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Late composer Miyagi's disciple plays in London

LONDON, Britain - Ayako Matsumoto, known as the last disciple of the late Japanese composer and "koto" instrument player Michio Miyagi, plays Miyagi's music at the Japanese Embassy in London on June 20, 2014, to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Miyagi.

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Presidents of operators of Tokyo, Osaka bourses

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Saito (L), president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., are pictured prior to the start of a meeting to discuss the details of the two entities' planned merger, at the Osaka bourse on Dec. 29, 2011. The two companies announced in November that they will merge in January 2013.

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Ex-weekly mag photographer focuses on Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Washio, a photographer who used to work for the now defunct "Focus" weekly photo magazine, poses in this file photo taken on Oct. 29, 2014. He has published a collection of photos extensively taken in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, since around 2011.

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Atomic bomb survivors speaks about experiences in N.Y.

NEW YORK, the United States - Reiko Yamada (standing), an 80-year-old survivor from the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks about her experiences to high school students at the Japan Society in New York on April 29, 2014, with Michio Hakariya (R), a 76-year-old survivor from the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, sitting by her side. About 200 students from schools in the city and elsewhere including Japanese students in the United States listened to their speeches.

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Matsumura wins Indonesia PGA Championship

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japan's Michio Matsumura hits his tee shot on the first hole during the final round of the Indonesia PGA Championship at Damai Indah Golf near Jakarta on March 30, 2014. Matsumura won the co-sanctioned season-opening event for the Japanese men's tour with a 21-under 267 total.

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Matsumura wins Indonesia PGA Championship

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japan's Michio Matsumura holds his trophy after winning the Indonesia PGA Championship, the co-sanctioned season-opening event for the Japanese men's tour, at Damai Indah Golf course near Jakarta on March 30, 2014.

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Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2005 shows Michio Mado, a Japanese poet known for his nursery rhymes. Mado died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2014, at age 104.

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Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows "Eraser" and "Rainbow," poetry anthologies by Michio Mado, with English translations by Empress Michiko. Mado died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2014, at age 104.

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Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows books of nursery rhymes and other works by Michio Mado, a Japanese poet. Mado died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2014, at age 104.

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Poems translated into English by Empress Michiko published

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Empress Michiko delivering a speech at a meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of the International Board on Books for Young People in Basel, Switzerland, in September 2002. A collection of poems by Michio Mado has been translated into English by Empress Michiko and was published in June 2013 in two volumes.

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Poems translated into English by Empress Michiko published

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the bilingual books "Keshigomu" (Eraser) (front, L) and "Niji" (Rainbow) (front, R), which contain poems written by Japanese poet Michio Mado translated into English by Empress Michiko. The two volumes were published in June 2013.

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Merger of Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 20, 2012. Shareholders of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. approved the same day the bourses' merger on Jan. 1 and the founding of Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses to integrate cash markets by July 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange Co. President Michio Yoneda attends a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012. Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. said the same day they will integrate their cash equity markets into the TSE by July 2013 after their merger on Jan. 1, 2013.

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Ex-Kyoto Univ. president Michio Okamoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1989 shows Michio Okamoto, a former president of Kyoto University. Okamoto, who chaired an advisory panel on Japan's education policy in the 1980s, died July 24, 2012, of chronic heart failure at a Kyoto hospital. He was 98.

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Start of OSE DJIA Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange, gives a speech at a ceremony at the bourse in Osaka on May 28, 2012, to mark the start of trading the same day of OSE DJIA Futures, which are futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a major stock index managed by the CME Group.

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Minamata 56th anniversary

MINAMATA, Japan - Michio Morita, president of Chisso Corp., places a flower during a ceremony in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 1, 2012, to mark the 56th anniversary of official recognition of the mercury-poisoning disease. A company plant caused the disease by releasing mercury-tainted water into the sea. To the left is Environment Minister Goshi Hosono.

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Presidents of operators of Tokyo, Osaka bourses

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Atsushi Saito (left frame), president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2011. The two companies announced the same day they have agreed to merge amid consolidation moves among international rivals, becoming the world's second-largest bourse.

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PM Kan meets mayors from Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) receives letters of request from Kawamata Mayor Michio Furukawa (C) and Iitate Mayor Norio Kanno (L) from Fukushima Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 15, 2011. Kan said the government will support them in securing employment of local residents.

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Doctor says 2 quake survivors in stable condition

SENDAI, Japan - Michio Kobayashi (C), a physician at Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital, where two rescued quake survivors have been hospitalized, told reporters that the two are in a stable condition at the hospital in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 21, 2011. Kobayashi said both Sumi Abe, 80, and her grandson Jin, 16, had eaten breakfast and were doing well.

