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Ainu people hold ritual in Hokkaido

Indigenous Ainu people take part in a "kotan-nomi" ritual to celebrate the autumn harvest on Nov. 1, 2015, at a museum dedicated to the ethnic minority group in the Hokkaido town of Shiraoi, northern Japan.

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Free agent Matsui in his hometown Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - Professional baseball legend Hideki Matsui, now a free agent, answers questions from children at the Hideki Matsui Baseball Museum in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Head of nuke damage dispute panel visits makeshift shop

NARAHA, Japan - Yoshihisa Nomi (L), chairman of a government committee for settling nuclear damage compensation disputes, visits a makeshift store in Naraha near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on Sept. 24, 2014, as the panel considers whether to extend the one-year limit to compensation payments after evacuation orders are lifted.

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Matsui becomes tourism ambassador for hometown

KANAZAWA, Japan - Teijiro Sakai (L), mayor of the city of Nomi in Ishikawa Prefecture, appoints former major leaguer and hometown hero Hideki Matsui (R) the city's tourism ambassador during a ceremony in the city on Jan. 7, 2014. Matsui, 39, a recipient of the People's Honor Award given by the Japanese government, played for the New York Yankees and several other major league teams following his move from the Japanese professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants.

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Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

KANAZAWA, Japan - Ruri Takeuchi paints a plate on Feb. 26, 2013, at a "Kutani-yaki" craft center in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture. Takeuchi has begun pursuing a new career as a Kutani-yaki porcelain artist at a kiln she recently opened in Komatsu in the prefecture, after training for around nine years. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 26, 2013, shows the painting process for "Kutani-yaki" porcelain by Ruri Takeuchi at a Kutani-yaki craft center in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture. Takeuchi has begun pursuing a new career as a Kutani-yaki porcelain artist at a kiln she recently opened in Komatsu in the prefecture, after training for around nine years. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Puerto Rico beat Japan in WBC semifinal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japan pitcher Atsushi Nomi is pictured after Alex Rios (L) of Puerto Rico hit a two-run homer during the seventh inning of the World Baseball Classic semifinal at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, on March 17, 2013. Puerto Rico won 3-1.

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Japan teen among winners at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Japan's Masaya Yamamoto (R) poses for photos with Tetsuya Kumakawa in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 2, 2013, after the final of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition. Yamamoto, an 18-year-old high school student from Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, was among eight winners.

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Japan teen among winners at Lausanne ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Japan's Masaya Yamamoto performs during the final of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 2, 2013. Yamamoto, an 18-year-old high school student from Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, was among eight winners.

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Schindler-made elevator accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Michiaki Otsuki (L), representative director of Schindler Elevator, leaves the family home in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, of a woman who died when she became wedged between the floor of an ascending elevator and the frame of the doorway at a hotel in Kanazawa in the prefecture. Otsuki visited the woman's relatives on Nov. 2, 2012, to apologize and pay respects.

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F-15 fighter's empty fuel tank falls to ground

KANAZAWA, Japan - Police and Self-Defense Forces officers examine part of a fuel tank that fell from an F-15 fighter of the ASDF in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 7, 2011. An empty fuel tank from an F-15 fighter fell to the ground near the ASDF Komatsu base in Ishikawa Prefecture that day, shortly before the plane landed at the base after a training flight.

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Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi agree on small LCD business merger

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Kimikazu Nomi, president of the government-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Toshiba Corp. President Norio Sasaki, Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi, and Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka hold hands in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2011. Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi agreed to integrate their businesses on small and medium-sized liquid crystal display panels for smartphones and tablet computers.

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Matsui invites kids to baseball museum

KANAZAWA, Japan - Los Angeles Angels outfielder Hideki Matsui poses for photographers with children at the Matsui Hideki Baseball Museum in his hometown of Nomi in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 10, 2010. Matsui asked the children to ''come to Los Angeles and root for me.''

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Papa Matsui happy with son's joining Angels

KANAZAWA, Japan - Masao Matsui, the father of slugger Hideki Matsui, is photographed at Matsui Hideki Baseball Museum in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2009. Masao said his son should be ''delighted'' to play for his new club, the Los Angeles Angels, wearing his signature number, 55.

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Yankees' Matsui meets with Japan's oldest hippopotamus

NOMI, Japan - New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui (L), now in his hometown in Ishikawa Prefecture, visited Ishikawa Zoo in Nomi on Jan. 3 to meet Deka, the oldest female hippopotamus in Japan. Matsui sent a message two years ago to Deka on her 55th birthday, the same number as he has on his uniform.

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Yankees' Matsui joins gathering of fans in hometown

NOMI, Japan - New York Yankees' outfielder Hideki Matsui joins a New Year's gathering of children and baseball fans in his hometown of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 5. The annual gathering was attended by 1,200 fans.

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Hideki Matsui museum reopens in Ishikawa Pref.

KANAZAWA, Japan - Visitors across Japan flock to a museum devoted to New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui on Dec. 8. Located in Matsui's home town of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, the museum reopened after renovations.

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Hideki Matsui museum reopens in Ishikawa Pref.

KANAZAWA, Japan - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (C) speaks at the opening ceremony of a museum devoted to him on Dec. 8. The museum, which is located in his home town of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, reopened after renovations. Matsui is flanked by his mother, Saeko (L) and father, Masao (R).

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Renewed museum of New York Yankees Matsui to open in Ishikawa Pref.

NOMI, Japan - A museum devoted to New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui is reopened to the media after renovations on Dec. 5 in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, where he is from. The Hideki Matsui baseball museum, established in 1994, was remodeled and moved to a place closer to his parent's home at a cost of about 500 million yen. It opens to the public on Dec. 8.

