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Japan author Mieko Kanai

Japanese writer, poet, and literary critic Mieko Kanai (L) and Polly Barton, the English translator of her 1997 novel "Mild Vertigo," pose for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2024.

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Japanese writer Mieko Kanai

File photo taken in Tokyo on April 20, 2018, shows Japanese writer, poet, and literary critic Mieko Kanai.

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100-year-old woman in swimming competition

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Mieko Nagaoka smiles after completing the 400-meter freestyle at the Japan Masters swimming competition in Tokyo on July 16, 2015. The 100-year-old swimmer recorded a time of 20 minutes and 22.81 seconds.

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U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

NAGOYA, Japan - Californian student Betty Pan (R) engages in a discussion on "guns and safety" in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, with students at Asahigaoka High School, the alma mater of Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori who was shot dead in Louisiana in 1992. Pan is studying in Japan supported by the Yoshi Foundation set up in memory of the slain student. On the left is Hattori's mother Mieko.

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100-yr-old swimmer renews world record at Japan Masters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese swimmer Mieko Nagaoka smiles after renewing her own world record in the women's 50-meter backstroke in the 100-year-old age group at the Japan Masters swimming championships in Yokohama on July 18, 2014. Nagaoka, the first swimmer in that age group for Japan Masters races, turns 100 on July 31, 2014.

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100-yr-old woman renews world record at Japan Masters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese swimmer Mieko Nagaoka swims in the women's 50-meter backstroke in the 100-years age group at the Japan Masters swimming championships in Yokohama on July 18, 2014, renewing her own world record. She is the first swimmer in the age group at the Japan Masters.

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4-kg police dog

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mieko Shinkubo holds her 3-year-old female miniature dachshund Becky at the Kumamoto prefectural police headquarters in the city of Kumamoto on April 3, 2013. Becky, about 40 centimeters long and weighing about 4 kilograms, was granted a certificate the same day to work as a police dog.

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Memorial for gunned-down teen

BATON ROUGE, United States - Mieko Hattori speaks during a meeting on gun control at a church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 20, 2012. Her son Yoshihiro Hattori, a Japanese high school exchange student, was shot dead in Baton Rouge 20 years earlier at age 16.

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Akutagawa Prize novelists Kawakami, Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photos show novelists Mieko Kawakami (L) and Kazushige Abe, who are both winners of the prestigious Akutagawa literary prize. It was learned Nov. 30, 2011, that Kawakami and Abe have tied the knot.

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PM Kan apologizes over hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) apologizes to Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988.

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Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988.

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Hepatitis B sufferers to accept court proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs suffering from hepatitis B, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011. The plaintiffs decided the same day to accept a court-proposed settlement plan for lawsuits against the government on condition that the state offers an apology and blanket compensation.

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Bigger the sash, bigger the election win in Japan?

KANAZAWA, Japan - Rookie lower house election candidate Mieko Tanaka, wearing a sash bearing her name, speaks to voters in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for the Aug. 30 general election. Most candidates including veteran politicians wear name sashes in elections in Japan.

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Newcomer wins Yamagata gubernatorial election

YAMAGATA, Japan - Opposition-backed newcomer Mieko Yoshimura (R) celebrates her victory in the Yamagata Prefecture gubernatorial election Jan. 25. Yoshimura defeated incumbent Gov. Hiroshi Saito in an effective face-off between Japan's ruling and opposition parties.

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Newcomer wins Yamagata gubernatorial election

YAMAGATA, Japan - Opposition-backed newcomer Mieko Yoshimura, who won the Jan. 25 gubernatorial election in Yamagata Prefecture, waves on a street in Yamagata Jan. 26. Yoshimura defeated incumbent Gov. Hiroshi Saito in an effective face-off between Japan's ruling and opposition parties.

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Mieko Kawakami wins Akutagawa literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Kawakami, winner of the 138th Akutagawa Prize, speaks to reporters at Tokyo Kaikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after she was declared recipient of the prestigious literary award for new fiction writers for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg).

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Kawakami wins Akutagawa award, Sakuraba gets Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Kawakami (R), winner of the 138th Akutagawa Prize, and Kazuki Sakuraba (L), winner of the Naoki Prize, pose for photographers at Tokyo Kaikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after they were declared recipients of the two prestigious literary awards. Kawakami, 31, won the Akutagawa Prize for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg) and Sakuraba, 36, received the Naoki Prize for her work ''Watashi no Otoko'' (My Man)

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Mieko Kawakami wins Akutagawa literary award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Mieko Kawakami, 31, who on Jan. 16 won the 138th Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of serious fiction for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg).

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Ainu elder leaves records for next generation

SAPPORO, Japan - Mieko Chikappu, 56, talks about Ainu culture before a vast amount of records left behind by her uncle, late Tasuke Yamamoto, in Sapporo's Chuo Ward.