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Osaka bourse inaugurates J-Gate derivatives trading system

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange President Michio Yoneda (L) receives a gift from Lars Ottersgard, senior vice president of Nasdaq OMX Market Technology, in Osaka on Feb. 14, 2011. A new financial derivatives trading system, named J-Gate, went into operation that day at the OSE, handling buy and sell orders about 20 times faster than previously. The new system was developed by Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.

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Celeb-drawing Kyoto hotel closes

KYOTO, Japan - Michio Fukui (L), manager of Hotel Fujita Kyoto, sees off its last guests on Jan. 29, 2011. The hotel closed the same day after hosting many celebrities including Japanese movie stars Yujiro Ishihara and Ken Takakura during its 41-year history in Kyoto, one of Japan's premier tourist destinations.

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Akutagawa, Naoki prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - The winners of Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literature prizes line up for a group photograph in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2011. They are (from left to right) Shusuke Michio and Nobori Kiuchi, who shared the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers, and Kenta Nishimura and Mariko Asabuki, who shared the Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction.

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Nobori Kiuchi, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Shusuke Michio. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Kiuchi, Michio win Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken in January 2011, shows Shusuke Michio, who shared Japan's Naoki Prize for seasoned writers with Nobori Kiuchi. Their winning of the award was announced by the selection committee on Jan. 17, 2011.

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JR West blasted for poor mishap info handling

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Utsunomiya, head of the transport safety department at West Japan Railway Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 13, 2010. Utsunomiya admitted that the company, known commonly as JR West, failed to make public 10 cases from 2005 to 2009 in which its trains went over the speed limit, activating the automatic train stopping system at the curve in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, where a derailment killed 107 people.

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Matsumura prevails in playoff to win Casio Open

KOCHI, Japan - Japan's Michio Matsumura holds the winner's trophy after his victory in the Casio World Open at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Geisei, Kochi Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2010.

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Matsumura takes Tokai Classic

MIYOSHI, Japan - Michio Matsumura pumps his fist after winning the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 3, 2010. It is his first JGTO Tour victory.

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Matsumura takes Tokai Classic

MIYOSHI, Japan - Michio Matsumura holds the winning cup of the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic at Miyoshi Country Club in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 3, 2010. It is his first JGTO Tour victory.

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Poet Mado issues new collection of verses on turning 100

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Mado, a poet also known for his children's songs, talks Nov. 5, 2009 about two new volumes containing 64 new poems he wrote on the occasion of his 100th birthday.

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Ex-DPJ upper house member Sato dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Sato (in this 2001 file photo), former House of Councillors member and senior prosecutor, dies of pneumonia July 15. He was 76.

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OSE marks 20th anniversary of Nikkei-225 Futures trading

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Yoneda (L), president of the Osaka Securities Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed (C) attend a ceremony at the Osaka bourse on Sept. 3 to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of trading in Nikkei-225 Futures, Japan's best-known derivatives product.

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Saitama man departs Japan to cross Pacific on hot-air balloon

TOCHIGI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 31 shows a hot-air balloon in which Michio Kanda, 58, an official of the government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, starts crossing the Pacific solo from Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, the same day.

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Saitama man departs Japan to cross Pacific on hot-air balloon

SAITAMA, Japan - Michio Kanda, 58, an official of the government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, departed Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 31 to cross the Pacific solo in a hot-air balloon.

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Canon, Nikon hoping to stimulate camera market via rivalry

TOKYO, Japan - Nikon Corp. President Michio Kariya said in a recent interview that the Tokyo-based company has no intention of competing head-on with Canon Inc. in the world's fast-growing digital single-lens reflex camera market. Noting that the corporate size of Nikon is much smaller than Canon's, Kariya said his company thinks it is important to offer new types of cameras to consumers when its chief rival does not do so, instead of vying with similar price-range products around the same time.

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Electrolysis device to replenish oxygen in Lake Biwa

OTSU, Japan - Researchers from Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute and Shinshu University have jointly developed a deep-water electrolysis device (photo) to replenish oxygen at deep-water locations in Lake Biwa and began an experiment at the lake on July 18. Electricity to power the electrolysis device is supplied by solar batteries installed in a vessel on the lake. The oxygen density in a water tank that was sunk to the bottom of Lake Biwa rose from 0.4 milligram to 6 milligrams 90 minutes after the electrolysis device inside the tank was activated. Michio Kumagai, a senior researcher at the institute, says that density of oxygen is ''totally enough'' to sustain living organisms. Researchers say they plan to tap the hydrogen produced in the electrolysis process for use as energy.

