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Hiroshima's Minagawa scores in 5-2 game against Kashiwa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Forward Yusuke Minagawa (R) of Sanfrecce Hiroshima scores a goal as Kashiwa Reysol defender Tatsuya Masushima tries to stop him at Edion Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 23, 2017. Minagawa's goal helped the J-League Division 1 club overpower the visitors 5-2.

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Olympians Minagawa, Uemura at retirement party

TOKYO, Japan - Winter Olympian couple Kentaro Minagawa (L) of alpine skiing and Aiko Uemura of freestyle skiing attend a retirement party in Tokyo on June 5, 2014.

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Olympic skiers' wedding party

NAGANO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa holds up moguls skier Aiko Uemura in his arms before their wedding party at a hotel in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2010. The two got married in June 2009 but postponed the wedding party to concentrate on the Vancouver Olympics.

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Olympic skiers' wedding party

NAGANO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa and moguls skier Aiko Uemura answer questions from reporters before their wedding party at a hotel in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2010. The two got married in June 2009 but postponed the wedding party to concentrate on the Vancouver Olympics.

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Olympic skiers' wedding party

NAGANO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa holds up moguls skier Aiko Uemura in his arms before their wedding party at a hotel in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2010. The two got married in June 2009 but postponed the wedding party to concentrate on the Vancouver Olympics.

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Minagawa to continue Alpine ski career

TOKYO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 16, 2010, saying he will continue his career with the aim of winning a medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The 32-year-old Minagawa, the husband of moguls skier Aiko Uemura, had told Ski Association of Japan officials in late January of his intention to retire after the Vancouver Olympics.

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Closing ceremony for Vancouver Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada (C), flanked by her compatriots Kentaro Minagawa (L) and Aiko Uemura, poses for photos during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 28, 2010. Asada won the silver in the women's figure skating event.

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Closing ceremony for Vancouver Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada (C), flanked by her compatriots Kentaro Minagawa (R) and Aiko Uemura, poses for photos during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 28, 2010. Asada won the silver in the women's figure skating event.

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Closing ceremony for Vancouver Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese figure skaters Daisuke Takahashi (L) and Nobunari Oda (2nd from R) pose for a photo with husband-and-wife skiers Aiko Uemura (2nd from L) and Kentaro Minagawa (R) during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 28, 2010.

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Closing ceremony for Vancouver Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Moguls skier Aiko Uemura (L) walks next to her husband, Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa, as they enter the stage during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place in Vancouver on Feb. 28, 2010.

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Japan's Alpine skier withdraws from race

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Kentaro Minagawa looks disappointed after withdrawing from the men's alpine skiing slalom competition at the Vancouver Olympics at Whistler Creekside on Feb. 27, 2010. Minagawa, who narrowly missed out on a podium finish at the 2006 Turin Olympics, went out of the course during his first run.

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Japan's Alpine skier withdraws from race

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's freestyle skiing mogul athlete Aiko Uemura, wife of alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa, visits Whistler Creekside on Feb. 27, 2010 to cheer up her husband who competes in the men's alpine skiing slalom event at the Vancouver Olympics. Minagawa, who narrowly missed out on a podium finish at the 2006 Turin Olympics, went out of the course during his first run.

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Japan's Alpine skier withdraws from race

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Kentaro Minagawa looks disappointed after withdrawing from the men's alpine skiing slalom competition at the Vancouver Olympics at Whistler Creekside on Feb. 27, 2010. Minagawa, who narrowly missed out on a podium finish at the 2006 Turin Olympics, went out of the course during his first run.

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Alpine skier Minagawa leaves for Vancouver Olympics

NARITA, Japan - Japanese alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 15, 2010, to take part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. He will participate in the men's slalom and giant slalom events.

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Moguls queen Uemura, Alpine skier Minagawa get married

TOKYO, Japan - Aiko Uemura, Japan's moguls queen and a medal hopeful at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, laughs at a press conference in Tokyo on June 11. Uemura and alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa spoke to reporters after filing their marriage registration at the Shinagawa Ward Office.

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Moguls queen Uemura, Alpine skier Minagawa get married

TOKYO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa (L) and Aiko Uemura, Japan's moguls queen and a medal hopeful at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, show their wedding rings during a press conference in Tokyo on June 11 after filing their marriage registration at the Shinagawa Ward Office.

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Moguls queen Uemura, Alpine skier Minagawa get married

TOKYO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa (L) and Aiko Uemura, Japan's moguls queen and a medal hopeful at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, show their wedding rings during a press conference in Tokyo on June 11 after filing their marriage registration at the Shinagawa Ward Office.

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Moguls queen Uemura, Alpine skier Minagawa get married

TOKYO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa (L) and Aiko Uemura, Japan's moguls queen and a medal hopeful at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, show their wedding rings during a press conference in Tokyo on June 11 after filing their marriage registration at the Shinagawa Ward Office.

