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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88.

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Power industry leader Morimoto tapped as BOJ Policy Board member

TOKYO, Japan - The government on March 12, 2010, nominated Yoshihisa Morimoto (file photo), vice chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, as a policymaker on the Bank of Japan's Policy Board. The nine-member board has two vacancies and the government has been in the process of obtaining approval from the Diet to fill one of the seats with Ryuzo Miyao, a Kobe University processor.

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Koseki wins world female 102-pound unification match

WBC atomweight champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating WBA light-minimumweight titlist Ayaka Miyao, both from Japan, in their world female 102-pound unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki won with a unanimous 3-0 decision, extending her defense to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki wins world female 102-pound unification match

WBC atomweight champion Momo Koseki (R) and WBA light-minimumweight titlist Ayaka Miyao, both from Japan, exchange punches during the first round of their world female 102-pound unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki won with a unanimous 3-0 decision, extending her defense to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki unifies women's lightest boxing title after all-Japanese bout

WBC women's atomweight champion Momo Koseki (L) of Japan reacts after being announced the winner of a breathtaking 10-round title unification bout with WBA light minimumweight ruler and compatriot Ayaka Miyao in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki defended boxing's lightest-division title for the 16th time, the most in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki unifies women's world boxing title after all-Japanese bout

WBC women's atomweight champion Momo Koseki (L) of Japan throws a left to WBA light minimumweight ruler and compatriot Ayaka Miyao in the fourth and won a 10-round unanimous decision in their action-packed title unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. It was Koseki's 16th successful defense of boxing's lightest-weight title, the most in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koseki wins world female 102-pound unification match

WBC atomweight champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating WBA light-minimumweight titlist Ayaka Miyao, both from Japan, in their world female 102-pound unification bout in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Koseki won with a unanimous 3-0 decision, extending her defense to 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyajima Island,Aki

The Arinoura area is viewed from the west side of the Grand Torii Gate at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. Arinoura has prospered since the Edo Period as a shrine town with hotels and shops. This photograph captures the white-walled warehouses and houses. The foliage on the left is Miyao-jo where Mori Motonari and Sue Harutaka fought in 1555.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐36‐0]

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Power industry leader Morimoto tapped as BOJ Policy Board member

TOKYO, Japan - The government on March 12, 2010, nominated Yoshihisa Morimoto (file photo), vice chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, as a policymaker on the Bank of Japan's Policy Board. The nine-member board has two vacancies and the government has been in the process of obtaining approval from the Diet to fill one of the seats with Ryuzo Miyao, a Kobe University processor. (Kyodo)

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88. (Kyodo)

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Ikeyama defends WBO atomweight title for 5th time

WBO female atomweight champion Nao Ikeyama wears the championship belt after defeating her compatriot challenger Ayaka Miyao in the title match at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Dec. 13, 2016. Ikeyama, 47, retained her title for the fifth time by a technical knockout in the sixth round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikeyama defends WBO atomweight title for 5th time

WBO female atomweight champion Nao Ikeyama of Japan (R) delivers a punch to her compatriot challenger Ayaka Miyao during the third round of their title match at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Dec. 13, 2016. Ikeyama, 47, retained her title for the fifth time by a technical knockout in the sixth round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyao wins men's parallel giant slalom title

AJIGASAWA, Japan - Kazunori Miyao comfortably wins his first-ever national snowboarding title on March 4 in the men's parallel giant slalom event in Ajigasawa, Aomori Prefecture. Miyao had qualified for the previous day's final with the quickest time.