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OSE set for active listing of new products

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange President Michio Yoneda speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Jan. 11. He said OSE will ''actively'' list new financial products, such as an investment trust linked to gold prices, in a bid to win increasing international competition with other exchanges.

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Ex-Gifu official arrested for pocketing slush funds

GIFU, Japan - Police search the office of the Gifu Prefectural employees labor union at the prefectural government building in Gifu on Oct. 31 after Michio Kishita, a former vice chairman of the union, was arrested for allegedly pocketing 5 million yen worth of slush funds.

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Peace stone from Hiroshima presented to Tunisian president

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali (L) is presented with a streetcar track-paving stone hit by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city, engraved with an image of a Buddhist goddess praying for peace, by Michio Umemoto, head of the Stone for Peace Association of Hiroshima, in Tunis on Nov. 7. ''From today, the stone will be a part of this beautiful Tunisia, sharing our desire for world peace and strong hope that our children will live in a world free from the terror of war, murder and hatred,'' Umemoto said at a ceremony.

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Japan Highway deputy chief nabbed in bid-rigging scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors arrest Michio Uchida (file photo), vice president of Japan Highway Public Corp., on July 25 for allegedly assisting in rigging bids on bridge construction projects ordered by the state-owned highway body

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Murakami Fund to seek OSE chief's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Investment fund operator Yoshiaki Murakami speaks at an investor seminar held by the Osaka Securities Exchange in Tokyo on June 8. Murakami said that OSE President Michio Yoneda was ''unqualified'' for the job and his fund, the OSE's biggest shareholder, will call for his resignation.

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Japanese legionnaire shocked by ex-comrade's capture in Iraq

ORANGE, France - Michio Yoshimizu, chief sergeant with the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment based in the southern French city of Orange, speaks with members of the Japanese media in Orange on May 12. Yoshimizu expressed shock at the news that one of his former comrades is believed to have been taken captive by an Islamic militant group in Iraq. ''I am shocked. Why him? I am worried,'' Yoshimizu, 32, said.

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U.S. biotech firm MediciNova debuts on OSE's start-up market

OSAKA, Japan - Takashi Kiyoizumi (R), president of U.S. biotechnology venture MediciNova, smiles as he received a memorial relief from Osaka Securities Exchange President Michio Yoneda on Feb. 8. MediciNova debuted on the exchange's Hercules market on the day, becoming the first foreign company listed on the bourse for start-ups. This is the first time the company, whose stock is not listed on an exchange in the United States, has listed its shares on a stock exchange.

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Noted economist Morishima dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned economist Michio Morishima (file photo), professor emeritus at the University of London and Osaka University, died of old age at a hospital in Britain on July 13, Osaka University said on July 15. He was 80. Morishima, who was from Kobe, western Japan, and resided in Brentwood, Essex, made contributions to the progress in theoretical economics and was a one-time candidate for a Nobel Prize in economics.

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LDP candidate from Paraguay goes overseas for election campaign

NARITA, Japan - Michio Takakura, a Japanese national with permanent residency in Paraguay and is running in the July 11 House of Councillors election, heads for Los Angeles from Narita airport on June 24 to start campaigning for votes from overseas Japanese. From the United States, he will travel to Paraguay and Brazil where there are large populations of overseas Japanese.

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(7)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Michio Hori (L) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki give a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 6. Seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors were arrested earlier in the day in connection with a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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(6)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki (C) and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Michio Hori (R) receive letters of caution from Land, Infrastructure & Transport Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (seated) on May 6. Seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors were arrested earlier in the day in connection with a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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(5)7 ex-M'bishi Motors execs held over fatal truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. Chairman Michio Hori (fore) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman and President Yoichiro Okazaki bow by way of apology at a press conference in Tokyo on May 6. Police arrested seven former senior officials of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. earlier in the day in connection with a fatal truck accident in Yokohama in 2002.

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Mitsubishi Fuso to form independent body for quality tests

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President Wilfried Porth (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 21 as new Chairman Michio Hori listens. They unveiled a package of measures to ensure the quality of its vehicles, including the establishment of an independent body in charge of quality tests.

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Former TSE chief Takeuchi dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Takeuchi (in an undated file photo), a former president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 27, his family said. He was 82. Takeuchi joined the Ministry of Finance in 1944 after graduating from the University of Tokyo and assumed the top administrative post of vice minister in 1975.

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(1)Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air balloon

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda (R) poses with Naoki Ishikawa (L) in the city of Tochigi on Jan. 27 before beginning his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. Kanda, 54, an official of the town government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, plans to make the 8,000- to 9,000-kilometer trip to North America in about 60 hours.