. On May 10, police arrested Makoto Yamaguchi, 29, on suspicion of stabbing Ogawa to death.

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Flowers laid at murder site

TOKYO, Japan - Two unidentified women lay flowers May 10 at the site in Tokyo's Taito Ward where Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old college student was stabbed to death on April 30.

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Mayuko's father speaks to media

TOKYO, Japan - Tamio Ogawa, father of Mayuko, a 19-year-old student who was stabbed to death in April, speaks to the media outside his house in Tokyo's Itabashi on May 10 following the arrest of a suspect.

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Suspected killer of college student arrested in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yamaguchi, a 29-year-old man from Hokkaido, was arrested in Tokyo on May 10 on suspicion of killing Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old student at Toita Women's College. This likeness of the suspect has brought more than 700 tips from members of the public, police said.

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Friends weep at Mayuko Ogawa's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Friends of Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old student who was stabbed to death in Tokyo's Taito Ward on April 30 by a man in his 20s or 30s, weep in sorrow at her funeral held in Itabashi Ward on May 6.

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2 Nagasaki students head to Geneva to deliver antinuke message

NAGASAKI, Japan - Ayaka Ogawa (L), a 16-year-old sophomore, and Mayuko Tsuda, a 17-year-old senior, from two Nagasaki high schools pose for photos at the Nagasaki city office on Ag. 16 before heading to the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva to spread the message of nuclear disarmament. The banner they hold reads: "World without war and nuclear weapons.'' (Kyodo)

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2 Nagasaki teens deliver antinuclear petition to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - Ayaka Ogawa (L) and Mayuko Tsuda (R), two Japanese high school students from Nagasaki, observe a meeting of the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva on Aug. 19. They handed a petition containing more than 30,000 signatures calling for nuclear disarmament to an official of the Conference of Disarmament. (Kyodo)

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Suspected killer of college student arrested in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yamaguchi, a 29-year-old man from Hokkaido, was arrested in Tokyo on May 10 on suspicion of killing Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old student at Toita Women's College. This likeness of the suspect has brought more than 700 tips from members of the public, police said.

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Flowers laid at murder site

TOKYO, Japan - Two unidentified women lay flowers May 10 at the site in Tokyo's Taito Ward where Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old college student was stabbed to death on April 30.

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Old post office converted into cafe in western Japan

Mayuko Matsuda stands in front of her cafe built within an old post office in Uda, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 31, 2015. The Inasa Post Office was closed some 40 years ago but has been preserved by local people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse of secretary

Photo taken in April 2012 shows Mayuko Toyota, a lawmaker of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Toyota submitted an application to leave the party on June 22, 2017, following allegations she physically and verbally attacked one of her secretaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Competition winner Kamio gives her performance

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese violinist Mayuko Kamio, who won the first prize at the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition, performs with an orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow on June 30. (Kyodo)

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Competition winner Kamio gives her performance

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese violinist Mayuko Kamio, who won the first prize at the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition, shows off her gold medal during the award ceremony in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow on June 30. (Kyodo)

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Japanese violinist Kamio wins Int'l Tchaikovsky Competition

MOSCOW, Russia - Mayuko Kamio, a 21-year-old Japanese from Osaka Prefecture, smiles after winning the violin section of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow on June 29. Kamio became the second Japanese to win the violin section, following Akiko Suwanai, who won the ninth competition in 1990 at age 18. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Hagiwara wins gold in cycling road race

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese cyclist Mayuko Hagiwara (C) won the gold medal in the women's road race Dec. 4 at the Asian Games. China's Zhao Na (L) won the silver medal and South Korea's Han Song Hee the bronze. (Kyodo)

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AirAsia Japan

Jenny Mayuko Wakana, president of AirAsia Japan Co., a unit of Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia, speaks at a press conference in Tokoname, Nagoya Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japan lawmaker Toyota

Undated photo shows former House of Representatives lawmaker Mayuko Toyota. Prosecutors said Dec. 27, 2017 that they have decided not to charge the former ruling party lawmaker over alleged assault of her secretary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-lawmaker in Japan referred to prosecutors for assaulting secretary