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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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(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of the contingent of noncombant troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, receives flowers from Mieko Tarui, wife of Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui (R), on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on his way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission.

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(3)Chinese sailor probably not infected with SARS

HACHINOHE, Japan - Mieko Iwasaki (C), chief of a local public health center, speaks to reporters after checking a Chinese sailor who had cough and fever aboard the Singapore-flagged ASEAN Express off the port of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture on May 22. She said the sailor was probably not suffering from SARS and that he office has no plan to send him to a hospital.

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Parents of Japanese boy killed in U.S. receive award

NAGOYA, Japan - Masaichi Hattori (L) and his wife Mieko, whose son was shot dead while studying in the United States 10 years ago, received the Galatti Award on Dec. 3 in Nagoya from the American Field Service (AFS) Intercultural Programs for their volunteer work to promote cultural understanding. The couple established the Yoshi Foundation in June 1993 with 10 million yen from their son Yoshihiro's life insurance.

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LDP's Yamashita wins upper house by-election in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Hidetoshi Yamashita (C) lifts two bouquets into the air Oct. 22 after winning a House of Councillors by-election in Shiga Prefecture by running on the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. At right is his wife Mieko. Yamashita, a 47-year-old former banker and the son of late Defense Agency chief Ganri Yamashita, beat Shunyu Norikumo, a former professor at Ryukoku University in Kyoto who ran on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. He also vanquished Takashi Kawauchi, a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Yamashita will fill a seat vacated by Tenzo Okumura, who resigned before an unsuccessful attempt to win a lower house seat as an independent in the June 25 general elections.

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Bereaved Japanese mother speaks at 'Million Mom March'

WASHINGTON, United States - Mieko Hattori (3rd from L) from Nagoya, central Japan, calls for solidarity in struggling to curb gun violence in the ''Million Mom March'' gun-control rally in Washington on May 14. Tens of thousands of mothers from across the United States took to the streets of the U.S. capital on Mother's Day to demonstrate against gun violence that has claimed the lives of many of their children. Hattori's 16-year-old son, Yoshihiro, was an exchange student at a U.S. high school when he was fatally shot in 1992.

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Japanese soprano wins Tchaikovsky music contest

A smiling Mieko Sato, 32, poses for a photo session July 1 after winning the women's vocal division of the prestigious Tchaikovsky music contest held in Moscow. She is the second Japanese to win a top prize at the contest after Akiko Suwanai who won the violin division in 1990.

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Japanese singer wins Tchaikovsky music contest

Japanese soprano Mieko Sato beams July 1 in Moscow after winning the women's vocal division of the prestigious Tchaikovsky music contest. Sato, 32, who is currently studying in Rome. The contest is known as a gateway for young musicians.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a cherry at his office in Tokyo on June 16, 2022, as Yamagata Gov. Mieko Yoshimura presents cherries grown in the northeastern Japan prefecture, the country's largest producer of the fruit.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a cherry at his office in Tokyo on June 16, 2022, as Yamagata Gov. Mieko Yoshimura presents cherries grown in the northeastern Japan prefecture, the country's largest producer of the fruit.

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100-Year Old Swimmer Misses Another World Record

TOKYO, JAPAN – JUL. 16: A 100-year old Japanese female, Mieko Nagaoka, world record holder of 1500-meter freestyle in the category of 100 year old swimmer or older, participated in the 400-meter freestyle at Japan Masters swimming competition on Thursday July 16 in Tokyo. Nagaoka, from Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, swam 20 minutes and 22 seconds, three and a half minutes behind the world record in the category. She is also set to swim 50-meter freestyle on July 19.

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Newcomer wins Yamagata gubernatorial election

YAMAGATA, Japan - Opposition-backed newcomer Mieko Yoshimura (R) celebrates her victory in the Yamagata Prefecture gubernatorial election Jan. 25. Yoshimura defeated incumbent Gov. Hiroshi Saito in an effective face-off between Japan's ruling and opposition parties. (Kyodo)

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Newcomer wins Yamagata gubernatorial election

YAMAGATA, Japan - Opposition-backed newcomer Mieko Yoshimura, who won the Jan. 25 gubernatorial election in Yamagata Prefecture, waves on a street in Yamagata Jan. 26. Yoshimura defeated incumbent Gov. Hiroshi Saito in an effective face-off between Japan's ruling and opposition parties. (Kyodo)

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Flight Of The Living Dead (2007)

Mieko Hillman Characters: Stacy Film: Flight Of The Living Dead; Plane Dead (USA 2007) Director: Scott Thomas 21 March 2007 Date: 21 March 2007

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Ran; Chaos (1985)

