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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Kana Kobayashi crosses the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025, finishing second at the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Kana Kobayashi crosses the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025, finishing second at the Osaka Women's Marathon.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Ethiopia's Workenesh Edesa wins the Osaka Women's Marathon, crossing the finish line at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2025.

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-PERTH-HOCKEY-WOMEN-CHINA VS JAPAN

(240427) -- PERTH, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fan Yunxia (L) of China competes agaisnt Nagai Hazuki of Japan during a women's hockey test match between Japan and China in Perth, Australia, April 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda poses after breaking Japan's 19-year-old national record at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, by finishing in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda poses after breaking Japan's 19-year-old national record at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, by finishing in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda crosses the finish line in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda finishes in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda crosses the finish line in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Athletics: Osaka Women's Marathon

Japan's Honami Maeda crosses the finish line in second place at the Osaka Women's Marathon at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2024, clocking 2 hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds to break Japan's 19-year-old national record.

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Robot manga figure in quake-hit Wajima

A robot figure from the Japanese cartoon "Great Mazinger" stands in disaster-hit Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2024, after it was taken out from the Go Nagai Wonderland Museum, named after the manga's co-creator, which suffered a fire following a Jan. 1 earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity. Wajima is Nagai's hometown.

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Robot manga figure in quake-hit Wajima

A robot figure is taken out from the Go Nagai Wonderland Museum in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 25, 2024, after the museum of Go Nagai, a Japanese manga artist known for "Mazinger Z," suffered a fire following a Jan. 1 earthquake in the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity. Wajima is Nagai's hometown.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-HOCKEY(CN)

(231001) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nagai Yuri of Japan competes during the Preliminary Women's Pool B match of Hockey between China and Japan at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Li An)

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Pro wrestling match on Japan train

Passengers watch pro wrestlers fight inside a moving train on Yamagata Railway's Flower Nagai Line running in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2023.

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Pro wrestling match on Japan train

Passengers watch pro wrestlers fight inside a moving train on Yamagata Railway's Flower Nagai Line running in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2023.

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Literary award winner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo -The presentation ceremony of the 169th Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize (sponsored by the Japan Literature Promotion Association) was held in Tokyo on the 25th.

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Skateboarding: Japan Open

Taiga Nagai performs at the Japan Open skateboarding competition at Murasaki Park Kasama in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 16, 2023. Nagai won the men's street title.

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(SP)CHINA-JIANGSU-CHANGZHOU-HOCKEY-WOMEN-SONY HC VS MALAYSIA (CN)

(230421) -- CHANGZHOU, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nagai Yuri (L) of Sony HC misses a chance to score during the 4th round match between Sony HC and Malaysia at the Two Lakes Innovation Cup 1st Women's Hockey International Invitational Tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Shi Kang/Xinhua)

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(SP)CHINA-JIANGSU-CHANGZHOU-HOCKEY-WOMEN-SONY HC VS MALAYSIA (CN)

(230421) -- CHANGZHOU, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nagai Yuri (R) of Sony HC celebrates scoring with teammate Iwata Kaede during the 4th round match between Sony HC and Malaysia at the Two Lakes Innovation Cup 1st Women's Hockey International Invitational Tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Shi Kang/Xinhua)

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(SP)CHINA-JIANGSU-CHANGZHOU-HOCKEY-WOMEN-SONY HC VS MALAYSIA (CN)

(230421) -- CHANGZHOU, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iwata Kaede (L) and Nagai Yuri of Sony HC celebrate team's goal during the 4th round match between Sony HC and Malaysia at the Two Lakes Innovation Cup 1st Women's Hockey International Invitational Tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Shi Kang/Xinhua)

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(SP)CHINA-JIANGSU-CHANGZHOU-HOCKEY-WOMEN-SONY HC VS MALAYSIA (CN)

(230419) -- CHANGZHOU, April 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nagai Yuri (front C) of Sony HC competes during the 3rd round match between Sony HC and Malaysia at the "Two Lakes Innovation Cup" 1st Women's Hockey International Invitational Tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 19, 2023. (Photo by Shi Kang/Xinhua)

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Japanese writer Michiko Nagai dies

File photo taken in March 2008 shows Japanese writer Michiko Nagai giving an interview in Tokyo. Nagai, who has won several literary awards including the Naoki Prize, died of natural causes on Jan. 27, 2023, at age 97.

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Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Japan's Yuka Ando crosses the finish line at Yanmar Field Nagai in Osaka, western Japan, to take third place in the Osaka Women's Marathon on Jan. 29, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Farewell to voice actor Nagai, known for role as Sazae-san's father

TOKYO, Japan - A funeral service is held for voice actor Ichiro Nagai, known as the voice of Sazae-san's father Namihei in the long-running popular television animation series, in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2014, with his photo and Namihei's image seen among flowers.

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11th World Athletics Championships end 9-day run in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - German athletes hold a banner showing the next world athletics championships will be held in Berlin in 2009 during the closing ceremony of the 11th World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2.

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Kenya's Ndereba wins women's marathon at world athletics

OSAKA, Japan - The three medalists of the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships -- (From L to R) silver medalist Zhou Chunxiu of China, gold medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya and bronze medalist Reiko Tosa -- pose during a medal ceremony at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Ndereba won the race in a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes, 37 seconds.

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U.S. win both women's and men's 4x400-meter relays

OSAKA, Japan - Allyson Felix of the United States (R) congratulates U.S. men's team members after they won the men's 4x400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2.

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U.S. wins men's 4x400-meter relay

Osaka, Japan - Jeremy Wariner of the United States holds up the U.S. and Japanese flags after the U.S. team won the men's 4X400 relay race final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. The U.S. team won the gold with a time of 2 minutes, 55.56 seconds.

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11th World Athletics Championships end 9-day run in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - German athletes hold a banner showing the next world athletics championships will be held in Berlin in 2009 during the closing ceremony of the 11th World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2.

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U.S. wins women's 4X400-meter relay at world athletics

OSAKA, Japan - Members of the U.S. team, (From L to R) Dee Dee Trotter, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards and Allyson Felix, celebrate after winning the women's 4X400-meter relay final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2.

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Japan's Reiko Tosa comes in 3rd in women's marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Reiko Tosa of Japan holds up her bronze medal at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2 after coming third in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships.

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U.S. win both women's and men's 4x400-meter relays

OSAKA, Japan - Members of U.S. men's and women's relay teams -- (From L to R) Jeremy Wariner, Allyson Felix, Darold Williamson, Mary Wineberg, Angelo Taylor, Dee Dee Trotter, LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards -- celebrate after winning the gold medals in the men's 4x400-meter relay and women's 4x400-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Finland's Tero Pitkamaki wins men's javelin throw

OSAKA, Japan - Tero Pitkamaki of Finland celebrates after winning in the men's javelin final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Pitkamai won the gold with a throw of 90.33 meters.

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Croatia's Blanka Vlasic wins women's high jump

OSAKA, Japan - Blanka Vlasic of Croatia celebrates with her country's flag after winning the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Vlasic won the gold with 2.05 meters.

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U.S. wins men's 4x400-meter relay

Osaka, Japan - Jeremy Wariner of the United States (R) competes in the men's 4X400 relay race final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. The U.S. team won the race with a time of 2 minutes, 55.56 seconds.

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Croatia's Blanka Vlasic wins women's high jump

OSAKA, Japan - Blanka Vlasic of Croatia reacts after clearing the 2.05-meter bar in the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Vlasic won the gold.

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Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal win's women's 1,500 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal celebrates after winning the women's 1,500m final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Jamal won the gold in a time of 3 minutes and 58.75 seconds.

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Finland's Tero Pitkamaki wins men's javelin throw

OSAKA, Japan - Tero Pitkamaki of Finland competes in the men's javelin final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Pitkamai won the gold with a throw of 90.33 meters.

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Croatia's Blanka Vlasic wins women's high jump

OSAKA, Japan - Blanka Vlasic of Croatia clears the 2.05-meter bar in the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Vlasic won the gold.

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Bernard Lagat of U.S. wins men's 5,000 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Bernard Lagat (C) of the United States crosses the finish line ahead of Kenya's Eluid Kipchoge (R) to win the men's 5,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Lagat won the gold with a time of 13 minutes, 45.87 seconds.

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Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal win's women's 1,500 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal (R) crosses the finish line ahead of Russia's Yelena Soboleva to win the women's 1,500m final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Jamal won the gold in a time of 3 minutes and 58.75 seconds.

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Kenya's Alfred Kirwa Yego wins men's 800 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Alfred Kirwa Yego of Kenya crosses finish line ahead of Canada's Gary Reed to win the men's 800m final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Kirwa won the gold in a time of 1 minute, 47.09 seconds.

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Kenya's Alfred Kirwa Yego wins men's 800 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Alfred Kirwa Yego of Kenya celebrates after winning the men's 800m final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Kirwa won the gold in a time of 1 minute, 47.09 seconds.

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Bernard Lagat of U.S. wins men's 5,000 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Bernard Lagat (C) of the United States celebrates after winning the men's 5,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Lagat won the gold with a time of 13 minutes, 45.87 seconds.

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Bernard Lagat of U.S. wins men's 5,000 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Bernard Lagat (C) of the United States holds up his country's flag after winning the men's 5,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka on Sept. 2. Lagat won the gold with a time of 13 minutes, 45.87 seconds.

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Athletics: Ndereba claims gold, Tosa bronze in marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Reiko Tosa waves to the audiences in smiles after taking the bronze in the women's marathon at the athletics world championships at Nagai Stadium on Sept. 2.

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Athletics: Ndereba claims gold, Tosa bronze in marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Reiko Tosa crosses the finish line in third place, claiming the host nation's only medal at the athletics world championships at Nagai Stadium on Sept. 2.

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Athletics: Ndereba claims gold, Tosa bronze in marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Kenyan Catherine Ndereba crosses the finish line at Nagai Stadium in 2 hours, 30 minutes, 37 seconds to win the gold medal in the women's marathon at the athletics world championships on Sept. 2.

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Athletics: Ndereba claims gold, Tosa bronze in marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Catherine Ndereba of Kenya smiles as she waves to the audiences after winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the athletics world championships at Nagai Stadium on Sept. 2.

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Gay gets triple gold, U.S. wins 4x100 relay

OSAKA, Japan - American Tyson Gay hugs a teammate in celebration after leading the United States to the gold medal in the men's 4x100 meter relay at the world athletics championships at Nagai Stadium on Sept. 1.