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Skiing: Moguls queen Uemura marries Alpine skier Minagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Aiko Uemura (R), Japan's moguls queen and a medal hopeful at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa (L) pose for photographers near the Shinagawa Ward Office on June 11 after filing their marriage registration at the office.

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Fukuoka woman gets Guinness certificate as world's oldest person

FUKUOKA, Japan - A file photo shows Yone Minagawa, from Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture. A certificate by Britain's Guinness World Records recognizing the 114-year-old woman as the world's oldest person arrived by mail on June 30 at the town office of Fukuchi, where she lives. Minagawa became the world's oldest person on Jan. 28, 2007 after U.S. women Emma Faust Tillman died on the day at the age of 114.

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Yone Minagawa, 114, becomes world's oldest person

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, aged 114, takes part in a celebration at the Keijuen nursing home in Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 30 after it was known that she became the world's oldest person, following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also aged 114, in the United States.

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Yone Minagawa, 114, becomes world's oldest person

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, aged 114, receives a bouquet of floor from a young relative during a celebration party at the Keijuen nursing home in Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 30 after it was known that Minagawa became the world's oldest person, following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also aged 114, in the United States.

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World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, aged 114, takes part in a celebration at the Keijuen special nursing home in the town of Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 30 after becoming the world's oldest person, following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also aged 114, in Connecticut.

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World's oldest person dies, Japanese woman becomes oldest

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa blew out candles on a birthday cake at a Fukuoka Prefecture nursing home Jan. 4 as she celebrated her 114th birthday. Ninagawa is now believed to be the world's oldest person after Emma Faust Tillman died Jan. 28 at a nursing home in Connecticut aged 114.

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Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, turns 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's oldest person, Yone Minagawa, blows out candles on Jan. 4 to celebrate her 114th birthday at the Keijuen special nursing home in Fukuoka Prefecture where she now resides.

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Centenarians in Japan number record 28,395

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, from the town of Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, the oldest person in Japan at 113, smiles as she receives flowers at a home for the aged at her native town on Sept. 15. As Japan greets the Respect-for-the Aged Day on Sept. 18, centenarians across the country number a record 28,395, comprising 4,150 men and 24,245 women.

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Minagawa misses out men's slalom medal

SESTRIERE, Italy - Japan's Kentaro Minagawa finishes fourth in the Olympic alpine skiing men's slalom event, just 0.03 shy of the podium in Sestriere on Feb. 25.

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Centenarians in Japan number record 25,606

TOKYO, Japan - Yone Minagawa (photo taken April 6, 2005) from Akaike, Fukuoka Prefecture, is the oldest person in Japan at 112. The government said on Sept. 13 ahead of Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 19 that centenarians in Japan will number a record 25,606 by the end of September.

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Yone Minagawa becomes Japan's oldest person

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, 112, Japan's oldest citizen, talks about her longevity at a home for the elderly April 6 in Fukuoka Prefecture. She became Japan's oldest person April 5, when Ura Koyama died at age 114 at a hospital in the same prefecture.

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Japan's oldest person dies at 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ura Koyama (in undated file photo), the oldest person in Japan, died of pneumonia on April 5 aged 114 at a hospital in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, her family said. She became the country's oldest person after Mitoyo Kawate in Hiroshima City died at 114 on Nov. 13, 2003. Yone Minagawa, 112, who lives in Akaike, Fukuoka Prefecture, has now become the oldest person in Japan, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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(1)3-year-old girl's body recovered

NAGAOKA, Japan - Rescue workers offer their prayers after recovering the body of Mayu Minagawa, a three-year-old girl, from the car (top right) buried under quake-triggered landslides in Nagaoka on Nov. 7, more than two weeks after the deadly earthquakes rocked wide areas of central Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 23.

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(2)3-year-old girl's body recovered

NAGAOKA, Japan - Rescue workers carry the body of Mayu Minagawa, a three-year-old girl, after recovering it from the car buried under quake-triggered landslides in Nagaoka on Nov. 7, more than two weeks after the deadly earthquakes rocked wide areas of central Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 23.

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(2)Boy leaves hospital after Niigata quake incident

NIIGATA, Japan - Yuta Minagawa (L), a 2-year-old boy who was rescued after spending four days in a car buried by an earthquake-triggered landslide in Niigata Prefecture, is released from Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital on Nov. 5. At right is his father, Manabu (R).

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(1)Boy leaves hospital after Niigata quake incident

NIIGATA, Japan - Yuta Minagawa, a 2-year-old boy who was rescued after spending four days in a car buried by an earthquake-triggered landslide in Niigata Prefecture, is released from Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital on Nov. 5.

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(3)Scenes from quake-hit Niigata Pref.

NAGAOKA, Japan - A remote-controlled machine is in operation in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 2 as work resumed to recover the body of Mayu Minagawa who remains trapped in a car buried under rocks during the severe earthquakes on Nov. 23. Her mother was earlier found dead hours after her younger brother was rescued alive.