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Renewed museum of New York Yankees Matsui to open in Ishikawa Pr

NOMI, Japan - A museum devoted to New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui is reopened to the media after renovations on Dec. 5 in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, where he is from. The Hideki Matsui baseball museum, established in 1994, was remodeled and moved to a place closer to his parent's home at a cost of about 500 million yen. It opens to the public on Dec. 8. (Kyodo)

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Hideki Matsui museum reopens in Ishikawa Pref.

KANAZAWA, Japan - Visitors across Japan flock to a museum devoted to New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui on Dec. 8. Located in Matsui's home town of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, the museum reopened after renovations. (Kyodo)

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Yankees' Matsui joins gathering of fans in hometown

NOMI, Japan - New York Yankees' outfielder Hideki Matsui joins a New Year's gathering of children and baseball fans in his hometown of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 5. The annual gathering was attended by 1,200 fans. (Kyodo)

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Hideki Matsui museum reopens in Ishikawa Pref.

KANAZAWA, Japan - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (C) speaks at the opening ceremony of a museum devoted to him on Dec. 8. The museum, which is located in his home town of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, reopened after renovations. Matsui is flanked by his mother, Saeko (L) and father, Masao (R). (Kyodo)

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Mitsuro Ohba 3

KOBE, Japan - Adventurer Mitsuro Ohba speaks in Kobe after receiving an award in honor of the late Japanese adventurer Nomi Uemura. The photo was taken on June 3, 2000. (Kyodo)

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Japanese athlete breaks men's 20-km walk world record

Japan's Yusuke Suzuki celebrates after setting a new world record of 1:16:36 for the men's 20-kilometer walk, at the All-Japan Race Walking meet in his hometown of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 15, 2015. Suzuki broke the previous record of 1:17:02, set a week earlier by Frenchman Yohann Diniz. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese athlete breaks men's 20-km walk world record

Japan's Yusuke Suzuki (L) is congratulated by Hiroshi Yokokawa, president of the Japan Association of Athletic Federations, after setting a new world record of 1:16:36 for the men's 20-kilometer walk, at the All-Japan Race Walking meet in his hometown of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 15, 2015. Suzuki broke the previous record of 1:17:02, set a week earlier by Frenchman Yohann Diniz. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Suzuki breaks men's 20-km race walk world record

An official holds an arm of Yusuke Suzuki after the Japanese athlete set a new men's 20-kikometer walk world record at the All-Japan Race Walking meet in his hometown of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 15, 2015. His time of 1:16:36 broke the previous record 1:17:02, set a week earlier by Frenchman Yohann Diniz. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Suzuki breaks men's 20-km race walk world record

Japan's Yusuke Suzuki poses by an electric clock showing his world record for the men's 20-kilometer race walk in the city of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 15, 2015. His record of 1:16:36 at the All-Japan Race Walking meet broke the previous record of 1:17:02, set a week earlier by Frenchman Yohann Diniz. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese craftsmanship finds new market via musical instruments

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2015, shows two trumpets featuring bells made with "Kutani-yaki" ceramics under the sponsorship of the Nomi city office in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit "Kutani-yaki" pottery training center

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Ishikawa Prefectural Institute for Kutani Pottery in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2015, after attending a national tree-planting ceremony in neighboring Komatsu. The institute is a venue for young artists to learn the local traditional pottery technique. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Matsui meets with Japan's oldest hippopotamus

NOMI, Japan - New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui (L), now in his hometown in Ishikawa Prefecture, visited Ishikawa Zoo in Nomi on Jan. 3 to meet Deka, the oldest female hippopotamus in Japan. Matsui sent a message two years ago to Deka on her 55th birthday, the same number as he has on his uniform. (Kyodo)

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Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi agree on small LCD business merger

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Kimikazu Nomi, president of the government-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Toshiba Corp. President Norio Sasaki, Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi, and Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka hold hands in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2011. Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi agreed to integrate their businesses on small and medium-sized liquid crystal display panels for smartphones and tablet computers. (Kyodo)

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Free agent Matsui in his hometown Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - Professional baseball legend Hideki Matsui, now a free agent, answers questions from children at the Hideki Matsui Baseball Museum in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Matsui invites kids to baseball museum

KANAZAWA, Japan - Los Angeles Angels outfielder Hideki Matsui poses for photographers with children at the Matsui Hideki Baseball Museum in his hometown of Nomi in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 10, 2010. Matsui asked the children to ''come to Los Angeles and root for me.'' (Kyodo)

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F-15 fighter's empty fuel tank falls to ground

KANAZAWA, Japan - Police and Self-Defense Forces officers examine part of a fuel tank that fell from an F-15 fighter of the ASDF in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 7, 2011. An empty fuel tank from an F-15 fighter fell to the ground near the ASDF Komatsu base in Ishikawa Prefecture that day, shortly before the plane landed at the base after a training flight. (Kyodo)

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Rock ptarmigan in Japan

File photo taken March 15, 2019, shows a Japanese rock ptarmigan at Ishikawa Zoo in Nomi, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: BayStars beat Tigers to reach Climax Series final stage

Hanshin Tigers infielders gather at the mound after starting pitcher Atsushi Nomi (C) got in a jam in the first inning against the DeNA BayStars in Game 3 of the best-of-three Central League Climax Series first stage at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Oct. 17, 2017. The BayStars won 6-1 to advance to the final stage against the Hiroshima Carp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Papa Matsui happy with son's joining Angels

KANAZAWA, Japan - Masao Matsui, the father of slugger Hideki Matsui, is photographed at Matsui Hideki Baseball Museum in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2009. Masao said his son should be ''delighted'' to play for his new club, the Los Angeles Angels, wearing his signature number, 55. (Kyodo)