CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

CONTATTO - Karate - Karate 1 - Premier League Paris

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Paris Open Karate 2025 - Day 3

Kiri Mishima (JPN) Female Kata bronze medal match during the Paris Open Karate 2025, 2025 Karate 1-Premier League Paris at Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris, France on January 26, 2025 Photo by Alexandre Martins/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Powerful typhoon in Japan

Powerful typhoon in Japan

A signboard at a JR Hamamatsu station ticket gate in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, shows Tokaido bullet train services suspended between Mishima in the prefecture and Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2024, due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan.

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 12 Kyodo - Video taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima. (Kyodo)

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Employees line up in front of the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2024, as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Employees line up in front of the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2024, as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo closes temporarily

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2024, shows the Hilltop Hotel in Tokyo as it closes the same day for an undetermined period due to the run-down condition of its 87-year-old building. The hotel served as regular lodgings for many renowned figures in Japanese literature, such as Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima talks with actress Kyoko Kishida of Bungakuza, a major Tokyo theater company, in the Japanese capital in March 1960. Kishida made her breakthrough in Mishima's stage production of Oscar Wilde's "Salome" the same year.

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima practices "kendo" Japanese fencing in June 1959.

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima poses for a photo with his wife Yoko Hiraoka at their wedding in Tokyo on June 1, 1958.

Novelist Yukio Mishima

Novelist Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, April 24 Kyodo - Novelist Yukio Mishima (C) smiles at a party held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo in March 1960 to celebrate the completion of a film in which he played the leading role. (Kyodo)

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - The body of renowned Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima and a cohort are carried from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ichigaya in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 1970, after he committed ritual suicide following his failed attempt to stage a coup in protest against the country's pacifist Constitution. Mishima, a Nobel literature prize nominee from 1963 to 1968, is known for his works including "Shiosai" (The Sound of Waves) and "Kinkakuji" (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion).

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken on Nov. 3, 1969, shows Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima at the National Theatre in Tokyo attending an event marking the first anniversary of a nationalist militia he established in protest at the country's pacifist Constitution.(Kyodo)

Japanese novelist Kawabata

Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (C) attends the funeral of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima on Jan. 24, 1971, at Tokyo's Tsukiji Hongwanji temple.

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese Novelist Yukio Mishima speaks before University of Tokyo students at the university's Komaba campus in Tokyo on May 13, 1969. The photo is taken from the book "The Chronicle: 70 years of postwar Japan (5) -- 1965-69 Defiance and exploration --," compiled by Kyodo News.(Kyodo)

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima makes a speech at a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force facility in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 1970, just before his dramatic suicide.(Kyodo)

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in 1950 shows Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima. (Kyodo)

Japanese novelist Mishima

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese Novelist Yukio Mishima (C) attends a press conference, alongside Japanese novelist Sei Ito (R) and a lawyer, on Sept. 28, 1964, following a Tokyo District Court ruling ordering Mishima to pay 800,000 yen to Japan's former Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita. The court said the 1960 publication of Mishima's book "After the Banquet" so closely followed the events surrounding Arita's campaign to become governor of Tokyo that it violated the politician's privacy. The case is renowned as Japan's landmark judicial recognition of the right to privacy versus freedom of expression. The photo is taken from the book "The Chronicle: 70 years of postwar Japan (4) -- 1960-64 In the heat of the moment --," compiled by Kyodo News.(Kyodo)

Mishima Taisha shrine in central Japan

Mishima Taisha shrine in central Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 8, 2023, shows Mishima Taisha shrine, designated as an important cultural property, in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

Mishima Taisha shrine in central Japan

Mishima Taisha shrine in central Japan

File photo taken on Aug. 8, 2023, shows Mishima Taisha shrine, designated as an important cultural property, in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

Appearance, logo and exterior of Mishima Foods

Appearance, logo and exterior of Mishima Foods

Appearance, logo and exterior of Mishima Foods=Date:July 21, 2023,Place:Hiroshima pref.

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods=Date:July 21, 2023,Place:Hiroshima pref.

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods=Date:July 21, 2023,Place:Hiroshima pref.