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(1)Funeral held for mother, daughter killed in landslide

KOIDE, Japan - Manabu Minagawa speaks to mourners in front of his home in the town of Koide, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 30 during funeral services for his wife Takako and 3-year-old daughter Mayu. Only Minagawa's son, 2-year-old Yuta, was rescued after a car carrying the three was buried by landslides triggered by a series of quakes on Oct. 23. Mayu's body has yet to be recovered.

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(2)Funeral held for mother, daughter killed in landslide

KOIDE, Japan - A coffin containing the body of Takako Minagawa is carried out of her family's home in the town of Koide, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 30 after funeral services for the woman and her 3-year-old daughter Mayu. The two died when their car was buried by earthquake-caused landslides. Only Minagawa's son, 2-year-old Yuta, survived the ordeal.

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(2) Girl buried in Niigata quake found dead, death toll rises to 34

NAGAOKA, Japan - Firefighters spread a sheet over a buried car Oct. 28 in which Mayu Minagawa, a three-year-old girl, remains trapped since the Oct. 23 earthquakes that devastated much of central Niigata Prefecture. The girl was confirmed dead. The operations to take her out were suspended for fears of a secondary disaster.

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Takako Minagawa's body returns home

KOIDE, Japan - The body of Takako Minagawa, who was recovered from a car buried in a quake-caused landslide in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 27, is carried to her home in Koide in the same prefecture on Oct. 28. Minagawa and her two children were buried in the car and only two-year-old boy Yuta was rescued.

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Rescue squad keeps trying to save girl in car buried by quake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Rescuers continue work to try to save Mayu Minagawa from a car buried in a landslide in Nagaoka Oct. 28 after her younger brother Yuta was rescued from the car Oct. 27. Their car was buried in the landslide triggered by quakes Oct. 23. Their mother, Takako, who was also in the car, was confirmed dead at hospital after being removed from the car Oct. 27.

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(12)2-yr-old boy rescued, mother taken out, 4 days after earthquake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Firefighters continue their operations on Oct. 27 to rescue Mayu Minagawa, a three-year-old girl, who remains trapped in a buried car in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, four days after the region was hit by devastating earthquakes on Oct. 23.

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(7)2-yr-old boy rescued, mother taken out, 4 days after earthquake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Firefighters hold a stretcher carrying Takako Minagawa, a mother of two children who was taken out of a buried car in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 27. She was rushed to a hospital where she was found dead.

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(11)2-yr-old boy rescued, mother taken out, 4 days after earthquake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Firefighters continue their operations on Oct. 27 to rescue Mayu Minagawa, a three-year-old girl, who remains trapped in a buried car in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, four days after the region was hit by devastating earthquakes on Oct. 23.

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(4)2-yr-old boy rescued, mother taken out, 4 days after earthquake

NAGAOKA, Japan - A helicopter lifts a stretcher carrying Yuta Minagawa, a two-year-old boy who was rescued from a buried car on Oct. 27, four days after the severe earthquakes devastated much of central Niigata Prefecture.

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(10)2-yr-old boy rescued, mother taken out, 4 days after earthquake

OJIYA, Japan - People taking shelter in Ojiya, central Niigata Prefecture, look relieved at the news that Yuta Minagawa, a two-year-old boy, was rescued alive from a buried car in Nagaoka on Oct. 27, four days after the region was devastated by severe earthquakes on Oct. 23.

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(6) 2-yr-old boy rescued, mother taken out, 4 days after earthquake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Manabu Minagawa (L) walks into a hospital in Nagaoka, central Niigata, on Oct. 27 after his two-year-old son Yuta was rescued from a buried car and taken there, four days after the prefecture was jolted by devastating earthquakes on Oct. 23.

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Kamagaya mayor held on suspicion of bribery

CHIBA, Japan - Keiichiro Minagawa, mayor of Kamagaya in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, leaves his home in Kamagaya on May 30 to be questioned by prosecutors on suspicion of taking bribes from a construction company via an aide to former House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue. The mayor was arrested later.

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Rescue squad keeps trying to save girl in car buried by quake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Rescuers continue work to try to save Mayu Minagawa from a car buried in a landslide in Nagaoka Oct. 28 after her younger brother Yuta was rescued from the car Oct. 27. Their car was buried in the landslide triggered by quakes Oct. 23. Their mother, Takako, who was also in the car, was confirmed dead at hospital after being removed from the car Oct. 27. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest person dies at 114

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ura Koyama (in undated file photo), the oldest person in Japan, died of pneumonia on April 5 aged 114 at a hospital in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, her family said. She became the country's oldest person after Mitoyo Kawate in Hiroshima City died at 114 on Nov. 13, 2003. Yone Minagawa, 112, who lives in Akaike, Fukuoka Prefecture, has now become the oldest person in Japan, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. (Kyodo)

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Yone Minagawa becomes Japan's oldest person

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yone Minagawa, 112, Japan's oldest citizen, talks about her longevity at a home for the elderly April 6 in Fukuoka Prefecture. She became Japan's oldest person April 5, when Ura Koyama died at age 114 at a hospital in the same prefecture. (Kyodo)