2025 World Exposition in Osaka

2025 World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 3, 2025, shows a Signature Pavilion section called "Better Co-Being" created by Keio University Professor Hiroaki Miyata at the site of the 2025 World Exhibition in Osaka starting April 13.

World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, April 3 Kyodo - Video taken on April 3, 2025, shows a Signature Pavilion section created by Keio University Professor Hiroaki Miyata at the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, unveiled to the media ahead of the event's start on April 13. (Kyodo)

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 3, 2025, shows a Signature Pavilion section created by Keio University Professor Hiroaki Miyata at the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, unveiled to the media ahead of the event's start on April 13.

SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU World Tour Short Track - Milano 2025

SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU World Tour Short Track - Milano 2025

Shogo Miyata of Japan seen in action during Day One ISU Short Track World Tour #6 Milan at Unipol Forum

SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU World Tour Short Track - Milano 2025

SPORT INVERNALI - Pattinaggio sul Ghiaccio - ISU World Tour Short Track - Milano 2025

Shogo Miyata of Japan seen in action during Day One ISU Short Track World Tour #6 Milan at Unipol Forum

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS - 4 Hours of Mugello

MOTORI - Endurance - ELMS - 4 Hours of Mugello

Lorenzo FLUXA (ESP),Malthe JAKOBSEN (DNK),Ritomo MIYATA (JPN) of a team COOL RACING on a Oreca 07 - Gibson in action during a free practice 1 of ELMS in Imola during ELMS - 4 Hours of Mugello, Endurance race in Mugello, Italy, September 27 2024

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Tadashi Fujita, chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking. (Kyodo)

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Tadashi Fujita, chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking.

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Tadashi Fujita (2nd from L), chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, bows during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking.

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR =Date:June 12, 2017, Place: Japan

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR =Date:June 12, 2017, Place: Japan

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR =Date:June 12, 2017, Place: Japan

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR =Date:June 12, 2017, Place: Japan

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR =Date:June 12, 2017, Place: Japan

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR =Date:June 12, 2017, Place: Japan

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR

Shoji Miyata CEO, SmartHR =Date:June 12, 2017, Place: Japan

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sakaguchi Ayaka (R) of Japan hugs her teammate Miyata Shoko after the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Ou Yushan (L) of China claps with Miyata Shoko of Japan after the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Miyata Shoko (C) of Japan, silver medalist Sakaguchi Ayaka (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Dominika Ponizilova of the Czech Republic pose on the podium during the awarding ceremony for artistic gymnastics women's vault at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS(CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS(CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Miyata Shoko of Japan competes during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault Final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

FCV filling ceremony for Australian hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH

FCV filling ceremony for Australian hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH

FCV filling ceremony with Australian-produced hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH. Photo shows, from left, Tomohide Miyata, Executive Vice President and Representative Director of ENEOS, and Takeharu Yamanaka, Mayor of Yokohama City. =Date:June 26, 2023,Place:Kanagawa Pref.

FCV filling ceremony for Australian hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH

FCV filling ceremony for Australian hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH

FCV filling ceremony with Australian-produced hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH. Photo shows Tomohide Miyata, Executive Vice President and Representative Director of ENEOS (fifth from left) and Takeharu Yamanaka, Mayor of Yokohama City (fourth from left).=Date:June 26, 2023,Place:Kanagawa Pref.

FCV filling ceremony for Australian hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH

FCV filling ceremony for Australian hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH

FCV filling ceremony with Australian-produced hydrogen by ENEOS Direct MCH. Photo shows, from left, Tomohide Miyata, Executive Vice President and Representative Director of ENEOS, and Takeharu Yamanaka, Mayor of Yokohama City.=Date:June 26, 2023,Place:Kanagawa Pref.

Toyota Motor's Lexus

Toyota Motor's Lexus

File photo taken on Dec. 22, 2022, shows a production line for Lexus luxury cars at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Miyata plant in Miyawaka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Sumitomo group to buy 80 small Boeing jets

Sumitomo group to buy 80 small Boeing jets

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. President Koichi Miyata (L) and Raymond Conner, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2014, where SMFG and Sumitomo Corp. announced a decision to purchase 80 small jetliners from Boeing.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial announces earnings

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial announces earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Miyata, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., announces the group's earnings for financial 2012 at the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2013.

"N43 degrees" museum to close

"N43 degrees" museum to close

KUSHIRO, Japan - Masaru Miyata, head of the N43 Degrees Museum of Art in Kushiro, Hokkaido, is pictured on Oct. 27, 2012. The private gallery known for its collection of works from countries above 43 degrees north latitude will close in November, with plans to sell about 500 artworks, including pieces by Salvador Dali and Joan Miro.

Toyota to shift part of Lexus production to Canada

Toyota to shift part of Lexus production to Canada

NAGOYA, Japan - RX sport utility vehicles of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury division are produced at Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc.'s Miyata plant in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 6, 2012. Toyota plans to shift part of its production of the luxury Lexus sport utility vehicles from the plant in southwestern Japan to a plant in Canada, officials of the Japanese automaker said on July 24.

Japanese observatory in Chile

Japanese observatory in Chile

ATACAMA, Chile - Takashi Miyata, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, points to the university's astronomical observatory facility on Mt. Chajnantor in northern Chile on Sept. 29, 2011. The facility is over 5,000 meters above sea level and Miyata is wearing an oxygen device to cope with the high altitude.

