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UK stage director Caird to produce drama for quake-hit kids

TOKYO, Japan - British stage director John Caird (C) and other people pose on Feb. 25, 2014, to promote a stage drama, "Sekai ga Wagaya" (The World Is Our Home). He will produce the drama to help support children who lost their parents because of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On his left is Mikiko Otonashi who will narrate the drama.

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Nagasaki high school students named peace ambassador

NAGASAKI, Japan - Haruka Saso (L) and Mikiko Taira were selected as two of the three student peace ambassadors for an atomic bomb exhibition in Turkey by a civic group in Nagasaki on Sept. 16, 2010. Saso and Taira will be dispatched to the event in October.

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Japanese pair 5th in women's kayak double 500-meter final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (R) and Mikiko Takeya in action on their way to fifth place in the women's kayak double 500-meter final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 23.

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Olympics: Japan quartet 6th in kayak four final

BEIJING, China - Japan's (L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki in action during the women's kayak four 500 meters final of the Beijing Olympics at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 22. Japan finished sixth, its best Olympic showing in the event.

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Japan's Kitamoto, Takeya win Kayak double 500m semifinal

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (front) and Mikiko Takeya paddle to victory in a Kayak double 500m women's semifinal in the Beijing Olympic Games at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 21.

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Japan wins bronze in women's kayak fours 500-m

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan wins bronze in the women's kayak fours 500 meters in the Asian Games in Pusan on Oct. 12. (From L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Miho Adachi, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki. (Asian Games)

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japan's Mikiko Andoh reacts after lifting 120 kilograms in the jerk portion of the women's weightlifting 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum. She won bronze.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japan's Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion of the women's weightlifting 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum. She won bronze.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital.

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifter Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital.

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Japan wins bronze in women's kayak fours 500-m

PUSAN, South Korea - Japan wins bronze in the women's kayak fours 500 meters in the Asian Games in Pusan on Oct. 12. (From L to R) Shinobu Kitamoto, Miho Adachi, Mikiko Takeya and Yumiko Suzuki. (Asian Games) (Kyodo)

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Li gives up run-scoring hit

PUSAN, South Korea - China loses softball (5-0) at the pool play on Oct 4. Photo shows the shot Chinese pitcher, Qi Li gives up the run-scoring hit from Japanese batter, Mikiko Tanaka at the bottom of the 4th inning at the Gudeok stadium. (Asian Games) (Kyodo)

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Li gives up run-scoring hit

PUSAN, South Korea - China loses softball (5-0) at the pool play on Oct 4. Photo shows the shot Chinese pitcher, Qi Li gives up the run-scoring hit from Japanese batter, Mikiko Tanaka at the bottom of the 4th inning at the Gudeok stadium. (Asian Games) (Kyodo)

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Okinawa capital recognizes same-sex partnerships

Mikiko Shiroma, mayor of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, holds a certificate recognizing same-sex partnerships as equivalent to marriage, at the municipal government offices on July 8, 2016. Naha became the country's fifth local government to adopt such a measure aimed at eliminating discrimination against sexual minorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Japan rep elected to U.N. child rights panel

Lawyer Mikiko Otani is interviewed by Kyodo News at United Nations headquarters in New York on June 30, 2016, after being elected to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child. The 51-year-old became the first Japanese independent expert to be elected to the committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Time-honored Japan shop to showcase flying-fish paste at Milan expo

Mikiko Aoyama, the wife of the owner of Aoyama Shoten, a small shop in the western Japanese city of Matsue, grills Agonoyaki -- a flying-fish paste flavored with local rice wine -- on May 1, 2015. The shop, which has been producing Agonoyaki since its business started in 1727, will present it at Expo Milano 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Story of boy killed in 1985 JAL crash resonates with kids, parents

Mikiko Ishihara, 41, stands behind her son Shugo (R), 7, at the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash in Gunma Prefecture on July 21, 2018. Ishihara was a classmate of Ken Miyajima, who died in the accident at age 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pair 5th in women's kayak double 500-meter final

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (R) and Mikiko Takeya in action on their way to fifth place in the women's kayak double 500-meter final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 23. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kitamoto, Takeya win Kayak double 500m semifinal

BEIJING, China - Japan's Shinobu Kitamoto (front) and Mikiko Takeya paddle to victory in a Kayak double 500m women's semifinal in the Beijing Olympic Games at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 21. (Kyodo)

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Nagasaki high school students named peace ambassador

NAGASAKI, Japan - Haruka Saso (L) and Mikiko Taira were selected as two of the three student peace ambassadors for an atomic bomb exhibition in Turkey by a civic group in Nagasaki on Sept. 16, 2010. Saso and Taira will be dispatched to the event in October. (Kyodo)

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3 months after March quake, tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Yumiko Miura (L) and Mikiko Hozawa pray for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in front of the disaster prevention office of the local government in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 11, 2011. The two sisters, currently staying at an evacuation center, lost their relative at the building in the disaster which devastated the area three months ago. (Kyodo)

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Fire at World Heritage castle in Okinawa

Mikiko Shiroma, mayor of Naha, speaks to reporters in the capital of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 31, 2019, after inspecting Shuri Castle, which burned down earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire at World Heritage castle in Okinawa

Mikiko Shiroma, mayor of Naha, speaks at a press conference in the capital of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2019, after World Heritage site Shuri Castle burned down earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Restoration of fire-hit Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) and Naha Mayor Mikiko Shiroma meet the media at the prefectural government office in Naha on Feb. 6, 2020. They announced a plan to use more than 2 billion yen ($18 million) in donations from all over Japan to restore the Shuri Castle, destroyed in a fire on Oct. 31, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo