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Death of Japanese journalist in Syria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato answers reporters' questions after visiting the Syrian Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012, to request that Damascus determine why his partner and colleague Mika Yamamoto was shot dead in Syria in August. Sato was with Yamamoto when she was shot in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the country's civil war.

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Death of Japanese journalist in Syria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato (front L) enters the Syrian Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2012, to request that Damascus determine why his partner and colleague Mika Yamamoto was shot dead in Syria in August. Sato was with Yamamoto when she was shot in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the country's civil war.

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Wake for journalist killed in Syria

TSURU, Japan - Photo shows the altar for and a portrait of Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, at a wake held for her in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture on Aug. 27, 2012. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Body of journalist returns to her parents' home

TSURU, Japan - Koji Yamamoto, father of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, speaks in front of his home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2012, after her body was carried there. The police conducted an autopsy earlier that day at a university hospital in Tokyo. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Body of journalist returns to her parents' home

TSURU, Japan - A casket containing the body of Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, is carried into her parents' home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, after police conducted an autopsy on Aug. 26, 2012 at a university hospital in Tokyo. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Police conduct autopsy on journalist killed in Syria

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying the body of Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, leaves a university hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after police conducted an autopsy on Aug. 26, 2012. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Police conduct autopsy on journalist killed in Syria

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2004 shows Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria on Aug. 20, 2012, while covering the civil war there. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

NARITA, Japan - Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato gives a news conference at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2012, after the body of his wife and colleague Mika Yamamoto arrived that day at the airport from Istanbul, accompanied by Sato and her relatives. Yamamoto was shot dead on Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the civil war.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a casket containing the body of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2012, after it arrived at the airport from Istanbul. Yamamoto was shot dead on Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the civil war.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a casket containing the body of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2012, after it arrived at the airport from Istanbul. Yamamoto was shot dead on Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the civil war.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, and Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (R) speak to reporters at an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L front), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (2nd from L front) and Yamamoto's younger sister Kae Yamamoto (far R), head to an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Photo taken Aug. 23, 2012, shows a mosque in Istanbul, where relatives of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto saw her body the same say. Yamamoto was killed on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country.

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Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato, the common-law husband of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was slain on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country, speaks at a hotel in Istanbul on Aug. 23, 2012. Relatives of Yamamoto saw her body earlier on Aug. 23 in Istanbul, after it was airlifted from Kilis in southern Turkey near the border with Syria.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato talks to his dead partner Mika Yamamoto after a casket containing her body arrives at an airport in southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato (front R) carries a casket containing the body of his partner Mika Yamamoto from a hospital in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body arrives in Kilis

KILIS, Turkey - Photo shows the covered body of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, as it arrives at a hospital in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 22, 2012. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

KILIS, Turkey - Freelance Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 21, 2012. Sato, 56, who worked with another freelance Japanese journalist, Mika Yamamoto, reported her death in Syria the previous day to Japan's Foreign Ministry. At front is Yamamoto's bulletproof vest.

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Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2005 shows Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning veteran Japanese journalist, speaking about the significance of female journalists covering war, during a symposium in Tokyo. Yamamoto, 45, while covering the civil war in Syria, died Aug. 20, 2012, while accompanying the rebel Free Syrian Army, the Japanese government said Aug. 21. She was killed in Aleppo in northern Syria, during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning veteran Japanese journalist. Yamamoto, 45, while covering the civil war in Syria, died Aug. 20, 2012, while accompanying the rebel Free Syrian Army, the Japanese government said Aug. 21. She was killed in Aleppo in northern Syria, during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Journalist Yamamoto killed in Syrian clash

KOFU, Japan - Koji Yamamoto, father of Mika Yamamoto, is interviewed at his home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on the morning of Aug. 21, 2012. Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning Japanese journalist, died during a clash in Aleppo in northern Syria, where rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government have been fighting, with the Japanese Foreign Ministry confirming her identity earlier that morning.

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(1)4 female drivers debut on Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains

TOKYO, Japan - Mika Yamamoto (R), a bullet-train driver on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, and her younger sister Asami, a conductor, speak to reporters on a platform at JR Tokyo Station on June 20 before boarding a Shin-Osaka-bound Hikari bullet train. Mika is among four women who made their debut the same day as the first female drivers on the line linking Tokyo and Osaka.

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Man in news: Spanish photojournalist Garcia, Japan award winner

Spanish photojournalist Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, shown in this photo taken in Tokyo on May 25, 2015, is this year's winner of the "Mika Yamamoto International Journalist Award" for his activities in such war-torn countries as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Yamamoto, a Japanese photographer, was killed by gunfire in 2012 while covering developments in Syria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spanish journalist Garcia wins 2nd Mika Yamamoto award

Spanish photo journalist Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, winner of the second Mika Yamamoto International Journalist Award, stands by a portrait of the Japanese photographer at an awarding ceremony in Tokyo on May 26, 2015. The award has been established in honor of Yamamoto who was killed by gunfire in Aleppo, Syria, in August 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)4 female drivers debut on Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains

TOKYO, Japan - Mika Yamamoto (R), a bullet-train driver on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, and her younger sister Asami, a conductor, speak to reporters on a platform at JR Tokyo Station on June 20 before boarding a Shin-Osaka-bound Hikari bullet train. Mika is among four women who made their debut the same day as the first female drivers on the line linking Tokyo and Osaka. (Kyodo)