Megabank personnel shake-up

Megabank personnel shake-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Koichi Miyata, another senior managing director of the major Japanese bank. Kunibe will succeed Masayuki Oku as president of SMBC, while Miyata will replace Teisuke Kitayama as president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., SMBC's holding company, on April 1, 2011, the two firms said Jan. 28, 2011.

SMFG's Miyata to be promoted to president

SMFG's Miyata to be promoted to president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Koichi Miyata, senior managing director of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. The bank holding company is considering appointing Miyata to succeed President Teisuke Kitayama, who is likely to retire, company sources said Dec. 30, 2010.

Stranded tourists brought down peak by cable car with standby motor

Stranded tourists brought down peak by cable car with standby motor

MIYATA, Japan - More than 1,000 tourists stranded on the 2,956-meter Mt. Komagatake in Nagano Prefecture after lightning hit a cable car system July 25 were brought down by the early morning of July 26 on cable cars run by a standby motor. The last group turned up nearly 14 hours after the cable car system was paralyzed.

(1)Stranded tourists brought down peak

(1)Stranded tourists brought down peak

MIYATA, Japan - More than 1,000 tourists stranded on the 2,956-meter Mt. Komagatake in Nagano Prefecture after lightning hit a cable car system July 25 were brought down by the early morning of July 26 on cable cars run by a standby motor. The last group was brought down nearly 14 hours after the cable car system was paralyzed.

May knocked out

May knocked out

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants starter Darrell May (R) talks with catcher Shinnosuke Abe and pitching coach Yukinori Miyata (L) after being knocked out by the Yokohama Baystars in the bottom of the fourth inning at Yokohama Stadium on Sept. 13.

Miyata clears 1st hurdle in Olympic wrestling

Miyata clears 1st hurdle in Olympic wrestling

SYDNEY, Australia - Japan's Kazuyuki Miyata engages Otar Tushishvili of Georgia in a 63 kg class elimination pool bout on the first day of freestyle wrestling at Darling Harbour Exhibition Hall on Sept. 28. Miyata edged the former junior European champion 4-3 to clear his first hurdle.

China's leader Li Ruihuan visits Toyota's factory

China's leader Li Ruihuan visits Toyota's factory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Li Ruihuan (C), the fourth-highest ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party, listens to an explanation about an auto assembly line at Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant in Miyata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 13. Li, chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Japan on Dec. 8 and will stay until Dec. 16.

(SP)BRITAIN-LIVERPOOL-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL

(SP)BRITAIN-LIVERPOOL-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL

(221107) -- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Miyata Shoko of Japan reacts during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

(SP)BRITAIN-LIVERPOOL-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL

(SP)BRITAIN-LIVERPOOL-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL

(221107) -- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold Medalist Watanabe Hazuki of Japan (C), silver medalist Elsabeth Black of Canada (L) and bronze medalist Miyata Shoko of Japan pose for photos during the awarding ceremony after the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

(SP)BRITAIN-LIVERPOOL-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL

(SP)BRITAIN-LIVERPOOL-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S BALANCE BEAM FINAL

(221107) -- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Miyata Shoko of Japan competes during the women's balance beam final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, Britain, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Hazuki Watanabe (C) of Japan poses with her gold medal won in the women's balance beam event at the artistic gymnastics world championships, alongside silver medalist Elsabeth Black (L) of Canada and bronze medalist Shoko Miyata of Japan, in Liverpool, England, on Nov. 6, 2022.

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Shoko Miyata of Japan poses with her bronze medal won in the women's balance beam event at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Liverpool, England, on Nov. 6, 2022.

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Shoko Miyata of Japan performs in the women's balance beam final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Liverpool, England, on Nov. 6, 2022.

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Shoko Miyata of Japan performs in the women's balance beam final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Liverpool, England, on Nov. 6, 2022.

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Members of the Japan women's team (from L) Hazuki Watanabe, Ayaka Sakaguchi, Chiharu Yamada, Kokoro Fukasawa, Urara Ashikawa and Shoko Miyata pose for photos after the qualification round at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Liverpool, England, on Oct. 30, 2022.

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Artistic gymnastics: world championships

Japan's Shoko Miyata soars backwards in her uneven bar routine during the women's qualifications at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Liverpool, England, on Oct. 30, 2022.

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(220619) -- DOHA, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Wu Ran (C) of China, silver medalist Miyata Shoko (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Lee Yunseo of South Korea attend the awarding ceremony for the women's floor exercises event at the 9th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar on June 18, 2022. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(220619) -- DOHA, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Miyata Shoko of Japan competes during the women's floor exercises event at the 9th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar on June 18, 2022. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(220619) -- DOHA, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Miyata Shoko of Japan attends the awarding ceremony for the women's floor exercises event at the 9th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar on June 18, 2022. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(220619) -- DOHA, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Miyata Shoko of Japan reacts during the awarding ceremony for the horizontal bar event at the 9th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar on June 18, 2022. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(SP)QATAR-DOHA-GYMNASTICS-ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(220619) -- DOHA, June 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Wu Ran (C) of China, silver medalist Miyata Shoko (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Lee Yunseo of South Korea attend the awarding ceremony for the women's floor exercises event at the 9th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar on June 18, 2022. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)