Mieko Harada Characters: Lady Kaede Film: Ran; Chaos (1985) Director: Akira Kurosawa 01 June 1985 Date: 01 June 1985

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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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100-year-old woman in swimming competition

Mieko Nagaoka swims backstroke in the 400-meter freestyle at the Japan Masters swimming competition in Tokyo on July 16, 2015. The hundred-year-old swimmer recorded a time of 20 minutes and 22.81 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese centenarian woman swims 1,500 meters in masters meet

Mieko Nagaoka, a 100-year-old Japanese swimmer, celebrates after successfully swimming 1,500 meters in 1 hour, 15 minutes, 54.39 seconds in a masters swimming competition in Matsuyama, western Japan, on April 4, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese centenarian woman swims 1,500 meters in masters meet

Mieko Nagaoka (R), a 100-year-old Japanese swimmer, is seen after successfully swimming 1,500 meters in 1 hour, 15 minutes, 54.39 seconds in a masters swimming competition in Matsuyama, western Japan, on April 4, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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102-yr-old's suicide in nuclear crisis

Mieko Okubo holds a photo of her father-in-law Fumio Okubo in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2018. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said March 1 that it will pay damages to the family of Okubo, who killed himself at the age of 102 in April 2011 in the face of an evacuation order amid the nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Food, culture from Japan's Yamagata introduced at Expo Milano

Yamagata Gov. Mieko Yoshimura (L) and Masayuki Okuda, a Italian restaurant owner and chef in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, demonstrate how to make "imoni" taro stew at the Japan Pavilion of Expo Milano in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 9, 2015, during an event to promote fresh produce and local traditions from the northeastern Japanese prefecture. Imoni is a thick soup traditionally eaten in autumn in the Tohoku region and which Yamagata is particularly famous for. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bigger the sash, bigger the election win in Japan?

KANAZAWA, Japan - Rookie lower house election candidate Mieko Tanaka, wearing a sash bearing her name, speaks to voters in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for the Aug. 30 general election. Most candidates including veteran politicians wear name sashes in elections in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Akutagawa Prize winner Kawakami's CDs becoming popular

TOKYO, Japan - Orders for music CDs by singer-writer Mieko Kawakami have soared after she won the prestigious Akutagawa literary award on Jan. 16. Victor Entertainment Inc., the distributor of her CDs, said Jan. 18 that it received 6,000 orders for her three albums the previous day. Before that, sales totaled about 800 CDs for each album. The photo is the cover image of one of three CD albums she released after she debuted as a singer in 2002. (Kyodo)

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Mieko Kawakami wins Akutagawa literary award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Mieko Kawakami, 31, who on Jan. 16 won the 138th Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of serious fiction for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg). (Kyodo)

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Kawakami wins Akutagawa award, Sakuraba gets Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Kawakami (R), winner of the 138th Akutagawa Prize, and Kazuki Sakuraba (L), winner of the Naoki Prize, pose for photographers at Tokyo Kaikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after they were declared recipients of the two prestigious literary awards. Kawakami, 31, won the Akutagawa Prize for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg) and Sakuraba, 36, received the Naoki Prize for her work ''Watashi no Otoko'' (My Man) (Kyodo)

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Mieko Kawakami wins Akutagawa literary prize

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Kawakami, winner of the 138th Akutagawa Prize, speaks to reporters at Tokyo Kaikan in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after she was declared recipient of the prestigious literary award for new fiction writers for her work ''Chichi to Ran'' (Breasts and Egg). (Kyodo)

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(3)Chinese sailor probably not infected with SARS

HACHINOHE, Japan - Mieko Iwasaki (C), chief of a local public health center, speaks to reporters after checking a Chinese sailor who had cough and fever aboard the Singapore-flagged ASEAN Express off the port of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture on May 22. She said the sailor was probably not suffering from SARS and that he office has no plan to send him to a hospital. (Kyodo)

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PM Kan apologizes over hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) apologizes to Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988. (Kyodo)

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Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988. (Kyodo)

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U.S. teen mulls gun safety at school of slain Japanese

NAGOYA, Japan - Californian student Betty Pan (R) engages in a discussion on "guns and safety" in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, with students at Asahigaoka High School, the alma mater of Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori who was shot dead in Louisiana in 1992. Pan is studying in Japan supported by the Yoshi Foundation set up in memory of the slain student. On the left is Hattori's mother Mieko. (Kyodo)

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100-yr-old swimmer renews world record at Japan Masters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese swimmer Mieko Nagaoka smiles after renewing her own world record in the women's 50-meter backstroke in the 100-year-old age group at the Japan Masters swimming championships in Yokohama on July 18, 2014. Nagaoka, the first swimmer in that age group for Japan Masters races, turns 100 on July 31, 2014. (Kyodo)