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods=Date:July 21, 2023,Place:Hiroshima pref.

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods

Logo and appearance of Mishima Foods=Date:July 21, 2023,Place:Hiroshima pref.

Appearance, logo and exterior of Mishima Foods

Appearance, logo and exterior of Mishima Foods

Appearance, logo and exterior of Mishima Foods=Date:July 21, 2023,Place:Hiroshima pref.

Strawbird Festival in Japan

Strawbird Festival in Japan

Straw-clad holy messengers take part in a religious ritual, Mishima no Kasedori, in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Feb. 11, 2023. The event is recognized by UNESCO as an important intangible cultural practice unique to Japan. (Pool photo)

Strawbird Festival in Japan

Strawbird Festival in Japan

Straw-clad holy messengers take part in a religious ritual, Mishima no Kasedori, in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Feb. 11, 2023. The event is recognized by UNESCO as an important intangible cultural practice unique to Japan. (Pool photo)

Mishima HS wins nat'l 'performing calligraphy' contest

Mishima HS wins nat'l 'performing calligraphy' contest

SHIKOKUCHUO, Japan - A team of students from Mishima High School in Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, shows their work to judges en route to winning the seventh national high school contest dedicated to "performing calligraphy" combining dance with the art of writing with a big brush that took place in the nearby city of Kochi on Aug. 3, 2014.

Winning team performs calligraphy with legs at nat'l contest

Winning team performs calligraphy with legs at nat'l contest

SHIKOKUCHUO, Japan - A team of students from Mishima High School in Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, writes with their legs as part of their performance before winning the seventh national high school contest dedicated to "performing calligraphy" combining dance with the art of writing with a big brush that took place in the nearby city of Kochi on Aug. 3, 2014.

7 recommended as Japan living national treasures

7 recommended as Japan living national treasures

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 17, 2014, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, shows traditional Noh drummer Mishima Gentaro. The government's Council for Cultural Affairs recommended Mishima and six others as Japanese living national treasures on July 18, 2014.

Mishima as Nobel candidate

Mishima as Nobel candidate

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - File photo shows Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The Nobel Prize website disclosed information on the selection of the 1963 Nobel Prize for literature on Jan. 2, 2014, including the names of Mishima and other candidates.

Mishima as Nobel candidate

Mishima as Nobel candidate

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo shows the name of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima on the list of candidates for the 1963 Nobel Prize for literature in a document of the Sweden Academy, as it was disclosed to Kyodo News. The Nobel Prize website disclosed information on the selection of the 1963 literature prize on Jan. 2, 2014, including the names of Mishima and other candidates.

Quake measures on shinkansen

Quake measures on shinkansen

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. shows reporters a rail (back) with anti-derailment gears in case of a major quake on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line at JR Mishima Station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Jan. 9, 2013.

Quake measures on shinkansen

Quake measures on shinkansen

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. shows reporters a rail with anti-derailment gears in case of a major quake on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line at Mishima Station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Jan. 9, 2013.

Japan's Olympic debut at 1912 Stockholm Games

Japan's Olympic debut at 1912 Stockholm Games

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Japanese athletic delegation marching during the opening ceremony of the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, which marked Japan's first Olympic appearance. The sign holder was marathon runner Shiso Kanaguri (R front) and the flag bearer was sprinter Yahiko Mishima (L front).

Japan's Olympic debut at 1912 Stockholm Games

Japan's Olympic debut at 1912 Stockholm Games

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Japanese athletic delegation led by judoka Jigoro Kano (L) marching during the opening ceremony of the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, which marked Japan's first Olympic appearance. The flag bearer was sprinter Yahiko Mishima.

JFE, IHI to merge shipbuilding units

JFE, IHI to merge shipbuilding units

TOKYO, Japan - Universal Shipbuilding Corp. President Shinjiro Mishima (L) and IHI Marine United Inc. President Shigemi Kurahara hold a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2012. The shipbuilding units of JFE Holdings Inc. and IHI Corp. will merge in October, becoming a shipbuilder comparable with industry leader Imabari Shipbuilding Co. in terms of production volume.