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Death penalty for murder

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows flowers and other items placed at the door of an apartment in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where Yayoi Motomura, 23, and her 11-month-old daughter Yuka were murdered by Takayuki Otsuki, then 18, in 1999. The Supreme Court on the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for Otsuki.

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court earlier in the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the man was 18.

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court earlier in the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the man was 18.

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura (front C) enters the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court that day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the defendant was 18.

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Man, in retrial, given death for murders committed at age 18

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura, the husband of Yayoi, who was killed along with her 11-month-old daughter and raped afterward by a man who was then 18, speaks at a news conference in Hiroshima on April 22 after the Hiroshima High Court, in a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court, reversed itself and sentenced the defendant to death. The high court had earlier given him life imprisonment.

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Motomura defends singles title at national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Top seed Goichi Motomura raises a trophy after winning the men's singles in the national tennis championships in Tokyo on Nov. 23 by defeating third-seeded Takahiro Terachi.

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Japan split 1st-day honors with Thailand in Davis Cup

BANGKOK, Thailand - Goichi Motomura of Japan celebrates after his upset victory over Thailand's No. 1 Paradorn Srichaphan in the Davis Cup qualifying tie in Bangkok on April 5.

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State loses appeal over life term for teen killer of 2

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura speaks to reporters on March 14 about the Hiroshima High Court's ruling rejecting prosecutors' call for the death penalty for a teenager who killed his wife and her baby daughter in 1999.

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Japan, Thailand split 1st day of Davis Cup tie

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Suzuki of Japan smashes in a match against Danai Udomchoke of Thailand on the first day of the Japan-Thai Davis Cup Asia-Oceania zone first-round tie at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Feb. 16. Suzuki whipped Danai in straight sets to make up for teammate Goichi Motomura's earlier defeat to Paradorn Srichaphan.

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Tokyo Olympics: Rugby Sevens

Naoki Motomura (2nd from R) kicks the ball during the second half of Japan's match against Canada in pool play of the Tokyo Olympic men's rugby sevens on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo Stadium.

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Japan split 1st-day honors with Thailand in Davis Cup

BANGKOK, Thailand - Goichi Motomura of Japan celebrates after his upset victory over Thailand's No. 1 Paradorn Srichaphan in the Davis Cup qualifying tie in Bangkok on April 5.

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Family member of 1999 murder case

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura whose wife and daughter were killed by a minor in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on April 14, 1999 says at a press conference that he believes there is no sentence other than the death penalty for the defendant, because the outcome of the crime is "everything to the bereaved family, regardless of whether there was intent to kill." The photo was taken on April 18, 2006. (Kyodo)

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State loses appeal over life term for teen killer of 2

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura speaks to reporters on March 14 about the Hiroshima High Court's ruling rejecting prosecutors' call for the death penalty for a teenager who killed his wife and her baby daughter in 1999.

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Man, in retrial, given death for murders committed at age 18

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura, the husband of Yayoi, who was killed along with her 11-month-old daughter and raped afterward by a man who was then 18, speaks at a news conference in Hiroshima on April 22 after the Hiroshima High Court, in a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court, reversed itself and sentenced the defendant to death. The high court had earlier given him life imprisonment. (Kyodo)

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Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

Motomachi, located at the foot of the Yamate area, was established when the residents of Yokohama Village moved here at the time of the opening of the port. Zotokuin Temple was located at the end of the main street (present day Motomachi-Dori). The building in this photograph is the Yakushi-do next to the main hall. The Yakushi-do was later moved to the Horikawa Waterway from its original location and still stands there today.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐2‐0]

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Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

The Yakushido at Zotokuin Temple in Motomachi, Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐2‐0]

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura (front C) enters the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court that day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the defendant was 18. (Kyodo)

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court earlier in the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the man was 18. (Kyodo)

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Death penalty for murder

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows flowers and other items placed at the door of an apartment in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where Yayoi Motomura, 23, and her 11-month-old daughter Yuka were murdered by Takayuki Otsuki, then 18, in 1999. The Supreme Court on the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for Otsuki. (Kyodo)

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court earlier in the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the man was 18. (Kyodo)

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Sabakusarakashi Rock, Togitsu Road

This road is a part of the Togitsu Highway stretching from Urakami to Togitsu. The rock on the upper left, called Sabakusarakashi-iwa, is one of the famous scenes introduced in Nagasaki Meishozue. The rock exists today in Motomura-go, Togitsu.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐40‐0]

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The Guard House at Motomura, Yokohama

The Guard House at Motomura, Yokohama==Date:1865, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Motomura defends singles title at national c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Top seed Goichi Motomura raises a trophy after winning the men's singles in the national tennis championships in Tokyo on Nov. 23 by defeating third-seeded Takahiro Terachi. (Kyodo)

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5 new envoys appointed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows five new Japanese ambassadors appointed by the government on June 12 to the United Nations, the Netherlands, Guatemala, Honduras and Luxembourg. From left to right in the top row are Yoshiyuki Motomura, new envoy to the United States, Kazuhiko Togo, new envoy to the Netherlands, and Kagefumi Ueno, new envoy to Guatemala. From left to right in the bottom row are Masami Takemoto, ambassador to Honduras, and Masahiro Ando, envoy to Luxembourg.

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Japan, Thailand split 1st day of Davis Cup tie

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Suzuki of Japan smashes in a match against Danai Udomchoke of Thailand on the first day of the Japan-Thai Davis Cup Asia-Oceania zone first-round tie at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Feb. 16. Suzuki whipped Danai in straight sets to make up for teammate Goichi Motomura's earlier defeat to Paradorn Srichaphan.