Undated file photo shows former Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota, who lost her Diet seat in the House of Representatives election on Oct. 22, 2017, following her alleged verbal and physical abuse of her former male secretary. Police sent her case to prosecutors on Oct. 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-LDP lawmaker who allegedly abused secretary loses seat

Mayuko Toyoda, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who made headlines after allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary, sheds tears on Oct. 22, 2017, in the city of Niiza, near Tokyo, after losing her seat in the House of Representatives election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-LDP lawmaker who allegedly abused secretary loses seat

Mayuko Toyoda, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who made headlines after allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary, sheds tears on Oct. 22, 2017, in the city of Niiza, near Tokyo, after losing her seat in the House of Representatives election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker accused over alleged abuse of secretary willing to stay

Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota bows in apology during a press conference in her electoral constituency in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sept. 18, 2017, following a meeting with her supporters over allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary in May. The 42-year-old lower house member expressed her desire to run in a general election which could be held in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker accused over alleged abuse of secretary willing to stay

Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota attends a press conference in her electoral constituency in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sept. 18, 2017, following a meeting with her supporters over allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary in May. The 42-year-old lower house member apologized over the allegations and expressed her desire to run in a general election which could be held in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker accused over alleged abuse of secretary willing to stay

Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota attends a press conference in her electoral constituency in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sept. 18, 2017, following a meeting with her supporters over allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary in May. The 42-year-old lower house member apologized over the allegations and expressed her desire to run in a general election which could be held in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker accused over alleged abuse of secretary willing to stay

Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota speaks at a press conference in her electoral constituency in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sept. 18, 2017, following a meeting with her supporters over allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary in May. The 42-year-old lower house member apologized over the allegations and expressed her desire to run in a general election which could be held in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker accused over alleged abuse of secretary willing to stay

Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota speaks at a press conference in her electoral constituency in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sept. 18, 2017, following a meeting with her supporters over allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary in May. The 42-year-old lower house member apologized over the allegations and expressed her desire to run in a general election which could be held in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawmaker accused over alleged abuse of secretary willing to stay

Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota heads to a meeting in her electoral constituency in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sept. 18, 2017, to apologize over allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary in May. The 42-year-old lower house member also expressed her desire to run in a general election which could be held in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police question lower house lawmaker for alleged abuse

Undated photo shows second-term House of Representatives lawmaker Mayuko Toyota, who left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in June 2017 after a magazine reported that she physically and verbally abused a secretary. It was reported on Sept. 12 that Toyota had been questioned by police after the former secretary filed a complaint. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse of secretary

Mayuko Toyota, a lawmaker of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, seen in this undated photo, submitted an application to leave the party on June 22, 2017, following allegations she physically and verbally attacked one of her secretaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flowers piled near site of fatal stabbing of Tokyo student

TOKYO, Japan - People living close to where a female college student was stabbed to death April 30 in Tokyo's Asakusa district came at various times May 12 to place flowers at the entrance of a park just 10 meters from the site and pray for the student's repose. Nearly 100 bouquets piled up in a wooden box placed in front of the alley where Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old studying at Toita Women's College, was killed. On May 10, police arrested Makoto Yamaguchi, 29, on suspicion of stabbing Ogawa to death.

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Photo of Mayuko Ogawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old student at Toita Women's College, who was stabbed to death in Tokyo on April 30.

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Mayuko's father speaks to media

TOKYO, Japan - Tamio Ogawa, father of Mayuko, a 19-year-old student who was stabbed to death in April, speaks to the media outside his house in Tokyo's Itabashi on May 10 following the arrest of a suspect.

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Friends weep at Mayuko Ogawa's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Friends of Mayuko Ogawa, a 19-year-old student who was stabbed to death in Tokyo's Taito Ward on April 30 by a man in his 20s or 30s, weep in sorrow at her funeral held in Itabashi Ward on May 6.